Yeah. A top 10 team in the state will not make the playoffs. Its crazy brutal. And Germantown will be joining that region next year replacing Callaway.
Starkville is most likely going to have to beat Warren Central to get to the playoffs. If they do that, they will travel to Tupelo first round. If they lose to Warren Central, its going to take some major upsets down the road.
Right now it looks like :
Region 2
1. Clinton
2. Madison Central-NW Rankin winner
3. Madison Central or Warren Central or NW Rankin(MC if lose to NWR, WC if beat Starkville AND MC beat NWR, NWR if lose to MC and WC lose to Starkville)
4. NW Rankin, Warren Central or Starkville (NWR if lose to MC, WC if beat Starkville and NWR beat MC, Starkville if beat WC)
Region 1
1. Tupelo
2. South Panola
3. Horn Lake- Hernando winner
4. Horn Lake, Hernando or Columbus (Horn Lake if lose to Hernando, Hernando if lose to HL and beat Columbus, Columbus if Horn Lake beat Hernando and Columbus beat Hernando)
It would not surprise me if all four Region 2 teams won their first round games and completely eliminated Region 1 in the opening round.