Prep football playoff teams may shrink to 8
(WorldNews Mexico)

Starting next year, presuming reclassification proposals are ratified, 6A would qualify eight out of 20 schools. Class 5A would qualify eight out of 19, 4A eight out of 17, 3A eight out of 21, and 2A eight out of 20. District champs would automatically qualify; the rest of each field would almost certainly be at-large. Going back to eight qualifiers would return the state to a shorter, three-weeks-long playoff system that hasn’t been seen in New Mexico in decades. The...