By using our predictive statistics, we are able to take a guess at which Round 2 Illinois high school football playoff games should be played between two teams of equal strength, given their point-scoring and point-holding abilities demonstrated so far this season.
In order of closeness of the match-up, based on our predictive statistics compiled after the first round of the playoffs, we present the games and report each team’s chances of winning:
- (5A) #3 Montini (8-2) 52%, #6 Sycamore (7-3) 48%
- (1A) #1 LeRoy (10-0) 55%, #9 Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland Coop (8-2) 45% — models contradict
- (7A) #2 Benet Academy (9-1) 54%, #3 Oswego (9-1) 46%
- (3A) #3 Pleasant Plains (9-1) 55%, #2 Unity in Tolono (9-1) 45%
- (1A) #6 Stark County (8-2) 57%, #3 Mooseheart (9-1) 43%
- (8A) #1 Neuqua Valley (10-0) 59%, #9 Bolingbrook (8-2) 41%