Mississippi AP Prep Football Polls – Week 8: October 4, 2016

(WCBI/AP) — Here are Mississippi’s top high school football teams in each class as selected by a panel of Associated Press state sports writers.

Class Overall
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Clinton (10)                    (6-0)  118 1
2. Tupelo (2)                       (6-0)  100 3
(tie) Warren Central         (6-0)  100 4
4. Picayune                        (6-0) 72  7
5. Brandon                         (5-2) 58  8
6. West Point                      (6-1) 54  6
7. St. Stanislaus                  (5-1) 43  9
8. Meridian                        (5-2) 25  2
9. Northwest Rankin                (5-2) 24  NR
10. Jackson Prep                    (7-0) 18  10
Others receiving votes: Starkville 14, Laurel 7, South Jones 7, Pontotoc 6, Raleigh 4, Presbyterian Christian 4, Hattiesburg 4, Petal 2.

Class 6A
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Clinton (11)                    (6-0)  119 1
2. Warren Central                  (6-0)  103 4
3. Tupelo (1)                      (6-0)  102 3
4. Brandon                         (5-2)  67  NR
5. Northwest Rankin                (5-2)  37  NR
Others receiving votes: Meridian 26, Starkville 13, Horn Lake 7, Petal 6.

Class 5A
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Picayune (5)                    (6-0)  113 2
2. West Point (6)                  (5-1)  111 1
3. Laurel                          (5-1)  87  4
4. Hattiesburg                     (5-2)  78  5
5. Clarksdale                      (5-2) 30  NR
Others receiving votes: Grenada 25, South Jones 16 (1), Germantown 14, Oxford 6.

Class 4A
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. St. Stanislaus (10)             (5-1)  109 1
2. Pontotoc (2)                    (7-0)  107 2
3. Senatobia                       (5-1)  75  3
4. Houston                         (6-1)  70  5
5. West Lauderdale                 (7-0)  53  4
Others receiving votes: Lafayette 38, Poplarville 15, Itawamba AHS 7, Noxubee County 6.

Class 3A
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Hazlehurst (6)                  (6-0)  110 1
2. Kemper County (2)               (6-1)  100 3
3. Raleigh (4)                     (7-0)  98  2
4. Charleston                      (5-2)  76  5
5. Tylertown                       (6-0)  63  4
Others receiving votes: Kossuth 18, North Panola 9, West Marion 6.<

Class 2A
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Bassfield (9)                   (5-2)  117 1
2. Calhoun City (3)                (6-1)  107 2
3. Bay Springs                     (5-2)  98  4
4. Union                           (6-1)  54  5
5. Puckett                         (6-1) 53  NR
Others receiving votes: East Webster 33, Eupora 6, Newton 6, East Union 6.

Class 1A
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Simmons (12)                    (6-0)  120 1
2. Resurrection Catholic           (5-1)  107 2
3. Nanih Waiya                     (6-1)  93  3
4. Smithville                      (5-1)  86  4
5. Lumberton                       (4-2)  37  NR
Others receiving votes: West Lowndes 24, Stringer 13.

Class Private Schools
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Jackson Prep (11)               (7-0)  119 1
2. Presbyterian Christian (1)      (7-0) 100 2
3. Madison-Ridgeland Aca.          (5-3) 77  T3
4. Lamar School                    (6-2) 65  5
5. Indianola Aca.                  (7-0) 62  T3
Others receiving votes: Jackson Aca. 9, Prentiss Christian 8, Tunica Institute of Learning 8, Canton Aca. 7, Columbia Aca. 7, Tri-County Aca. 6, Oak Forest , La. 6, Bayou Aca. 6.

All Associated Press members in Mississippi are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. Those who voted for this week’s poll are: The Chronicle, Laurel; The Sun-Herald, Biloxi-Gulfport; The Hattiesburg Post, Hattiesburg; The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson; The Meridian Star, Meridian; The Oxford Eagle, Oxford; Mississippi Press-Register, Pascagoula; Starkville Daily News, Starkville; Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo; The Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg; WCBI-TV, Columbus; WTVA-TV, Tupelo.