A closer look at the schedules

We have decided to look a little deeper into the schedules to try and gauge if a team is a pretender or contender. After all, if you won all of your games and didn't beat a team with a winning record, how good would you be? On the other hand, if you won all of your games and every team on your schedule had a winning record, that would be quite impressive.

So we are going to break it down 3 different ways and you can decipher the numbers for yourself. Our first category is how many teams on your schedule have a winning percentage of 500 or better.

Olive Branch	10
DeSoto Central	10
MLK Prep	9
ECS	8
Craigmont	8
Melrose	8
Lewisburg	8
Lake Cormorant	8
Horn Lake	8
Southaven	8
Trezevant	8
Germantown	7
Marion	7
Sheffield	7
Houston	7
Wooddale	7
Kirby	7
Center Hill	7
Brighton	7
Overton	7
Covington	6
Kingsbury	6
Bolton	6
Briarcrest	6
Ridgeway	6
Hernando	6
St. George's	6
White Station	6
FACS	6
West Memphis	6
Fayette Academy	6
CBHS	6
Hamilton	6
MAHS	6
Lausanne	6
Whitehaven	6
Fairley	6
Westwood	6
Douglass	6
Manassas	5
Collierville	5
Mitchell	5
MUS	5
Bartlett	5
St. Benedict	5
Southwind	5
Northpoint Christian	5
Cordova	5
Millington	5
Central	5
Tipton Rosemark	5
Munford	5
BTW	4
Harding Academy	4
W Mphs Christian	4
Hillcrest	4
East	4
Arlington	4
Fayette Ware	3
Oakhaven	3
Rossville Christian	3
KIPP	3
Raleigh Egypt	2
Middle College	1

Next is how many wins does your team have over those team that have a winning percentage of 500 or better.

Horn Lake	5
Lausanne	5
Whitehaven	5
MUS	4
West Memphis	4
DeSoto Central	4
Briarcrest	3
FACS	3
Fayette Academy	3
CBHS	3
Trezevant	3
Brighton	3
Cordova	3
Central	3
East	2
MAHS	2
Harding Academy	2
Overton	2
Southaven	2
Hernando	2
St. George's	2
Lake Cormorant	2
Ridgeway	2
Covington	2
Wooddale	2
Marion	2
Melrose	1
Houston	1
Kingsbury	1
Kirby	1
Bolton	1
White Station	1
Southwind	1
Douglass	1
Raleigh Egypt	1
Oakhaven	1
Rossville Christian	0
KIPP	0
Middle College	0
Fayette Ware	0
Hillcrest	0
Westwood	0
Tipton Rosemark	0
Arlington	0
Munford	0
Millington	0
W Mphs Christian	0
Fairley	0
Northpoint Christian	0
BTW	0
Bartlett	0
St. Benedict	0
Center Hill	0
Hamilton	0
Mitchell	0
Manassas	0
Collierville	0
Lewisburg	0
Sheffield	0
Germantown	0
MLK Prep	0
ECS	0
Craigmont	0
Olive Branch	0

Last but not least is the number of playoff teams on your schedule. This is a little skewed because of a couple of things. All of the 6A schools in Tennessee make the playoffs so there are automatically 7 of the 10 teams on the schedule that are playoff teams. Almost all of the other leagues the top 4 teams make the playoffs and the top 6 make the playoffs in 6A in Arkansas. I think if you factor in everything, it hopefully gives you a little clearer picture of who's a contender and who might be headed home in the first round of the playoffs.

ECS	10
Germantown	10
MLK Prep	10
Houston	10
Kingsbury	10
Cordova	10
Craigmont	9
DeSoto Central	9
Collierville	9
CBHS	9
Bartlett	9
Whitehaven	9
Olive Branch	8
Melrose	8
Sheffield	8
Briarcrest	8
Manassas	8
White Station	8
Mitchell	8
MUS	8
Lausanne	8
Millington	8
Westwood	8
Douglass	8
Marion	7
Covington	7
Kirby	7
Lewisburg	7
Ridgeway	7
FACS	7
Hamilton	7
Southaven	7
Trezevant	7
Center Hill	7
St. Benedict	7
Overton	7
Southwind	7
MAHS	7
Hillcrest	7
Arlington	7
East	7
KIPP	7
Wooddale	6
Bolton	6
Hernando	6
St. George's	6
Lake Cormorant	6
West Memphis	6
BTW	6
Northpoint Christian	6
Oakhaven	6
Horn Lake	5
Brighton	5
Harding Academy	5
Central	5
Munford	5
Raleigh Egypt	5
Fayette Academy	4
Fairley	4
Tipton Rosemark	4
Fayette Ware	4
Rossville Christian	4
Middle College	4
W Mphs Christian	3