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CLASS 6A 1: Merrillville [9-1] at Crown Point [6-4] [BRACKET] 2: Penn [6-4] at Warsaw [8-2] [BRACKET] 3: Carroll (Fort Wayne) [7-3] at Homestead [10-0] [BRACKET] 4: Westfield [6-4] at Carmel [7-3] [BRACKET] 5: Brownsburg [7-3] at Zionsville [4-6] [BRACKET] 6: Southport [7-3] at Ben Davis [6-4] [BRACKET] 7: Lawrence North [4-6] at Warren Central [7-3] [BRACKET] 8: Franklin Central [5-5] at Center Grove [5-5] [BRACKET] Merrillville 31 Crown Point 14 Warsaw 21 Penn 14 Carroll 35 Homestead 27 Carmel 24 Westfield 14 Brownsburg 31 Zionsville 17 Ben Davis 38 Southport 10 Warren Central 24 Lawrence North 21 Center Grove 35 Franklin Central 7

Did you choose to not read my comment that Carroll is undervalued? Besides, thanks to Homestead’s near disaster @Noblesville the league needs to rethink it’s inclusive scheduling. Crap, I’m going all DT again.

Yeah, I'm hoping someone fixes that!

It's this time of year that Sagarin starts to gain accuracy. Notice the top ten teams. 5 HCC and 5 MIC. (Bold teams are still alive in the tournament) After last Friday I don't think anyone can argue the strength of these 2 conferences this year. Sagarin is the only poll that continues all the way through to the championships. So, each week if you beat a team rated better, you move up. Even if you are done with the season, you can move down if your SOS goes down. Stock up/down games this Friday: Crown Point with an upset of Merrillville could move up 5-7 spots. Carroll has the best opportunity with a win over Homestead. Carroll is undervalued and Homestead is apparently trying to find a running back? Zionsville would most certainly jump into the top ten with an upset. Southport has a herculean task ahead in Ben Davis. A win would duplicate Crown Point's opportunity. If the favorites all win Saturday, expect the gap between #2 and #3 to close. But their places will remain the same. I expect Avon to eventually drop down a couple of spots as teams they play are knocked out. By Thanksgiving weekend Sagarin will be looking pretty accurate. Teams that finish well should start out well week #1 next fall. CLASS 6A CLASS RANK STATE RANK TEAM OVERALL RATING SCHEDULE STRENGTH RANK RECENT RATING RANK PREDICTOR RATING RANK 1 1 Avon 109.03 93.86 5 109.44 1 107.60 2 2 2 Brownsburg 108.30 95.10 2 108.50 2 108.56 1 3 3 Carmel 101.58 90.79 13 103.84 3 101.55 3 4 5 Warren Central 98.87 92.66 11 96.06 10 98.47 6 5 7 Westfield 98.50 92.12 12 99.45 5 99.31 5 6 9 Fishers 97.97 93.54 8 93.73 13 97.40 8 7 10 Hamilton Southeastern 97.08 94.39 4 97.29 9 97.67 7 8 11 Ben Davis 96.94 93.58 6 98.33 7 96.83 11 9 12 Center Grove 95.87 92.70 10 95.06 11 97.10 10 10 14 North Central (Indianapolis) 94.29 94.46 3 91.95 15 94.52 13 11 15 Merrillville 90.83 70.85 25 92.41 14 89.65 16 12 16 Homestead 89.46 60.80 64 90.65 16 88.03 17 13 17 Lawrence North 89.07 88.08 16 87.62 18 92.72 15 14 18 Lafayette Jeff 88.43 58.57 71 88.45 17 87.68 18 15 19 Zionsville 86.26 89.66 15 86.58 19 86.60 20 16 20 Lawrence Central 85.17 93.20 9 83.22 25 87.19 19 17 23 Franklin Central 84.72 90.33 14 84.10 22 83.96 24 18 27 Penn 81.90 70.15 26 83.10 26 80.85 29 19 32 Pike 79.04 93.56 7 75.27 43 81.87 26 20 37 Noblesville 78.04 97.50 1 78.37 34 78.46 36 21 38 Fort Wayne Snider 77.25 61.64 59 73.85 47 79.35 32 22 39 Carroll (Fort Wayne) 77.16 61.64 60 78.13 35 76.72 41 23 44 Chesterton 75.12 69.56 30 73.67 49 75.93 42 24 45 Warsaw 74.50 62.17 54 76.94 40 72.93 53 25 47 Columbus East 74.29 48.84 114 73.86 46 74.11 48 26 48 Columbus North 73.81 72.32 21 71.21 57 75.48 43 27 49 Southport 73.79 66.61 41 73.23 50 73.39 51 28 55 Crown Point 71.27 65.20 47 72.60 53 71.22 58 29 90 Indianapolis Tech 60.03 53.18 96 58.87 94 60.96 87 30 97 Lake Central 58.54 69.75 27 58.88 93 58.35 97 31 98 Portage 57.91 73.94 20 55.38 108 59.46 93 32 144 Perry Meridian 45.99 75.29 18 45.14 148 46.75 141

It's this time of year that Sagarin starts to gain accuracy. Notice the top ten teams. 5 HCC and 5 MIC. (Bold teams are still alive in the tournament) After last Friday I don't think anyone can argue the strength of these 2 conferences this year. Sagarin is the only poll that continues all the way through to the championships. So, each week if you beat a team rated better, you move up. Even if you are done with the season, you can move down if your SOS goes down. Stock up/down games this Friday: Crown Point with an upset of Merrillville could move up 5-7 spots. Carroll has the best opportunity with a win over Homestead. Carroll is undervalued and Homestead is apparently trying to find a running back? Zionsville would most certainly jump into the top ten with an upset. Southport has a herculean task ahead in Ben Davis. A win would duplicate Crown Point's opportunity. If the favorites all win Saturday, expect the gap between #2 and #3 to close. But their places will remain the same. I expect Avon to eventually drop down a couple of spots as teams they play are knocked out. By Thanksgiving weekend Sagarin will be looking pretty accurate. Teams that finish well should start out well week #1 next fall. CLASS 6A CLASS RANK STATE RANK TEAM OVERALL RATING SCHEDULE STRENGTH RANK RECENT RATING RANK PREDICTOR RATING RANK 1 1 Avon 109.03 93.86 5 109.44 1 107.60 2 2 2 Brownsburg 108.30 95.10 2 108.50 2 108.56 1 3 3 Carmel 101.58 90.79 13 103.84 3 101.55 3 4 5 Warren Central 98.87 92.66 11 96.06 10 98.47 6 5 7 Westfield 98.50 92.12 12 99.45 5 99.31 5 6 9 Fishers 97.97 93.54 8 93.73 13 97.40 8 7 10 Hamilton Southeastern 97.08 94.39 4 97.29 9 97.67 7 8 11 Ben Davis 96.94 93.58 6 98.33 7 96.83 11 9 12 Center Grove 95.87 92.70 10 95.06 11 97.10 10 10 14 North Central (Indianapolis) 94.29 94.46 3 91.95 15 94.52 13 11 15 Merrillville 90.83 70.85 25 92.41 14 89.65 16 12 16 Homestead 89.46 60.80 64 90.65 16 88.03 17 13 17 Lawrence North 89.07 88.08 16 87.62 18 92.72 15 14 18 Lafayette Jeff 88.43 58.57 71 88.45 17 87.68 18 15 19 Zionsville 86.26 89.66 15 86.58 19 86.60 20 16 20 Lawrence Central 85.17 93.20 9 83.22 25 87.19 19 17 23 Franklin Central 84.72 90.33 14 84.10 22 83.96 24 18 27 Penn 81.90 70.15 26 83.10 26 80.85 29 19 32 Pike 79.04 93.56 7 75.27 43 81.87 26 20 37 Noblesville 78.04 97.50 1 78.37 34 78.46 36 21 38 Fort Wayne Snider 77.25 61.64 59 73.85 47 79.35 32 22 39 Carroll (Fort Wayne) 77.16 61.64 60 78.13 35 76.72 41 23 44 Chesterton 75.12 69.56 30 73.67 49 75.93 42 24 45 Warsaw 74.50 62.17 54 76.94 40 72.93 53 25 47 Columbus East 74.29 48.84 114 73.86 46 74.11 48 26 48 Columbus North 73.81 72.32 21 71.21 57 75.48 43 27 49 Southport 73.79 66.61 41 73.23 50 73.39 51 28 55 Crown Point 71.27 65.20 47 72.60 53 71.22 58 29 90 Indianapolis Tech 60.03 53.18 96 58.87 94 60.96 87 30 97 Lake Central 58.54 69.75 27 58.88 93 58.35 97 31 98 Portage 57.91 73.94 20 55.38 108 59.46 93 32 144 Perry Meridian 45.99 75.29 18 45.14 148 46.75 141

It's this time of year that Sagarin starts to gain accuracy. Notice the top ten teams. 5 HCC and 5 MIC. (Bold teams are still alive in the tournament) After last Friday I don't think anyone can argue the strength of these 2 conferences this year. Sagarin is the only poll that continues all the way through to the championships. So, each week if you beat a team rated better, you move up. Even if you are done with the season, you can move down if your SOS goes down. Stock up/down games this Friday: Crown Point with an upset of Merrillville could move up 5-7 spots. Carroll has the best opportunity with a win over Homestead. Carroll is undervalued and Homestead is apparently trying to find a running back? Zionsville would most certainly jump into the top ten with an upset. Southport has a herculean task ahead in Ben Davis. A win would duplicate Crown Point's opportunity. If the favorites all win Saturday, expect the gap between #2 and #3 to close. But their places will remain the same. I expect Avon to eventually drop down a couple of spots as teams they play are knocked out. By Thanksgiving weekend Sagarin will be looking pretty accurate. Teams that finish well should start out well week #1 next fall. CLASS 6A CLASS RANK STATE RANK TEAM OVERALL RATING SCHEDULE STRENGTH RANK RECENT RATING RANK PREDICTOR RATING RANK 1 1 Avon 109.03 93.86 5 109.44 1 107.60 2 2 2 Brownsburg 108.30 95.10 2 108.50 2 108.56 1 3 3 Carmel 101.58 90.79 13 103.84 3 101.55 3 4 5 Warren Central 98.87 92.66 11 96.06 10 98.47 6 5 7 Westfield 98.50 92.12 12 99.45 5 99.31 5 6 9 Fishers 97.97 93.54 8 93.73 13 97.40 8 7 10 Hamilton Southeastern 97.08 94.39 4 97.29 9 97.67 7 8 11 Ben Davis 96.94 93.58 6 98.33 7 96.83 11 9 12 Center Grove 95.87 92.70 10 95.06 11 97.10 10 10 14 North Central (Indianapolis) 94.29 94.46 3 91.95 15 94.52 13 11 15 Merrillville 90.83 70.85 25 92.41 14 89.65 16 12 16 Homestead 89.46 60.80 64 90.65 16 88.03 17 13 17 Lawrence North 89.07 88.08 16 87.62 18 92.72 15 14 18 Lafayette Jeff 88.43 58.57 71 88.45 17 87.68 18 15 19 Zionsville 86.26 89.66 15 86.58 19 86.60 20 16 20 Lawrence Central 85.17 93.20 9 83.22 25 87.19 19 17 23 Franklin Central 84.72 90.33 14 84.10 22 83.96 24 18 27 Penn 81.90 70.15 26 83.10 26 80.85 29 19 32 Pike 79.04 93.56 7 75.27 43 81.87 26 20 37 Noblesville 78.04 97.50 1 78.37 34 78.46 36 21 38 Fort Wayne Snider 77.25 61.64 59 73.85 47 79.35 32 22 39 Carroll (Fort Wayne) 77.16 61.64 60 78.13 35 76.72 41 23 44 Chesterton 75.12 69.56 30 73.67 49 75.93 42 24 45 Warsaw 74.50 62.17 54 76.94 40 72.93 53 25 47 Columbus East 74.29 48.84 114 73.86 46 74.11 48 26 48 Columbus North 73.81 72.32 21 71.21 57 75.48 43 27 49 Southport 73.79 66.61 41 73.23 50 73.39 51 28 55 Crown Point 71.27 65.20 47 72.60 53 71.22 58 29 90 Indianapolis Tech 60.03 53.18 96 58.87 94 60.96 87 30 97 Lake Central 58.54 69.75 27 58.88 93 58.35 97 31 98 Portage 57.91 73.94 20 55.38 108 59.46 93 32 144 Perry Meridian 45.99 75.29 18 45.14 148 46.75 141

Kingsmen are not so mighty this year.

I know Sagarin isn't the gospel, but Avon/Brownsburg and L. Jeff/Merrillville were tossup games. These are not OSU/Michigan. They are not 'Bama/LSU.

We must have different definitions of “upset”.

Other than maybe Westfield dominating Fishers, I don't see any upsets or even surprises in 6A.

I’m sure the seniors were very emotional in beating THE rival and the #1 team. But, I think they have the same goal...... winning a state championship. Every game from here on out will be tough. Hart will prepare them well.

You realize you just called Westfield over Carmel? Are you sticking with that?

The things I’ve noticed this entire season, penalties, mental mistakes, not putting teams away....... all came back to haunt #1 tonight. It was pretty clear watching this game that Avon SHOULD have won, but numerous penalties, including unsportsmanlike and late hits, kept the game anybody’s to win. Kudos to Bburg for defensive adjustments and getting 2nd half turnovers. Avon has quite a few keys returning next year so should be something to look forward. But I know this one hurts. Bulldogs will have their hands full next week vs Zionsville. Should be a great game!

Noblesville was out scored 99-27 in their last 3 games. They had not scored 21 points in a game all season! There are absolutely NO excuses!

“Unstoppable” L Jefferson earned every one of their 20 points, which is 16 less than their previous low scoring game. Strength of schedule does matter! They would have been better prepared if they were still in the HCC (don’t tell DT I said that!).

Unfortunately I am at the mercy of my internet provider. The device is pretty much irrelevant, the speed and consistency of the internet is critical.

See Bonecrusher's post.

Haven't been following this thread. Is Moore out for the season? Redshirt?

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Strange that they don't count games against the other division as conference games.

I assumed that was a mistake by Harrell.

Avon paid a visit to the Reitz Bowl in 2005 and beat a very good Hart coached team 42-35 in the 5A regional. Best stadium in the Hoosier state!

The answer has been there for weeks. If you walked the halls of CGHS you knew.

I'm is agreement with the spirit of your post, but losing by scores of 48-20, 33-10 and 33-10 isn't exactly playing tough. Common opponent....... Hanover Central........... Andrean wins 44-23, BG wins 42-13.