Tennessee Football Prep Polls
Published 10:15 am Tuesday, September 22, 2020
- File Photo/Larry Souders Hampton running back Morgan Lyons carries the football against Unicoi County. Hampton broke into this week's Top 10 in the Tennessee Prep Football Poll coming in as the 10th ranked team in Class 2A.
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The Elizabethton Cyclones remained as the top team in the state in voting by the Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. The Cyclones are undefeated at 4-0 heading into this week’s contest with Cherokee.
Hampton’s Bulldogs broke the Top 10 this week coming in at #10 after their bye week and sporting a 3-0 record.
Other local teams include Dobyns-Bennett (3) and Science Hill (10) in Class 6A, Sullivan South (10) in Class 4A, and South Greene (9) and Hampton (10) in Class 2A.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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:
| 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.
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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.
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