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There will be nine football state champions in Tennessee beginning in the 2017-18 school year.
The TSSAA’s Board of Control passed adding a third class by a 7-5 vote in Division II starting next school year in anticipation that the division will add more schools due to new rules being implemented next year.
The TSSAA also changed how football will be divided in Division I. Starting in 2017, there will be six evenly divided classes. Currently, Class 6A includes the 32 largest enrollments in the state with the rest of the classes being divided evenly.
However, that was perhaps the biggest news of the day.
An opportunity to expand more classes in other sports in Division I failed when the current three-class system in basketball, baseball and softball was passed.
Also passed for Division I were three classes in volleyball, split by participating schools. Soccer will add a third class starting in 2017-18 school year. It will also be split by participating schools.
Cross Country, track and field, golf and tennis will be in two classes (small and large). Wrestling will remain in two classes (A-AA and AAA). And bowling will remain in one class.
In Division II, wrestling and bowling will remain in one class. All other sports will be in two classes with the classification cutoff being set at 450.
The Board of Control also approved a change to its 1.8 multiplier. The change allows independent schools to move up more than one class if the multiplier moves them. In the past, independent schools could only be forced to move up one class.
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