District 4 Football Power Index 2026

D4 seed is PIAA District IV’s own rating, which decides playoff seeding within each classification. Gap compares our rank in that classification to the district seed — positive means we rate a team higher than the district does. The district publishes weekly during the season; classifications it has not posted yet show a dash. SOS is the average rating of everything a team has to play in 2026 — a higher number means a harder road. Opponents from outside District 4 are rated on the same scale from their own verified 2025 seasons, so a schedule that leaves the district still gets a real number. Previous rating and trend fill in once 2026 results are entered.

Previews and projections are published for the current game week only. A game two months out can only be written up from last season, which tells you nothing — so later weeks show the matchup and both ratings, and the write-up appears once that week arrives. Previews are built from verified results: 2025 records and scores, head-to-head history and the ratings themselves. No figure in one is typed by hand. A game two months out, projected off today’s ratings, tells you nothing — so later weeks show the matchup and both ratings, and the projection appears once that week arrives. Projections come from each team’s rating plus a point and a half for the home side, and are a starting point for conversation rather than a forecast. Opponents from outside District 4 are marked non‑D4 and are rated on the same scale from their own verified 2025 seasons — they are never ranked against the District 4 field. Games are listed once, matched on date and opponent rather than on week number, because the two schools do not always number the week the same way.