OSSAA board members voted to use October attendance numbers to reclassify high school football teams and change upcoming schedules to comply with a recent court ruling.

However last week, a judge prohibited the association from enforcing amendments to a rule that would elevate private school classification based on postseason achievement instead of enrollment. Oklahoma County District Judge Richard Ogden ruled in a lawsuit brought by five Oklahoma City-area private schools that amendments to Rule 14 adopted before the 202324 school year must be voided effective July 1.

Rule 14 places private schools in higher classifications than they would normally be placed based on enrollment if they have extended postseason success in an effort to achieve competitive balance.

In December, the five private schools — Crossings Christian, Heritage Hall, Bishop McGuinness, Oklahoma Christian School and Mount St. Mary — filed a lawsuit claiming that the rule is unconstitutional.