Inspired by similar theoretical district points threads, I decided to make one for Iowa.
Ranking
Team #
Total
Event 1
Points 1
Event 2
Points 2
Team Age
Chairman’s
Champs?
1
525
140
mndu2
73
iacf
67
1
1
2
967
97
iacf
62
wila
35
1
3
7785
90
ksla
40
ksla
40
10
1
5
3928
82
iacf
50
wila
32
1
4
6455
82
iacf
41
iacf
41
1
6
167
75
mndu
34
wila
41
7
5935
64
iacf
32
iacf
32
8
6419
56
lake
28
lake
28
9
7531
52
iacf
21
iacf
21
10
1
10
7141
47
mokc3
21
mokc3
21
5
11
7411
42
iacf
16
iacf
16
10
12
6317
41
iacf
21
wila
20
1
1
13
7646
38
iacf
14
iacf
14
10
14
6630
37
iacf
19
wila
18
15
7309
31
iacf
13
iacf
13
5
16
648
28
iacf
10
wila
18
17
6889
25
iacf
10
iacf
10
5
18
4646
24
ndgf
6
ilpe
18
19
7142
23
iacf
9
iacf
9
5
20
6164
22
iacf
11
iacf
11
21
5041
19
iacf
7
mokc3
12
22
6420
18
iacf
10
wila
8
23
5837
16
iacf
10
wimi
6
24
5576
12
iacf
6
iacf
6
25
6412
10
wila
5
wila
5
26
6379
8
iacf
4
iacf
4
While Iowa is much too small to have a district championship, an Iowa district would likely send the top 4 to 5 teams to the North Half-championship based on its size:
525
967
7785
3928
6455
The current teams that qualified for the championship are:
525 (Win & CA)
967 (Win)
3928 (EI)
6317 (CA)
6455 (Win)
7531 (RAS)
7785 (RAS)
Iowa has had a great season so far and I expect Iowa teams will represent the state well at the Championship!
Please post if you have any questions, corrections, or other Iowa team statistics.
Do you think that a potential Iowa District is possible? If there were more than 3 teams in Nebraska, would it be possible to combine the two states to make a Silicon Prairie District?
It would be an interesting idea, maybe it could be run as an experiment for a year or two with an event in Des Moines and an event in Cedar Falls. Like OP said, there might not be a DCMP due to size, though I think we could get away with one if we did only 4 playoff alliances. Every team in the state would also have to show up at both events, unless some provision is made.
Realistically, I think Iowa and Nebraska are going to have to piggyback on another state when the time comes. I think Iowa could go with Illinois and Nebraska could go with MO/KS, but I think most teams here would prefer to go with Minnesota, so I have no clue how that’s going to go down.
They could be announced at the last district event if every team is going to be there, or a week later in a separate awards ceremony to give judges (not sure how we’d get judges without a competition, but that’s a question for the 2037 FIRST in Iowa board) more time to determine who’s the best in the state.
It could be interesting to try to pursue an Iowa (+other state(s)), especially as surrounding Midwest areas look to be heading to districts in the future years. However, there currently is a fairly low team density which would present a challenge towards getting enough teams for events. I would anticipate having at least two Iowa regionals before steps would be taken towards a district, and that seems a little far off in the future. I would love to have the state in the district system as I think it provides some great benefits to teams, but it seems a little unrealistic within the next few years.