Midlands Football Power Rankings: Who moved up and down, plus this week’s schedule
A look at this week’s Midlands Top 10 high school football power rankings as voted on by a panel at The State newspaper and the upcoming football schedule:
1. Dutch Fork
Last Week’s Ranking: 1
Last Week’s Game: Defeated White Knoll, 66-0
Next Game:: vs. Chapin
2. AC Flora
Last Week’s Ranking: T-4
Last Week’s Game: Defeated Westwood, 44-6
Next Game: vs. Richland Northeast (Memorial Stadium)
3. Spring Valley
Last Week’s Ranking: 2
Last Week’s Game: Defeated Rock Hill, 17-12
Next Game: vs. Ridge View
4. (tie) River Bluff
Last Week’s Ranking: T-4
Last Week’s Game: Off
Next Game: vs. Dutch Fork (Oct. 9)
4. (tie) Camden
Last Week’s Ranking: 3
Last Week’s Game: Off
Next Game: at Manning
6. Brookland-Cayce
Last Week’s Ranking: 7
Last Week’s Game: Defeated Fox Creek, 41-6
Next Game: vs. Strom Thurmond
7. Hammond
Last Week’s Ranking: 9
Last Week’s Game: Defeated Laurence Manning, 28-7
Next Game: vs. Trinity-Byrnes
8. Gray Collegiate
Last Week’s Ranking: 8
Last Week’s Game: Defeated Batesburg-Leesville, 27-20
Next Game: vs. Columbia (Midlands Sports Complex)
9. Blythewood
Last Week’s Ranking: 10
Last Week’s Game: Defeated North Augusta, 27-24
Next Game: vs. Northwestern
10. Gilbert
Last Week’s Ranking: NR
Last Week’s Game: Defeated Orangeburg-Wilkinson, 32-13
Next Game: vs. Fox Creek
Dropped out: Ridge View
Others receiving votes: Saluda, Newberry, Irmo, Fairfield Central
Midlands football schedule
All games at 7:30 p.m. unless noted
Thursday
Orangeburg-Wilkinson at Swansea, 7 p.m.
Richland Northeast at AC Flora, 7 p.m.
Friday
Andrew Jackson at North Central, 8 p.m.
Camden at Manning
Cardinal Newman at Ben Lippen
Chapin at Dutch Fork
Chester at Keenan
Columbia at Gray Collegiate (Midlands Sports Complex)
Dreher at Irmo
Eau Claire at Batesburg-Leesville
Fairfield Central at Lower Richland
Fox Creek at Gilbert
Great Falls at Eau Claire at Keenan
Heathwood Hall at First Baptist
Indian Land at Mid-Carolina
Newberry at Saluda
North Augusta at Airport
Northside at WW King
Northwestern at Blythewood
Pelion at Silver Bluff, ppd.
Richard Winn at Laurens Academy
Ridge View at Spring Valley
South Aiken at White Knoll
Strom Thurmond at Brookland-Cayce
Trinity-Byrnes at Hammond
Westwood at Lugoff-Elgin
Schedule notes
White Knoll added South Aiken to its schedule and will host the T-Breds on Friday. Both teams were looking for a game after their opponents were forced to postpone because of issues related COVID-19. White Knoll was supposed to host Lexington, and South Aiken was supposed to play River Bluff.
Lexington, which had its first two games of the year canceled or postponed because of COVID-19, will return to the field next week and host Ridge View. The Wildcats can begin practice next Tuesday.
Camden, which had its season delayed by the coronavirus, has its first game this Friday at Manning.
This story was originally published September 28, 2020 at 1:00 PM.
