The WPIAL playoff structure is different for each classification. In 6A, 5A, and 4A there are two conferences and the 8 playoff spots are filled by the top 4 teams from each. In 3A, there are 3 conferences and the 8 playoff spots are filled by the top 2 teams from each conference along with 2 Wild Card teams. In 2A and 1A there are 3 conferences and the 16 playoff spots are comprised of the top 5 teams from each conference plus one 1 Wild Card team. The conference standings are first and foremost determined by Conference Record, Head-to-Head, Gardner Points, and WPIAL Standings Points tiebreakers. The Wild Cards are contested between the 3rd place teams in 3A and the 6th place teams in 2A and 1A. The regular WPIAL Standings page can be found here. This page features the standings for purposes of the Wild Card, which includes more games than the regular conference standings.
Class 3A
- Top 2 teams from each conference make the playoffs
- 2 third-place teams will earn Wild Cards
- The 3 conference champions plus one second place team (based on the Wild Card formula) will get home playoff games in the first round
- For the Allegheny Conference and Interstate Conference, Wild Card records are the same as conference records
- For the Beaver Valley Conference, Wild Card records are their conference games PLUS one head-to-head game against the Interstate Conference
| Beaver Valley Conference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Wild Card Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
 y-Aliquippa |
6-0 | 200 | 60 | 8-0 | 284 | 20 |       |
| x-Quaker Valley |
5-1 | 160 | 40 | 7-1 | 310 | 100 |   |
| Beaver |
4-2 | 100 | 12 | 6-2 | 275 | 149 |  |
| Central Valley |
4-3 | 110 | 18 | 5-3 | 254 | 189 |  |
| Hopewell |
3-3 | 40 | -10 | 4-4 | 162 | 205 |  |
| Ellwood City |
1-5 | 10 | -32 | 2-6 | 90 | 240 | |
| Beaver Falls |
1-5 | 0 | -38 | 1-7 | 142 | 255 |  |
| Allegheny Conference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Conf Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
 y-Seton La Salle |
6-0 | 150 | 60 | 7-1 | 253 | 140 |       |
| x-Freeport |
5-1 | 110 | 37 | 5-2* | 186 | 102 |  |
| Shady Side Academy |
5-2 | 90 | 30 | 6-2 | 278 | 159 | |
| Keystone Oaks |
4-2 | 50 | 20 | 5-3 | 189 | 139 | |
| Valley |
3-3 | 20 | -9 | 3-5 | 132 | 206 | |
| Apollo-Ridge |
2-5 | 0 | -31 | 3-5 | 150 | 236 | |
| Burrell |
0-6 | 0 | -51 | 0-8 | 84 | 226 | |
| Deer Lakes |
0-6 | 0 | -56 | 1-7 | 87 | 246 | |
* – Scheduled game against Vincentian did not occur
| Interstate Conference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Conf Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
| x-Elizabeth Forward |
6-1 | 140 | 56 | 6-2 | 322 | 98 |   |
| Derry Area |
5-1 | 100 | 40 | 7-1 | 310 | 70 | |
| x-South Park |
5-1 | 130 | 29 | 5-3 | 152 | 186 | |
| McGuffey |
4-2 | 50 | 17 | 5-3 | 268 | 190 | |
| Mt Pleasant |
2-4 | 30 | -12 | 3-5 | 202 | 202 | |
| Yough |
2-4 | 10 | -20 | 2-6 | 118 | 287 | |
| Waynesburg |
1-6 | 0 | -50 | 1-7 | 88 | 280 | |
| Southmoreland |
0-6 | 0 | -60 | 0-8 | 99 | 374 | |
| 3A Second Place Home Game (Top team receives home playoff game) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Wild Card Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
| x-Quaker Valley |
5-1 | 160 | 40 | 7-1 | 310 | 100 | |
| x-Freeport |
5-1 | 110 | 37 | 5-2* | 186 | 102 | |
| Derry Area |
5-1 | 100 | 40 | 7-1 | 310 | 70 | |
3A Wild Card (Top 2 Third Place Teams Make the Playoffs)
| 3A Third Place Wild Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Wild Card Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
| South Park |
5-1 | 130 | 29 | 5-3 | 152 | 186 | |
| Shady Side Academy |
5-2 | 90 | 30 | 6-2 | 278 | 159 | |
| Beaver |
4-2 | 100 | 12 | 6-2 | 275 | 149 | |
Class 2A
- Top 5 teams from each conference make the playoffs
- 1 sixth-place teams will earn Wild Cards
- Home playoff games are given to the top 2 teams from each conference plus 2 third place teams (based on the Wild Card formula)
- For the Century Conference and Midwestern Conference, Wild Card records are the same as conference records
- For the Three Rivers Conference, Wild Card records are their conference games PLUS one head-to-head game against the Midwestern Conference
- * – Scheduled game against Vincentian did not occur
| Century Conference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Conf Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
 y-Washington |
6-0 | 150 | 60 | 8-0 | 353 | 52 |       |
| h-Charleroi |
5-1 | 130 | 35 | 7-1 | 335 | 138 |  |
| x-Burgettstown |
5-2 | 90 | 30 | 6-2 | 274 | 101 | |
| x-Beth-Center |
4-2 | 50 | 25 | 6-2 | 312 | 160 | |
| x-Frazier |
2-4 | 30 | -20 | 2-6 | 133 | 187 | |
| Bentworth |
2-5 | 10 | -32 | 3-5 | 199 | 310 | |
| Brownsville |
1-5 | 0 | -41 | 2-6 | 102 | 320 | |
| Chartiers-Houston |
0-6 | 0 | -57 | 0-8 | 40 | 418 | |
| Midwestern Conference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Conf Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
 y-CWNC |
6-0 | 160 | 39 | 7-1 | 277 | 195 |       |
| h-Riverside |
5-1 | 140 | 49 | 6-2 | 280 | 110 |  |
| x-Neshannock |
4-2 | 60 | 25 | 4-4 | 177 | 164 | |
| x-Mohawk |
4-2 | 60 | 10 | 5-2* | 146 | 162 | |
| x-Freedom |
3-3 | 30 | 1 | 4-4 | 137 | 178 | |
| Laurel |
2-5 | 10 | -26 | 2-6 | 169 | 220 | |
| South Side Beaver |
1-6 | 0 | -48 | 1-7 | 157 | 289 | |
| New Brighton |
0-6 | 0 | -50 | 2-6 | 172 | 256 | |
| Three Rivers Conference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Wild Card Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
 y-Steel Valley |
6-0 | 180 | 54 | 7-0* | 278 | 103 |       |
| x-East Allegheny |
5-1 | 110 | 28 | 6-1* | 178 | 93 |  |
| x-Brentwood |
3-3 | 50 | -2 | 4-3* | 182 | 117 | |
| x-Serra Catholic |
4-2 | 50 | 14 | 4-3* | 152 | 164 | |
| x-Avonworth |
3-4 | 40 | 3 | 3-5 | 179 | 170 | |
| South Allegheny |
1-6 | 0 | -35 | 1-6* | 189 | 205 | |
| Carlynton |
0-6 | 0 | -60 | 0-7* | 12 | 315 | |
| 2A Third Place Home Games (Top 2 teams receive home playoff game) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Wild Card Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
| x-Burgettstown |
5-2 | 90 | 30 | 6-2 | 274 | 101 | |
| x-Neshannock |
4-2 | 60 | 25 | 4-4 | 177 | 164 | |
| x-Brentwood |
3-3 | 50 | -2 | 4-3* | 182 | 117 | |
2A Wild Card (Top 6th Place Team Makes the Playoffs)
| 2A Sixth Place Wild Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Wild Card Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
| Laurel |
2-5 | 10 | -26 | 2-6 | 169 | 220 | |
| Bentworth |
2-5 | 10 | -32 | 3-5 | 199 | 310 | |
| South Allegheny |
1-6 | 0 | -35 | 1-6* | 189 | 205 | |
Class 1A
- Top 5 teams from each conference make the playoffs
- 1 sixth-place team will earn a Wild Card
- Home playoff games are given to the top 2 teams from each conference plus 2 third place teams (based on the Wild Card formula)
- For the Big Seven Conference, Wild Card records are the same as conference records
- For the Eastern Conference and Tri-County South Conference, Wild Card records are their conference games PLUS one head-to-head game between the two conferences.
| Big 7 Conference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Conf Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
 h-OLSH |
6-1 | 210 | 50 | 7-1 | 281 | 124 |       |
| x-Rochester |
6-1 | 150 | 57 | 6-2 | 267 | 121 |   |
| x-Western Beaver |
5-2 | 120 | 21 | 5-3 | 204 | 174 | |
| x-Union |
4-3 | 80 | 2 | 5-3 | 195 | 151 | |
| Shenango |
3-4 | 50 | -12 | 3-5 | 175 | 206 | |
| Sto-Rox |
3-4 | 80 | -9 | 3-5 | 153 | 235 | |
| Summit Academy |
3-5 | 50 | -10 | 3-5 | 206 | 183 | |
| Northgate |
2-5 | 90 | -37 | 2-6 | 122 | 255 | |
| Cornell |
0-7 | 0 | -62 | 0-8 | 102 | 335 | |
| Eastern Conference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Wild Card Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
 h-Jeannette |
7-0 | 170 | 70 | 8-0 | 399 | 70 |        |
| x-Imani Christian |
5-2 | 170 | 30 | 6-2 | 344 | 171 |  |
| x-Clairton |
6-1 | 120 | 50 | 6-2 | 256 | 83 |  |
| Springdale |
4-3 | 70 | 10 | 4-4 | 242 | 266 |  |
| Bishop Canevin |
3-4 | 40 | -10 | 3-5 | 175 | 236 | |
| GCC |
2-5 | 20 | -23 | 2-6 | 125 | 308 | |
| Riverview |
2-6 | 10 | -40 | 2-6 | 84 | 263 |  |
| Leechburg |
0-7 | 0 | -70 | 0-8 | 79 | 305 | |
| Tri-County South Conference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Wild Card Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
 y-California |
7-0 | 210 | 70 | 8-0 | 429 | 68 |   |
| h-Carmichaels |
6-1 | 150 | 46 | 6-2 | 239 | 163 |  |
| x-Fort Cherry |
5-2 | 100 | 23 | 6-2 | 233 | 157 | |
| x-West Greene |
5-2 | 50 | 34 | 6-2 | 265 | 131 | |
| Jefferson-Morgan |
2-5 | 20 | -22 | 2-6 | 114 | 218 | |
| Monessen |
1-6 | 20 | -50 | 2-6 | 114 | 274 | |
| Mapletown |
1-6 | 10 | -50 | 2-6 | 124 | 292 | |
| Avella |
1-7 | 10 | -68 | 1-7 | 97 | 370 | |
| 1A Third Place Home Games (Top 2 teams receive home playoff game) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Wild Card Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
| x-Clairton |
6-1 | 120 | 50 | 6-2 | 256 | 83 | |
| x-Western Beaver |
5-2 | 120 | 21 | 5-3 | 204 | 174 | |
| x-Fort Cherry |
5-2 | 100 | 23 | 6-2 | 233 | 157 | |
1A Wild Card (Top 6th Place Team Makes the Playoffs)
| 1A Sixth Place Wild Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Wild Card Record |
Tiebreakers | Overall Record |
PF | PA | Conf Wins | |
| Gardner | WPIAL | ||||||
| Sto-Rox |
3-4 | 80 | -9 | 3-5 | 153 | 235 | |
| GCC |
2-5 | 20 | -23 | 2-6 | 125 | 308 | |
| Monessen |
1-6 | 20 | -50 | 2-6 | 114 | 274 | |