3 from Rutherford Co. ranked in statewide football poll
MURFREESBORO – Three Murfreesboro high schools were ranked in the Associated Press’ preseason Class 6A statewide poll released today.
Oakland, which is coming off a 12-2 season, is the highest ranked Rutherford County team at third. Riverdale is ranked fourth. The Warriors went 9-3 in 2014. And Blackman is ranked sixth. The Blaze went 11-2 last season.
Two-time defending state champion Maryville is ranked first, followed by Whitehaven. Smyrna was the first school receiving votes.
Defending state champion Knoxville West is the preseason pick in 5A. Rhea County was second and Hillsboro was third. La Vergne was the first team receiving votes.
In 4A, three-time defending state champion Fulton is ranked first, just ahead of Greeneville and Knoxville Catholic.
Defending state champion CPA is ranked first in 3A ahead of last year’s runner-up Alcoa.
Adamsville is ranked first in Class 2A ahead of Trezevant and Marion County. Two-time defending state champion Union City is ranked first in 1A ahead of Peabody — which won 2A last year — and Nashville Christian.
Ensworth is ranked first in Division II, followed by Brentwood Academy and MBA.
Tennessee Preseason Football Prep Polls
The Associated Press’ Preseason 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 August 17, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:
Class 6A
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Maryville (16) | 0-0 | 160 | - |
2. Whitehaven | 0-0 | 136 | - |
3. Oakland | 0-0 | 106 | - |
4. Riverdale | 0-0 | 94 | - |
5. Ravenwood | 0-0 | 84 | - |
6. Blackman | 0-0 | 79 | - |
7. Science Hill | 0-0 | 68 | - |
8. White Station | 0-0 | 34 | - |
9. Kingsport Dobyns Bennett | 0-0 | 22 | - |
10. Arlington | 0-0 | 17 | - |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Smyrna 13.
Class 5A
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Knoxville West (8) | 0-0 | 119 | - |
2. Rhea County (2) | 0-0 | 97 | - |
3. Hillsboro (2) | 0-0 | 90 | - |
4. Oak Ridge | 0-0 | 88 | - |
5. Ooltewah | 0-0 | 86 | - |
6. Independence (2) | 0-0 | 71 | - |
7. Henry County (1) | 0-0 | 63 | - |
8. Hendersonville | 0-0 | 59 | - |
9. Sevier County | 0-0 | 43 | - |
10. Morristown West (1) | 0-0 | 35 | - |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, La Vergne 32. 12, Shelbyville 18. 13, Beech 15. 14, South Doyle 14.
Class 4A
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Knoxville Fulton (14) | 0-0 | 140 | - |
2. Greeneville | 0-0 | 97 | - |
3. Knoxville Catholic | 0-0 | 92 | - |
4. Pearl-Cohn | 0-0 | 77 | - |
5. Memphis East | 0-0 | 65 | - |
6. Ridgeway | 0-0 | 60 | - |
7. Crockett County (1) | 0-0 | 48 | - |
8. Marshall County | 0-0 | 30 | - |
(tie)Jackson North Side | 0-0 | 30 | - |
10. East Hamilton | 0-0 | 28 | - |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Lexington 27. 12, Livingston Academy 24. 13, Hardin County 21. 14, Spring Hill 20. 15, Lipscomb Academy 12.
Class 3A
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. CPA (5) | 0-0 | 136 | - |
2. Alcoa (9) | 0-0 | 134 | - |
3. CAK | 0-0 | 104 | - |
4. Notre Dame | 0-0 | 101 | - |
5. Milan (1) | 0-0 | 86 | - |
6. Camden | 0-0 | 56 | - |
7. Elizabethton | 0-0 | 44 | - |
8. Fairview | 0-0 | 24 | - |
9. McMinn Central | 0-0 | 23 | - |
10. Dyersburg | 0-0 | 22 | - |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Liberty Magnet 16. 12, Westview 14. 13, Upperman 12.
Class 2A
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Adamsville (3) | 0-0 | 127 | - |
2. Trezevant (7) | 0-0 | 119 | - |
3. Marion County (4) | 0-0 | 111 | - |
4. Grace Christian (1) | 0-0 | 95 | - |
5. Trinity Christian Academy | 0-0 | 55 | - |
6. Boyd Buchanan | 0-0 | 52 | - |
7. McKenzie | 0-0 | 50 | - |
8. Tyner Academy | 0-0 | 43 | - |
9. Meigs County | 0-0 | 37 | - |
10. Gatlinburg-Pittman | 0-0 | 33 | - |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Hickman County 19. 12, Waverly 16. 13, Westmoreland 15. 14, Hampton 13.
Class 1A
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Union City (10) | 0-0 | 137 | - |
2. Peabody (5) | 0-0 | 127 | - |
3. Nashville Christian School | 0-0 | 86 | - |
4. Dresden | 0-0 | 77 | - |
5. Coalfield | 0-0 | 66 | - |
6. Whitwell | 0-0 | 61 | - |
7. Columbia Academy | 0-0 | 55 | - |
8. Huntingdon | 0-0 | 39 | - |
9. South Pittsburg | 0-0 | 36 | - |
10. Greenback | 0-0 | 30 | - |
(tie)Wayne County | 0-0 | 30 | - |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 12, Trousdale County 22. 13, Oneida 18.
Division II
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Ensworth (5) | 0-0 | 109 | - |
2. Brentwood Academy (5) | 0-0 | 103 | - |
3. MBA (3) | 0-0 | 102 | - |
4. McCallie | 0-0 | 82 | - |
(tie)MUS | 0-0 | 82 | - |
6. Baylor | 0-0 | 58 | - |
7. Knoxville Webb | 0-0 | 46 | - |
8. CBHS | 0-0 | 34 | - |
9. BGA | 0-0 | 24 | - |
10. St. George’s | 0-0 | 22 | - |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Father Ryan 16. 12, ECS 12.———