Football Thoughts and Rankings Explanation.

Written Saturday October 5th at 2:40 PM

Well we're getting close to the end of the season and here are the thoughts and ranking explanations

The Red is a mess but I feel pretty confident that all five teams in this division will be postseason teams. If West Bloomfield beats Oxford and Lake Orion beats Clarkston this week then it would mean that every team would be 2-2 and would have won their home games, that has never been done in league history. You have to look at non league wins which is really important at the moment. Lake Orion has 58 points because Northville, Stoney Creek, and Troy have 3-3 records. Clarkston has 57 points with Southfield Arts and Tech at 0-6 and Troy Athens at 1-5. Oxford has 57 with Harper Woods at 3-3. Adams is at 57 with Romeo and Rochester both at 2-4. West Bloomfield is at 48 with Chippewa Valley at 2-4 and Southfield Arts and Tech at 0-6. The non league week eight and week nine are very critical to see where each is at right now despite beating each other up.

Groves has won the White and has a favorable schedule throughout. Harper Woods looks safe in Division Four. Stoney Creek is one of those last teams in right now with the Cougars having a big game with Adams for postseason dreams. Rochester is on the outside looking in but they still have a path. Southfield Arts and Tech has really struggled this season.

Seaholm has clinched a share of the Blue to where they can win it out right if they beat North Farmington. The Raiders are hot right now. Farmington is right there along with Troy despite critical losses. Both teams play each other this week which should be very interesting. Oak Park needs to win out to be in the postseason discussion, beating Lapeer would help big time. Bloomfield Hills and Troy Athens have both struggled but could play spoiler.

Avondale has clinched the Gold after their win against Royal Oak. Ferndale won over Pontiac which has helped them. Berkley has really struggled despite winning two games. Pontiac and Royal Oak have both struggled but for different reasons. It will be interesting to see how this goes.

Overall there are 14 teams presently in the postseason for right now. This could all change going forward.

 

Rankings Explanation

The rankings are as followed.

Groves is the top team in the poll, undefeated record and quality of work proves that. Seaholm is also unbeaten but is at five in the poll. The Maples have a tough schedule, lets see if they can prove it in the next three weeks. The Red is a mess, Clarkston has the two spot despite not playing the strongest non league schedule -Belleville. The Wolves have won two straight games. Oxford is at three after winning over Adams. Lake Orion despite having less postseason points than the Birmingham schools is at six. West Bloomfield jumps up three spots to four after their shootout win over Lake Orion basically saving their postseason dreams. North Farmington stays at eight after a tough 19-18 win over Oak Park. Avondale moves up to nine after an impressive win over Royal Oak.

The ten spot was tight, Harper Woods or Stoney Creek. I went with the Pioneers because of playoff points and the head to head matchup. Harper Woods won 28-21 in that game even though the Cougars are starting to get hot but they have a really difficult matchup with Adams in the horizon while Harper Woods heads to Rochester to play the Falcons. Other than that not a ton of changes to mention for the week.