Mississippi AP Prep Football Polls – Week 6: September 20, 2016

(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)                    (5-0) 100 1
2. Meridian                        (4-1) 75  10
3. Tupelo                          (4-0) 60  4
4. Warren Central                  (4-0)  58  3
5. Starkville                      (3-1) 54  2
6. Picayune                        (4-0) 47  T6
7. West Point                      (4-1) 41  5
8. Brandon                         (3-2) 33  T6
9. St. Stanislaus                  (4-1) 23  8
10. Jackson Prep                    (5-0) 12  NR
Others receiving votes: South Jones 9, Presbyterian Christian 8, Northwest Rankin 8, Simmons 6, Pontotoc 5, Noxubee County 3, Hazlehurst 3, Hattiesburg 2, Madison Central 2, Laurel 1.

Class 6A
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Clinton (9)                     (5-0) 96  1
2. Meridian                        (4-1) 75  NR
3. Starkville                      (3-1)  62  2
4. Tupelo                          (4-0)  61  4
5. Warren Central                  (4-0) 60  3
Others receiving votes: Brandon 14, Horn Lake 10 (1), Hernando 9, Callaway 7, Terry 6.

Class 5A
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Picayune (5)                    (4-0) 95  2
2. West Point (4)                  (3-1)  91  3
3. Grenada                         (3-1) 71  4
4. Hattiesburg                     (3-2) 54  1
5. Laurel                          (3-1) 52  5
Others receiving votes: South Jones 22 (1), Wingfield 8, Vicksburg 7.

Class 4A
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. St. Stanislaus (8)              (4-1) 97  1
2. Pontotoc (1)                    (5-0)  85  3
3. Senatobia                       (4-1) 78  4
4. Noxubee County (1)              (2-3) 57  2
5. West Lauderdale                 (5-1) 37  5
Others receiving votes: Houston 20, Poplarville 14, Itawamba AHS 12.

Class 3A
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Hazlehurst (8)                  (5-0) 95  1
2. Raleigh (1)                     (5-0) 86  2
3. Charleston                      (4-1) 75  3
4. Kemper County (1)               (4-1) 60  4
5. Tylertown                       (4-0) 39  5
Others receiving votes: Kossuth 18, East Side 14, North Panola 7, West Marion 6.

Class 2A
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Bay Springs (2)                 (4-1) 84  3
2. Bassfield (5)                   (3-2) 80  1
3. Calhoun City (2)                (4-1)  79  2
4. East Webster                    (4-1)  60  4
5. Madison St. Joseph              (5-0) 39  NR
Others receiving votes: Eupora 19, Union 18 (1), Strayhorn 8, Puckett 7, Prentiss 6.

Class 1A
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Simmons (10)                    (5-0)  100 1
2. Resurrection Catholic           (4-1) 87  2
3. Smithville                      (4-1)  76  3
(tie) Nanih Waiya                     (4-1) 76  4
5. West Lowndes                    (3-0) 18  5
(tie) Lumberton                     (2-2) 18  NR
Others receiving votes: Sacred Heart 13, Shaw 6, Vardaman 6.

Class Private Schools
School                              W-L    Pts Prv
1. Jackson Prep (9)                (5-0) 99  1
2. Presbyterian Christian (1)      (5-0) 87  2
3. Madison-Ridgeland Aca.          (4-2) 69  3
4. Lamar School                    (5-1) 63  4
5. Indianola Aca.                  (5-0) 28  NR
Others receiving votes: Jackson Aca. 25, Prentiss Christian 8, Oak Forest , La. 8, Canton Aca. 7, Tri-County 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; Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville; The Sun-Herald, Biloxi-Gulfport; The Hattiesburg Post , Hattiesburg; Mississippi Press-Register, Pascagoula; Starkville Daily News, Starkville; Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo; The Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg; WCBI-TV, Columbus; WTVA-TV, Tupelo.