CLOC sets enrollment cutoff ranges to be used in 2016-18 alignment

The CLOC committee met on Wednesday. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)

AURORA — The Classification and League Organizing Committee met on Wednesday to work on the state’s alignment for the 2016-18 two-year cycle.

Nothing was set — in fact, it’s not even close to being finalized — but the committee did have a lot of work to do since they have been charged with evenly distributing teams into classifications for next cycle.

And there was one wrinkle that took up much of their time on Wednesday: That they have flexibility to move the cutoff line for a classification up or down five percent in order to balance the number of schools.

Those numbers, and the potential enrollment cutoff splits, are listed below. Schools should be looking to see if they could potentially fall within this cutoff range. The CHSAA office will send out a survey asking schools about their preference for a classification. If they fall within that cutoff zone, that preference will be taken into consideration, though will not always be granted.

Keep in mind that this is only Step 1 of this new CLOC process. Further steps will be explained in detail in the months to come.

Note that football’s numbers are hard-and-fast numbers, and the 5 percent buffer does not apply to its enrollment cutoffs. As a result, those numbers are not included below. They are listed in this story.

2016-18 enrollment cutoffs, and the cutoff zone

Note: These numbers are for the bottom end of a classification. So, in 5A team sports, anything at 1357 (or, potentially, 1425 or 1289) and above is 5A. Anything below that number then falls into the next class (in the example, 4A).

The middle number is the number which was set by CLOC, and approved at Legislative Council in January. Above that is the enrollment cutoff with a 5 percent increase. The bottom number is the enrollment cutoff with a 5 percent decrease.

Team sports (except football)

Class	Type	Bottom cutoff
5A	5% up	1425
	CLOC split	1357
	5% down	1289
4A	5% up	658
	CLOC split	627
	5% down	596
3A	5% up	261
	CLOC split	249
	5% down	237
2A	5% up	96
	CLOC split	91
	5% down	86
1A	5% up	1
	CLOC split	1
	5% down	1

Cross country

Class	Type	Bottom cutoff
5A	5% up	1553
	CLOC split	1479
	5% down	1405
4A	5% up	869
	CLOC split	828
	5% down	787
3A	5% up	307
	CLOC split	292
	5% down	277
2A	5% up	1
	CLOC split	1
	5% down	1

Track

Class	Type	Bottom cutoff
5A	5% up	1534
	CLOC split	1461
	5% down	1388
4A	5% up	827
	CLOC split	788
	5% down	749
3A	5% up	284
	CLOC split	270
	5% down	257
2A	5% up	101
	CLOC split	96
	5% down	91
1A	5% up	1
	CLOC split	1
	5% down	1

Boys tennis

Class	Type	Bottom cutoff
5A	5% up	1425
	CLOC split	1357
	5% down	1289
4A	5% up	1
	CLOC split	1
	5% down	1

Girls tennis

Class	Type	Bottom cutoff
5A	5% up	1684
	CLOC split	1604
	5% down	1524
4A	5% up	1061
	CLOC split	1010
	5% down	960
3A	5% up	1
	CLOC split	1
	5% down	1

Boys golf

Class	Type	Bottom cutoff
5A	5% up	1454
	CLOC split	1385
	5% down	1316
4A	5% up	658
	CLOC split	627
	5% down	596
3A	5% up	1
	CLOC split	1
	5% down	1

Girls golf

Class	Type	Bottom cutoff
5A	5% up	1613
	CLOC split	1536
	5% down	1459
4A	5% up	915
	CLOC split	871
	5% down	827
3A	5% up	1
	CLOC split	1
	5% down	1

Girls swimming

Class	Type	Bottom cutoff
5A	5% up	1781
	CLOC split	1696
	5% down	1611
4A	5% up	1225
	CLOC split	1167
	5% down	1109
3A	5% up	1
	CLOC split	1
	5% down	1

Boys swimming

Class	Type	Bottom cutoff
5A	5% up	1612
	CLOC split	1535
	5% down	1458
4A	5% up	1
	CLOC split	1
	5% down	1

Wrestling

Class	Type	Bottom cutoff
5A	5% up	1553
	CLOC split	1479
	5% down	1405
4A	5% up	862
	CLOC split	821
	5% down	780
3A	5% up	250
	CLOC split	238
	5% down	226
2A	5% up	1
	CLOC split	1
	5% down	1

Gymnastics

Class	Type	Bottom cutoff
5A	5% up	1612
	CLOC split	1535
	5% down	1458
4A	5% up	1
	CLOC split	1
	5% down	1