| Rank | School | Playoff Bump/Drop | 2023 Playoffs | 2022 Playoffs | 2021 Playoffs |
| 1 | Hot Springs (SD) | 8.8 | 4.1 | 15.8 | 7.1 |
| 2 | Riggs [T. F.] (Pierre, SD) | 3.9 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 1.6 |
| 2 | Elk Point-Jefferson (Elk Point, SD) | 3.9 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 7.9 |
| 4 | Lennox (SD) | 3.8 | 10.2 | -2 | -0.5 |
| 5 | Rapid City Christian (Rapid City, SD) | 2.7 | -0.2 | 6.6 | 2.5 |
| 6 | Winner (SD) | 2.2 | 9.5 | -7.3 | 2.6 |
| 7 | Watertown (SD) | 1.8 | 3.4 | 1.2 | -0.7 |
| 8 | Dell Rapids (SD) | 1.5 | -6.9 | 9.3 | 6.6 |
| 8 | More [St. Thomas] (Rapid City, SD) | 1.5 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.3 |
| 10 | Lincoln (Sioux Falls, SD) | 1.3 | 4.2 | -2 | 0.5 |
| 11 | Stevens (Rapid City, SD) | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 |
| 11 | Jefferson (Sioux Falls, SD) | 0.7 | 0.5 | -1 | 3.9 |
| 13 | Lead-Deadwood (Lead, SD) | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| 14 | Dakota Valley (North Sioux City, SD) | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | -3.2 |
| 15 | Sioux Valley (Volga, SD) | 0.4 | 3.1 | -2.9 | 0.3 |
| 16 | Redfield (SD) | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| 17 | Chamberlain (SD) | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 17 | Beresford (SD) | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 19 | Rapid City Central (Rapid City, SD) | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Webster (SD) | 0 | -0.4 |
| 21 | Spearfish (SD) | -0.1 | -0.9 | 1.7 | -1.9 |
| 21 | Parker (SD) | -0.1 | -0.7 |
| 21 | Sturgis Brown (Sturgis, SD) | -0.1 | -1.1 | 0.9 |
| 21 | Huron (SD) | -0.1 | -0.6 | 0.1 |
| 25 | Deuel (Clear Lake, SD) | -0.2 | 0.2 | -2.1 | 1.9 |
| 25 | Roosevelt (Sioux Falls, SD) | -0.2 | -0.3 | 0.2 | -1 |
| 27 | Washington (Sioux Falls, SD) | -0.3 | -0.2 | -1 | 0.4 |
| 28 | Mobridge-Pollock (Mobridge, SD) | -0.5 | 0.6 | -4.4 |
| 29 | Clark/Willow Lake (Clark, SD) | -0.6 | -1.6 |
| 29 | Brookings (SD) | -0.6 | 0 | -3.3 |
| 31 | Tri-Valley (Colton, SD) | -0.8 | -1.2 | -2.6 |
| 32 | Sioux Falls Christian (Sioux Falls, SD) | -0.9 | -3.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| 32 | Roncalli (Aberdeen, SD) | -0.9 | -2.2 | 1.8 | -3.4 |
| 32 | Aberdeen Central (Aberdeen, SD) | -0.9 | 0.7 | -3.2 | -0.8 |
| 35 | Tea (SD) | -1 | -1.5 | -1.2 | 0.2 |
| 35 | Wagner (SD) | -1 | 1.4 | -5 |
| 37 | Harrisburg (SD) | -1.1 | -1.4 | -2.4 | 1.3 |
| 38 | Madison (SD) | -1.3 | -1 | -1 | -2.8 |
| 39 | Flandreau (SD) | -1.4 | -3.3 |
| 40 | O'Gorman (Sioux Falls, SD) | -1.5 | -0.8 | -0.3 | -5.6 |
| 41 | West Central (Hartford, SD) | -1.8 | -3 | -1.6 | 0 |
| 42 | Groton (SD) | -2 | -3.7 | -1.1 |
| 43 | Yankton (SD) | -2.1 | -3.9 | -2.6 | 2.5 |
| 44 | Canton (SD) | -2.2 | -1.2 | -4.1 | -1.5 |
| 45 | Brandon Valley (Brandon, SD) | -2.5 | -5.3 | 1.2 | -3.2 |
| 46 | McCook Central/Montrose (Salem, SD) | -3.1 | -5.9 | -2.6 |
| 47 | Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central (Woonsocket, SD) | -3.4 | -3.4 | -4.1 | -2.7 |
| 48 | Bridgewater/Emery/Ethan (Emery, SD) | -3.6 | -4.4 | -3 | -3.5 |
| 49 | Mt. Vernon/Plankinton (Mt. Vernon, SD) | -3.9 | -3.2 | -5.1 | -3.8 |