Tennessee high school football rankings: Associated Press poll entering Week 6
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 September 18, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote.
Class 6A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Bradley Central (9) | 5-0 | 153 | 1 |
2. Oakland (6) | 4-1 | 137 | 2 |
3. Brentwood | 5-0 | 128 | 3 |
4. Germantown (1) | 5-0 | 120 | 4 |
5. Mt. Juliet | 5-0 | 74 | 5 |
6. Maryville | 3-2 | 66 | 6 |
7. Bartlett | 4-1 | 63 | 7 |
8. Cleveland | 4-1 | 31 | 10 |
9. Bearden | 2-2 | 27 | 9 |
(Tie) Riverdale | 3-2 | 27 | 8 |
Class 5A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Knoxville West (16) | 5-0 | 160 | 1 |
2. Centennial | 5-0 | 134 | 3 |
3. Henry County | 4-1 | 117 | 2 |
4. Nolensville | 5-0 | 102 | 4 |
5. Southwind | 5-0 | 83 | 7 |
6. Page | 4-1 | 81 | 6 |
7. Munford | 4-1 | 39 | 8 |
8. Knoxville Halls | 5-0 | 35 | NR |
9. Oak Ridge | 3-1 | 33 | 5 |
10. Hendersonville | 4-1 | 28 | NR |
Class 4A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Pearl-Cohn (12) | 5-0 | 153 | 1 |
2. Upperman (3) | 5-0 | 125 | 2 |
3. Elizabethton (1) | 4-0 | 118 | 3 |
4. Hardin County | 5-0 | 109 | 5 |
5. Greeneville | 2-1-1 | 108 | 4 |
6. Haywood County | 4-1 | 59 | 7 |
7. Red Bank | 4-1 | 47 | 9 |
8. Stone Memorial | 4-1 | 44 | 6 |
9. Macon County | 4-1 | 35 | 10 |
10. Marshall County | 4-1 | 31 | NR |
Class 3A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Alcoa (16) | 5-0 | 160 | 1 |
2. East Nashville | 5-0 | 138 | 2 |
3. Dyersburg | 5-0 | 131 | 3 |
4. Meigs County | 5-0 | 110 | 4 |
5. Gatlinburg-Pittman | 4-1 | 84 | 5 |
6. Kingston | 4-1 | 62 | 7 |
7. Giles County | 2-2 | 44 | 6 |
8. Covington | 3-2 | 40 | 8 |
9. Chuckey-Doak | 4-1 | 36 | 10 |
10. McMinn Central | 4-1 | 35 | NR |
Class 2A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Milan (5) | 5-0 | 137 | 2 |
2. Riverside (9) | 4-1 | 130 | 1 |
3. East Robertson (2) | 5-0 | 120 | 3 |
4. York Institute | 5-0 | 113 | 4 |
5. Marion County | 5-0 | 108 | 5 |
6. Mt. Pleasant | 5-0 | 58 | 9 |
7. Huntingdon | 3-1 | 56 | 7 |
8. Loretto | 5-0 | 46 | NF |
9. Lewis County | 4-1 | 27 | 6 |
(Tie) Smith County | 4-1 | 27 | 10 |
Class 1A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. South Pittsburg (10) | 5-0 | 154 | 1 |
2. Dresden (6) | 5-0 | 149 | 2 |
3. Coalfield | 5-0 | 112 | 3 |
4. Moore County | 5-0 | 109 | 4 |
5. McKenzie | 4-1 | 91 | 5 |
6. Whitwell | 5-0 | 76 | 6 |
7. MASE | 4-0 | 71 | 7 |
8. Union City | 3-2 | 49 | 8 |
9. Clay County | 3-2 | 17 | NR |
10. Collinwood | 3-1 | 14 | NR |
Division II-A
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. Friendship Christian (13) | 5-0 | 147 | 1 |
2. Jackson Christian (2) | 5-0 | 134 | 2 |
3. Middle Tennessee Christian | 5-0 | 124 | 3 |
4. Trinity Christian Academy | 3-1 | 62 | 5 |
5. Rosemark Academy | 5-0 | 58 | NR |
Division II-AA
School (first-place votes) | School | Points | Previous |
1. Franklin Road Academy (8) | |||
2. CPA (6) | |||
3. Knoxville Webb (1) | |||
4. Boyd Buchanan | |||
5. Davidson Academy |
Division II-AAA
School (first-place votes) | Record | Points | Previous |
1. McCallie (11) | 5-0 | 153 | 1 |
2. Baylor (4) | 4-1 | 143 | 2 |
3. Ensworth | 4-1 | 4-1 | 3 |
(Tie) MUS | 5-0 | 5-0 | 4 |
5. Lipscomb Academy | 2-3 | 2-3 | NR |
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 Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville; The Daily Herald, Columbia; Herald-Citizen, Cookeville; The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro; The Tennessean, Nashville; Elizabethton Star, Elizabethton; The Williamson Herald, Franklin; Johnson City Press, Johnson City; The Tennessean, Nashville; Union City Daily Messenger, Union City; WCMT, Martin; The Advocate and Democrat, Sweetwater; The Lebanon Democrat, Lebanon.
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 5
