Football: PF Ranked No. 1 in Division 4 Ratings

By Dan Sousa
LoudounPrepSports.com Senior Content Editor

(Oct. 7, 2008) – Undefeated Potomac Falls High School leads all AA Division 4 schools in the latest football rankings released by the Virginia High School Legue Monday. The Panthers (5-0) have a 26.8 ratings. Broad Run, also undefeated at 5-0, is tied for third with a 26.0 rating.

While district champions receive automatic bids into the playoffs, the VHSL ratings determine the remainder of the playoff field in each region and also determines homefield advantage.

The area’s third undefeated team, Stone Bridge (6-0), is currently fifth in Division 5 with a 27.667 rating. Briar Woods sits No. 10 in Division 3 at 20.2.

Click for the Top 10 in each of the six divisions.

Northern Region Ratings
Division 5
1, Edison 30.3
2, Stone Bridge 27.7
3, Yorktown 24.2
4, Madison 24.0
5, Mount Vernon 23.8
6, Marshall 20.7
7. Washington-Lee 19.5
8. Lee 18.3
8, Wakefield 18.3
10, Hayfield 18.2
11, South Lakes 16.8
11, TJ 16.8
13, McLean 15.3
14, Stuart 15.2
15, Falls Church 14.5

Division 6
1, Oakton 30.0
2, Westfield 29.7
3, Chantilly 26.3
3, West Potomac 26.3
5, West Springfield 26.0
6, South County 23.7
7, Woodson 23.2
8, Langley 23.0
9, Herndon 22.8
10, Fairfax 22.7
11, Lake Braddock 21.3
11, Robinson 21.3
13, Annanadale 21.0
14, T.C. Williams 18.0
15, Centreville 17.0

If the playoffs were held tomorrow, top ranked teams in D5, Edison and Stone Bridge, would be facing teams with losing records. SB’s path to another state crown could inlcude Lee again in the first round followed by Yorktown and then a third straight regional title match with Edison, but this year the game might not be held in Ashburn unless the Bulldogs can make up ground in the ratings. The soft record on SB’s non-district opponents has not helped. In D6, how about a wild first round playoff game between West Potomac and West Springfield … it could take 50 points to win that one. A long way to go however …

Region II
Division 4
1, Potomac Falls 26.8
2, Broad Run 26.0
3, Sherando 22.4
4, Loudoun County 22.2
5, James Wood 21.2
6, Louisa County 20.8
7, Heritage 19.2
8, Park View 18.0
9, Orange 16.8
10, Charlottesville 13.8
11, Brentsville 13.2

Division 3
1, Handley 24.0
2, Monticello 23.6
3, Briar Woods 20.2
4, Skyline 20.0
5, Millbrook 17.8
6, Western Albemarle 15.8
7, Fluvanna 15.2
8, Kettle Run 14.7
9, Dominion 14.4
10, Central 13.0
11, Warren County 12.8
12, Freedom 12.4
13, William Monroe 10.0

If the playoffs were held tomorrow, you could figure that in D4 Potomac Falls would host LC in a rematch of Friday’s game won by the Panthers and Broad Run would host defending regional champion Sherando in a showdown in Ashburn. In D3, Handley would host Skyline in an all-Northwestern District game and Briar Woods would travel to Monticello. But there is still a lot of football to play.