In other words reward teams who can raid local schools for talent while punishing teams in good parts of the state. What could possibly go wrong 

#1.  Classic Kansas City shoot-out to break the 3 way tie.  #2. Team with best record gets a bye. In the event of a tie, head-to-head, or computer ranking. #3.  Yep! This is how it was when I was in school.  It sucks, but life isn't fair. Ask Desoto about their 1988 team.  No more wildcards, 8 team playoffs or small districts.  Get rid of a class or two and you start having 8 and 9 team districts like when I was in school.  District runner-ups get a bowl game.

Agreed. SSAA does not look at population for the Atlantic League. 4 of the 5 largest schools didn't make it out of the 1st round. #9 vs #14 in enrollment out of 20 play for the State Championship this weekend. #10 and #15 made the semifinals 

West Nassau Oak Hall Blountstown Taylor County Saint Andrew's Bradford Calvary Christian Cardinal Gibbons Jefferson Choctaw Zephyrhills Port Charlotte Mosley Cape Coral Edgewater Mandarin Osceola West Broward Buchholz Lake Mary Riverview Dr. Phillips

The reality is you can drop a classification or two  But it will never make athletics more competitive because using student population is no longer an efficient way to determine the competitive level of programs and any change made will continue to fail because the foundation is rotting at the seams