Two new teams crack this week’s Midlands top 10 rankings

Here are this week’s Midlands top 10 high school football teams, as voted on by a panel at The State:

1. Dutch Fork (1-0)

Previous Ranking: 1

Last Week: Defeated Spring Valley, 63-0

This Week: vs. Irmo

2. (tie) Hammond (2-0)

Previous Ranking: 2

Last Week: Defeated Trinity-Byrnes, 49-24

This Week: at Ben Lippen

2. (tie) Gilbert (2-0)

Previous Ranking: 3

Last Week: Defeated Batesburg-Leesville, 54-6

This Week: at Lexington

4. Westwood (2-0)

Previous Ranking: 5

Last Week: Defeated Blythewood, 18-7

This Week: vs. Lower Richland

5. Brookland-Cayce (2-0)

Previous Ranking: 6

Last Week: Defeated Airport, 32-14

This Week: at Spring Valley

6. Lexington (2-0)

Previous Ranking: 7

Last Week: Defeated Dreher, 16-7

This Week: vs. Gilbert

7. River Bluff (2-0)

Previous Ranking: 10

Last Week: Defeated Richland Northeast, 31-0

This Week: vs. Pelion

8. Spring Valley (0-1)

Previous Ranking: 4

Last Week: Lost to Dutch Fork, 63-0

This Week: vs. Brookland-Cayce

9. Chapin (1-0)

Previous Ranking: NR

Last Week: Defeated Mid-Carolina, 17-13

This Week: at Lugoff-Elgin

10. White Knoll (1-1)

Previous Ranking: NR

Last Week: Defeated Colleton County, 28-21

This Week: vs. Keenan

Also receiving votes: Ridge View, Camden, Gray Collegiate, Eau Claire

Dropped out: Blythewood, Newberry

This story was originally published August 27, 2018 at 12:08 PM.