![Second Half by MHSAA](/sites/default/files/2021-02/2H-placeholder.png)
Week 6 Football Playoff Listing
September 26, 2012
Here is a list of Michigan High School Athletic Association football playing schools, displaying their win-loss records and playoff averages through the fifth week of the season. Schools on this list are in enrollment order. An asterisk (*) beside a record indicates that a team has eight or fewer games scheduled. A carrot (^) beside a school’s name indicates that a team is one win away from playoff qualification.
Those schools with 11-player teams with six or more wins playing nine-game schedules, or five or more wins playing eight games or fewer, will qualify for the MHSAA Football Playoffs beginning Oct. 26-27. Schools with 5-4, 4-3 or 4-4 records may qualify if the number of potential qualifiers by win total does not reach the 256 mark. Schools with six or more wins playing nine-game schedules or five or more wins playing eight games or fewer may be subtracted from the field based on playoff average if the number of potential qualifiers exceeds the 256 mark.
Once the 256 qualifying schools are determined, they will be divided by enrollment groups into eight equal divisions of 32 schools, and then drawn into regions of eight teams each and districts of four teams each.
Those schools with 8-player teams will be ranked by playoff average at season’s end, and the top 16 programs will be drawn into regions of eight teams each for the playoff in that division, which also begins Oct. 26-27.
To review a list of all football playoff schools, individual school playoff point details and to report errors, visit the Football page of the MHSAA Website.
The announcement of the qualifiers and first-round pairings for both the 11 and 8-player playoffs will take place at 7 p.m. on Oct. 21 on the Selection Sunday Show on FOX Sports Detroit. The playoff qualifiers and pairings will be posted to the MHSAA Website following the Selection Sunday Show.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11-Player Playoff Listing
1. |
Utica Eisenhower |
2772 |
3-2 |
62.000 |
2. |
Sterling Heights Stevenson |
2766 |
4-1 |
75.800 |
3. |
Clarkston ^ |
2721 |
5-0 |
94.400 |
4. |
Grand Blanc |
2644 |
3-2 |
57.600 |
5. |
Macomb Dakota |
2608 |
4-1 |
80.600 |
6. |
Lake Orion ^ |
2565 |
5-0 |
96.000 |
7. |
Rockford |
2526 |
3-2 |
57.400 |
8. |
Troy |
2502 |
3-2 |
57.400 |
9. |
Clinton Township Chippewa Valley |
2462 |
4-1 |
77.000 |
10. |
Dearborn Fordson |
2442 |
4-1 |
83.400 |
11. |
Holland West Ottawa |
2262 |
4-1 |
71.000 |
12. |
Northville |
2220 |
3-2 |
60.400 |
13. |
Detroit Cass Tech |
2200 |
4-1 |
77.400 |
14. |
Canton |
2166 |
3-2 |
51.200 |
15. |
Monroe ^ |
2154 |
5-0 |
83.200 |
16. |
Detroit Catholic Central |
2060 |
3-2 |
47.800 |
17. |
Plymouth |
2050 |
4-1 |
71.200 |
18. |
Salem |
2039 |
4-1 |
75.600 |
19. |
Livonia Stevenson |
2005 |
4-1 |
77.200 |
20. |
Holt |
1992 |
3-2 |
57.200 |
21. |
Hartland ^ |
1932 |
5-0 |
91.200 |
22. |
Warren Mott ^ |
1879 |
5-0 |
86.400 |
23. |
Livonia Churchill ^ |
1877 |
5-0 |
100.800 |
24. |
Walled Lake Central |
1857 |
3-2 |
52.200 |
25. |
Macomb L'Anse Creuse North |
1853 |
3-2 |
58.400 |
26. |
Saline |
1849 |
4-1 |
72.400 |
27. |
Grandville |
1846 |
3-2 |
53.600 |
28. |
Flint Carman-Ainsworth ^ |
1772 |
5-0 |
88.000 |
29. |
Grand Ledge |
1743 |
4-1 |
70.600 |
30. |
Rochester |
1725 |
4-1 |
72.800 |
31. |
Traverse City West |
1720 |
4-1 |
72.200 |
32. |
White Lake Lakeland |
1700 |
4-1 |
72.400 |
33. |
Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse |
1680 |
3-2 |
![A Livonia Churchill player focuses on making the catch during a 2022 game.](/sites/default/files/2023-08/230823_football_2H.png)
Be the Referee: Football Rules Differences
By
Sam Davis
MHSAA Director of Officials
August 23, 2023
Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.
Below is this week's segment – Football Rules Differences - Listen
The first week of the high school football season is always exciting … and sometimes confusing. Here are some – not all – differences between the high school game and what you see on Saturdays and Sundays.
In high school, there is no such thing as an uncatchable ball when judging pass interference. It is a penalty if there is illegal contact, whether the ball is catchable or not.
In overtime, high school teams start with the ball at the 10-year line – not the 25 like in college. And in high school overtime, you are only able to get a first down via penalty. And, at no time is a high school team required to go for two points.
And on extra point plays, if the defense gains possession, the try is over. The defense cannot return the ball for two points.