How will the Southern Section playoff groups be rebracketed?

[gvgrizzlyfan]

Apparently rule 3319.1 specifies the factors used in determining playoff groupings. What is not clear is how each of these factors are weighted, how is strength of schedule determined. Does a committee have final say on ranking despite what the math says? Here is the quote from the rule book:
#3319. PLAYOFF GROUPINGS
The following procedures for conducting the business of playoff groupings will be in effect for the sports listed below:
Fall – Football, Tennis (Girls), Volleyball (Girls), Water Polo (Boys)
Winter – Basketball (Boys/Girls), Soccer (Boys/Girls), Water Polo (Girls)
Spring – Baseball, Softball, Tennis (Boys), Volleyball (Boys)

#3319.1 Individual schools will be evaluated and placed into divisions on a yearly basis for the sports listed above utilizing a formula which
includes the following factors: regular season record, strength of schedule and Southern Section playoff performance over a twoyear
period. (For example in Baseball and Softball, the data from the 2016 and 2017 seasons will be used to formulate divisions
for the 2018 season. After the 2018 season is concluded, the data from the 2016 season will be removed and the data from the
2017 and 2018 seasons will be used to formulate divisions for the 2019 season.) The formula will be applied to each school
resulting in the creation of competitive equity power rankings for individual schools, using that school’s competitive performance
as the only criteria for establishing playoff divisions.
#3319.2 Once individual school power rankings for each sport are completed, after the conclusion of each sport season, playoff divisions
will be created. Playoff divisions will be published in the Sport Preview for each sport, along with an explanation of the formula
utilized in creating playoff divisions for that sport.

Note: I did not clearly see the formula for playoff division grouping in this last year's preview booklet, but(unless I missed it) perhaps it is an addition to specify the formula for the coming year.

 

[gvgrizzlyfan]

Based upon the info above and the fact that only 1 team moved more than 1 division last year, I suggest the following playoff divisions for Southern Section football in 2018:

Your division 1 teams for 2018:
MATER DEI
St. John Bosco
Centennial-Corona
Mission Viejo
Rancho Cucamonga
Santa Margarita
Chaminade
Valencia - up from div 2
Murrieta Valley
Oaks Christian - up from div 2
San Clemente
Lutheran (Orange)
J.Serra
Vista Murrietta
Serra – Gardena
Long Beach Poly
Edison - Up from D-2
Upland - Up from D-2

For Division 2:
Servite - Down from D-1
Bishop Amat - Down from D-1
Heritage
Calabasas
Rancho Verde - Up from D-3
Alemany - Down from D-1
Sierra Canyon - Up from D-3
Norco
Cathedral
Loyola - Down from D-1
St. Francis - Up from D-3
La Mirada
La Habra
Los Alamitos
Charter Oak - Up from D-3
Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks
Redlands East Valley
Lompoc - Up from D-3

Division 3:
Tesoro - Down from D-2
Capistrano Valley - Up from D-4
Cajon - Up from D-4
Downey - Up from D-4
Hart
Citrus Hill
Corona Del Mar - Up from D-4
San Juan Hills - Up from D-4
Westlake
Newbury Park
Oak Hills
Roosevelt - Up from D-4
Palos Verdes
Villa Park
Chino Hills- Down from D-2
St. Bonaventure- Down from D-2
Great Oak- Down from D-2
El Toro

Division 4:
Murrieta Mesa
Santiago
Paraclete - Up from D-05
Paloma Valley - Up from D-5
Moorpark - Up from D-5
Yucaipa - Up from D-5
Paramount - Up from D-5
Los Altos - Up from D-5
Redondo
Lawndale - Up from D-5
Crespi - Down from D-3
Camarillo - Down from D-3
Buena Park - Down from D-3
Serrano - Down from D-3
La Serna - Down from D-3
Damien
Colony
Ventura - Up from D-5
Etiwanda
Glendora

Division 5:
King - Down from D-4
Carter - Down from D-4
Lakewood- Down from D-4
Thousand Oaks- Down from D-4
Palm Springs- Down from D-4

Surprises here might be the move of Servite and Bishop Amat to D-2 with Edison & Upland moving up. The reason was that Edison & Upland rated higher than Servite & Amat and since neither Servite nor Amat have won a D-1 playoff game in the last 2 years, I bumped them down. I have not scrubbed the rest of the listed divisions for those factors.

2017-Jan-08: Modified for the departure of Central Coast teams to the Central Section and adjustments for teams not moving more than 1 division.