I think ranking and grouping the teams by last years power ranking is a good theory, but doesn't always work out. You say that the three top teams are in one bracket, but thats looking at last years teams. A lot of teams could be very different this year. Irmo, for instance, lost 13 seniors and like 8 starters. I know they don't rebuild, they reload, but that's still a difficult task for any team to come back from. Obviously it is still the strongest group by far, but not to the extent that everyone is saying.
