As NCHSAA playoffs begin, here are the top high school football teams in North Carolina
Eleven new teams join the North Carolina statewide high school football polls this week, just days before the N.C. playoffs begin.
This will be the final ranking until the season ends in December.
There are two new No. 1-ranked teams. In the 1A class, KIPP Pride (10-0) takes over the top spot from Robbinsville (7-3), which fell to No. 2. In 5A, Hickory (9-1) jumped one spot to No. 1. Previous No. 1 Crest (8-2) fell to No. 3.
The rankings are compiled by Chris Hughes, a longtime N.C. high school football expert and co-host of The Observer’s Talking Preps weekly show.
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This week’s rankings
NCISAA
Rk., School, Rec, Prvs.
1. Providence Day (10-0), 1
2. High Point Christian (10-0), 4
3. Charlotte Christian (5-5), 3
4. Charlotte Country Day (6-3), 8
5. Charlotte Latin (7-3), 2
6. Asheville School (5-2-1), 5
7. Cannon School (6-4), 6
8. Trinity Christian (7-2), NR
NCHSAA 1A
Rk, School, Rec, Prvs.
1. KIPP Pride (10-0), 2
2. Robbinsville (7-3), 1
3. Northside (10-0), 3
4. Wilson Prep (5-5), 4
5. South Davidson (9-1), 5
6. Sallie B. Howard (4-6), NR
7. Washington County (5-4), 6
8. Southeast Halifax (6-4), 7
NCHSAA 2A
Rk., School, Rec, Prvs.
1. Tarboro (10-0), 1
2. Corvian Community (8-1), 2
3. Murphy (8-2), 3
4. Starmount (8-2), 4
5. East Wilkes (7-3), 5
6. North Duplin (9-1), 6
7. Alleghany (8-2), 7
8. Community School (6-4), 8
NCHSAA 3A
Rk., School, Rec., Prvs.
1. James Kenan (9-1), 1
2. Mountain Heritage (9-1), 2
3. Walkertown (8-1), 3
4. East Rutherford (9-1), 4
5. Hendersonville (8-2), 5
6. Lincolnton (8-2), 6
7. Shelby (7-3), 7
8. Mount Airy (8-2), NR
NCHSAA 4A
Rk, School, Rec, Prvs.
1. Brevard (10-0), 1
2. Reidsville (8-2), 2
3. West Craven (9-1), 3
4. Hibriten (9-1), 4
5. Central Davidson (9-1), 5
6. Newton-Conover (8-2), NR
7. East Duplin (8-2), NR
8. Pisgah (7-3), 7
NCHSAA 5A
Rk., School, Rec, Prvs.
1. Hickory (9-1), 2
2. East Lincoln (9-1), 3
3. Crest (8-2), 1
4. JM Robinson (9-1), 7
5. South Point (8-2), 4
6. St. Paul’s (9-1), NR
7. Northeast Guilford (8-2), NR
8. Franklin (8-2), NR
NCHSAA 6A
Rk., School, Rec, Prvs.
1. Ashbrook (10-0), 1
2. Watauga (10-0), 2
3. Northern Nash (9-1), 3
4. Jacksonville (9-0), 5
5. Seventy-First (8-2), 4
6. Northern Guilford (9-1), 8
7. Middle Creek (8-2), NR
8. Union Pines (9-1), NR
NCHSAA 7A
Rk., School, Rec, Prvs.
1. Grimsley (10-0), 1
2. Weddington (9-1), 2
3. Mooresville (8-2), 4
4. Cardinal Gibbons (9-1), 5
5. Independence (8-2), 6
6. Richmond Senior (8-2), 8
7. Clayton (8-2), NR
8. Cleveland (9-1), 3
NCHSAA 8A
Rk., School, Rec, Prvs.
1. Hough (10-0), 1
2. West Charlotte (8-2), 2
3. Millbrook (10-0), 3
4. Hoggard (10-0), 4
5. Myers Park (8-2), 5
6. Jordan (10-0), 7
7. West Forsyth (8-2), 6
8. Mallard Creek (7-3), 8
