Trinity Valley, NMMI and Navarro have clinched SWJCFC playoff berths, and the outcome of Saturday's Tyler-Navarro game here will determine the fourth qualifier and postseason seeding.
Breathe easy for the final regular-season game, assured that the Bulldogs will be involved in semifinal-round play for the first time since the 2019 campaign when they won the SWJCFC Championship as a No. 3 seed.
Trinity Valley (7-1/6-1) is the regular-season champion and will be the No. 1 seed with homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. Sherrard Poteete's fourth-ranked Cardinals, with consecutive wins over Navarro, Kilgore and NMMI, are unbeaten in four games at Bruce Field this season.
Add now the importance of Saturday's Navarro-Tyler game, since Tyler (5-3/4-2) upset reigning conference and NJCAA champion NMMI 20-12 at Rose Stadium on October 8.
NMMI (7-2/5-2) would become the No. 2 seed if Tyler loses, or the No. 3 seed with a TJC win.
Navarro would be the No. 3 seed with a win over Tyler or the No. 4 with a loss to TJC. A win would put the Bulldogs at 5-2 but they lost the head-to-head with NMMI at Roswell, 40-35. A Navarro loss to TJC would put the 'Dawgs at 4-3, with a head-to-head advantage over Kilgore, provided that KC beats Blinn its final game and goes 4-3.
Last week, Kilgore secured head-to-head advantage over Tyler with a 31-14 conference victory.
So by Saturday night, Tyler could be a No. 2 seed, a No. 4 if Kilgore loses, or out of the postseason entirely -- a wild card, indeed.
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