MHSAA Releases Football Divisions.

Written Friday May 1st at 10:05 PM

Hello all hope everyone is hanging in there in wake of this coronavirus outbreak that cost us spring sports. The MHSAA released the playoff divisions for football season. I won’t go deep into these teams questions or project anything. These are my early thoughts.

Division One Teams

Lake Orion (8 D1 Opponents, 1 D2 Opponent)

Clarkston (6 D1 Opponents, 2 D2 Opponents, 1 D3 Opponent)

Oxford (7 D1 Opponents, 2 D2 Opponents)

Bloomfield Hills (4 D1 Opponents, 4 D2 Opponents, 1 D3 Opponent)

West Bloomfield (7 D1 Opponents, 1 D2 Opponent, Unknown Opponent)

Troy (4 D1 Opponents, 4 D2 Opponents, 1 D3 Opponent)

Troy Athens (3 D1 Opponents, 4 D2 Opponents, 2 D3 Opponents)

Southfield Arts and Tech (6 D1 Opponents, 3 D2 Opponents)

Rochester (4 D1 Opponents, 4 D2 Opponents, 1 D3 Opponent)

Adams (6 D1 Opponents, 3 D2 Opponents)

Stoney Creek (4 D1 Opponents, 4 D2 Opponents, 1 D3 Opponent)

Farmington (4 D1 Opponents, 5 D2 Opponents)

Division Two Teams

Ferndale (4 D1 Opponents, 4 D2 Opponents, 1 D3 Opponent)

Groves (5 D1 Opponents, 3 D2 Opponents, 1 D3 Opponent)

Seaholm (5 D1 Opponents, 4 D2 Opponents)

North Farmington (5 D1 Opponents, 4 D2 Opponents)

Berkley (4 D1 Opponents, 4 D2 Opponents, 1 D3 Opponent)

Oak Park (6 D1 Opponents, 2 D2 Opponents, 1 D3 Opponent)

Royal Oak (5 D1 Opponents, 3 D2 Opponents, 1 D3 Opponent)

Avondale (4 D1 Opponents, 3 D2 Opponents, 2 D3 Opponents)

Division Three Team

Pontiac (1 D8 Opponent, 4 D1 Opponents, 4 D2 Opponents)

TEAMS I FEEL CONFIDENT FROM A SCHEDULE PERSPECTIVE.

Lake Orion (Red)

West Bloomfield (Red)

Oxford (Red)

TEAMS I’M OK WITH SCHEDULE WISE.

Southfield Arts and Tech (Red)

Adams (White)

Oak Park (Red)

North Farmington (White)

TEAMS THAT I’M CONCERNED WITH.

Stoney Creek (White)

Troy Athens (Blue)

Clarkston (Red)

Groves (White)

Seaholm (White)

Ferndale (Blue)

Farmington (White)

TEAMS WITH SCHEDULE THAT COULD HURT THEM.

Pontiac (Blue)

Royal Oak (Blue)

Avondale (Blue)

Berkley (Blue)

Rochester (Blue)

Bloomfield Hills (Blue)

Troy (Blue)

THOUGHTS: When I look at the schedules I think Lake Orion, West Bloomfield, and Oxford have really tough schedules. I can see these three squads playoff bound early. I’m really concerned about several teams especially those who have to play Division Three opponents even though Oak Park is playing a Division Three opponent but that team is Orchard Lake St. Marys. Some like Groves and Seaholm plays a balance of Division One and Division One teams. Stoney Creek, Troy Athens, and Clarkston are D1 teams that has a Division Three opponent. Schedule wise I think my thoughts are pretty straight forward. I will further explain more once my podcast comes up and running again.

Here is the MHSAA Playoff  Divisions.

https://www.mhsaa.com/portals/0/documents/SportDivisions/20FB.pdf