The U14-U19 NorCal State Premier League is now a year-round competition mirroring the NorCal NPL timeline. The State Premier League is the level of play directly below the NorCal NPL. The winner of this spring's State Premier Championship division will earn automatic promotion into the NPL for the 2017-18 season. The runner up in the Championship division will play a qualifying NPL 3 opponent, in a one-game playoff, for the final NorCal NPL opening in 2017-18.