High school football playoff field to be announced Sunday night on Fox Sports Detroit; seven area teams could be included
Wondering who your favorite high school football team will be matched up against when the playoffs open next Friday?
Chelsea earned its sixth win of the year in Week 9, and Lincoln goes into selection Sunday as a five-win team
Or if your team is even in it?
All will be revealed Sunday night.
FOX Sports Detroit will air its annual Selection Sunday Show at 6 p.m., when the full 256-team field will be unveiled for the first time.
The brackets will be posted on Mlive.com immediately following the announcement.
Football playoffs open next Friday with district semifinal games, and continue through state finals Thanksgiving weekend at Ford Field in Detroit.
Teams with six wins receive automatic playoff berths. The rest of the field is filled with five-win teams, based on the number of playoff points -- a metric that includes strength of schedule and opponent enrollment.
Of the 13 Washtenaw County football teams, six have wrapped up automatic playoff berths : Saline, Milan, Father Gabriel Richard, Manchester, Pioneer and Chelsea.
The latter two wrapped up their bids with Week 9 wins.
That leaves just one team sitting on the bubble with five wins: Lincoln, which lost to Milan Friday.
And according to Lincoln coach Chris Westfall earlier this week, it would take a miracle for his team to get in with five wins.
“There would have to be a miraculous weekend by the SEC,” Westfall said. “Pretty much everyone on our schedule would have to win, and even then it would be close."
Of the eight other teams on Lincoln's schedule, only three won Friday. The math says the Railsplitters will likely be on the outside looking in come selection time.
Kyle Austin covers sports for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kyleaustin@annarbor.com or 734-623-2535. Follow him on Twitter @KAustin_AA.
Comments
Craig
Sun, Oct 21, 2012 : 6:23 p.m.
Congratulations Manchester making the postseason again. In my time as a Saline High Hornet we always supported and helped the smaller local schools like Manchester , Milan they came for our shops classes thru out the years. It was a normal to see Milan & Manchester wearing their Varsity letter jackets in the hallways. We all got along just fine and i'm positive that continues to this day. Saline has invited Manchester to use our football field for playoffs in the past and i'm sure that continues as well. GO HORNETS !!!
Craig
Sun, Oct 21, 2012 : 5:45 p.m.
I see AA Gabriel Richard as a great little team and i give them all the respect in the world. Congratulations making the postseason again, and believe me when i say we all don't see the same way as some of the people in the SEC in regards to your school. I'd love to see you boys sneak a few games in the SEC maybe against Dexter, Ypsilanti, Skyline, Lincoln !!! Anyways GO HORNETS !!!
Kyle Austin
Sun, Oct 21, 2012 : 5:28 p.m.
We've heard from a few fans who couldn't locate our Prep Bowl coverage from yesterday. The game was covered by our Mlive Detroit staff, and a boxscore and roundup can be found here: http://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-821262505007875833/ann-arbor-father-gabriel-richard-avenges-early-season-loss-beats-pontiac-notre-dame-prep-17-12-in-prep-bowl-football-rematch-at-ford-field/
felicia
Sun, Oct 21, 2012 : 5:06 p.m.
can't wait to see the next fight......oops game.
tellit
Fri, Oct 26, 2012 : 12:43 a.m.
Does number 2 play anymore?
boo
Sun, Oct 21, 2012 : 3:28 p.m.
No one cares about gabriel richard, in any sport. Just like Milan , Lincoln and all the "wanna be" sports teams. The big boys matter in the big sports. thats all aa.com will cover and all aa.com readers want to see. Next we'll be hearing about why aa.com doesn't cover Manchesters bowling success?
felicia
Sun, Oct 21, 2012 : 5:05 p.m.
lol
Jpy
Sun, Oct 21, 2012 : 4:12 p.m.
Good to see intellectual life continues so vibrant in this college town.
Jpy
Sun, Oct 21, 2012 : 11:17 a.m.
By the way, FGR won the Prep Bowl yesterday, though Pete Cunningham had them losing by 20. Yet, once again, AA.com doesn't even have the barest report. How is it that one of the three AA HS football teams -- now a Detroit Catholic League champ for the third time in four years, and in the playoffs for a 5th straight year -- manages to not even get its games reported?
TheGospel
Sun, Oct 21, 2012 : 1:39 p.m.
Because no one care's about FGR, they'ed get smoked in the SEC!