Here are the match-ups based on how I predict things finishing over the end of this week. The biggest game that will change projections is Sanford vs Hodgson. This is obviously a projection and while I'm spot on 75-80% of the time (I'm being generous) it's not always perfect. Anyway, here goes nothing:
#9 St. George's (16-4) vs. #24 Archmere (10-10)
St. George's: 32 base points, plus bonus 13 points for the following: RLC (1) St. Joe Prep (PA) (1) Glasgow (1) AI (1) WP (1) Frankford (PA) (1) Math Civics (PA) (1) Woodbridge (2) Howard (1) Hodgson (2) Appo (1) Total Index: 2.25
Archmere (10-10) this last spot is going to go to the Diamond State Conference champion. A win by Archmere over DMA on Tuesday would give this to the Auks. A DMA win would leave DMA, Archmere and NCS all with conferences records of 5-3. Not sure how they break their tiebreaker, but not sure it matters as none of those teams will upset St. George's. I will predict the cleanest scenario, which is an Archmere win on Tuesday for now.
Winner gets #8 Glasgow (14-6 -- assumes final 2 wins over Caravel and Christiana)
28 base points plus 18 bonus points for the following: Sanford (1) Tri-State Christian (MD) (2) RLC (1) Mount (2) St. George's (2) Hodgson (2) WP (1) Appo (1) Newark (2) Howard (1) Woodbridge (2) Caravel (1) Total Index: 2.30
#16 A.I. DuPont (11-9) vs. #17 Cape Henlopen (14-6)
A.I.: 22 base points plus 19 bonus points for the following: Tatnall (1) St. E (1) Friends (1) Appo (1) CR (1) St. Mark's (2) St. George's (2) Hodgson (2) Newark (2) WP (1) Howard (1) Mount (2) Smyrna-forfeit (2). It is unclear whether this forfeit vs. Smyrna is removed from their schedule or counted as a loss, but either way, it is 2 points for them and doesn't change their index much. Total Index 2.05 -- tiebreaker given to #16 AI since higher SOS than #17 Cape or #18 St. Mark's
Cape: 28 base points plus 13 bonus points: CR (1) Milford (1) Mount (2) Eleanor Roosevelt (MD) (2) Smyrna (2) LF (1) CR (1) IR (1) Smyrna (2) Total Index 2.05 -- lower SOS than #16 AI but higher than #18 St. Mark's
Winner gets #1 MP (18-2)
36 base points plus 17 bonus for the following: Tatnall (1) Glasgow (1) Cape (1) St. Michael's (Canada) (1) Appo (1) Howard (1) Friends (1) Hazleton Area (PA) (2) Hodgson (2) Newark (2) Sallies (2) WP (1) AI (1) Total Index 2.55
#12 Milford (12-8) vs. #21 Red Lion (12-8)
Milford: 24 base points plus 19 bonus points for the following: Woodbridge (2) Cape (1) LF (1) Smyrna (2) IR (1) Laurel (1) St. Mark's (2) Woodbridge (2) St. TM (2) LF (1) IR (1) CR (1) Laurel (1) Appo (1) Total Index 2.15 -- tiebreaker given to #11 Sanford based on higher SOS
RLC: 24 base points plus 14 bonus points for the following: Glasgow (1) LF (1) St. George's (2) Lincoln Leadership (PA) (1) Upper Perkiomen (PA) (1) St. TM (2) Newark (2) Hodgson (2) Friends (1) Caravel (1) Total Index 1.90 -- tiebreaker given to #21 RLC due to higher SOS than LF or Laurel
Winner gets #5 St. E's (13-7)
26 base points plus 22 bonus points for the following: AI (1) Howard (1) Hodgson (2) LaSalle (PA) (1) Sallies (2) WP (1) Sanford (1) St. Mark's (2) MLK (PA) (2) Sallies (2) Caravel (1) St. Mark's (2) Smyrna (2) Friends (1) Appo (1) Total Index 2.40 -- split record with #4 Sallies, but less wins vs common opponents
#13 William Penn (11-9) vs. #20 Caravel (13-7)
WP: 22 base points plus 20 bonus points for the following: Sallies (2) Smyrna (2) Newark (2) St. E (1) Glasgow (1) Our Saviour Lutheran (NY) (1) St. George's (2) AI (1) Shawnee (NJ) (2) Mount (2) Appo (1) Howard (1) Hodgson (2) Total Index 2.10 -- tiebreaker given to #13 WP over #14 CR and #15 Hodgson due to higher SOS
Caravel: 26 base points plus 13 bonus points: Appo (1) NCS (1) St. TM (2) Tri-State Christian (MD) (2) Tatnall (1) St. Mark's (2) St. E (1) RLC (1) LF (1) Glasgow (1) Total Index 1.95
Winner gets #4 Sallies (15-5)
30 base points plus 18 bonus points: Howard (1) WP (1) Tatnall (1) Bergen Catholic (NJ) (2) St. E (1) Smyrna (2) St. Mark's (2) Sanford (1) St. E (1) Appo (1) Mount (2) St Mark's (2) Friends (1) Total Index 2.40 -- tiebreaker over #5 Sallies even though split record due to more wins over common opponents
#14 Caesar Rodney (14-6) vs. #19 Indian River (12-8)
CR: 28 base points plus 14 bonus points: Cape (1) LF (1) Smyrna (2) AI (1) Woodbridge (2) Cape (1) St. Mark's (2) Smyrna (2) Milford (1) IR (1) Total Index 2.1 tiebreaker given to #13 WP for higher SOS, but higher SOS than #15 Hodgson
IR: 24 base points plus 16 bonus points: Worcester Prep (MD) (1) Woodbridge (2) Milford (1) LF (1) Laurel (1) Woodbridge (2) Cape (1) Milford (1) CR (1) Salisbury School (MD) (1) LF (1) Laurel (1) St. TM (2) Total Index 2.00
Winner gets #3 Woodbridge (18-2)
36 base points plus 13 bonus points: Milford (1) IR (1) LF (1) Laurel (1) IR (1) CR (1) Milford (1) St. George's (2) Washington HS (MD) (1) Laurel (1) LF (1) Glasgow (1) Total Index 2.45 -- lower SOS than #2 St. Thomas More
#11 Sanford (12-8 -- assumes win over Hodgson) vs. #22 Lake Forest (12-8)
Sanford: 24 base points plus 19 bonus points: Glasgow (1) Blue Ridge (VA) (2) Archbishop Wood (2) Smyrna (2) Tatnall (1) Friends (1) St E (1) Hatboro Horsham (PA) (1) Sallies (2) Friends (1) Tatnall (1) Kennedy (NJ) (2) Hodgson (2) Total Index 2.15 -- higher SOS than #12 Milford
Lake: 24 base points plus 14 bonus points: Laurel (1) CR (1) Milford (1) RLC (1) Woodbridge (2) IR (1) Cape (1) Laurel (1) Milford (1) Woodbridge (2) Caravel (1) IR (1) Total Index 1.90 -- lower SOS than #21 RLC
Winner gets #6 Newark (17-3)
34 base points plus 13 bonus points due to the following: Frankford (PA) (1) Cheltenham (PA) (2) Chester (PA) (2) WP (1) RLC (1) AI (1) Glasgow (1) Mount (2) Appo (1) NCS (1) Total Index 2.35 -- tiebreaker given to #6 Newark over #7 Smyrna due to higher SOS
#10 Appo (13-7 -- assumes W over Milford) vs. #23 Middletown (8-12)
Appo: 26 base points plus 18 bonus points: Hodgson (2) AI (1) Caravel (1) Mount (2) NCS (1) Glasgow (1) Howard (1) Sallies (2) Newark (2) WP (1) St. George's (2) St E (1) Milford (1) Total Index 2.20
I have Laurel, Middletown, Friends, and Howard all with indexes of 1.80. I'm giving this to Middletown due to them having the toughest schedule, but I never seem to get this one right. Could be any of these 4.
Winner gets #7 Smyrna (18-2)
36 base points plus 11 bonus points: WP (1) CR (1) Milford (1) Sanford (1) Cape (1) Sallies (2) CR (1) St E (1) Cape (1) AI (1) Total Index 2.35 -- tiebreaker given to #6 Newark for higher SOS
#15 Hodgson (15-5 -- assumes L to Sanford) vs. #18 St. Mark's (15-5)
Hodgson: 30 base points, plus bonus 12 points for the following: Appo (1) St. E (1) Glasgow (1) AI (1) RLC (1) Mount (2) St. George's (2) Howard (1) WP (1) Sanford (1) Total Index 2.10 -- lower SOS than #13 WP or #14 CR
St. Mark's: 30 base points plus 11 bonus points: Burlington City (NJ) (1) AI (1) Milford (1) St E (1) Sallies (2) Caravel (1) CR (1) St E (1) Sallies (2) Total Index 2.05 -- lowest SOS between #16 AI and #17 Cape
Winner gets #2 St. Thomas More (17-3)
34 base points plus 15 bonus points: St. Benedict's (NJ) (2) Sterling HS (NJ) (1) Woodrow Wilson (DC) (2) Archbishop Ryan (PA) (2) Coatesville (PA) (2) RLC (1) Caravel (1) Wildwood Catholic (NJ) (1) Penn Wood (PA) (1) Milford (1) IR (1) Total Index 2.45 -- tiebreak given over #3 Woodbridge due to higher SOS
#9 St. George's (16-4) vs. #24 Archmere (10-10)
St. George's: 32 base points, plus bonus 13 points for the following: RLC (1) St. Joe Prep (PA) (1) Glasgow (1) AI (1) WP (1) Frankford (PA) (1) Math Civics (PA) (1) Woodbridge (2) Howard (1) Hodgson (2) Appo (1) Total Index: 2.25
Archmere (10-10) this last spot is going to go to the Diamond State Conference champion. A win by Archmere over DMA on Tuesday would give this to the Auks. A DMA win would leave DMA, Archmere and NCS all with conferences records of 5-3. Not sure how they break their tiebreaker, but not sure it matters as none of those teams will upset St. George's. I will predict the cleanest scenario, which is an Archmere win on Tuesday for now.
Winner gets #8 Glasgow (14-6 -- assumes final 2 wins over Caravel and Christiana)
28 base points plus 18 bonus points for the following: Sanford (1) Tri-State Christian (MD) (2) RLC (1) Mount (2) St. George's (2) Hodgson (2) WP (1) Appo (1) Newark (2) Howard (1) Woodbridge (2) Caravel (1) Total Index: 2.30
#16 A.I. DuPont (11-9) vs. #17 Cape Henlopen (14-6)
A.I.: 22 base points plus 19 bonus points for the following: Tatnall (1) St. E (1) Friends (1) Appo (1) CR (1) St. Mark's (2) St. George's (2) Hodgson (2) Newark (2) WP (1) Howard (1) Mount (2) Smyrna-forfeit (2). It is unclear whether this forfeit vs. Smyrna is removed from their schedule or counted as a loss, but either way, it is 2 points for them and doesn't change their index much. Total Index 2.05 -- tiebreaker given to #16 AI since higher SOS than #17 Cape or #18 St. Mark's
Cape: 28 base points plus 13 bonus points: CR (1) Milford (1) Mount (2) Eleanor Roosevelt (MD) (2) Smyrna (2) LF (1) CR (1) IR (1) Smyrna (2) Total Index 2.05 -- lower SOS than #16 AI but higher than #18 St. Mark's
Winner gets #1 MP (18-2)
36 base points plus 17 bonus for the following: Tatnall (1) Glasgow (1) Cape (1) St. Michael's (Canada) (1) Appo (1) Howard (1) Friends (1) Hazleton Area (PA) (2) Hodgson (2) Newark (2) Sallies (2) WP (1) AI (1) Total Index 2.55
#12 Milford (12-8) vs. #21 Red Lion (12-8)
Milford: 24 base points plus 19 bonus points for the following: Woodbridge (2) Cape (1) LF (1) Smyrna (2) IR (1) Laurel (1) St. Mark's (2) Woodbridge (2) St. TM (2) LF (1) IR (1) CR (1) Laurel (1) Appo (1) Total Index 2.15 -- tiebreaker given to #11 Sanford based on higher SOS
RLC: 24 base points plus 14 bonus points for the following: Glasgow (1) LF (1) St. George's (2) Lincoln Leadership (PA) (1) Upper Perkiomen (PA) (1) St. TM (2) Newark (2) Hodgson (2) Friends (1) Caravel (1) Total Index 1.90 -- tiebreaker given to #21 RLC due to higher SOS than LF or Laurel
Winner gets #5 St. E's (13-7)
26 base points plus 22 bonus points for the following: AI (1) Howard (1) Hodgson (2) LaSalle (PA) (1) Sallies (2) WP (1) Sanford (1) St. Mark's (2) MLK (PA) (2) Sallies (2) Caravel (1) St. Mark's (2) Smyrna (2) Friends (1) Appo (1) Total Index 2.40 -- split record with #4 Sallies, but less wins vs common opponents
#13 William Penn (11-9) vs. #20 Caravel (13-7)
WP: 22 base points plus 20 bonus points for the following: Sallies (2) Smyrna (2) Newark (2) St. E (1) Glasgow (1) Our Saviour Lutheran (NY) (1) St. George's (2) AI (1) Shawnee (NJ) (2) Mount (2) Appo (1) Howard (1) Hodgson (2) Total Index 2.10 -- tiebreaker given to #13 WP over #14 CR and #15 Hodgson due to higher SOS
Caravel: 26 base points plus 13 bonus points: Appo (1) NCS (1) St. TM (2) Tri-State Christian (MD) (2) Tatnall (1) St. Mark's (2) St. E (1) RLC (1) LF (1) Glasgow (1) Total Index 1.95
Winner gets #4 Sallies (15-5)
30 base points plus 18 bonus points: Howard (1) WP (1) Tatnall (1) Bergen Catholic (NJ) (2) St. E (1) Smyrna (2) St. Mark's (2) Sanford (1) St. E (1) Appo (1) Mount (2) St Mark's (2) Friends (1) Total Index 2.40 -- tiebreaker over #5 Sallies even though split record due to more wins over common opponents
#14 Caesar Rodney (14-6) vs. #19 Indian River (12-8)
CR: 28 base points plus 14 bonus points: Cape (1) LF (1) Smyrna (2) AI (1) Woodbridge (2) Cape (1) St. Mark's (2) Smyrna (2) Milford (1) IR (1) Total Index 2.1 tiebreaker given to #13 WP for higher SOS, but higher SOS than #15 Hodgson
IR: 24 base points plus 16 bonus points: Worcester Prep (MD) (1) Woodbridge (2) Milford (1) LF (1) Laurel (1) Woodbridge (2) Cape (1) Milford (1) CR (1) Salisbury School (MD) (1) LF (1) Laurel (1) St. TM (2) Total Index 2.00
Winner gets #3 Woodbridge (18-2)
36 base points plus 13 bonus points: Milford (1) IR (1) LF (1) Laurel (1) IR (1) CR (1) Milford (1) St. George's (2) Washington HS (MD) (1) Laurel (1) LF (1) Glasgow (1) Total Index 2.45 -- lower SOS than #2 St. Thomas More
#11 Sanford (12-8 -- assumes win over Hodgson) vs. #22 Lake Forest (12-8)
Sanford: 24 base points plus 19 bonus points: Glasgow (1) Blue Ridge (VA) (2) Archbishop Wood (2) Smyrna (2) Tatnall (1) Friends (1) St E (1) Hatboro Horsham (PA) (1) Sallies (2) Friends (1) Tatnall (1) Kennedy (NJ) (2) Hodgson (2) Total Index 2.15 -- higher SOS than #12 Milford
Lake: 24 base points plus 14 bonus points: Laurel (1) CR (1) Milford (1) RLC (1) Woodbridge (2) IR (1) Cape (1) Laurel (1) Milford (1) Woodbridge (2) Caravel (1) IR (1) Total Index 1.90 -- lower SOS than #21 RLC
Winner gets #6 Newark (17-3)
34 base points plus 13 bonus points due to the following: Frankford (PA) (1) Cheltenham (PA) (2) Chester (PA) (2) WP (1) RLC (1) AI (1) Glasgow (1) Mount (2) Appo (1) NCS (1) Total Index 2.35 -- tiebreaker given to #6 Newark over #7 Smyrna due to higher SOS
#10 Appo (13-7 -- assumes W over Milford) vs. #23 Middletown (8-12)
Appo: 26 base points plus 18 bonus points: Hodgson (2) AI (1) Caravel (1) Mount (2) NCS (1) Glasgow (1) Howard (1) Sallies (2) Newark (2) WP (1) St. George's (2) St E (1) Milford (1) Total Index 2.20
I have Laurel, Middletown, Friends, and Howard all with indexes of 1.80. I'm giving this to Middletown due to them having the toughest schedule, but I never seem to get this one right. Could be any of these 4.
Winner gets #7 Smyrna (18-2)
36 base points plus 11 bonus points: WP (1) CR (1) Milford (1) Sanford (1) Cape (1) Sallies (2) CR (1) St E (1) Cape (1) AI (1) Total Index 2.35 -- tiebreaker given to #6 Newark for higher SOS
#15 Hodgson (15-5 -- assumes L to Sanford) vs. #18 St. Mark's (15-5)
Hodgson: 30 base points, plus bonus 12 points for the following: Appo (1) St. E (1) Glasgow (1) AI (1) RLC (1) Mount (2) St. George's (2) Howard (1) WP (1) Sanford (1) Total Index 2.10 -- lower SOS than #13 WP or #14 CR
St. Mark's: 30 base points plus 11 bonus points: Burlington City (NJ) (1) AI (1) Milford (1) St E (1) Sallies (2) Caravel (1) CR (1) St E (1) Sallies (2) Total Index 2.05 -- lowest SOS between #16 AI and #17 Cape
Winner gets #2 St. Thomas More (17-3)
34 base points plus 15 bonus points: St. Benedict's (NJ) (2) Sterling HS (NJ) (1) Woodrow Wilson (DC) (2) Archbishop Ryan (PA) (2) Coatesville (PA) (2) RLC (1) Caravel (1) Wildwood Catholic (NJ) (1) Penn Wood (PA) (1) Milford (1) IR (1) Total Index 2.45 -- tiebreak given over #3 Woodbridge due to higher SOS