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Rank It: Most Likely to Upset in the Semifinals Round

J Grine

NMPreps Hall Of Fame
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Oct 31, 2010
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Rio Rancho
NMPreps Most Likely To Upset This Week
  1. (5) Tularosa over (1) Socorro
  2. (3) Cleveland over (2) Clovis
  3. (4) Rio Rancho over (1) Volcano Vista
  4. (3) Goddard over (2) Los Lunas
  5. (3) Robertson over (1) Hope Christian
  6. (3) Lovington over (2) Portales
  7. (4) Grants over (1) Bloomfield
  8. (5) Deming over (1) Roswell
  9. (3) Texico over (1) Eunice (State Championship)
Top Pick: Tularosa (5) over Socorro (1) - 3A: Not an easy week to rank the nine games taking place this week. We could either see a handful of higher seeds come out with a win and we wouldn't be surprised. We decided on this game because it features a Tularosa team that was ranked number one for several weeks before a late season loss dropped them out. Also, we have to note that the Wildcats of Tularosa own the regular season meeting between the two, a 9-7 game on August 30th. Both have grown since. If it doesn't end in an upset, it will be a very close game. Also, features two quarterbacks that could take home player of the year for 3A football in Payson Hicks (QB/Socorro) and Traiton Griffin (QB/Tularosa).

6A Parity: Yes, we have both of the 6A games in the 2 and 3 slots in our ranking of the most likely to upset this week. However, it is not so much that we think the 1 and 2 seeds can lose but the separation between the top four teams in the class are that close. Clovis is HOT right now, so we put them behind the other contest. Rio Rancho could be directly behind Clovis on the HOT right now but Volcano Vista has continued to answer any question on their perfect season (11-0).

Undefeated: 6A Volcano Vista (11-0), 5A Roswell (11-0), and 4A Bloomfield (11-0). Roswell appears to have the most separation and likely ready to move into their second title game. Bloomfield takes on a newcomer this late in the season in Grants in a battle in the NW region. Bloomfield looks to return to the title game, a game that they lose in last season.
 
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