The brackets for the WIAA boys soccer state tournament have been released. In most cases, sectional groups of approximately 16 teams are seeded together. Sectional #1 in each division splits the seeding process into two groups. Each grouping is seeded by the coaches in that grouping.
From the WIAA tournament procedures:
Coaches should consider these factors when determining their seeds (factors are not listed in any order of preference):
(a) Coaches comments.
(b) Head-to-head competition against teams in their regional grouping.
(c) Comparative scores against like opponents.
(d) Conference standings.
(e) Relative strength of schedule.
(f) Overall win-loss record.
(g) Other special factors (e.g., injury of a key player, etc.).
In general, the seedings were in line with the weekly ratings produced here. Below are the teams that received a seed 4+ positions different from what this website's ratings would have assigned:
- The coaches significantly underseeded teams more often than they significantly overseeded teams.
- Most of the differences occur in the middle seeds where it can be more difficult to separate teams. All but two of these differences involved a team moving between a bottom half seed (9+) and a top half seed (1-8).
- Many of the rating differences are very close despite the large seeding diffrence. For example, Division 3 - Sectional 3:
- #11 Seed - West Salem (948)
- #12 Seed - Whitewater (943)
- #13 Seed - Lake Mills (942)
- #14 Seed - Monroe (964)
- #15 Seed - Jefferson (940)
- #16 Seed - Cambridge/Deerfield (945)
- #17 Seed - Dodgeville/Mineral Point (966)
- The rating system does weight recent results more heavily; whereas, the coaches may place more value on the overall season performance. Additionally, the rating system does not know which comments or special factors are considered during the meeting.
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