All CIF section division champions to qualify for state football playoffs

Any CIF San Diego Section football team which wins the CIF championship in its division will qualify for the CIF state playoffs.

On June 3, the CIF San Diego Section's Board of Managers unanimously approved a proposal designating the six division champions as the section's entries to the state playoffs.

"I think it's the right thing. We're sending the right people to our state championships," said CIF commissioner Jerry Schniepp.

The San Diego Section is one of 10 CIF sections in the state. Those 10 sections have a total of 51 eleven-man football playoff divisions and thus 51 section champions...