We've found this year difficult to pick so far, and in many classifications that really doesn't change this week. We're going to throw some rankings out there, even though we don't have a great deal of confidence in them, so while you could use this article as affirmation or bulletin board material, we fully expect to miss on several of these without complete clarification coming until the weekend after Thanksgiving, which is the way it should be anyway. Best of luck to each of the eight teams left in each classification heading into Friday night!

6A

Here’s our best guess at the Top 5 in each classification and our predictions for the winners of this week’s regional playoff games. Asterisks indicate the games we believe will be the closest on each side of the bracket. Not much change in the rankings, though we returned St. James Academy to third place in 4A because even at 2-7 the Thunder pushed Miege to the brink proving they are deserving of the ranking.

Here’s our best guess at the winners of this week’s playoff games. Asterisks indicate the games we believe will be the closest, thinking a touchdown or less for the final margin. Good luck to all teams in their quest for a 2023 state championship!

Class 6A