High School Sports

Plenty of movement in latest SC statewide football rankings. See who made biggest jump

Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Oct. 22.

First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses. Teams bolded are new teams in the rankings for this week and arrows up and down show which teams moved up and down from last week.

Class 5A

1. Dutch Fork (13) (7-0)

2. Northwestern (1) (9-0)

3. Gaffney (1) (6-0)

4. Summerville (8-0)

5. Irmo (8-0)

6. Sumter (8-0)

7. Spartanburg (5-1) 2

8. Hillcrest (5-1) 2

9. JL Mann (4-2) 2

10. Greenwood (5-1)

Dropped out: Boiling Springs

Others receiving votes: TL Hanna, River Bluff Boiling Springs; Catawba Ridge; Ashley Ridge

Class 4A

1. Westside (15) (6-0)

2. Daniel (5-1)

3. South Pointe (6-2)

4. South Florence (6-2) 2

5. Hartsville (6-1-1) 2

6. May River (6-1) 2

7. North Augusta (5-1) 2

8. Wren (5-1)

9. Seneca (6-1) 4

10. AC Flora (7-2)

Dropped out: None

Others receiving votes: Gray Collegiate, Bishop England, Greer, Hilton Head Island, Camden

Class 3A

1. Belton-Honea Path (9) (7-1)

2. Mountain View Prep (6) (7-0)

3. Loris (7-1) 1

4. Dillon (6-2) 2

5. Marlboro County (6-1) 2

6. Woodruff (5-1) 1

7. Oceanside Collegiate (5-3) 1

8. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (6-2) 1

9. Keenan (6-3) 1

10. Swansea (5-3) 3

Dropped out: None

Others receiving votes: Powdersville, Newberry, St. Joseph’s

Class 2A

1. Batesburg-Leesville (7-0) (10)

2. Saluda (6-0) (5)

3. Fairfield Central (7-1) 1

4. Barnwell (7-1) 2

5. Clinton (5-2)

6. Strom Thurmond (5-1) 1

7. Hampton County (6-2) 4

8. Manning (7-1)

9. Philip Simmons (6-2)

10. Woodland (6-2)

Dropped out: Landrum

Others receiving votes: Central, Timberland, Chesterfield, Cheraw, Andrews, Landrum

Class A

1. Abbeville (5-1) (15)

2. Lewisville (7-1)

3. Blackville-Hilda (6-1)

4. Lake View (7-1)

5. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (4-2)

6. Lamar (6-2)

7. (tie) Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (6-1) 1

7. (tie) Cross (5-2)

9. Dixie (6-1)

10. Branchville (7-1)

Dropped out: None

Others receiving votes: Hannah-Pamplico, Baptist Hill

Voters this week: Lou Bezjak, The State Newspaper; Jed Blackwell, SC Prep RedZone; Scott Chancey, Florence Morning News; Chris Dearing, SC Prep Redzone/The State Newspaper; Jordan Ferrell, Fox Sports Spartanburg: Thomas Grant, SC Prep RedZone; Justin Jarrett, LowcoSports; Travis Jenkins, Chester News & Reporter; Wes Kerr,LowcoSports; Gene Knight, WRHI; James McBee, Boiling Springs Journal; Chris Miller, WRHI; Brett Shugart, Fox Sports Spartanburg; Brandon Stockdale, SC Prep RedZone; Pete Yanity, WSPA

Lou Bezjak
The State
Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription
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