Poplarville Hornets buzzing AP Top 10; Picayune, Stone, East Central also impress
The Sun Herald’s No. 1 team in Poplarville remained No. 7 in the latest Associate Press Mississippi high school football rankings.
Poplarville (5-0), which had a bye week before Friday’s Region 7-4A opener against Greene County, also leads the Class 4A poll with all 15 first-place votes.
Picayune is the only other Coast school getting attention in the overall rankings. The Tide (4-1) earned three points, 22 behind No. 10 Northwest Rankin.
The top seven spots in this week’s overall rankings remained unchanged with No. 1 West Point, No. 2 Pearl, No. 3 Tupelo, No. 4 Starkville, No. 5 Hattiesburg and No. 6 Madison Central ahead of the Hornets. No. 8 Oak Grove, No. 9 Olive Branch and NWR round out the Top 10.
The Tide also stayed at No. 4 in the Class 5A rankings. Stone High (3-1) earned six points, which ranks eighth in the classification.
Right behind the PHS Hornets in 4A is East Central (5-0) as the No. 2 team.
All Associated Press members in Mississippi are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. Those who voted for this week's poll are: The Sun Herald; Commercial Dispatch; Bolivar Commercial; Greene County Herald; Hattiesburg American; Hattiesburg Post; Clarion-Ledger; Enterprise-Journal; Natchez Democrat; Oxford Eagle; Starkville Daily News; Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal; Vicksburg Post; WCBI-TV, Columbus; and WTVA-TV, Tupelo.
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Mississippi Prep Polls
Here are Mississippi’s top high school football teams in each class as selected by a panel of Associated Press state sports writers.
Class Overall
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. West Point (12) | (5-0) | 145 | 1 |
2. Pearl (3) | (6-0) | 135 | 2 |
3. Tupelo | (5-0) | 124 | 3 |
4. Starkville | (5-1) | 90 | 4 |
5. Hattiesburg | (5-0) | 85 | 5 |
6. Madison Central | (4-1) | 70 | 6 |
7. Poplarville | (5-0) | 40 | 7 |
8. Oak Grove | (4-1) | 35 | 9 |
9. Olive Branch | (5-0) | 32 | 10 |
10. Northwest Rankin | (4-1) | 25 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Warren Central 11, Cleveland Central 8, Jackson Prep 6, East Central 5, Yazoo County 4, Picayune 3, North Panola 3, Philadelphia 2, Horn Lake 1, Simmons 1.
Class 6A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Pearl (12) | (6-0) | 147 | 1 |
2. Tupelo (3) | (5-0) | 138 | 2 |
3. Starkville | (5-1) | 120 | 3 |
4. Madison Central | (4-1) | 98 | 4 |
5. Oak Grove | (4-1) | 54 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: Northwest Rankin 37, Warren Central 6.
Class 5A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. West Point (14) | (5-0) | 149 | 1 |
2. Hattiesburg | (5-0) | 133 | 2 |
3. Olive Branch | (5-0) | 118 | 3 |
4. Picayune | (4-1) | 91 | 4 |
5. Cleveland Central (1) | (6-0) | 90 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: Natchez 7, Brookhaven 6, Stone 6.
Class 4A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Poplarville (15) | (5-0) | 150 | 1 |
2. East Central | (5-0) | 128 | 2 |
3. Pontotoc | (5-1) | 117 | T3 |
4. Louisville | (5-1) | 109 | T3 |
5. Greene County | (6-0) | 84 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: Itawamba AHS 12.
Class 3A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. North Panola (13) | (5-0) | 148 | 1 |
2. Yazoo County (2) | (5-0) | 122 | 3 |
3. Jefferson Davis County | (5-1) | 114 | 4 |
4. Hazlehurst | (5-0) | 96 | 5 |
5. Charleston | (4-2) | 80 | 2 |
Others receiving votes: South Pontotoc 40.
Class 2A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Philadelphia (15) | (6-0) | 150 | 1 |
2. Calhoun City | (5-1) | 129 | 2 |
3. Newton | (5-0) | 118 | 3 |
4. Perry Central | (6-0) | 110 | 4 |
5. East Webster | (5-1) | 54 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: Scott Central 27, Eupora 12.
Class 1A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Simmons (15) | (5-0) | 150 | 1 |
2. Nanih Waiya | (6-0) | 134 | 2 |
3. Lumberton | (4-1) | 110 | 3 |
4. Smithville | (5-1) | 103 | 4 |
5. Noxapater | (4-1) | 80 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: Ray Brooks 16, Biggersville 7.
MAIS
School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. Jackson Prep (15) | (6-0) | 150 | 1 |
2. Jackson Aca. | (5-0) | 134 | 2 |
3. Parklane Aca. | (6-0) | 114 | 3 |
4. Madison-Ridgeland Aca. | (6-1) | 103 | 4 |
5. Indianola Aca. | (6-0) | 57 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Presbyterian Christian 24, Oak Forest, La. 12, Lamar School 6.
All Associated Press members in Mississippi are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. Those who voted for this week's poll are: The Commercial Dispatch, Columbus; Bolivar Commercial, Cleveland; Greene County Herald, Leakesville; The Sun-Herald, Biloxi-Gulfport; Hattiesburg American, Hattiesburg; The Hattiesburg Post, Hattiesburg; The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson; Enterprise-Journal, Mc Comb; The Natchez Democrat, Natchez; The Oxford Eagle, Oxford; Starkville Daily News, Starkville; Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo; The Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg; WCBI-TV, Columbus; WTVA-TV, Tupelo.
This story was originally published September 26, 2017 at 6:33 PM with the headline "Poplarville Hornets buzzing AP Top 10; Picayune, Stone, East Central also impress."