Football rankings: Southern Durham, Crest and three others move into the top 25

HighSchoolOT updates its football rankings each week, using a Top 25 for the eastern and western halves of the state. The counties are divided the same way the N.C. High School Athletic Association divides them for playoff purposes. To compare to last week's rankings, click here.

West Top 25: There are still three Queen City Athletic Conference teams in the top five, albeit in a different order now that Hough won at Chambers. Northwest Guilford, Monroe, Hickory Ridge, and Southeast Guilford are all out — in comes Lake Norman, Mooresville, Crest, and Asheville.

1. East Forsyth 5-0
2. Mallard Creek 4-2
3. Providence Day 5-0
4. Hough 4-1
5. Chambers 4-2
6. Grimsley 5-0
7. Charlotte Catholic 5-1
8. Kings Mountain 5-0
9. Weddington 4-1
10. Charlotte Christian 4-1
11. Mount Tabor 5-0
12. Butler 5-1
13. Ardrey Kell 4-1
14. A.C. Reynolds 5-1
15. Independence 4-1
16. Reagan 3-2
17. Olympic 5-0
18. Lake Norman 5-0
19. East Lincoln 5-0
20. Oak Grove 5-0
21. Burns 4-1
22. East Surry 5-0
23. Mooresville 4-1
24. Crest 4-1
25. Asheville 4-1

East Top 25: There are plenty of good teams waiting to crack the top 25, but consider this — 22 teams have remained in the rankings for the last four weeks. No one's losing enough to open up enough spots for all the other deserving teams! This week, the exception came in the form of Jacksonville. The Cardinals' spot was taken by Southern Durham, who has only lost to teams in the top 13 and just won at Havelock.

1. New Bern 6-0
2. Hillside 5-0
3. Cleveland 5-0
4. Millbrook 5-0
5. Cardinal Gibbons 3-2
6. Wake Forest 4-1
7. Heritage 5-0
8. New Hanover 4-1
9. Seventy-First 5-0
10. Holly Springs 4-1
11. Northern Nash 5-0
12. Hoggard 4-1
13. Leesville Road 4-1
14. Rolesville 3-2
15. J.H. Rose 5-1
16. Lee County 6-0
17. Knightdale 5-0
18. Wallace-Rose Hill 5-1
19. Southern Durham 2-3
20. Hertford County 5-0
21. Havelock 3-2
22. Tarboro 5-1
23. Clinton 5-1
24. Apex 5-0
25. Smithfield-Selma 5-0