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Playoff Bracket · Football Division 4 UNOFFICIAL

Ewert projection through week 1Ewert’s picks: week 9 ratings, 10/20/26, 11:54 PM CentralField table · How it works

Bracket and table computed Wed, Oct 21 · 10:34 AM CDT

Full boardRegion ARegion BRegion CRegion DFinal fourEwert’s picks: dashed, italic slots are our prediction model’s guess at who advances. ES percentages label our picked winners. These are guesses; confirmed results take precedence.

Green scores or Final/Award labels mark confirmed advancement. Dashed slots are imagined participants. Held, conflicting or incomplete results remain unresolved.

Unresolved ties: Denmark and Jefferson and Lodi and Oconto Falls and West Salem (rank 1, seed #1); Freedom and Lakeside Lutheran and Little Chute and Marinette and Milwaukee School of Languages and Platteville and Seymour and Stratford (rank 6, seed #2); Big Foot and Edgerton and Evansville and Northwestern and Osceola and Racine St. Catherine's and Saint Francis and Somerset (rank 14, seed #4); Altoona and Ashland and Berlin and Black River Falls and Brown Deer and Campbellsport and Delavan-Darien and Edgewood and Ellsworth and Fuller Collegiate Academy and Kewaskum and Lake Mills and Mauston and Mosinee and North Fond du Lac and Saint Croix Central and Saint Thomas More and Sheboygan Falls and Shoreland Lutheran and Turner and Two Rivers and Waupun and Wisconsin Dells and Wrightstown and Xavier (rank 26, seed #7). Tied at rank 1, across the #1/#2 seed line: placement waits for WIAA's tie-break (Tier 3, then its own procedure). Their slots are left empty.

1 tie unresolved4 tie unresolved6 Aquinas2 tie unresolved7 tie unresolvedTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD1 tie unresolved4 tie unresolved6 Ripon2 tie unresolved7 tie unresolvedTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD1 tie unresolved4 tie unresolved6 Kohler2 tie unresolved7 tie unresolvedTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD1 tie unresolved4 tie unresolved6 Whitewater2 tie unresolved7 tie unresolvedTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDState semifinalTBDTBDState semifinalTBDTBDState finalRegion ARegion BRegion CRegion D

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WIAA has released its bracket for this field. See the official bracket →

Division 4 · Week 1 field and cut line

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The table uses reported results through Week 1. Projected Final shows our latest forecast, based on reported Week 9 results plus the remaining ES picks; arrows compare it with this table. This is today’s forecast, not a saved forecast from Week 1. UNOFFICIAL · partial: unresolved games or opponent data can change these placements.

No future qualifying games remain. This is a comparison of the current qualifying results, not a new forecast; unresolved results or opponent data still affect the comparison.

RankTeamCityW-LTotalTier 1 AVGTier 2 AVGTier 2 WinsProjected SeedProjected Final Seed
Rank · Seed · Partial
1TDenmark checkDenmark5.50#131 ▼30 · 8-A
1TJefferson checkJefferson5.50#140 ▼39 · Out projected out
1TLodi checkLodi5.50#113 ▼12 · 4-A
1TOconto Falls checkOconto Falls5.50#134 ▼33 · Out projected out
1TWest Salem checkWest Salem5.50#15 ▼4 · 2-C
6TFreedom checkFreedom5.00#21 ▲5 · 1-A
6TLakeside Lutheran checkLake Mills5.00#216 ▼10 · 4-C
6TLittle Chute checkLittle Chute5.00#24 ▲2 · 1-B
6TMarinette checkMarinette5.00#238 ▼32 · Out projected out
6TMilwaukee School of Languages checkMilwaukee5.00#246 ▼40 · Out projected out
6TPlatteville checkPlatteville5.00#215 ▼9 · 4-B
6TSeymour checkSeymour5.00#225 ▼19 · 7-B
6TStratford checkStratford5.00#27 ▼1 · 2-B
14TBig Foot checkWalworth4.50#443 ▼29 · Out projected out
14TEdgerton checkEdgerton4.50#429 ▼15 · 8-C
14TEvansville checkEvansville4.50#417 ▼3 · 5-B
14TNorthwestern checkMaple4.50#46 ▲8 · 2-A
14TOsceola checkOsceola4.50#49 ▲5 · 3-A
14TRacine St. Catherine's checkRacine4.50#43 ▲11 · 1-D
14TSaint Francis checkSaint Francis4.50#414 – · 4-D
14TSomerset checkSomerset4.50#427 ▼13 · 7-A
22TAquinas checkLa Crosse4.006-A10 ▲12 · 3-C
22TRipon checkRipon4.006-B26 ▼4 · 7-D
24TKohler checkKohler3.506-C39 ▼15 · Out projected out
24TWhitewater checkWhitewater3.506-D45 ▼21 · Out projected out
26TAltoona checkAltoona0.00#737 ▼11 · Out projected out
26TAshland checkAshland0.00#722 ▲4 · 6-A
26TBerlin checkBerlin0.00#718 ▲8 · 5-C
26TBlack River Falls checkBlack River Falls0.00#732 ▼6 · 8-B
26TBrown Deer checkBrown Deer0.00#741 ▼15 · Out projected out
26TCampbellsport checkCampbellsport0.00#724 ▲2 · 6-D
26TDelavan-Darien checkDelavan0.00#711 ▲15 · 3-D
26TEdgewood checkMadison0.00#78 ▲18 · 2-D
26TEllsworth checkEllsworth0.00#748T ▼22 · Out projected out
26TFuller Collegiate Academy checkMilwaukee0.00#712 ▲14 · 3-B
26TKewaskum checkKewaskum0.00#733 ▼7 · Out projected out
26TLake Mills checkLake Mills0.00#72 ▲24 · 1-C
26TMauston checkMauston0.00#720 ▲6 · 5-A
26TMosinee checkMosinee0.00#747 ▼21 · Out projected out
26TNorth Fond du Lac checkNorth Fond du Lac0.00#748T ▼22 · Out projected out
26TSaint Croix Central checkHammond0.00#742 ▼16 · Out projected out
26TSaint Thomas More checkMilwaukee0.00#735 ▼9 · Out projected out
26TSheboygan Falls checkSheboygan Falls0.00#748T ▼22 · Out projected out
26TShoreland Lutheran checkKenosha0.00#719 ▲7 · 5-D
26TTurner checkBeloit0.00#730 ▼4 · 8-D
26TTwo Rivers checkTwo Rivers0.00#744 ▼18 · Out projected out
26TWaupun checkWaupun0.00#736 ▼10 · Out projected out
26TWisconsin Dells checkWisconsin Dells0.00#728 ▼2 · 7-C
26TWrightstown checkWrightstown0.00#723 ▲3 · 6-B
26TXavier checkAppleton0.00#721 ▲5 · 6-C
Cut line · the top 32 qualify
—Milwaukee Madison checkMilwaukee0.00ExcludedExcluded
—Northwood/Solon Springs checkProgram eligibility not verified0-0————UnverifiedUnverified
—Winter/Birchwood checkProgram eligibility not verified0-0————UnverifiedUnverified

Ewert’s picks are guesses. Hypothetical playoff winners use the current ES model and rated snapshots, not seeds. Early rounds assume the higher seed hosts; state semifinals and final assume a neutral site. No new games, results or forecasts are saved. ES basis: week 9, 10/20/26, 11:54 PM Central. Missing or near-even inputs remain TBD.

Wisconsin programs continue below the cut line in the same table. Eligibility notes use the published WIAA record; where it does not identify the reason, we say so. A three-year enrollment average above 200 can have a second-year commitment exception.

About this projection

Unofficial projection. Seeds come from the unofficial playoff matrix above (WIAA’s formula on the results we hold, 2026 regulations). Regions and Level 1 pairings follow the regulations’ travel rules with an approximation: straight-line miles between school ZIP centroids instead of WIAA’s travel distances, so a region letter or a pairing near the margin can differ. Slots: projected from the unofficial matrix; not WIAA's published bracket. Through week 1 (games through Saturday 2026-08-22). 50 of 50 in the field, 4 placed (46 waiting on a tie-break).

How WIAA builds the bracket, and how to check a team

  1. Tier 1 points. Every win earns points set by the team you beat: Division 1 = 6.5, D2 = 6.0, D3 = 5.5, D4 = 5.0, D5 = 4.5, D6 = 4.0, D7 = 3.5. A tie earns half. A loss earns nothing. A forfeit win earns the full value. Tier 1 AVG = Tier 1 points ÷ games played (at most 9).
  2. Tier 2 points. Add up their Tier 1 points for every team you beat (a team you tied is not beaten and adds no points). Opponents’ games = the games played by every team you played, won, lost or tied, added together (each counted up to 9). Tier 2 AVG = Tier 2 points ÷ opponents’ games, and the Tier 2 score is 9 × Tier 2 AVG. WIAA’s rule: “Divide Tier 2 points by opponents’ games played and multiply by 9 (this is a 100% bonus to the Strength of Victory) to get the Tier 2 score.”
  3. Total (PQS) = Tier 1 AVG + 9 × Tier 2 AVG. WIAA’s own example: Franklin 2024, 56.0 ÷ 9 + 228.5 ÷ 81 × 9 = 31.61. Ties in Total are broken by Tier 3, the average of the Tier 2 scores of the teams you beat.
  4. Replacement games. If a team replaced a forfeit win with a new game that week, the forfeit counts when the replacement was lost; when it was won, whichever is worth more counts (regulations 3h). WIAA prints such games as “Seeding Only”. When you beat a team in its replacement game, your Tier 2 points count that team’s Tier 1 points without the forfeit win it kept that week.
  5. Field and seeds. Teams are ranked inside their division by Total. The top 32 qualify after Week 9. Ranks 1–4 are the #1 seeds, 5–8 the #2 seeds, and so on to #8. The four #1 seeds anchor four regions: the #1- and #4-ranked go to one half of the state bracket, #2 and #3 to the other. #2 seeds join the nearest #1 seed, #3 and #4 seeds their likely second-round opponents, and #5–#8 are placed by the shortest total travel. Level 1 is #8 at #1, #5 at #4, #7 at #2 and #6 at #3 in each region.

Worked example: Denmark (rank 1T, seed 1)

DateOpponentResultOpponent’s valueTier 1 earnedOpp. Tier 1 pointsOpp. gamesCounts?
2026-08-21New LondonW5.5 (D3)5.500.001yes

Tier 1 AVG = 5.50 ÷ 1 = 5.500. Tier 2 points = 0.00 = 0.00; opponents’ games = 1 = 1; Tier 2 AVG = 0.00 ÷ 1 = 0.000. Total = 5.500 + 9 × 0.000 = 5.50.

To check another team’s numbers, open its row’s “check” link in the tables above. Team labels in the bracket open team pages.

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