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We ranked all 133 Nashville area high school football teams for 2023 season. See where your team landed

tom kreager, nashville tennessean
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A pair of first-year high school football coaches lead the top two Nashville area teams entering the TSSAA 2023 season.

Lipscomb Academy and Brentwood Academy are first and second in the Nashville area's preseason 1-133 rankings.

NFL Hall of Famer Kevin Mawae leads Lipscomb Academy, which has won the past two Division II-AA state championships before moving up to DII-AAA this season. Mawae replaced Trent Dilfer, now the coach at UAB.

Former Arkansas high school defensive coordinator Jacob Gill leads Brentwood Academy, which reached the DII-AAA semifinals in 2022. He replaces Cody White, who is now coaching high school football in Texas.

But here are the rest.

We now have 133 teams playing TSSAA schedules in the Nashville area with the addition of Kirkwood High, a new school in Clarksville, and Providence Christian, a Murfreesboro private school that went from eight-man football to 11-man this season. And James Lawson has replaced Hillwood, which closed after the 2022-23 school year.

1. Lipscomb Academy (Division II-AAA)

2. Brentwood Academy (DII-AAA)

3. CPA (DII-AA)

4. Oakland (Class 6A)

5. Pearl-Cohn (Class 4A)

6. Riverdale (Class 6A)

7. Ensworth (DII-AAA)

8. MBA (DII-AAA)

9. Page (Class 5A)

10. Father Ryan (DII-AAA)

11. Brentwood (Class 6A)

12. Centennial (Class 5A)

13. Mt. Juliet (Class 6A)

14. Ravenwood (Class 6A)

15. Cane Ridge (Class 6A)

16. Beech (Class 5A)

17. Green Hill (Class 6A)

18. FRA (DII-AA)

19. Henry County (Class 5A)

20. Pope John Paul II (DII-AA)

21. Smyrna (Class 6A)

22. Marshall County (Class 4A)

23. Lebanon (Class 6A)

24. Rockvale (Class 6A)

25. Upperman (Class 4A)

26. Giles County (Class 3A)

27. Blackman (Class 6A)

28. Gallatin (Class 6A)

29. Hendersonville (Class 5A)

30. Nolensville (Class 4A)

31. Independence (Class 6A)

32. Franklin (Class 6A)

33. DeKalb County (Class 4A)

34. Siegel (Class 6A)

35. Davidson Academy (DII-AA)

36. Coffee County (Class 6A)

37. Hillsboro (Class 5A)

38. Stewarts Creek (Class 6A)

39. East Nashville (Class 3A)

40. Clarksville (Class 6A)

41. Macon County (Class 4A)

42. Lincoln County (Class 5A)

43. Wilson Central (Class 6A)

44. Station Camp (Class 5A)

45. Fayetteville (Class 2A)

46. Nashville Christian (DII-A)

47. Columbia Central (Class 5A)

48. MTCS (DII-A)

49. East Robertson (Class 2A)

50. Springfield (Class 5A)

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51. White County (Class 5A)

52. Clarksville Northeast (Class 6A)

53. Summit (Class 6A)

54. Mt. Pleasant (Class 2A)

55. Fairview (Class 3A)

56. Waverly (Class 2A)

57. Smith County (Class 2A)

58. Watertown (Class 3A)

59. Shelbyville (Class 5A)

60. West Creek (Class 6A)

61. Franklin County (Class 5A)

62. Goodpasture (DII-AA)

63. Rossview (Class 6A)

64. McGavock (Class 6A)

65. La Vergne (Class 6A)

66. DCA (DII-A)

67. Portland (Class 5A)

68. Dickson County (Class 6A)

69. Creek Wood (Class 4A)

70. John Overton (Class 6A)

71. Moore County (Class 1A)

72. Lewis County (Class 2A)

73. Tullahoma (Class 5A)

74. York Institute (Class 2A)

75. Lawrence County (Class 5A)

76. Gordonsville (Class 1A)

77. Cookeville (Class 6A)

78. White House (Class 4A)

79. Liberty Creek (Class 3A)

80. Trousdale County (Class 2A)

81. Clay County (Class 1A)

82. Greenbrier (Class 4A)

83. Richland (Class 1A)

84. Monterey (Class 2A)

85. Cascade (Class 2A)

86. Cannon County (Class 2A)

87. James Lawson (Class 5A)

88. Friendship Christian (DII-A)

89. Warren County (Class 6A)

90. Kirkwood (Class 6A)

91. Loretto (Class 2A)

92. Hunters Lane (Class 5A)

93. Westmoreland (Class 2A)

94. Harpeth (Class 2A)

95. Cornersville (Class 1A)

96. Forrest (Class 2A)

97. Eagleville (Class 1A)

98. Wayne County (Class 1A)

99. Clarksville Northwest (Class 6A)

100. Kenwood (Class 6A)

101. Columbia Academy (DII-A)

102. BGA (DII-AA)

103. Montgomery Central (Class 4A)

104. Stratford (Class 3A)

105. Sycamore (Class 3A)

106. Summertown (Class 2A)

107. Cheatham County (Class 3A)

108. Maplewood (Class 3A)

109. Whites Creek (Class 4A)

110. McEwen (Class 1A)

111. Franklin Grace Christian (DII-A)

112. Webb School - Bell Buckle (DII-AA)

113. Jo Byrns (Class 1A)

114. Clarksville Academy (DII-A)

115. Huntland (Class 1A)

116. Collinwood (Class 1A)

117. White House Heritage (Class 3A)

118. Jackson County (Class 2A)

119. Ezell-Harding (DII-A)

120. Community (Class 3A)

121. Red Boiling Springs (Class 1A)

122. East Hickman (Class 2A)

123. Livingston Academy (Class 4A)

124. Antioch (Class 6A)

125. Spring Hill (Class 5A)

126. Mt. Juliet Christian (DII-A)

127. Providence Christian (DII-A)

128. Stewart County (Class 3A)

129. Hickman County (Class 5A)

130. Glencliff (Class 5A)

131. Houston County (Class 1A)

132. Perry County (Class 1A)

133. RePublic (Class 3A)

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