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Tennessee high school football Associated Press statewide rankings

Tom Kreager
The Tennessean

The Associated Press' Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee's six Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through October 21, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:

Division I

Class 6A

                                        Record      Pts      Prv

1. Oakland (18)               8-0            188      1

2. Maryville                      8-0            171      2

3. Whitehaven                 6-1            130      3

4. Dobyns-Bennett (1)     8-0            126      4

5. Brentwood                   7-1            114      5

6. Ravenwood                 7-1              95      6

7. Houston                       8-0              86      7

8. McMinn County           8-0              52      9

9. Bradley Central           6-2               42      8

10. Stewarts Creek         7-1               20    10

Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Class 5A

                                        Record          Pts      Prv

1. Knox Central (16)        8-0                177     1

2. Beech (1)                     8-0                154     2

3. Powell (1)                     8-0                149     3

4. Gallatin (1)                    8-0               122      6

5. Henry County                6-2                 86      7

6. Knoxville West               7-1                 84      5

7. Page                              7-1                 75     10

8. Tennessee                     7-1                 65    NR

9. David Crockett               6-1                 57       4

10. Shelbyville                    7-1                 37    NR

Others receiving 12 or more points: Summit 12.

Class 4A

                                            Record          Pts      Prv

1. Elizabethton (17)             8-0                185      2

2. Haywood County (1)        7-1                156      3

3. Anderson County (1)        7-1                144      4

4. Nolensville                        8-0                129      5

5. Greeneville                       6-2                 121     1

6. Hardin County                  7-1                   96     6

7. Livingston Academy         8-0                   87     7

8. Montgomery Central         7-1                   53     8

9. Marshall County                7-2                   35     9

10. Creek Wood                    7-1                   26   10  

Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Class 3A

                                              Record              Pts      Prv

1. Alcoa (18)                             7-1                 189     1

2. Pearl-Cohn (1)                      8-0                 168     2

3. Red Bank                              8-0                 152     3

4. Loudon                                  8-0                 135     4

5. Upperman                             7-1                   98     6

6. South Gibson                        7-1                   93     9

7. Gatlinburg-Pittman                7-1                   70     8

8. Wooddale                              7-1                   44   10

9. Covington                              6-2                   40     5

10. East Nashville                      6-2                   22     7

Others receiving 12 or more points: Stratford 20.

Class 2A

                                                  Record              Pts      Prv

1. Peabody (19)                        8-0                     190     1

2. Watertown                             7-1                     148     2

3. Trousdale County                  7-1                     145     3

4. Meigs County                        7-1                     136      4

5. Forrest                                   8-0                     128      5

6. Lewis County                         6-1                       84      7

7. Fairley                                    6-2                       56    10

8. South Greene                        8-1                       44      6

9. Hampton                                6-2                       43   NR

10. Houston County                   7-1                       29     8

Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Class 1A

                                                    Record        Pts      Prv

1. South Pittsburg (15)                7-0              185     1

2. Huntingdon (4)                        9-0               164    2

3. Lake County                            8-0              147     3

4. Fayetteville                              8-0              125     5

5. Greenback                               6-2              105     6

6. Monterey                                  8-0                97     7

7. Greenfield                                7-1                76      8

8. Coalfield                                  6-2                 63      9

9. Cornersville                             5-3                 29    10

10. Clay County                           6-2                12    NR

Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Division II

Class A

                                                    Record          Pts      Prv

1. Nashville Christian (19)           8-0                190      1

2. Davidson Academy                 6-2                 156      3

3. Friendship Christian                6-2                 146      4

4. University-Jackson                  6-2                 134      5

5. Fayette Academy                    5-3                  110      2

Others receiving 12 or more points: none.

Class AA

                                                      Record          Pts      Prv

1. ECS (16)                                   7-1                184      1

2. Boyd Buchanan (3)                   7-1                164      2

3. Franklin Road Academy            7-1                142      4

4. Grace Christian                          7-1                126    T5

5. BGA                                           5-3                  63     T5

Others receiving 12 or more points: Lipscomb Academy 25. CAK 24. Lausanne Collegiate 17. CPA 15.

Class AAA

                                                        Record          Pts      Prv

1. McCallie (18)                               8-0                180      1

2. Briarcrest                                     8-0                159      2

3. MUS                                            7-1                 140      3

4. Baylor                                          7-1                 133      4

5. MBA                                            5-3                 101      5

Others receiving 12 or more points: Ensworth 24.

All Associated Press members in Tennessee are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. Those who voted for this week's poll are: The Daily Post-Athenian, Athens; Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga; Cleveland Daily Banner, Cleveland; The Daily Herald , Columbia; The Tennessean, Nashville; State Gazette, Dyersburg; Elizabethton Star; The Williamson Herald, Franklin; The Jackson Sun, Jackson; Johnson City Press, Johnson City; Times News, Kingsport; Marshall County Tribune (Lewisburg); The Daily Times, Maryville; The Tomahawk (Mountain City), Mountain City; The Commercial Appeal, Memphis; The Paris Post-Intelligencer; Union City Daily Messenger, Union City; WCMT, Martin.