Jeff Linder of the CR Gazette tweeted the timeline of when things will happen for realignment when it comes to football district, it goes as follows
Mid January- Schools are notified of their classification
Late January- Districts are released
February- Schools submit non-district opponents they would like
Early March- Schedules are released
If classifications are going to be released within 2 weeks it got me interested in teams that may be moving up or down. This is based off of last years BEDS numbers grade 8-10 which would/could be this years 9-11 which is what it will be based upon. Parochial school information is much harder to find, and you could see a lot of movement in those schools depending on if they may have a big or small class going through.
This also depends on how many teams they have in the respective classes. If it stays at 42,54,54,54, remaining 11 man, then 8 man teams. Here is what I see.
3A to 4A: Iowa City Liberty
4A to 3A: Burlington
2A to 3A: Benton
Teams on 3A/2A Bubble: Assumption, Heelan, South Tama, Boyden Hull-Rock Valley, West Burlington ND, CPU, Nevada, Solon, Vinton Shellsburg, Independence
2A/1A Bubble:
Camanche
PCM
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
New Hampton
Prairie Valley
Red Oak
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove
West Lyon
Okoboji
Shenandoah
Kuemper
DSM Christian
All of these schools are at the bottom of 2A, then there is a 15 student gap to the top of 1A which is
Waterloo Columbus
Unity Christian
Osage
Pocahontas Area
Jesup
Treynor
So more then likely the only switch between 1A and 2A would be West Lyon and Waterloo Columbus, however with that many parochial schools there could be more.
The 1A/A Gap is a lot tighter, I would say that Cardinal will move up more then likely, after that there are a ton of teams on that line between 1A and A
Bellevue
Pleasantville
Central Decatur
Ridge View
Central Springs
Pekin
Tri-Center
Alta-Aurelia
MFL MarMac
Postville
Regina
Colfax-Mingo
West Monona
IKM-Manning
North Linn
Lake Mills
If things stay this way Central Springs would be the smallest 1A school and Pekin would be the biggest A school, there have been rumors of Regina wanting to play up, and I'm going off of this years enrollment so if their class they graduate is a smaller one then they could go 1A really easily.
North Cedar, Madrid and Columbus will almost certainly move down
A/8man
I haven't heard of any schools for sure moving down from 11 man to 8 man, so I made a list of 8 man schools above the cutoff of 120, the state said 2 years ago that they would make these schools play 11 man, no exemptions like in the past, I am sure that some may choose to play 8 man but not be eligible for the playoffs which could be another possibility.
Schools above 120
Easton Valley (right at 120)
Northwood Kennsett
Lone Tree
Newell Fonda
Iowa Valley
New London
AGWSR
Sidney
Current 11 man schools below 120 man, I haven't heard of any moving down for sure
Martensdale-St Marys
Gehlen
Garrigan
GMG
North Mahaska
North Tama County
Graettinger-Terril/RV
Newman
Mid January- Schools are notified of their classification
Late January- Districts are released
February- Schools submit non-district opponents they would like
Early March- Schedules are released
If classifications are going to be released within 2 weeks it got me interested in teams that may be moving up or down. This is based off of last years BEDS numbers grade 8-10 which would/could be this years 9-11 which is what it will be based upon. Parochial school information is much harder to find, and you could see a lot of movement in those schools depending on if they may have a big or small class going through.
This also depends on how many teams they have in the respective classes. If it stays at 42,54,54,54, remaining 11 man, then 8 man teams. Here is what I see.
3A to 4A: Iowa City Liberty
4A to 3A: Burlington
2A to 3A: Benton
Teams on 3A/2A Bubble: Assumption, Heelan, South Tama, Boyden Hull-Rock Valley, West Burlington ND, CPU, Nevada, Solon, Vinton Shellsburg, Independence
2A/1A Bubble:
Camanche
PCM
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura
New Hampton
Prairie Valley
Red Oak
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove
West Lyon
Okoboji
Shenandoah
Kuemper
DSM Christian
All of these schools are at the bottom of 2A, then there is a 15 student gap to the top of 1A which is
Waterloo Columbus
Unity Christian
Osage
Pocahontas Area
Jesup
Treynor
So more then likely the only switch between 1A and 2A would be West Lyon and Waterloo Columbus, however with that many parochial schools there could be more.
The 1A/A Gap is a lot tighter, I would say that Cardinal will move up more then likely, after that there are a ton of teams on that line between 1A and A
Bellevue
Pleasantville
Central Decatur
Ridge View
Central Springs
Pekin
Tri-Center
Alta-Aurelia
MFL MarMac
Postville
Regina
Colfax-Mingo
West Monona
IKM-Manning
North Linn
Lake Mills
If things stay this way Central Springs would be the smallest 1A school and Pekin would be the biggest A school, there have been rumors of Regina wanting to play up, and I'm going off of this years enrollment so if their class they graduate is a smaller one then they could go 1A really easily.
North Cedar, Madrid and Columbus will almost certainly move down
A/8man
I haven't heard of any schools for sure moving down from 11 man to 8 man, so I made a list of 8 man schools above the cutoff of 120, the state said 2 years ago that they would make these schools play 11 man, no exemptions like in the past, I am sure that some may choose to play 8 man but not be eligible for the playoffs which could be another possibility.
Schools above 120
Easton Valley (right at 120)
Northwood Kennsett
Lone Tree
Newell Fonda
Iowa Valley
New London
AGWSR
Sidney
Current 11 man schools below 120 man, I haven't heard of any moving down for sure
Martensdale-St Marys
Gehlen
Garrigan
GMG
North Mahaska
North Tama County
Graettinger-Terril/RV
Newman