Combination Plan

[ELA]

I’m going to throw out a revision of my original plan… COMMON PLAN, we will call this the COMBINATION PLAN. Although I like my other plan better, this one may be more acceptable to you private school supporters; however, I fear it will not be enjoyed by the larger public school coaches. Nevertheless, here we go:

 

Right now we have 8 classifications (5 DI and 3 DII). Under this plan we would combine all teams back into one Division (non-financial aid private schools have a multiplier of 1.50, and all financial aid private schools use 2.0 with a limit of total scholarships for all sports) and create 6 classes of teams as follows (numbers may vary; remember without regions, it doesn’t matter how many teams are in a class):

 

CLASS A – 359 students or less

CLASS AA – 360-599

CLASS AAA- 600-849

CLASS AAAA-850-1039

CLASS AAAAA1040-1449

CLASS AAAAAA (Super Schools Class) 1450-UP

 

Base Plan:

Each team plays 10 regular season games (Weeks 1-10)

* Each team selects 8 games to count toward the playoffs

* 50% of the 10 games must be within a teams classification.

* Playoff Teams are selected using a mathematical formula to be approved and managed by a PLAYOFF COMMITTEE (selected from TSSAA Member Schools to include Coaches, Administrators, Mathematical Statisticians).

* Formula to take into consideration:

A. Teams Classification

B. Opponents Classification

C. Teams Win/Loss Percentage

D. Opponents Win/Loss Percentage

E. Common Opponents Win/Loss Percentage

F. Other Factors to be determined

* All teams not selected for the playoffs can participate in a single invitational bowl game during weeks 11 or 12 if they win at least 3 regular season games. Each team will receive a pre-determined amount (percentage of gate or set remuneration) for participation in any bowl game.

* The Committee will select 32 teams in each class to be divided as follows:

* West Bracket - TOP 16 Teams

* East Bracket - TOP 16 Teams

* Team Playoff (EAST/WEST BRACKETS) as follows:

* WEEK 11- GAMES

A. 1-16

B. 2-15

C. 3-14

D. 4-13

E. 5-12

F. 6-11

G. 7-10

E. 8-9

* WEEK 12 - GAMES

Winner of Game A Plays the Winner of Game E

Winner of Game B Plays the Winner of Game G

Winner of Game C Plays the Winner of Game F

Winner of Game D Plays the Winner of Game E

* WEEK 13 - GAMES

Winner of Game A/E plays the Winner of D/E

Winner of Game B/G plays the Winner of C/F

* WEEK 14 - GAMES

EAST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - Knoxville, or Chattanooga?

WEST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - UT Martin, or University-Memphis?

Week 15 – STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BOWL at MTSU in Murfreesboro

[Edited by ELA on 7/4/02 1:13P]

[Edited by ELA on 7/4/02 1:15P]

[ELA]

Here are the classifications under the Combination plan. There are probably some errors (I may have left a school out or added one that doesn't have football). REMEMBER, since we have done away with regions... these classes will only effect who you play in the playoffs! The numbers are based on the most recent numbers posted on the TSSAA website and there are three or four new schools that we had to guess on! BA always moves up on their own so we put them in class 6A.

 

CLASS A

Tennessee School for the Deaf 77 69 8 0.12 77

Elliston Baptist Academy 72 74 (2) (0.03) 108

Tennessee Preparatory School 117 176 (59) (0.34)117

Oakdale High School 138 159 (21) (0.13) 138

Heritage White House 150

Nashville Christian School 100 170 (70) (0.41) 150

Lighthouse Christian Academy 105 137 (32) (0.23 158

Zion Christian Academy 161

Mt. Juliet Christian Academy 108 76 32 0.42 162

Copper Basin High School 182 179 3 0.02 182

Gleason High School 190 207 (17) (0.08) 190

Coalfield High School 191 194 (3) (0.02) 191

King's Academy 97 85 12 0.14 194

Sunbright High School 197 181 16 0.09 197

Red Boiling Springs High School 205 199 6 0.03 205

Trinity Christian Academy 137 131 6 0.05 206

Lake Co. High School 220 224 (4) (0.02) 220

Hollow Rock - Bruceton Central 230 233 (3) (0.01230

Greenback High School 237 255 (18) (0.07) 237

Eagleville High School 240 335 (95) (0.28) 240

Cornersville High School 241 264 (23) (0.09) 241

South Pittsburg High School 244 274 (30) (0.11) 244

Cloudland High School 253 219 34 0.15 253

Clarksville Academy 170 180 (10) (0.06) 255

Lookout Valley High School 256 255 1 0.00 256

Scotts Hill High School 256 327 (71) (0.22) 256

McEwen High School 260 270 (10) (0.04) 260

Jo Byrns School 262 248 14 0.06 262

Midway High School 267 245 22 0.09 267

Moore Co. High School 268 261 7 0.03 268

South Fulton High School 270 288 (19) (0.06) 270

Huntland High School 274 253 21 0.08 274

Watertown High School 290 277 13 0.05 290

Celina High School 295 266 29 0.11 295

Gordonsville High School 310 302 8 0.03 310

Jackson Christian School 207 223 (16) (0.07) 311

Cascade High School 313 302 11 0.04 313

West Carroll High School 328 304 24 0.08 328

Friendship Christian School 222 249 (27) (0.11) 333

Lausanne Collegiate School 167 156 11 0.07 334

Jellico High School 334 348 (14) (0.04) 334

Wayne Co. High School 335 349 (14) (0.04) 335

Collinwood High School 336 324 12 0.04 336

Columbia Academy 225 217 8 0.04 338

Middleton High School 343 339 4 0.01 343

Perry Co. High School 345 332 13 0.04 345

Monterey High School 345 349 (4) (0.01) 345

Halls High School 347 361 (14) (0.04) 347

Whitwell High School 353 338 15 0.05 353

Forrest High School 354 347 7 0.02 354

Bishop Byrne High School 178 138 40 0.29 356

Mt. Pleasant High School 358 349 9 0.03 358

Oneida High School 359 359 (0) (0.00) 359

 

CLASS AA

McKenzie High School 360 433 (73) (0.17) 360

North Greene High School 360 346 14 0.04 360

Adamsville High School 368 387 (19) (0.05) 368

Unaka High School 371 343 28 0.08 371

Trousdale Co. High School 372 390 (18) (0.05) 372

Cosby High School 374 354 20 0.06 374

Rockwood High School 385 364 21 0.06 385

Station Camp H.S. 388

Houston Co. High School 388 394 (6) (0.02) 388

Dresden High School 390 384 6 0.01 390

Manassas High School 392 386 6 0.02 392

Hampton High School 397 429 (32) (0.07) 397

Alcoa High School 397 386 11 0.03 397

Memphis Catholic High School 202 180 22 0.12 404

East Robertson High School 405 403 2 0.01 405

Wartburg Central High School 409 415 (6) (0.01) 409

Christian Academy of Knoxville 274 249 25 0.10 411

Harriman High School 412 398 14 0.03 412

Peabody High School 416 428 (12) (0.03) 416

Ezell-Harding Christian Academy 278 289 (11) 417

St. Andrew's - Sewanee School 211 196 15 0.08 422

Christ Presbyterian Academy 282 269 13 0.05 423

Huntingdon High School 424 396 28 0.07 424

Union City High School 427 442 (15) (0.03) 427

Bledsoe Co. High School 434 429 5 0.01 434

Richland High School 436 425 11 0.03 436

Jackson Co. High School 439 438 1 0.00 439

Fayette Academy 220 225 (5) (0.02) 440

Decatur Co. Riverside High School 448 501 (53) 448

Franklin Road Academy 299 283 16 0.06 449

Westmoreland High School 451 423 28 0.07 451

Cumberland Gap 453

Tellico Plains High School 460 467 (7) (0.01) 460

Davidson Academy 309 324 (15) (0.05) 464

Upperman High School 470 476 (6) (0.01) 470

Polk Co. High School 484 449 35 0.08 484

Oliver Springs High School 489 507 (18) (0.03) 489

Donelson Christian Academy 326 335 (9) (0.03) 489

Westside High School 490 430 60 0.14 490

University School of Jackson 328 316 12 0.04 492

Humboldt High School 493 534 (41) (0.08) 493

Boyd Buchanan High School 329 305 24 0.08 494

Treadwell High School 499 575 (76) (0.13) 499

Southern Baptist Educational Center 252 238 14 504

Westwood High School 513 725 (212) (0.29) 513

Tyner Academy 514 384 130 0.34 514

Oakhaven High School 515 547 (32) (0.06) 515

B. T. Washington High School 530 463 67 0.15 530

Sequatchie Co. High School 530 511 19 0.04 530

Camden Central High School 533 586 (53) (0.09) 533

Chuckey-Doak High School 543 588 (45) (0.08) 543

Goodpasture Christian School 368 377 (9) (0.02) 552

West Greene High School 552 578 (26) (0.04) 552

Sweetwater High School 555 489 66 0.14 555

 

CLASS AAA

Alvin C. York Institute 559 604 (45) (0.07) 559

Martin Luther King High School 563 503 60 0.12 563

Memphis South Side High School 565 743 (179)565

Happy Valley High School 565 584 (19) (0.03) 565

Notre Dame High School 566 582 (16) (0.03) 566

South Greene High School 573 556 17 0.03 573

Meigs Co. High School 576 527 49 0.09 576

Harpeth High School 576 587 (11) (0.02) 576

Westview High School 581 624 (43) (0.07) 581

Loretto High School 581 562 19 0.03 581

Lewis Co. High School 582 555 27 0.05 582

Stewart Co. High School 601 582 19 0.03 582

Mitchell High School 587 369 218 0.59 587

Gatlinburg-Pittman High School 588 732 (144)588

Fairview High School 593 592 1 0.00 593

Waverly Central High School 599 623 (24) (0.04) 599

George Washington Carver High School 599 621 (22)599

Cannon Co. High School 622 597 25 0.04 622

Marion Co. High School 625 568 57 0.10 625

Cheatham Co. Central High School 626 780 (154) 626

Smith Co. High School 630 613 17 0.03 630

Milan High School 617 644 (27) (0.04) 644

Chester Co. High School 657 673 (16) (0.02) 657

Gibson Co. High School 662 691 (29) (0.04) 662

Frayser High School 666 678 (12) (0.02) 666

McNairy Central High School 670 756 (86) (0.11) 670

Pigeon Forge High School 692 592 100 0.17 692

Grundy Co. High School 696 736 (40) (0.05) 696

Kingston High School 708 716 (8) (0.01) 708

Marshall Co. High School 711 738 (27) (0.04) 711

McMinn Central High School 713 675 38 0.06 713

Hillcrest High School 724 697 27 0.04 724

Johnson Co. High School 725 676 49 0.07 725

DeKalb Co. High School 729 767 (39) (0.05) 729

Loudon High School 732 690 42 0.06 732

Unicoi Co. High School 734 755 (21) (0.03) 734

Scott High School 736 759 (23) (0.03) 736

Claiborne Co. High School 737 738 (1) (0.00) 737

Harding Academy 369 424 (55) (0.13) 738

Siegel High School** 750

Rutledge High School 752 735 17 0.02 752

Crockett Co. High School 763 747 16 0.02 763

Macon Co. High School 767 743 24 0.03 767

Greenbrier High School 768 737 31 0.04 768

Walker Valley High School 771 950 (179) (0.19) 771

Battle Ground Academy 387 393 (6) (0.02) 774

David Lipscomb High School 517 513 4 0.01 775

Sequoyah High School 783 774 9 0.01 783

Sullivan North High School 786 781 5 0.01 786

Sycamore High School 792 856 (64) (0.07) 792

Austin-East High School 797 783 14 0.02 797

 

CLASS AAAA

Pearl Cohn High School 803 963 (160) (0.17) 803

Greeneville High School 811 769 42 0.05 811

Sheffield High School 819 784 35 0.04 819

Webb School of Knoxville 413 417 (4) (0.01) 826

Fulton High School 827 856 (29) (0.03) 827

Covington High School 828 807 21 0.03 828

Obion Co. Central High School 831 875 (44) 831

Giles Co. High School 838 933 (95) (0.10) 838

Livingston Academy 850 830 20 0.02 850

Whites Creek High School 853 1125 (272) (0.24) 853

Montgomery Central High School 857 838 19 0.02 857

Dyer Co. High School 859 870 (11) (0.01) 859

St. Benedict at Auburndale 430 413 17 0.04 860

Elizabethton High School 864 818 46 0.06 864

East Ridge High School 870 961 (91) (0.09) 870

Bolivar Central High School 876 859 17 0.02 876

Maplewood Comprehensive High School 877 1122 (245) 877

Union Co. High School 877 879 (2) (0.00) 877

Lexington High School 879 916 (37) (0.04) 879

Brighton High School 879 841 38 0.05 879

Seymour High School 893 849 44 0.05 893

Spring Hill High School 895 1028 (133) (0.13) 895

Fayette Ware High School 899 890 9 0.01 899

Creekwood 910

Ripley High School 836 910 (74) (0.08) 910

Haywood High School 911 990 (79) (0.08) 911

Portland High School 911 838 73 0.09 911

Jackson South Side High School 913 948 (35) (0.04)913

Gibbs High School 917 942 (25) (0.03) 917

Hixson High School 922 990 (68) (0.07) 922

White House High School 939 993 (54) (0.05) 939

Raleigh Egypt High School 942 922 20 0.02 942

Carter High School 947 961 (14) (0.01) 947

Trezevant High School 948 937 11 0.01 948

Page High School 1127 956 171 0.18 956

Sullivan East High School 958 1062 (104) (0.10) 958

Springfield High School 960 961 (1) (0.00) 960

Rossview High School 961 1100 (139) (0.13) 961

Memphis East High School 969 1092 (123) (0.11) 969

Montgomery Bell Academy 918 870 48 0.06 978

Anderson Co. High School 980 943 37 0.04 980

Memphis Northside High School 983 871 112 0.13 983

Knoxville Catholic High School 492 426 66 0.15 984

Shelbyville Central High School 994 1037 (43) (0.04)994

Pope John Paul II** 1000

Brainerd High School 1003 1008 (5) (0.00) 1003

Kingsbury High School 1003 863 140 0.16 1003

Stratford High School 1009 1101 (92) (0.08) 1009

Lawrence Co. High School 1016 1000 16 0.02 1016

Sullivan Central High School 1022 983 39 0.04 1022

Dyersburg High School 1023 1051 (28) (0.03) 1023

Hickman Co. High School 1036 1001 35 0.03 1036

Lenoir City High School 1045 933 112 0.12 1045

Volunteer High School 1050 987 63 0.06 1050

Tennessee High School 1050 1031 19 0.02 1050

White Co. High School 1054 1056 (2) (0.00) 1054

 

CLASS AAAAA

Hardin Co. High School 1055 1087 (32) (0.03) 1055

Sullivan South High School 1064 1110 (46) (0.04)1064

David Crockett High School 1066 1061 5 0.00 1066

Chattanooga Central High School 1075 1128 (53) (0.05)1075

Fairley High School 1076 991 85 0.09 1076

Knoxville Halls High School 1078 1180 (102) (0.09)1078

Northwest High School 1081 1183 (102) (0.09) 1081

Cherokee High School 1091 1061 30 0.03 1091

Wilson Central High School 1097 1167 (70) (0.06)1097

Cleveland High School 1097 1167 (70) (0.06) 1097

Clinton High School 1114 1152 (38) (0.03) 1114

Powell High School 1120 1094 26 0.02 1120

Morristown-Hamblen High School West 1134 1126 8 0.011134

Northeast High School 1146 1347 (201) (0.15) 1146

Tullahoma High School 1153 1091 62 0.06 1153

Daniel Boone High School 1181 1131 50 0.04 1181

Craigmont High School 1181 1123 58 0.05 1181

Hillsboro High School 1183 1229 (46) (0.04) 1183

Briarcrest Christian School 593 556 37 0.07 1186

Knoxville Central High School 1195 1210 (16) (0.01)1195

Cocke Co. High School 1201 1154 47 0.04 1201

Mt. Juliet High School 1204 1969 (765) (0.39) 1204

Memphis Central High School 1214 1333 (119) (0.09)1214

Clarksville High School 1219 1393 (174) (0.13) 1219

Red Bank High School 1222 1318 (96) (0.07) 1222

Henry Co. High School 1226 1378 (152) (0.11) 1226

Kenwood High School 1228 1361 (133) (0.10) 1228

Melrose High School 1241 1023 218 0.21 1241

Ridgeway High School 1242 957 285 0.30 1242

Ravenwood*** 1250

Morristown-Hamblen High School East 1254 1347 (93)

Rhea Co. High School 1272 1254 18 0.01 1272

Hillwood High School 1285 1031 254 0.25 1285

Glencliff High School 1293 1562 (269) (0.17) 1293

LaVergne High School 1295 1439 (144) (0.10) 1295

Lebanon High School 1302 1483 (181) (0.12) 1302

West High School 1302 1332 (30) (0.02) 1302

Baylor School 653 607 46 0.08 1306

Jackson North Side High School 1306 1319 (13) (0.01)1306

Maryville High School 1316 1193 123 0.10 1316

South Doyle High School 1317 1348 (31) (0.02) 1317

Wooddale High School 1339 1339

Campbell Co. High School 1351 1372 (21) (0.02) 1351

Munford High School 1357 1297 60 0.05 1357

Overton High School 1359 1332 27 0.02 1359

Columbia Central High School 1386 1346 40 0.03 1386

Coffee Co. Central High School 1390 1426 (36) (0.03)1390

Heritage High School 1391 1366 25 0.02 1391

McMinn Co. High School 1417 1381 36 0.03 1417

Oak Ridge High School 1421 1457 (36) (0.02) 1421

John Overton High School 1433 1251 182 0.15 1433

Smyrna High School 1436 1446 (10) (0.01) 1436

 

CLASS AAAAAA

Kirby High School 1450 1695 (245) (0.14) 1450

Franklin High School 1648 1462 186 0.13 1462

Beech Senior High School 1479 1461 18 0.01 1479

Millington Central High School 1484 1486 (2) (0.00)1484

Franklin Co. High School 1496 1500 (4) (0.00) 1496

Karns High School 1502 1548 (46) (0.03) 1502

Lincoln Co. High School 1505 1525 (20) (0.01) 1505

Sevier Co. High School 1511 1524 (13) (0.01) 1511

Ooltewah High School 1525 1593 (68) (0.04) 1525

Blackman High School 1539 1465 74 0.05 1539

Centennial High School 1541 1580 (39) (0.02) 1541

Hamilton High School 1593 1568 25 0.02 1593

William Blount High School 1597 1567 30 0.02 1597

Gallatin High School 1634 1693 (59) (0.03) 1634

Central-Merry High School 1636 1691 (55) (0.03) 1636

Hendersonville High School 1642 1622 20 0.01 1642

Houston High School 1675 1760 (85) (0.05) 1675

Evangelical Christian School 482 495 (13) (0.03)1684

Soddy Daisy High School 1689 1724 (35) (0.02) 1689

Memphis University School 852 784 68 0.09 1704

Dobyns Bennett High School 1707 1671 36 0.02 1707

Bearden High School 1722 1661 61 0.04 1722

Warren Co. High School 1743 1768 (25) (0.01) 1743

Riverdale High School 1780 2313 (533) (0.23) 1780

Brentwood High School 1780 1654 126 0.08 1780

Cumberland Co. High School 1801 1746 55 0.03 1801

Jefferson Co. High School 1806 1752 54 0.03 1806

Hunters Lane High School 1807 1768 39 0.02 1807

White Station High School 1833 1910 (77) (0.04) 1833

Cookeville High School 1853 1907 (54) (0.03) 1853

Science Hill High School 1863 1885 (22) (0.01) 1863

Bradley Central High School 1877 2304 (427) (0.19)1877

Bartlett High School 1884 1952 (68) (0.03) 1884

Whitehaven High School 1899 1848 51 0.03 1899

Bolton High School 1929 1746 183 0.10 1929

Antioch High School 1988 1982 6 0.00 1988

Oakland High School 1998 2359 (361) (0.15) 1998

Father Ryan High School 1000 1000 0 0.00 2000

Collierville High School 2015 1935 80 0.04 2015

McGavock High School 2053 2071 (18) (0.01) 2053

Cordova High School 2077 2034 43 0.02 2077

Dickson Co. High School 2192 2144 48 0.02 2192

Farragut High School 2228 2136 92 0.04 2228

Germantown High School 2244 2308 (64) (0.03) 2244

McCallie School 1210 1208 2 0.00 2420

Christian Brothers High School 1738 1722 16 0.013476

Brentwood Academy 390 337 53 0.16 780****

 

 

Some schools can be moved up or down based on several factors, but it will only effect the playoffs, not during the regular season!

[silverpie]

One error. You typoed on the enrollment for ECS, which would be quad-A, not the hex-A class you have them in. I think Baylor would also move up.

 

Still, I'm not so sure about the choose-8-games aspect, both from the mathematical aspects and because I fear teams throwing games that the other team is counting but they are not. Still, though, this basic plan looks like a good one to me.

 

How would this work for other sports? My suggestion would be to essentially keep the current Division I plan, applying the appropriate multipliers to private schools. I would end the presumption that all A-AA sports must not only have the same districts/regions, but that they must exactly match the AA alignment...

[pujo]

I love this plan but, like you said, I'm afraid the bigger schools would cry foul. It may be hard for some of the better 1a schools to get a schedule that's fairly close by. People in this area don't particularly like playing us, but hey you can't have everything.

[TheEgoHasLanded]

I think the numbers are off...by a lot.

 

St. Benedict would be classified as 4A!

 

You have to be kidding me! They have right at the amount of kids Harding Academy has...and Harding has beaten them 4 years in a row by over 30 points!

 

Briarcrest Christian in the same classification as Maryville! I don't think the enrollments are the same. BCS has about 120 kids or so per grade...my brother goes there so he would probably know. I would say that Maryville has more than 480 kids in the high school.

 

You also have ECS playing in the highest classification, yet they have less people then Briarcrest, which I also don't understand. They probably have about 10 less per grade, but that still wouldn't have them in the highest region

 

Montgomery Bell is in the same classification as St. Benedict? I don't understand that...MBA has all boys SBA is coed...did I miss something here...I hope I am completely wrong, but this goes by just pure numbers then it is completely wrong.

 

 

CBHS has about 900 boys...the TSSAA website has them at like 1400 but I think they are figuring in the girls from St Agnes, IC and a few other sister schools, which obviously has no factor on the Brothers...do we multiply their population by 2 to get their actual enrollment?

 

As I stated earlier I like the plan, but the numbers are off so I can't really comment on that part of it.

[VolunteerGeneral]

Ela...St. Benedict really stood out for me. USJ played them last year and they were really bad. Can`t believe they would be 4A. That`s why I like the "Merit Plan". It forces the really good schools to play up and doesn`t punish schools like St. Benedict who are clearly not 4A material.

[rollredroll]

MBA would actually be 1836, putting them in 6A.

[swamp]

I don't like the way this plan shapes up for my YellowJackets. There are very few 3A teams in ET under this plan. Here's what RCHS schedule might look like:

 

3A games:

Loudon

Scott

Austin East

 

2 of McMinn Cent, Sequoyah, or Meigs Co.

 

Non-3A

Harriman

Rockwood

Lenoir City

Oliver Springs

 

1 from Wartburg, Tyner, or Sweetwater

[Indian]

That's the thing about any multiplier or similar set-up, you're going to have teams pushed up too high. I wouldn't want to see any of the 1A private school teams forced to be in a division with a McCallie...it's an old point but with a total split there would be enough teams for three divisions or at least two in Division II, less travel for the most part in the regular season and no complaining from public schools.

[VolunteerGeneral]

ELA...What is class B?

[panfan]

ELA,

 

I love the classes. 6 is one to many, but I think it is the most realistic. the mult numbers are good for non-aid privates.!!!!

 

Best plan yet!! I would tweek it as follows:

 

DII schools will not go back to limits. Put a 3.0 mult on them and let maryville and Riverdale beat them every year.

 

For me to be happy everything has got to be settled on the field. You'd have to put in regions in each class. Even if you have three teams from this region two from this one, or maybe the 1st place teams get a bye. either way, it should be settled on the field. I have to admit, I didn't read the Common plan thread, b/c math and people were involved, so I may have missed some good posts. But, I still say it has to be settled on the field.

 

I love the seeding idea though!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you had reagions and then let a committee seed based on mandatory qualifiers, I'd let that go. in other words, 1st and 2nd place teams go and then are seeded by TSSAA.

 

Overall, I'd vote yes on that one. it keeps everyone together and that is the main thing.

[TheEgoHasLanded]

A 3.0 multiplier...thats extreme for just about anyone that isn't Brentwood Academy. That's pretty ludicrous.