2019 Missouri High School Football Ranking

I had a pretty good week last week, missing one of the sixteen matchups but the teams are much more competitive this week.  I actually had 7th seed Blue Springs South ranked 9 points better than Troy but picked Troy, based on MSHSAA seedings.  Ouch!  Gotta believe my own algorithm. Here's my outlook for the 2nd round, based on my ratings, not the league: Class 6 Missouri Football 2nd round 1 Christian Brothers College by 36 4 Hazelwood West No   one touches CBC.   This one is over at half-time when the CBC JV gets playing time. 3 Pattonville 2 DeSmet by 10 De Smet is too tough for Pattonville although the Pirates will hang tough until the 4th quarter. 1 Rock Bridge by 5 4 Francis Howell Rock Bridge ekes by an improving Francis Howell team that is peaking at the right ti

The Class 5 Missouri State High School Football playoffs are a somewhat complicated play-in process with 5 or 6 teams in each district.  For districts with 5 teams, the bottom two teams play off this coming week and the top three get a week off.  For districts with 6 teams, the top two teams get a week off and the 3-6 seeds play. My ratings come up quite a bit different from the MSHSAA rankings and seedings.  The league has Fort Zumwalt rated the top class 5 team with Jackson, Fox and Staley following.  In fact, they rate Fox a few hundredths behind Jackson when I think Jackson is a 12 point favorite.  I have not rated FZN above a 105 rating all season.  Jackson should beat them by 16 if they meet in a quarterfinal game.  I actually would see Battle beating FZN before one of them has to play this powerhouse Jackson team. No matter who else gets to the final from the lower bracket, they will be playing an outstanding Jackson team.  Staley will probably be facing off with Jackson who