Who’s No. 1? First SC high school football preseason media poll for 2024 released
Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Preseason Poll. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.
Class 5A
1. Dutch Fork (13)
2. Gaffney (3)
3. Summerville
4. Northwestern (1)
5. Irmo
6. White Knoll
7. TL Hanna
8. JL Mann
9. Sumter
10. Hillcrest
Others receiving votes: Spartanburg; Byrnes; Ridge View; Fort Dorchester; James Island; Clover; Carolina Forest; Greenwood
Class 4A
1. Westside (17)
2. South Florence
3. Daniel
4. South Pointe
5. Camden
6. Gray Collegiate
7. Hartsville
8. Midland Valley
9. Brookland-Cayce
10. Gilbert
Others receiving votes: Beaufort; AC Flora; Greer; Crestwood; May River; North Augusta; York
Class 3A
1. Belton-Honea Path (10)
2. Oceanside Collegiate (6)
3. Dillon (1)
4. Christ Church
5. Chapman
6. Pendleton
7. Silver Bluff
8. (tie) Broome
8. (tie) Powdersville
10. Marlboro County
Others receiving votes: Hanahan; Mountain View Prep; Loris; Keenan; St. Joseph’s; Newberry; Woodruff; Battery Creek; Southside Christian; Aynor
Class 2A
1. Chester (9)
2. Clinton (7)
3. Hampton County (1)
4. Strom Thurmond
5. Barnwell
6. Fairfield Central
7. Philip Simmons
8. Saluda
9. Manning
10. Andrew Jackson
Others receiving votes: Cheraw, Ninety-Six, Timberland, Batesburg-Leesville, Marion, Whale Branch, Atlantic Charter, Chesnee, Andrews
Class A
1. Abbeville (17)
2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt
3. Lewisville
4. Johnsonville
5. Lamar
6. Blackville-Hilda
7. Calhoun County
8. Lake View
9. Latta
10. Cross
Others receiving votes: Hunter-Kinard Tyler; Denmark-Olar; Branchville; McBee; Dixie; Green Sea-Floyds; Hannah-Pamplico; Whitmire; Great Falls; Green Sea Floyds, Ridge-Spring Monetta
Voters this week: Cam Adams Greenwood Index Journal; Mac Banks, Fort Mill Prep Sports; Lou Bezjak, The State Newspaper; Jed Blackwell, SC Prep RedZone; Travis Boland, Times and Democrat; Chris Dearing, SC Prep Redzone/The State Newspaper; Ian Guerin, SC Prep RedZone; Thomas Grant, SC Prep RedZone; Justin Jarrett, LowCo Sports; Travis Jenkins, Chester; Gene Knight, WRHI; James McBee, Boiling Springs Journal; Chris Miller, WRHI; David Shelton, Post & Courier/High School Sports Report; Brett Shugart/Fox Sports Spartanburg; Joe Wedra, My Horry News; Pete Yanity, WSPA
This story was originally published August 12, 2024 at 2:59 PM.
