Wyoming high school football playoff scenarios entering Week 8, 2019

Here’s a quick look at the playoff scenarios for Wyoming high school football teams entering Week 8 of the 2019 season:

Class 4A
Week 8 games affecting playoff seeding: Cheyenne East at Sheridan; Cheyenne South at Cheyenne Central; Gillette at Kelly Walsh; Rock Springs at Natrona; Thunder Basin at Laramie.
Thunder Basin: In. No. 1 seed.
Sheridan: In. No. 2 seed with victory. No. 3 seed with loss.
Cheyenne East: In. No. 2 seed with victory. No. 3 seed with loss and Natrona loss. No. 4 seed (score differential to break) with loss, Central victory and Natrona victory (East is second in differential tiebreaker in this scenario). No. 4 seed with loss, South victory and Natrona victory.
Natrona: In. No. 3 seed with victory, Sheridan victory and South victory. No. 4 seed with victory and East victory. No. 5 seed (score differential to break) with victory, Sheridan victory and Central victory (Natrona is third in differential tiebreaker in this scenario). No. 6 seed with loss.
Cheyenne Central: In. No. 3 seed (score differential to break) with victory, Natrona victory and Sheridan victory (Central wins in differential tiebreaker in this scenario). No. 4 seed with victory, Rock Springs victory and Sheridan victory. No. 4 seed with victory and East victory. No. 4 seed with loss and Rock Springs victory. No. 5 seed with loss and Natrona victory.
Rock Springs: In. No. 5 seed with victory. No. 6 seed with loss.
Gillette: Neither in nor out. No. 7 seed with victory. No. 8 seed with loss and Thunder Basin victory. Tie for 7-8-out-out seeding (four-way tiebreaker to break, likely a coin flip) with loss, South victory and Laramie victory. Out (via highest-ranked three-way tiebreaker) with loss, Central victory and Laramie victory.
Cheyenne South: Neither in nor out. No. 8 seed with victory and Gillette victory. Tie for 7-8-out-out seeding (four-way tiebreaker to break, likely a coin flip) with victory, Kelly Walsh victory and Laramie victory. Out with victory, Kelly Walsh victory and Thunder Basin victory. Out with loss. (Laramie wins score differential tiebreaker with South loss, Gillette victory and Thunder Basin victory.)
Kelly Walsh: Neither in nor out. No. 7 seed with victory and Thunder Basin victory. Tie for 7-8-out-out seeding (four-way tiebreaker to break, likely a coin flip) with victory, South victory and Laramie victory. No. 8 seed (via highest-ranked three-way tiebreaker) with victory, Central victory and Laramie victory. Out with loss and either South or Laramie victory. Tie for 8-out-out seeding (score differential to break) with loss, Central victory and Thunder Basin victory.
Laramie: Neither in nor out. No. 7 seed (via highest-ranked three-way tiebreaker) with victory, Kelly Walsh victory and Central victory. No. 8 seed with victory, Gillette victory and Central victory. Tie for 7-8-out-out seeding (four-way tiebreaker to break, likely a coin flip) with victory, Kelly Walsh victory and South victory. Out with victory, Gillette victory and South victory. No. 8 seed with loss, Gillette victory and Central victory (Laramie wins score differential tiebreaker in this scenario). Out with loss, Gillette victory and South victory. Out with loss and Kelly Walsh victory.

Class 3A East
Week 8 games affecting playoff seeding: Lander at Worland; Riverton at Douglas.
Lander: In. No. 1 seed with victory. Tie for 1-2-3 seeds (score differential to break) with loss and Riverton victory (entering week, tiebreaker is Riverton +8, Lander +2, Worland -10). No. 2 seed with loss and Douglas victory.
Worland: In. No. 1 seed with victory and Douglas victory. Tie for 1-2-3 seeds (score differential to break) with victory and Riverton victory (entering week, tiebreaker is Riverton +8, Lander +2, Worland -10). Tie for 2-3-4 seeds (score differential to break) with loss and Douglas victory (entering week, tiebreaker is Riverton +10, Worland +2, Douglas -12). No. 3 seed with loss and Riverton victory.
Douglas: In. Tie for 2-3-4 seeds (score differential to break) with victory and Lander victory (entering week, tiebreaker is Riverton +10, Worland +2, Douglas -12). No. 3 seed with victory and Worland victory. No. 4 seed with loss.
Riverton: In. Tie for 1-2-3 seeds (score differential to break) with victory and Worland victory (entering week, tiebreaker is Riverton +8, Lander +2, Worland -10). No. 2 seed with victory and Lander victory. Tie for 2-3-4 seeds (score differential to break) with loss and Lander victory (entering week, tiebreaker is Riverton +10, Worland +2, Douglas -12). No. 4 seed with loss and Worland victory.
Rawlins, Torrington: Out.

Class 3A West
Week 8 games affecting playoff seeding: Powell at Jackson.
Star Valley: In. No. 1 seed.
Cody: In. No. 2 seed.
Jackson, Powell: In. No. 3 seed with victory. No. 4 seed with loss.
Evanston, Green River: Out.

Class 2A East
Week 8 games affecting playoff seeding: Thermopolis at Burns.
Buffalo: In. No. 1 seed.
Burns, Thermopolis: In. No. 2 seed with victory. No. 3 seed with loss.
Wheatland: In. No. 4 seed.
Glenrock, Moorcroft, Newcastle: Out.

Class 2A West
Week 8 games affecting playoff seeding: Big Piney at Lyman; Kemmerer at Lovell.
Mountain View: In. No. 1 seed.
Big Piney: In. No. 2 seed with victory. No. 3 seed with loss and Kemmerer victory. Tie for 2-3-4 seeds (score differential to break) with loss and Lovell victory (entering week, tiebreaker is Big Piney +6, Lyman -2, Lovell -4).
Lovell: In. Tie for 2-3-4 seeds (score differential to break) with victory and Lyman victory (entering week, tiebreaker is Big Piney +6, Lyman -2, Lovell -4). No. 3 seed with Big Piney victory. No. 4 seed with loss and Lyman victory.
Lyman: In. No. 2 seed with victory and Kemmerer victory. Tie for 2-3-4 seeds (score differential to break) with victory and Lovell victory (entering week, tiebreaker is Big Piney +6, Lyman -2, Lovell -4). No. 4 seed with loss.
Pinedale, Greybull, Kemmerer: Out.

Class 1A 11-man East
Week 8 games affecting playoff seeding: Big Horn at Southeast.
Big Horn: In. No. 1 seed with victory. Tie for 1-2-3 seeds (score differential to break) with loss (entering week, tiebreaker is Big Horn +12, Upton-Sundance 0, Southeast -12).
Upton-Sundance: In. No. 2 seed with Big Horn victory. Tie for 1-2-3 seeds (score differential to break) with Southeast victory (entering week, tiebreaker is Big Horn +12, Upton-Sundance 0, Southeast -12).
Southeast: In. Tie for 1-2-3 seeds (score differential to break) with Southeast victory (entering week, tiebreaker is Big Horn +12, Upton-Sundance 0, Southeast -12). No. 3 seed with loss.
Wright: In. No. 4 seed
Lusk, Pine Bluffs, Tongue River: Out.

Class 1A 11-man West
Week 8 games affecting playoff seeding: none.
Cokeville: In. No. 1 seed.
Shoshoni: In. No. 2 seed.
Rocky Mountain: In. No. 3 seed.
Wind River: In. No. 4 seed.
Wyoming Indian: Out.

Class 1A six-man East
Week 8 games affecting playoff seeding: Hanna at Guernsey; NSI at Kaycee; Lingle at Hulett.
Hanna: In. No. 1 seed.
Hulett, Lingle: In. No. 2 seed with victory. No. 3 seed with loss.
Kaycee: Neither in nor out. No. 4 seed with victory. No. 4 seed with loss and Hanna victory. Out with loss and Guernsey victory.
Guernsey: Neither in nor out. No. 4 seed with victory and NSI victory. Out with victory and Kaycee victory. Out with loss.
Midwest, NSI: Out.
Saratoga: Ineligible for playoffs.

Class 1A six-man West
Week 8 games affecting playoff seeding: Burlington at Riverside; St. Stephens at Farson.
Snake River: In. No. 1 seed.
Farson: In. No. 2 seed with victory and Riverside victory. No. 2 seed (score differential to break) with loss and Riverside victory (Farson wins score differential tiebreaker and/or highest ranking victory tiebreaker in this scenario). No. 3 seed with Burlington victory.
Burlington: In. No. 2 seed with victory. No. 3 seed (score differential to break) with loss and St. Stephens victory (Burlington is second in differential tiebreaker in this scenario). No. 4 seed with loss and Farson victory.
Meeteetse: In. No. 3 seed with Riverside victory and Farson victory. No. 4 seed (score differential to break) with Riverside victory and St. Stephens victory (Meeteetse is third in differential tiebreaker in this scenario). No. 4 seed with Burlington victory.
St. Stephens, Dubois: Out.
Riverside: Ineligible for playoffs.

Post updated 6:56 p.m. MDT Oct. 21 to reflect Rocky Mountain’s forfeit victory against Wyoming Indian in Week 8.
Post updated 12:09 p.m. MDT Oct. 20 to reflect winners and current tiebreaker scores for potential three-way ties affected by scoring differential. Post updated 10:34 p.m. MDT Oct. 19 to reflect updated scenarios in 2A West, 1A six-man East and 1A six-man West.

–patrick