Tennessee high school football rankings: Associated Press poll entering Week 8
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 2, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote.
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Class 6A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Bradley Central (8) | 7-0 | 149 | 1 |
2. Oakland (6) | 6-1 | 141 | 2 |
3. Brentwood (1) | 7-0 | 127 | 3 |
4. Germantown (1) | 7-0 | 120 | 4 |
5. Mt. Juliet | 7-0 | 84 | 5 |
6. Bearden | 4-2 | 54 | 9 |
7. Cleveland | 6-1 | 40 | 8 |
8. Riverdale | 5-2 | 37 | 10 |
9. Bartlett | 5-2 | 27 | 7 |
10. Clarksville | 7-0 | 25 | NR |
Class 5A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Centennial (8) | 7-0 | 150 | 2 |
2. Knoxville West (7) | 6-1 | 143 | 1 |
3. Henry County (1) | 6-1 | 128 | 3 |
4. Southwind | 7-0 | 106 | 4 |
5. Nolensville | 6-1 | 88 | 5 |
6. Page | 6-1 | 80 | 6 |
7. Munford | 6-1 | 43 | 7 |
(Tie) Oak Ridge | 5-1 | 43 | 8 |
9. Walker Valley | 6-1 | 41 | 9 |
10. McMinn County | 5-2 | 25 | NR |
Class 4A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Pearl-Cohn (12) | 7-0 | 153 | 1 |
2. Upperman (3) | 7-0 | 133 | 2 |
3. Elizabethton (1) | 6-0 | 128 | 3 |
4. Hardin County | 7-0 | 113 | 4 |
5. Greeneville | 5-0 | 97 | 5 |
6. Haywood County | 6-1 | 68 | 6 |
7. Macon County | 6-1 | 57 | T-7 |
8. Stone Memorial | 6-1 | 51 | T-7 |
9. Marshall County | 6-1 | 41 | 9 |
10. Red Bank | 4-2 | 10 | NR |
Class 3A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Alcoa (16) | 7-0 | 160 | 1 |
2. Dyersburg | 7-0 | 140 | 2 |
3. Meigs County | 7-0 | 126 | 4 |
4. Gatlinburg-Pittman | 6-1 | 101 | 5 |
5. East Nashville | 5-2 | 89 | 3 |
6. Kingston | 6-1 | 75 | 6 |
7. Giles County | 4-2 | 50 | T-7 |
8. Covington | 5-2 | 50 | 9 |
9. Chuckey-Doak | 6-1 | 48 | T-7 |
10. McMinn Central | 4-2 | 18 | 10 |
Class 2A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. York Institute (5) | 7-0 | 141 | 2 |
2. Marion County (5) | 7-0 | 134 | 3 |
3. Huntingdon (5) | 5-1 | 113 | T-5 |
4. Riverside (1) | 5-2 | 96 | 1 |
5. Loretto | 7-0 | 92 | T-5 |
6. Milan | 6-1 | 78 | 4 |
7. East Robertson | 6-1 | 53 | 8 |
8. Smith County | 5-2 | 48 | 7 |
9. Lewis County | 6-1 | 46 | 9 |
10. Mt. Pleasant | 6-1 | 21 | 10 |
Class 1A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. South Pittsburg (12) | 7-0 | 156 | 1 |
2. Dresden (4) | 7-0 | 145 | 2 |
3. Moore County | 7-0 | 116 | 3 |
4. McKenzie | 6-1 | 105 | 4 |
5. Coalfield | 6-1 | 85 | 6 |
6. MASE | 5-1 | 75 | 7 |
7. Whitwell | 6-1 | 55 | 5 |
8. Clay County | 5-2 | 38 | 9 |
(Tie) Collinwood | 5-1 | 38 | 10 |
10. Union City | 4-3 | 30 | 8 |
Division II-A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Jackson Christian (12) | 7-0 | 156 | 2 |
2. Middle Tennessee Christian (3) | 6-1 | 144 | 1 |
3. Friendship Christian (1) | 6-1 | 130 | 3 |
4. First Assembly Christian | 5-1 | 73 | 4 |
5. Trinity Christian Academy | 5-1 | 72 | 5 |
Division II-AA
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Franklin Road Academy (7) | 7-0 | 148 | 1 |
2. Knoxville Webb (4) | 7-0 | 139 | 3 |
3. CPA (5) | 6-1 | 132 | 2 |
4. Boyd Buchanan | 7-0 | 121 | 4 |
5. Davidson Academy | 6-1 | 82 | 5 |
Division II-AAA
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. McCallie (16) | 7-0 | 160 | 1 |
2. Baylor | 6-1 | 137 | 2 |
3. MUS | 6-1 | 131 | 3 |
4. Ensworth | 5-2 | 110 | 4 |
5. Lipscomb Academy | 2-4 | 53 | 5 |
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: Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga; The Leaf-Chronicle , Clarksville; The Daily Herald, Columbia; Herald-Citizen, Cookeville; Elizabethton Star, Elizabethton; Johnson City Press, Johnson City; Union City Daily Messenger, Union City; WCMT, Martin.
Reach sports writer George Robinson at georgerobinson@theleafchronicle.com and on the X platform (formerly Twitter) @Cville_Sports.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Tennessee high school football rankings: AP statewide poll after Week 7
