Agree with all of these except for Oak Lawn in 6A. Any particular reason on that one? They have a really tough draw against St. Laurence Round 1 and Bradley in Round 2 probably and they are coming off a bad 42-0 loss to Reavis.
4D is pretty clear why Marist didn't get in. More points allowed to playoff qualifiers.
https://www.ihsa.org/sports/football/state-series/pairings-guide
Yes and then IHSA adjusted the outlook right before the website crashed and they had 194 teams qualified and 62 to go with Marist and Urban Prep Bronzeville being 62 and 63. Hope they made a mistake.
I believe Marist is Team 257 losing on a tiebreaker to Urban Prep Bronzeville when it comes to total points allowed to playoff teams. I am hoping I am wrong.