Eight Midlands teams ranked in SC high school football poll

(First-place votes in parentheses)

Class 5A

1. Fort Dorchester (14)

2. Dutch Fork

3. Byrnes

4. T.L. Hanna

5. Conway

6. Greenwood

7. Spring Valley

8. Sumter

9. Boiling Springs

10. Gaffney

Receiving votes: Westside, Spartanburg, Summerville, Irmo, White Knoll

Class 4A

1. South Pointe (14)

2. Hartsville

3. North Myrtle Beach

4. Belton-Honea Path

5. North Augusta

6. South Aiken

7. Greer

8. Ridge View

9. Greenville

10. Berkeley

Receiving Votes: Chapin, Eastside, Beaufort, Orangeburg-Wilkinson

Class 3A

1. Chapman (13)

2. Dillon (1)

3. Newberry

4. Strom Thurmond

5. Timberland

6. Fairfield Central

7. Brookland-Cayce

8. Chester

9. Gilbert

10. Seneca

Receiving Votes: Powdersville, Broome, Manning, Palmetto

Class 2A

1. Abbeville (14)

2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt

3. Barnwell

4. Carvers Bay

5. Cheraw

6. Lee Central

7. Chesterfield

8. Andrews

9. Batesburg-Leesville

10. Latta

Receiving votes: Southside Christian, Buford, Liberty, Woodland, Saluda, Chesnee

Class A

1. Lamar (12)

2. Hemingway

3. St. John’s

4. Lewisville (2)

5, Lake View

6. Williston-Elko

7. C.E. Murray

8. Cross

9. Wagener-Salley

10. Hannah-Pamplico

Receiving votes: Bethune-Bowman, Baptist Hill, Branchville, Dixie

Voters: Chris Dearing, The State; Bret McCormick, The Herald; Lou Bezjak, The State; Joe Hughes, The Sun News; Tyler Cupp, WPUB radio; Travis Jenkins, Chester News Reporter; Jed Blackwell, Spartanburg Herald-Journal; Bob Castello, Greenville News; Chris Burgin, 100.1 The Fan; Eric Russell, Aiken Standard; Scott Chancey, Florence Morning News; Chris Clark, Orangeburg Times and Democrat; Dennis Brunson, Sumter Item; David Roberts, Greenwood Index-Journal; David Shelton, Charleston Post and Courier; Lake Morris, Anderson Independent Mail.

This story was originally published September 5, 2017 at 3:05 PM with the headline "Eight Midlands teams ranked in SC high school football poll."