(Steve Oathout)
The state football brackets for classes 3A and 4A were posted on Sunday. Find them here:
League champions automatically qualified to the playoff field, with the remainder of the bracket being filled out by the final RPI standings of the regular season. In the case of each bracket, this meant that the top 16 in those standings qualified as no league champions were outside that range.
The teams were then seeded by combining rankings from the RPI, CHSAANow coaches poll, MaxPreps rankings and Packard Rankings. The result of that data is available here.
Each playoff bracket will begin play this weekend. Quarterfinals are Nov. 21-23, semifinals are Nov. 29-30, and the championships games are set for Dec. 7. The 3A game will be played at CSU-Pueblo, and the 4A game will be at Mile High.