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Region overview · MHSAA Class 4A

Region 3-4A

Five schools, five region weeks, four playoff spots.

This Friday, Oct. 92 region games this week.

Every team in Region 3-4A side by side: the standings, the projected seeds, each team's outlook and every region game, with ratings from the Press Coverage Power Index (PCPI).

This week · Week 8

Week 8

Both region games this week, with the model's projection and how often a margin like that goes the favorite's way.

Ripley by2295%win chance
95%5%
Senatobia by1688%win chance
12%88%

Standings

Region games only

Region games only, in the MHSAA order: region record, then the tiebreak steps below.

TeamRegionOverallPts ± (capped)
23Senatobia2–07–0+24
Rosa Fort1–04–2+12
Clarksdale1–13–30
Ripley0–11–6−12
Byhalia0–21–5−24

If teams finish tied · MHSAA Handbook 2026-27, Rule 7.20.1

  1. Head-to-head among the tied teams (their combined records if three or more are tied).
  2. How the tied teams did against the highest-seeded teams.
  3. Point differential in the region games among the tied teams, capped at 12 a game. A forfeit counts the full 12.
  4. Point differential in region games against the highest-seeded teams.
  5. Fewest points allowed in all region games (no cap).
  6. A coin flip.

Because of the 12-point cap, a 56–0 win counts the same as 12–0. When a tie turns on margin, this page says "depends on the margin" rather than guess.

Projected seeds

Four of five qualify

Projected region wins, ratings after Week 7. A projection, not a prediction of the standings.

1Senatobia3.9proj. wins
2Clarksdale2.6proj. wins
3Rosa Fort2.4proj. wins
4Ripley1.0proj. wins
The playoff cut
5Byhalia0.1proj. wins
The playoff cut
1.0region wins at the cut

The 4th projected seed sits at 1.0 region wins. Each team's outlook below shows where it stands against that cut and what comes next.

Team by team

Record7–02–0 in region
PCPI+228th of 39 in 4A
Proj. region wins3.9of 2
Nextvs Rosa Fort · Week 8Senatobia by 16 · 88% win chance

Senatobia is 2–0 in Region 3-4A and 7–0 overall. The ratings project 3.9 region wins and give it better than a 99% chance at the playoffs. Next is against Rosa Fort at home in Week 8, where the model has Senatobia by 16, with an 88% chance to win. Then against Ripley at home in Week 10.

Record3–31–1 in region
PCPI+1015th of 39 in 4A
Proj. region wins2.6of 2
Nextat Byhalia · Week 9Clarksdale by 42 · 99% win chance

Clarksdale is 1–1 in Region 3-4A and 3–3 overall. The ratings project 2.6 region wins and give it better than a 99% chance at the playoffs. Next is at Byhalia in Week 9, where the model has Clarksdale by 42, with a 99% chance to win. Then against Rosa Fort at home in Week 10.

Record4–21–0 in region
PCPI+719th of 39 in 4A
Proj. region wins2.4of 3
Nextat Senatobia · Week 8Senatobia by 16 · 12% win chance

Rosa Fort is 1–0 in Region 3-4A and 4–2 overall. The ratings project 2.4 region wins and give it better than a 99% chance at the playoffs. Next is at Senatobia in Week 8, where the model has Senatobia by 16, with an 88% chance to win. Then against Ripley at home in Week 9.

Record1–60–1 in region
PCPI−1030th of 39 in 4A
Proj. region wins1.0of 3
Playoff chance95%
Nextat Byhalia · Week 8Ripley by 22 · 95% win chance

Ripley is 0–1 in Region 3-4A and 1–6 overall. The ratings project 1.0 region wins and give it a 95% chance at the playoffs. Next is at Byhalia in Week 8, where the model has Ripley by 22, with a 95% chance to win. Then at Rosa Fort in Week 9.

Record1–50–2 in region
PCPI−3339th of 39 in 4A
Proj. region wins0.1of 2
Playoff chance5%
Nextvs Ripley · Week 8Ripley by 22 · 5% win chance

Byhalia is 0–2 in Region 3-4A, with ground to make up. The ratings project 0.1 region wins, 0.9 short of the 4th projected seed, and give it a 5% chance at the playoffs. The path starts against Ripley at home in Week 8, where the model has Ripley by 22, with a 95% chance to win. Then against Clarksdale at home in Week 9.

Region play, week by week

Projected on today's ratings, which move weekly
Week 8
Ripley at ByhaliaRipley by 22 · 95%
Rosa Fort at SenatobiaSenatobia by 16 · 88%
Week 9
Clarksdale at ByhaliaClarksdale by 42 · 99%
Ripley at Rosa FortRosa Fort by 18 · 91%
Week 10
Ripley at SenatobiaSenatobia by 33 · 99%
Rosa Fort at ClarksdaleClarksdale by 5 · 63%

Last Friday against the number

Week 7 · Friday, Oct. 9

Each result next to what the model expected. Green beat the number, red fell short of it.

New Albany 32, Ripley 15 New Albany by 27+10
Rosa Fort 72, Byhalia 0 Rosa Fort by 43−8
Senatobia 21, Clarksdale 7 Senatobia by 140
Ratings after Week 7 (games through Oct. 9). They move every Saturday. Ratings are fitted on every scored Mississippi game at once. Projection = home rating − away rating + a 2-point home edge; win chance = how often a margin like it holds up.