Darren Kinnard
Section618.com

Here is the updated playoff picture through seven weeks of the season. A total of 13 teams have already clinched playoff spots, including four unbeatens. There are nine more teams that need one more win to clinch with another 20 still

Teams can clinch playoff spots either by winning six games or winning their conference championship, provided the conference has six or more teams. Teams are considered playoff eligible with five wins.

The number in parentheses below is the team’s playoff points, or number of wins by their opponents. The IHSA uses playoff points as a tiebreaker for playoff eligibility as well as for seeding to determine the playoff pairings.

Here is the region’s playoff picture heading into Week 8:

Clinched (13):
Carterville 7-0 (34)
Carmi-White Co. 7-0 (28)
Johnston City 7-0 (28)
Mt. Carmel 7-0 (24)
Highland 6-1 (36)
Edwardsville 6-1 (34)
EAWR 6-1 (33)
Breese Central 6-1 (33)
Benton 6-1 (32)
Murphysboro 6-1 (31)
Collinsville 6-1 (30)
Red Bud 6-1 (29)
O’Fallon 6-1 (27)
Red Hill 6-1 (18)
Win and In (9):
Mascoutah 5-2 (34)
East St. Louis 5-2 (34)
Centralia 5-2 (33)
Waterloo 5-2 (33)
Columbia 5-2 (32)
Triad 5-2 (32)
Sesser-Valier/Waltonville 5-2 (30)
Richland Co. 5-2 (26)
Nashville 5-2 (23)
Work To Do (20):
Harrisburg 4-3 (37)
Althoff 4-3 (32)
Roxana 4-3 (32)
Breese Mater Dei 4-3 (31)
Marion 4-3 (29)
Robinson 4-3 (26)
Fairfield 4-3 (31)
Flora 4-3 (31)
Chester 4-3 (27)
Madison 3-3 (18)
Du Quoin 3-4 (37)
Freeburg 3-4 (36)
Mt. Vernon 3-4 (36)
Belleville East 3-4 (33)
Hamilton Co. 3-4 (32)
Dupo 3-4 (25)
Herrin 3-4 (40)
Cahokia 3-4 (36)
Casey-Westfield 3-4 (28)
Carlyle 3-4 (26)