Major Update
http://iah.bcmoorerankings.com/fb/1954/
Details
Teams:
299 Iowa High School 11-man teams
49 Iowa High School 6-man teams
12 JV teams (playing varsity games)
65 Non-IA teams
425 Total teams
Scores:
1355 scores, 1219 scores with locations
Conferences:
48 conferences
Classification thoughts
Who is eligible to be ranked #1?
To be eligible for championship contention, that team needs to play 3 teams with standing.
Initial thoughts of who has standing: The biggest cities have the biggest high schools. The biggest high schools have standing. What are those schools: (1950 city populations over 20,000)
Ames
Burlington
Cedar Rapids (Grant, McKinley, Roosevelt, Wilson)
Clinton
Council Bluffs (Lincoln, Jefferson)
Davenport (Central)
Des Moines (East, North, Roosevelt, Lincoln, Tech)
Dubuque (Senior)
Fort Dodge
Iowa City (City High)
Mason City
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Waterloo (East, West)
Some notes:
1. I’m assuming the 5 Des Moines schools have generally equal enrollments.
2. I don’t have a strong feeling about Davenport Ambrose, Des Moines Dowling, Dubuque Loras. Clearly if they play three team with standing, then they are eligible for a championship.
3. Clearly 20,000 is an arbitrary number. Marshalltown’s 1950 population: 19,821.
Consequences:
1. Any team in a conference that has three teams with standing is eligible for consideration for the championship.
Implementation:
Given these thoughts, I’ve implemented three pools of teams in the rankings.
Division 1 – Iowa teams eligible for the championship
Division 2 – Other Iowa teams
Division 6 – Iowa 6-man football teams.
Iowa Score Project
As always, I’m very interested in documenting the history of Iowa High School football. If you are interested in contributing, please contact me: bcmoore87@bcmoorerankings.com.