Week 7 Associated Press state football poll

How a state panel of sports writers rates Washington high school football teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2008, by WIAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in

Class 4A
1, Skyline (9), 6-0, 90
2, Olympia, 6-0, 69
3, Issaquah, 6-0, 68
4, Ferris, 6-0, 63
5, Auburn, 6-0, 59
6, Central Valley, 6-0, 51
7, Southridge, 6-0, 32
8, Marysville-Pilchuck, 6-0, 29
9, Federal Way, 5-1, 11
10, Gig Harbor, 5-1, 7
Others: none.

Class 3A
1, Bellevue (7), 6-0, 97
2, Ferndale (3), 6-0, 90
3, Lakes, 6-0, 78
4, Union, 6-0, 68
5, West Seattle, 6-0, 63
6, Kennedy, 5-1, 53
7, O¹Dea, 5-1, 38
8, Eastside Catholic, 5-1, 31
9, Liberty (Renton), 5-1, 14
10, North Kitsap, 5-1, 7
Others: none.

Class 2A
1, Prosser (9), 6-0, 99
2, Archbishop Murphy (1), 6-0, 89
T3, Burlington-Edison, 6-0, 74
T3, Tumwater, 6-0, 74
5, Othello, 5-1, 55
6, Steilacoom, 6-0, 47
7, Selah, 6-0, 30
8, Lynden, 4-2, 21
9, South Whidbey, 6-0, 17
10, W.F. West, 4-2, 12
Others receiving 6 or more points: Pullman 9, Clarkston 8.

Class 1A
1, Royal (10), 6-0, 107
2, Cashmere (1), 5-0, 98
3, Montesano, 6-0, 82
4, Orting, 6-0, 75
5, Forks, 6-0, 68
6, Cascade Christian, 5-1, 51
7, Cascade (Leavenworth), 5-0, 35
8, Castle Rock, 5-1, 34
9, Nooksack Valley, 5-1, 25
10, Chelan, 4-1, 11
Others receiving 6 or more points: Connell 9.

Class 2B
1, LaSalle (9), 6-0, 90
2, Asotin, 5-1, 78
3, Colfax, 4-0, 68
4, Willapa Valley, 6-0, 66
5, Concrete, 5-1, 40
6, DeSales, 4-2, 32
7, Garfield-Palouse, 5-0, 29
8, Toutle Lake, 5-1, 25
9, White Swan, 5-1, 24
T10, Adna, 4-2, 14
T10, Reardan, 4-1, 14
Others receiving 6 or more points: Life Christian Academy 8.

Class 1B
1, Cusick (6), 6-0, 96
2, Tri-Cities Prep (4), 5-0, 93
3, LaCrosse-Washtucna, 5-0, 67
4, Touchet, 5-1, 49
5, Odessa, 5-1, 34
Others receiving 6 or more points: Lummi 22, Lake Quinault 20,
Almira/Coulee-Hartline 19.

The football state brackets were released earlier this week, so it's time to take a peek at how the brackets will look when they are finalized on Nov. 8.

I've gone through the rest of the regular season, predicting the outcomes of games and coming up with seedings for each league, to create a list of possible preliminary playoff matchups in 4A and 3A.

What teams will hoist the state championship trophy this season?

For example, in figuring out what teams would get the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds from Kingco 4A, I assumed that Skyline would win the Crest Division and Bothell would win the Crown Division and that the Spartans would beat the Cougars for the league title in Week 9, giving Skyline the No. 1 seed and Bothell the No. 2 seed. So, you can see this is absolutely not a scientific process, but neither are the polls and rankings we enjoy so much.

I suspect many of the matchups will hold true, but some obviously will not. Nevertheless, it's fun to speculate. Plus, I guarantee that high school coaches around the state are doing the same thing for games that their teams might be involved in.

These next four weeks are some of the most enjoyable, not to mention exhausting, of the year for those who cover prep sports. I'll update these possible matchups weekly, along with what teams have clinched postseason berths and what teams are coming close.

Click below for a peek at what the Week 10 preliminary playoff matchups might be.

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