Aurora, CO – The Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) has announced its Preseason Coaches Polls for three winter sports: boys basketball, girls basketball and ice hockey. These preseason polls will be the only coaches polls released for the 2023-24 winter season as CHSAA will focus its efforts on publicizing its Seedings Index as rankings for boys and girls basketball and ice hockey.

The CHSAA Seeding Index is the main factor used to determine qualification and postseason seedings for all team sports. Unlike coaches polls, the rankings can be updated hourly, ultimately giving teams, coaches, schools and fans a better understanding of where a team ranks throughout the season, especially in the lead up to the postseason.

In order to qualify for the CHSAA Postseason Seeding Index, teams must meet a minimum number of games played. Games and minimums are determined by MaxPreps and vary by sport and time of the season. With that said, the Seedings Index will not be available at the start of every season. The rankings will be published once teams get deeper into their seasons (approximately 3-5 weeks into a particular season).

All live data once available can be found on the CHSAA Selection & Seeding Index website. Fans can learn more about official CHSAA RPI calculations on our RPI FAQs page and view where teams rank on our RPI Standings website. A schedule of upcoming games and past scores can also be found on our Scoreboard page.