This is the worst idea the FHSAA has ever came up with and that’s saying something. It’s breathtaking how horrible it is.
The reason is they are basically taking the best teams from an already embarrassing watered down playoff bracket and putting them together. Which makes one bracket good, and the rest disgustingly mediocre.
Someone with power hates football in Florida. This is sabotage if i have ever seen it
Did I miss something? There is an 8-team open playoff this year? That solves basically nothing since the rankings over-reward W-L record while the actual strongest teams in the state play national schedules and pile up out of state losses, hurting their rankings. Here's how I would determine open division with a much simpler formula. If you had 5+ transfers into your school then you are automatically promoted to open playoffs. Simple as that and it will fix the transfer portal issue all by itself with no other regulation.