The Associated Press’ Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee’s six Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through September 21, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:
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Division I – Class 6A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Oakland (10) | 5-0 | 153 | 1 |
| 2. Maryville (5) | 4-0 | 148 | 2 |
| 3. Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett (1) | 4-0 | 119 | 3 |
| 4. McMinn County | 4-0 | 108 | 4 |
| 5. Brentwood | 3-1 | 101 | 6 |
| 6. Riverdale | 4-1 | 74 | 7 |
| 7. Mt. Juliet | 4-0 | 55 | 8 |
| 8. Ravenwood | 3-2 | 43 | 5 |
| 9. Farragut | 3-1 | 36 | 9 |
| 10. Science Hill | 4-1 | 28 | 10 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.
Division I – Class 5A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Knoxville West (7) | 5-0 | 151 | 2 |
| 2. Powell (6) | 5-0 | 144 | 3 |
| 3. Beech | 3-1 | 114 | 4 |
| 4. Knoxville Central (3) | 4-1 | 110 | 1 |
| 5. Summit | 4-1 | 101 | 5 |
| 6. Rhea County | 4-0 | 88 | 6 |
| 7. Henry County | 3-2 | 48 | 9 |
| 8. Knoxville Carter | 4-1 | 43 | 10 |
| 9. South Doyle | 4-1 | 29 | NR |
| 10. Gallatin | 3-2 | 20 | 7 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Tennessee 13.
Division I – Class 4A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Elizabethton (15) | 4-0 | 157 | 1 |
| 2. Hardin County (1) | 5-0 | 142 | 2 |
| 3. Tullahoma | 5-0 | 121 | 3 |
| 4. Springfield | 5-0 | 118 | 4 |
| 5. Marshall County | 4-1 | 76 | 5 |
| 6. East Hamilton | 4-1 | 73 | 6 |
| 7. Anderson County | 3-2 | 50 | 7 |
| 8. Creek Wood | 5-0 | 48 | 9 |
| 9. Lexington | 4-1 | 46 | 8 |
| 10. Sullivan South | 4-0 | 34 | 10 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.
Division I – Class 3A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Alcoa (15) | 4-1 | 159 | 1 |
| 2. Covington (1) | 5-0 | 140 | 2 |
| 3. Red Bank | 4-0 | 125 | 3 |
| 4. Loudon | 5-0 | 115 | 4 |
| 5. Fairview | 3-0 | 86 | 5 |
| 6. Milan | 4-1 | 77 | 7 |
| 7. Kingston | 4-0 | 63 | 9 |
| 8. Westview | 4-1 | 33 | 6 |
| 9. Claiborne County | 4-0 | 25 | NR |
| 10. Pearl-Cohn | 0-0 | 18 | 10 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Gatlinburg-Pittman 17. Giles County 13.
Division I – Class 2A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Peabody (14) | 5-0 | 151 | 1 |
| 2. Meigs County (1) | 5-0 | 144 | 2 |
| 3. Lewis County | 5-0 | 120 | 3 |
| 4. Watertown | 4-1 | 102 | 4 |
| 5. Marion County | 3-1 | 91 | 5 |
| 6. Bledsoe County | 4-0 | 83 | 6 |
| 7. Trousdale County | 3-2 | 51 | 7 |
| 8. McKenzie | 3-1 | 39 | 8 |
| 9. South Greene | 5-0 | 31 | NR |
| 10. Hampton (1) | 3-0 | 26 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Oneida 16.
Division I – Class 1A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. South Pittsburg (15) | 5-0 | 159 | 1 |
| 2. Lake County | 2-0 | 124 | 2 |
| 3. Copper Basin | 5-0 | 114 | 4 |
| 4. Huntingdon | 4-1 | 113 | 3 |
| 5. Fayetteville (1) | 4-1 | 93 | 6 |
| 6. Coalfield | 4-0 | 76 | 7 |
| 7. Moore County | 4-1 | 60 | 5 |
| 8. Greenfield | 4-0 | 51 | 9 |
| 9. Cornersville | 4-1 | 50 | 8 |
| 10. Monterey | 3-0 | 30 | 10 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.
Division II – Class 1A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Davidson Academy (14) | 4-0 | 148 | 1 |
| 2. King’s Academy | 5-0 | 140 | 3 |
| 3. University-Jackson | 4-1 | 100 | 2 |
| 4. DCA | 4-0 | 98 | 4 |
| 5. Jackson Christian (1) | 5-0 | 92 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Friendship Christian 24. Trinity Christian Academy 17.
Division II – Class 2A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. CPA (14) | 4-0 | 149 | 1 |
| 2. CAK (1) | 5-0 | 137 | 2 |
| 3. Grace Christian | 5-0 | 113 | 3 |
| 4. ECS | 3-1 | 111 | 4 |
| 5. Lipscomb Academy | 2-2 | 32 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Lausanne Collegiate 31. Goodpasture 24. St. George’s 22.
Division II – Class 3A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Brentwood Academy (15) | 5-0 | 159 | 1 |
| 2. McCallie | 4-1 | 136 | 2 |
| 3. Baylor | 3-0 | 127 | 3 |
| 4. MBA (1) | 2-0 | 101 | 4 |
| 5. CBHS | 4-1 | 95 | 5 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Ensworth 16.
All Associated Press members in Tennessee are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. Those who voted for this week’s poll are: The Daily Post-Athenian, Athens; Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga; The Leaf-Chronicle , Clarksville; Cleveland Daily Banner, Cleveland; The Daily Herald, Columbia; State Gazette, Dyersburg; Elizabethton Star, Elizabethton; The Jackson Sun, Jackson; Johnson City Press, Johnson City; The Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville; Marshall County Tribune , Lewisburg; The Commercial Appeal, Memphis; The Daily Memphian, Memphis; The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro; The Tennessean, Nashville; Union City Daily Messenger, Union City
