2011 State Playoff Classes

The CIAC released the composite class schedules earlier this month, so we can figure out who's in whose class. The following are partial lists of NVL and other notable teams in each class. Click on the links to check out the full class schedule for 2011.

Class LL (36 teams)
NVL team: Crosby
2010 playoff teams: Xavier (champion), Norwich Free Academy, Trumbull, Glastonbury, Staples, Conard, Hall, West Haven
Other notable teams: Bridgeport Central, Bristol Central, Bristol Eastern, Cheshire, Fairfield Prep, Greenwich, Hall, Hamden, Hartford Public, New Britain, Newtown, Pomperaug, Ridgefield, Shelton, Southington

Class L (36 teams)
NVL teams: Kennedy, Naugatuck, Torrington, Wilby
2010 playoff teams: Masuk (champion), Daniel Hand, Naugatuck, Wethersfield, Darien, New Canaan, North Haven, Bristol Eastern*
Other notable teams: Avon, Bunnell, East Lyme, Fitch, Maloney, Masuk, Middletown, New London, North Haven, Notre Dame-West Haven, Platt

Class M (37 teams)
NVL teams: Ansonia, Watertown, Wolcott
2010 playoff teams: Berlin, New London*, Brookfield, Gilbert/NW Regional, Plainville*, Lyman Hall, Platt*, Hillhouse (champion)
Other notable teams: Bacon Academy, Enfield, Ledyard, Lewis Mills, Montville, Nonnewaug, Stonington, Stratford, Waterford

Class S (36 teams)
NVL teams: Derby, Holy Cross, Sacred Heart, Seymour, St. Paul, Woodland
2010 playoff teams: Valley Regional/Old Lyme, Montville*, Ansonia*, St. Joseph (champion), Woodland, Hyde Leadership, Cromwell, Sacred Heart
Other notable teams: Bloomfield, Coginchaug, East Catholic, Housatonic/Wamogo, North Branford, Northwest Catholic, O'Brien Tech, Oxford, Plainfield, Plainville

Note that some of last year's playoff teams changed classes (denoted by *).

So, which class will be easiest to win, and which will be the toughest? It looks like, as you might expect, Class M and S are a little more open than Class LL and L.