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Region 6-1A

Five schools, five region weeks, four playoff spots.

This Friday, Oct. 92 region games this week.

Every team in Region 6-1A 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.

Simmons by3499%win chance
99%1%
South Delta by4699%win chance
1%99%

Standings

Region games only

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

TeamRegionOverallPts ± (capped)
Simmons1–04–1+12
South Delta1–14–30
Shaw1–12–5−4
West Bolivar1–12–5+4
Riverside0–10–6−12

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.

1Simmons4.0proj. wins
2South Delta3.0proj. wins
3Shaw1.9proj. wins
4West Bolivar1.0proj. wins
The playoff cut
5Riverside0.1proj. 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

Record4–11–0 in region
PCPI+171st of 34 in 1A
Proj. region wins4.0of 3
Nextat Shaw · Week 8Simmons by 34 · 99% win chance

Simmons is 1–0 in Region 6-1A and 4–1 overall. The ratings project 4.0 region wins and give it better than a 99% chance at the playoffs. Next is at Shaw in Week 8, where the model has Simmons by 34, with a 99% chance to win. Then against Riverside at home in Week 9.

Record4–31–1 in region
PCPI+27th of 34 in 1A
Proj. region wins3.0of 2
Nextvs Riverside · Week 8South Delta by 46 · 99% win chance

South Delta is 1–1 in Region 6-1A and 4–3 overall. The ratings project 3.0 region wins and give it better than a 99% chance at the playoffs. Next is against Riverside at home in Week 8, where the model has South Delta by 46, with a 99% chance to win. Then against West Bolivar at home in Week 9.

Record2–51–1 in region
PCPI−1921st of 34 in 1A
Proj. region wins1.9of 2
Playoff chance99%
Nextvs Simmons · Week 8Simmons by 34 · 1% win chance

Shaw is 1–1 in Region 6-1A and 2–5 overall. The ratings project 1.9 region wins and give it a 99% chance at the playoffs. Next is against Simmons at home in Week 8, where the model has Simmons by 34, with a 99% chance to win. Then at Riverside in Week 10.

Record2–51–1 in region
PCPI−2425th of 34 in 1A
Proj. region wins1.0of 2
Nextat South Delta · Week 9South Delta by 28 · 2% win chance

West Bolivar is 1–1 in Region 6-1A and 2–5 overall. The ratings project 1.0 region wins and give it better than a 99% chance at the playoffs. Next is at South Delta in Week 9, where the model has South Delta by 28, with a 98% chance to win. Then against Simmons at home in Week 10.

Record0–60–1 in region
PCPI−4231st of 34 in 1A
Proj. region wins0.1of 3
Playoff chance1%
Nextat South Delta · Week 8South Delta by 46 · 1% win chance

Riverside is 0–1 in Region 6-1A, with ground to make up. The ratings project 0.1 region wins, 0.9 short of the 4th projected seed, and give it a 1% chance at the playoffs. The path starts at South Delta in Week 8, where the model has South Delta by 46, with a 99% chance to win. Then at Simmons in Week 9.

Region play, week by week

Projected on today's ratings, which move weekly
Week 8
Simmons at ShawSimmons by 34 · 99%
Riverside at South DeltaSouth Delta by 46 · 99%
Week 9
Riverside at SimmonsSimmons by 60 · 99%
West Bolivar at South DeltaSouth Delta by 28 · 98%
Week 10
Shaw at RiversideShaw by 21 · 94%
Simmons at West BolivarSimmons by 39 · 99%

Last Friday against the number

Week 7 · Thursday, Oct. 8

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

Riverside 22, Falkner 28 Falkner by 12+6
Simmons 30, South Delta 14 Simmons by 160
West Bolivar 14, Shaw 22 Shaw by 2−6
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.