Will the CIF football playoff format look more like basketball? It might happen

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BIG CHANGES COMING: The CIF-Southern Section executive committee will meet Aug. 13 to vote on whether to proceed with a proposal that would base playoff divisions for high school football on teams, not leagues.

Currently, the 13 divisions of the Southern Section football playoffs are based on leagues. The new system would produce constantly evolving divisions that would change annually based on the previous two seasons’ data.

“It’s going to be a paradigm shift for the entire section, if it passes,” CIF-Southern Section information director Thom Simmons said. “What you’ll see in August won’t be a finished product but certainly good enough to base a vote on. They’ll decide whether it’s worth going forward with.”

The executive committee is made up of 23 members, which includes representatives from each area in the Southern Section. The proposal would look and feel much like the one currently being used for basketball, meaning teams from the same league would likely be playing in different divisions once the playoffs started.

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