Playoff scenarios entering Week 8

Here are the playoff scenarios for Wyoming high school football teams entering Week 8, the final week of the regular season. A full schedule of Week 8 games is here.

Class 4A
Gillette: In. No. 1 seed.
Sheridan: In. No. 2 seed.
Natrona: In. No. 3 seed with victory. No. 4 seed with loss and Gillette victory. Tie for 3-4-5 seeds (coin flip to break) with loss and Cheyenne East victory.
Cheyenne East: In. No. 4 seed with Natrona victory (no matter what East does). Tie for 3-4-5 seeds (coin flip to break) with victory and Rock Springs victory. No. 5 seed with loss and Rock Springs victory.
Rock Springs: In. No. 3 seed with victory and Gillette victory. Tie for 3-4-5 seeds (coin flip to break) with victory and Cheyenne East victory. No. 5 seed with loss.
Kelly Walsh: In. No. 6 seed with victory. No. 7 seed with loss and Central victory. Tie for 6-7-8 seeds (coin flip to break) with loss and Evanston victory.
Cheyenne Central: Neither in nor out. No. 7 seed with victory and Kelly Walsh victory. No. 8 seed with victory and Laramie victory. Out with loss.
Laramie: Neither in nor out. No. 6 seed with victory and Central victory. Tie for 6-7-8 seeds (coin flip to break) with victory and Evanston victory. No. 8 seed with loss and Evanston victory. Out with loss and Central victory.
Evanston: Neither in nor out. No. 7 seed with victory and Kelly Walsh victory. Tie for 6-7-8 seeds (coin flip to break) with victory and Laramie victory. No. 8 seed with loss and Kelly Walsh victory. Out with loss and Laramie victory.
Cheyenne South: Out.

Class 3A East
Torrington: In. No. 1 seed.
Douglas: In. No. 2 seed with victory. No. 3 seed with loss and Lander victory. Tie for 2-3-4 seeds (coin flip to break) with loss and Riverton victory.
Buffalo: In. No. 2 seed with victory and Lander victory. Tie for 2-3-4 seeds (coin flip to break) with victory and Riverton victory. No. 4 seed with loss.
Riverton: In. No. 3 seed with Douglas victory (no matter what Riverton does). Tie for 2-3-4 seeds (coin flip to break) with victory and Buffalo victory. No. 4 seed with loss and Buffalo victory.
Lander, Rawlins: Out.

Class 3A West
Star Valley: In. No. 1 seed with victory. No. 2 seed with loss.
Jackson: In. No. 1 seed with victory. No. 2 seed with loss.
Green River: Neither in nor out. No. 3 seed with victory. No. 4 seed with loss and Cody victory. Tie for 3-4-5 spots (triangular playoff to break) with loss and Powell victory.
Worland: Neither in nor out. No. 3 seed with victory and Cody victory. Tie for 3-4-5 spots (triangular playoff to break) with victory and Powell victory. Tie for 4-5-6 spots (triangular playoff to break) with loss and Cody victory. Out with loss and Powell victory.
Powell: Neither in nor out. Tie for 3-4-5 spots (triangular playoff to break) with victory and Worland victory. No. 4 seed with victory and Green River victory. Tie for 4-5-6 spots (triangular playoff to break) with loss and Green River victory. Out with loss and Worland victory.
Cody: Neither in nor out. Tie for 4-5-6 spots (triangular playoff to break) with victory and Green River victory. Out with loss or Worland victory.

Class 2A East
Wheatland: In. No. 1 seed with win. Tie for 1-2-3 seeds (coin flip to break) with loss.
Glenrock: In. No. 2 seed with Wheatland win. Tie for 1-2-3 seeds (coin flip to break) with Big Horn win.
Big Horn: In. Tie for 1-2-3 seeds (coin flip to break) with win. No. 3 seed with loss.
Newcastle: Neither in nor out. No. 4 seed with victory. Out with loss.
Thermopolis: Neither in nor out. No. 4 seed with victory. Out with loss.
Burns, Wright: Out.

Class 2A West
Lovell: In. No. 1 seed with victory. No. 2 seed with loss.
Greybull: In. No. 1 seed with victory. No. 2 seed with loss.
Lyman: In. No. 3 seed with victory. No. 4 seed with loss.
Mountain View: In. No. 3 seed with victory. No. 4 seed with loss.
Big Piney, Kemmerer, Pinedale: Out.

Class 1A 11-man East
Lingle, Upton-Sundance: In.
Pine Bluffs, Southeast, Tongue River: Neither in nor out.
Lusk, Moorcroft: Out.
The scenarios for the 1A 11-man East Conference, where the Week 8 schedule is Moorcroft vs. Lingle, Southeast vs. Upton-Sundance and Tongue River vs. Pine Bluffs:

Note 1: In both of these scenarios, where Tongue River, Southeast and Pine Bluffs tie at 3-3 in conference, I believe TR gets the 3 seed for its victory against Lingle, and Southeast gets the 4 for beating Pine head to head.
Note 2: In this scenario, where Upton-Sundance, Southeast and Tongue River tie at 4-2, I believe TR gets the 2 seed for beating Lingle, then Southeast gets the 3 seed for beating U-S head-to-head.
Note 3: I’m unclear on how the WHSAA would break a four-way tie in this scenario, but it looks like Tongue River’s loss to Lusk (the highest-ranking non-tied team where teams don’t have equal records) would knock it down to the 4 seed. Then it’s breaking a 3-way tie between Lingle, Upton-Sundance and Southeast, which Lingle earns due to head-to-head victories over both. Southeast is then the 3 seed due to a head-to-head victory over US.

Class 1A 11-man West
Shoshoni: In. No. 1 seed with victory. No. 2 seed with loss.
Riverside: In. No. 1 seed with victory. Tie for 2-3-4 seeds (coin flip to break) with loss and Cokeville victory. No. 3 seed with loss and Wind River victory.
Cokeville: In. No. 3 seed with victory and Riverside victory. Tie for 2-3-4 seeds (coin flip to break) with victory and Shoshoni victory. No. 4 seed with loss.
Rocky Mountain: In. No. 2 seed with Shoshoni and Wind River victories. Tie for 2-3-4 seeds (coin flip to break) with Shoshoni and Cokeville victories. No. 3 seed with Riverside and Wind River victories. No. 4 seed with Riverside and Cokeville victories.
Burlington, Saratoga, Wind River, Wyoming Indian: Out.

Class 1A six-man East
Guernsey-Sunrise, Hulett, Kaycee: In.
Midwest, Normative Services: Neither in nor out.
Hanna, Rock River: Out.
The scenarios for the 1A six-man East Conference, where the Week 8 schedule is Kaycee vs. Hanna, Midwest vs. NSI and Rock River vs. Hulett:

Note 1: I’m not totally sure how this tie between Kaycee, Hulett and Guernsey would be broken, but I assume Guernsey falls to the 3-seed by virtue of its loss to NSI, and Kaycee gets the 1 over Hulett due to head-to-head victory.
Note 2: Of all the scenarios, this one is the most confusing, but I think in this scenario Kaycee falls to the 4 seed due to its loss to the highest-ranked non-tied team, Hanna. That leaves a three-way tie between Hulett, Guernsey and NSI, which Hulett wins with head-to-head victories over both. NSI would get the 2 over Guernsey due to head-to-head victory.

Class 1A six-man West
Meeteetse: In. No. 1 seed.
Snake River: In. No. 2 seed with victory. No. 3 seed with loss.
Farson: In. No. 2 seed with victory. No. 3 seed with loss.
Dubois: In. No. 4 seed.
St. Stephens, Ten Sleep: Out.

–patrick