The Northern Section recalculates its playoff divisions each year based on school enrollments.

It’s a pretty simple system. The 10 largest schools are Division I, next 10 largest are Division II, next 10 are Division III, then all the remaining schools playing 11-man are Division IV. 8-man football constitutes Division VI, and only schools under 150 students have the option to play 8-man.

So, with that said, here are the divisions for 2011, with the school’s 2010 CBEDS enrollment figures (Mid-Valley teams are in bold):

Division I
Pleasant Valley (1955)
Chico (1806)
Red Bluff (1667)
Shasta (1613)
Foothill (1453)
Enterprise (1329)
Las Plumas (1275)
Oroville (1267)
Paradise (1266)
West Valley (935)

Division II
Corning (931)
Lassen (907)
Central Valley (898)
Wheatland (716)
Anderson (698)
Gridley (679)
Sutter (667)
Orland (666)
Yreka (659)
Winters (546)

Division III
Live Oak (536)
Willows (482)
Trinity (391)
U-Prep (385)
Mt. Shasta (369)
Durham (355)
Williams (354)
Pierce (351)
Colusa (344)
Esparto (334)

Division IV
Hamilton (306)
East Nicolaus (303)
Modoc (268)
Quincy (232)
Portola (199)
Weed (194)
Etna (193)
Los Molinos (188)
Biggs (182)
Tulelake (176)
Chester (161)
Fall River (155)
Burney (143)
Maxwell (142)

Division VI (8-man)
Redding Christian (135)
Loyalton (120)
Hayfork (117)
Liberty Christian (103)
Dunsmuir (92)
Westwood (86)
Big Valley (84)
Butte Valley (84)
Mercy (84)
Princeton (84)
Happy Camp (82)
Champion Christian (80)
Greenville (77)
Herlong (57)
Elk Creek (26)

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