Which are the top high school football teams in North Carolina? Our rankings before Week 7
There are six new teams in the N.C. statewide high school football rankings from The Charlotte Observer and News & Observer of Raleigh as we head into Week 7 of the season.
Of those six teams, four are in the 2A class.
▪ In the 2A poll, Whiteville (5-1), Walkertown (5-1), Burns (4-2) and Bunker Hill (4-1) are the newcomers.
Whiteville has won three consecutive games to move into first place in the Waccamaw 1A/2A conference. Since a 21-20 loss to North Davidson on Sept. 13, Walkertown has won two straight games and allowed just six points.
Burns High, from Lawndale, has back-to-back losses to two 3A powers — Cleveland County rivals Crest and Kings Mountain — but the Bulldogs have won three in a row since, by a combined score of 132-15.
And Bunker Hill, from Claremont, beat rival West Lincoln 35-21 last week and has won two straight.
▪ In the 3A poll, Belmont’s South Point High joins the rankings. South Point beat previously unbeaten Crest, 27-26, last week. Crest dropped to No. 10 in the 3A rankings. South Point, which is 4-0, is ranked No. 9.
▪ Finally, in the 4A poll, Clayton — coached by former Myers Park coach Scott Chadwick — is the new team joining the rankings. The Comets are off to a 6-0 start and play at South Garner on Friday.
NCISAA
| No. | School | Record | Prev. |
| 1 | Providence Day | (5-1) | 1 |
| 2 | Rabun Gap-Nacoochee | (5-2) | 2 |
| 3 | Charlotte Christian | (4-2) | 3 |
| 4 | Charlotte Latin | (7-0) | 5 |
| 5 | Asheville School | (3-1) | 4 |
| 6 | High Point Christian | (6-0) | 6 |
| 7 | Trinity Christian | (5-1) | 7 |
| 8 | Christ School | (1-4) | 8 |
| 9 | Charlotte Country Day | (4-3) | 9 |
| 10 | Harrells Christian | (5-1) | 10 |
1A
| Rank | School | Record | Prev. |
| 1 | Mount Airy | (7-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Starmount | (5-1) | 2 |
| 3 | Tarboro | (5-1) | 3 |
| 5 | Eastern Randolph | (6-0) | 5 |
| 4 | Mountain Heritage | (4-0) | 4 |
| 6 | Murphy | (5-1) | 6 |
| 8 | Corvian Community | (5-0) | 8 |
| 7 | North Duplin | (5-0) | 7 |
| 9 | East Wilkes | (4-1) | 9 |
| 10 | Warren County | (6-1) | 10 |
2A
| Rank | School | Record | Prev. |
| 1 | Reidsville | (6-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Monroe | (5-0) | 2 |
| 3 | Northeastern | (6-0) | 3 |
| 4 | Shelby | (5-2) | 4 |
| 5 | James Kenan | (6-0) | 5 |
| 6 | Randleman | (6-0) | 8 |
| 7 | Whiteville | (5-1) | NR |
| 8 | Walkertown | (5-1) | NR |
| 9 | Burns | (4-2) | NR |
| 10 | Bunker Hill | (4-1) | NR |
3A
| Rank | School | Record | Prev. |
| 1 | Hickory | (6-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Dudley | (6-0) | 2 |
| 3 | Seventy-First | (6-0) | 3 |
| 4 | Northern Nash | (6-0) | 4 |
| 5 | Jacksonville | (5-0) | 5 |
| 6 | West Charlotte | (4-1) | 6 |
| 7 | J.M. Robinson | (6-0) | 7 |
| 8 | Havelock | (5-1) | 9 |
| 9 | South Point | (4-0) | NR |
| 10 | Crest | (4-1) | 8 |
4A
| Rank | School | Record | Prev. |
| 1 | Weddington | (5-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Grimsley | (6-0) | 2 |
| 3 | East Forsyth | (6-0) | 3 |
| 4 | Mallard Creek | (5-1) | 4 |
| 5 | Rolesville | (5-1) | 5 |
| 6 | Hough | (5-1) | 6 |
| 7 | Cardinal Gibbons | (4-1) | 7 |
| 8 | Mount Tabor | (4-2) | 10 |
| 9 | Cleveland | (6-0) | 8 |
| 10 | Clayton | (6-0) | NR |
This story was originally published October 8, 2024 at 6:00 AM.
