GREEN BAY — The high school football regular season ends this week, and fans will notice a different playoff qualifying and seeding format.

Past years have been marred by controversy, so the WFCA and the WIAA have instituted what’s called a playoff matrix.

NBC 26 caught up with coaches and the WIAA to find out how it works.

Starting this year, teams were assigned divisions before the season started — a change from previous years when divisions were assigned after the full playoff field was determined.

The top 32 teams in each division make the playoffs.

From there, they’re divided into four geographical regions and are seeded 1 through 8.

“The basic outlook on this is you want to win your games. That is priority number one and then you want your defeated opponents to win the remainde

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