Round 1 of the Alabama high school football playoffs brought a few surprises, with Andalusia, Central-Florence, Geraldine and West Morgan among the teams sent home early.
The biggest surprises? Geraldine and Andalusia, in that order.
We gave Geraldine an 80% chance of winning and Andalusia 75%. Both were heavy favorites playing at home against opponents who, between them, hadn’t won a playoff game since 1997.
Despite those upsets, I still finished with a solid opening round, going 84-20 (80.8%).
We did my best work in the two highest classifications, going a combined 23-1 in Class 6A (8-0) and Class 5A (15-1).
Here’s how the rest of our first-round predictions shook out:
- Class 4A: 13-3
- Class 3A: 12-4
- Class 2A: 13-3
- Class 1A: 13-3
- Private School Class A: 6-2
- Private School Class AA: 4-4
Round 2 brings us 56 games as eight Class 6A teams return from first-round byes.
Each of the six public-school classifications will feature eight second-round games, while the two…
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