The seeding is done by a committee like the NCAA basketball tournament. It is unlikely that a team will be seeded higher than a region opponent who finished higher in the region, since region finish usually accompanies head to head and common opponents, a large part of the consideration. I imagine it may happen in the case where the lower region team has a much tougher successful non region schedule, or won head to head matches but lost the region--however, with the precedent of region finish in the upper classes the evidence would have to be pretty overwhelming I would think.
Region finishes in different regions I would think would be irrelevant. A 4th place in one region may be seeded higher than a 1st place in a weaker region based on schedule strength, etc.
Currently there is no limit to the amount of teams in the playoffs to my knowledge. If the playoff pool grows too big to accomodate all of the teams, then class 2A will probably start using region finish like 3A and 4A.
I think that winless teams may be in the playoffs. The only requirement is to enter. In my opinion, these things are what make the lower classes more fun to talk about than the higher.
Last edited by kickman; 04/23/07 06:41 PM.
