Officially past the halfway point of the regular season gives us a chance to take stock of how things could shake down in a month when the playoff pairings are announced.

One thing is becoming abundantly clear.

The cream of the crop is starting to break away from the field, but that group remains smaller than most.

Just 56 schools have emerged through the first five weeks of the season unscathed and the concentration of where those 56 come from is also particularly interesting to note.

Over one third of the remaining undefeated teams will likely find themselves in either the Class 1A or Class 2A draws, while there are very few candidates to get through the season with a clean sheet in the larger classifications. Just four teams that are guaranteed to be 8A teams ( Mount Carmel , Lin

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