AP Mississippi Prep Football Polls – September 16, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. (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. Starkville (7)                 (3-0)  106  1
2. South Panola (3)               (3-0)  100 2
3. Tupelo                         (4-0)  61  4
4. Oak Grove                      (2-0)  55  8
(tie) Picayune (1)                 (3-0)  55  6
6. Oxford                         (3-1) 50  5
7. Brandon                        (3-1)  46  7
8. Madison Central                (3-1)  32  3
9. Petal                          (3-1)  20  NR
10. St. Stanislaus                 (4-0)  14  NR
Others receiving votes: Warren Central 13, Wayne County 13, Germantown 7, Cleveland 6, Philadelphia 5, Clinton 4, Murrah 3, Ocean Springs 3, Jackson Prep 3, St. Martin 2, Charleston 2, Noxubee County 1, Meridian 1, Bassfield 1, Leake Central 1, Resurrection Catholic 1.

Class 6A
School                             W-L    Pts Prv
1. Starkville (8)                 (3-0)  107 2
2. South Panola (3)               (3-0)  101 1
3. Tupelo                         (4-0)  68  4
4. Oak Grove                      (2-0)  46  NR
5. Brandon                        (3-1)  38  5
Others receiving votes: Madison Central 26, Warren Central 21, Petal 19, Murrah 7, Ocean Springs 7.

Class 5A
School                             W-L    Pts Prv
1. Picayune (7)                   (3-0)  105 1
2. Oxford (3)                     (3-1)  97  2
3. Wayne County                   (2-1)  90  3
4. Laurel                         (2-1)  56  4
5. West Point                     (2-2)  31  NR
Others receiving votes: Germantown 23, New Hope 19, Saltillo 7, Pearl 6, Pascagoula 6.

Class 4A
School                             W-L    Pts Prv
1. St. Stanislaus (10)            (4-0)  100 1
2. Cleveland                      (4-0)  85  2
3. Noxubee County                 (3-1)  77  3
4. Corinth                        (3-1)  39  4
5. Ripley                         (3-1)  38  5
Others receiving votes: Leake Central 30, Richland 12, Lafayette 9, McComb 8, Purvis 8, Kosciusko 7, Yazoo City 7, West Lauderdale 7, Magee 7, Forrest Co. AHS 6.

Class 3A
School                             W-L    Pts Prv
1. Philadelphia (9)               (4-0)  104 1
2. Charleston                     (3-1)  84  2
3. Tylertown                      (2-1)  77  4
4. Louisville                     (2-2) 64  2(tie)
5. North Panola (2)               (3-1)  55  5
Others receiving votes: Southeast Lauderdale 22, Kemper County 16, Collins 12, Kossuth 6.

Class 2A
School                             W-L    Pts Prv
1. Calhoun City (6)               (4-0)  94  2
2. Taylorsville (2)               (4-0)  92  3
3. Bassfield (3)                  (3-1)  89  1
4. Eupora                         (4-0)  62  4
5. Baldwyn                        (4-0)  50  5
Others receiving votes: Bay Springs 25, Hollandale Simmons 14, East Marion 8, Mize 6.

Class 1A
School                             W-L    Pts Prv
1. Cathedral (9)                  (4-0)  106 1
2. Coffeeville                    (3-1)  88  3
3. Resurrection Catholic (2)      (4-0)  81  NR
4. Nanih Waiya                    (4-0)  72  5
5. Smithville                     (3-1)  32  4
Others receiving votes: Lumberton 19, St. Aloysius 15, St. Joseph, Greenville 14, Pelahatchie 7, Salem 6.

Class Private Schools
School                             W-L    Pts Prv
1. Jackson Prep (10)              (3-1)  109 1
2. Magnolia Heights (1)           (4-0)  96  3
3. Jackson Aca.                   (3-1)  73  2
4. Centreville Aca.               (4-0)  52  5
5. Starkville Aca.                (4-0)  44  NR
Others receiving votes: Madison-Ridgeland Aca. 26, Pillow Aca. 20, Simpson Aca. 7, Columbia Aca. 7, Presbyterian Christian 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 Commercial Dispatch, Columbus; Bolivar Commercial, Cleveland; Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville; The Sun-Herald, Biloxi-Gulfport; Hattiesburg American, Hattiesburg; Impact Of Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg; Mississippi Press-Register, Pascagoula; Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo; The Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg; WCBI-TV, Columbus; WTVA-TV, Tupelo.