Three parish teams would make playoffs if season ended today

Three Vermilion Parish teams currently hold a high enough spot in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s power points system to have earned a berth in the playoffs if the season were to end today.
Vermilion Catholic (8-0) is No. 2 in the Select Division IV power rankings with a 16.09 power rating. No. 1 St. Mary’s of Natchitoches (8-0) has a 16.39 rating. Defending state champion Ouachita Christian (7-1) is third with a 15.30 rating.
The top 24 teams in each of the four select divisions earn playoff bids. Twenty-eight teams will make the non-select playoffs in each division.
The other two parish school currently with the points to make the playoffs are Abbeville and Kaplan.
Abbeville (6-2) is No. 15 in Non-Select Division II with an 11.70 power rating. Kaplan (7-1) is 17th with an 11.09 power rating. Abbeville and Kaplan play in week 10.
Two other parish teams in Non-Select Division II are currently outside the top 28 — No. 31 North Vermilion (8.53 power rating) and No. 37 Erath (7.19 power rating). North Vermilion should get a boost with games against Lafayette Christian (7-1, No. 2 in Select Division II) and Teurlings Catholic (5-3, No. 6 Select Division II) in the final two weeks.
Delcambre (0-8) is currently No. 37 in Non-Select Division IV with a 6.22 power rating. Gueydan (0-8) is No. 41 in Non-Select Division IV with a 4.40 power rating.
Ruston (8-0) leads the Non-Select Division I rankings with a 15.78 power rating. District 4-4A’s Westgate (5-3) is 19th in Division I (11.41 rating).
North DeSoto (7-1) leads the Non-Select Division II rankings with a 14.47 power rating.
District 5-3A’s St. Martinville (2-6) is 27th with a 9.25 power rating and Crowley (1-7) is 33rd with an 8.28 power rating.
Jena (8-0) leads Select Division III with a 16.16 power rating.
District 8-2A’s Loreauville (6-2) is 10th with a 12.38 rating, and West St. Mary (1-7) is 41st at 5.97.
Kentwood (7-1) tops Non-Select Division IV with a 16.36 rating.
Teams in local districts in the Non Select Division IV ratings are Oberlin (6-2) at No. 13 (11.66), Centerville (4-4) at No. 20 (9.94), Franklin (3-5) at No. 22 (9.84), Elton (5-3) at No. 23 (9.69), Basile (4-4) at No. 25 (9.56) and Merryville (2-6) at No. 35 (6.50).
Carencro (8-0) tops Select Division I (14.38 power rating).
District 4-4A’s St. Thomas More (8-0, 16.09 rating) Northside (4-4, 11.19) are first and 15th in Select Division II.
Select Division III is topped by Calvary Baptist (8-0, 17.82 rating). Catholic High of New Iberia (6-2, 13.72) and Ascension Episcopal (5-3, 12.06), members of District 8-2A, are sixth and 13th, respectively.
District 7-A’s Central Catholic (6-2, 13.88), Hanson Memorial (6-2, 11.88) and Covenant Christian (3-5, 9.97) are currently No. 7, 15 and 20 in the Select Division IV power ratings.
District 4-A’s Hamilton Christian (3-5, 8.13) and 7-A’s Highland Baptist (0-8, 6.03) are 23rd and 30th, respectively, in the Select Division IV power ratings.

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