All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

B-U is 22nd in latest SSAC football ratings

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The WVSSAC playoff ratings are calculated using a points-based system, factoring in each team’s record and strength of schedule. This year teams receive bonus points for games won by an opponent. Opponents that win a game in their classification or above equals 1.2 bonus points in Class AAA, 0.9 in Class AA and 0.6 in Class A. Buckhannon-Upshur is 22nd this week.

AAA
RankSchoolRatingWonLostTiedScoredAllowedPointsBonus
1HUNTINGTON14600354207212
1CABELL MIDLAND14700336987820
3HURRICANE12.275103551015716.6
4MORGANTOWN12.1510193675715.6
5MARTINSBURG12700317407212
6BRIDGEPORT11.976103341066617.8
6SPRING MILLS11.97610251676914.8
8PRINCETON11.696103071376615.8
9JEFFERSON11.434201671454820.6
10PARKERSBURG SOUTH11.14203211954818.6
11OAK HILL10.975101641065411.8
12GEORGE WASHINGTON10.933301921653629.6
13PARKERSBURG10.63420236994815.8
14WOODROW WILSON10.575202272185717
15WHEELING PARK10.2320172833615
16BROOKE8.874301711384220.1
17MUSSELMAN8.8240891692428.8
18UNIVERSITY8.623301671483615.7
19CAPITAL8.172401143412425
19SPRING VALLEY8.172401941722425
21HEDGESVILLE7.933401181823322.5
22BUCKHANNON-UPSHUR6.332501242142123.3
23WASHINGTON5.632501252592118.4
24RIVERSIDE5.61501012381221.6
25LINCOLN COUNTY5.161601092861224.1
26SOUTH CHARLESTON50607450030
27PRESTON4.9215087237920.5
28HAMPSHIRE4.82501112482112.6
29JOHN MARSHALL4.57160141294923
30RIPLEY3.86160702281215
31GREENBRIER EAST3.5506088247021.3
32ST. ALBANS2.8506038363017.1

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