The West Point High School football team is ranked fourth in the state and first in Class 5A in the AP Mississippi High School Football Poll released Tuesday.

The Green Wave moved up three places following a 38-19 win over Noxubee County last week in Macon after losing their opening two games by forfeit. Starkville is knocking on the door of the Top 10, getting seven points from voters following a 38-7 win over Olive Branch.

The Yellow Jackets also are just outside the Top 5 in Class 6A, getting 14 points from voters. No. 5 South Panola garnered 39 points. The Green Wave took over first place in Class 5A from West Jones, getting five of nine first-place votes.

Picayune is the only newcomer to the Top 10, with the Maroon Tide (3-0) getting 14 points from voters after victories over Poplarville (21-13), Jefferson Davis County (41-33) and Gulfport (35-21). 

Noxubee County slipped from No. 2 to No. 3 in Class 3A after losing to West Point, but the Tigers still received two first-place votes and are comfortably ahead of No. 4 Magee, 74-43.

Among private schools, Heritage Academy remained No. 4 after a 42-21 win over South Pontotoc. The Patriots open district play this week against rival Starkville Academy in Columbus.

Mississippi Top 10

1. Oak Grove (8) (3-0) 89
2. Madison Central (3-0) 75
3. Ocean Springs (3-0) 56
4. West Point (1-2) 54
5. Oxford (2-1) 50
6. Greenville Christian (1) (4-1) 45
7. West Jones (1-1) 37
8. Louisville (3-0) 28
9. South Panola (1-1) 21
10. Picayune (3-0) 14

Others receiving votes: Starkville 7, Tupelo 6, Neshoba Central 4, D’Iberville 3, Madison-Ridgeland Academy 2, Itawamba AHS 2, Clinton 1, Raleigh 1.

Class 6A

1. Oak Grove (9) (3-0) 90
2. Madison Central (3-0) 77
3. Ocean Springs (3-0) 65
4. Oxford (2-1) 63
5. South Panola (1-1) 39

Others receiving votes: Starkville 14, D’Iberville 6, Tupelo 6.

Class 5A

1. West Point (5) (1-2) 85
2. West Jones (4) (1-1) 74
3. Neshoba Central (3-0) 71
4. Picayune (3-0) 68
5. Lafayette (2-1) 38

Others receiving votes: Gautier 12, Holmes County Central 12.

Class 4A

1. Louisville (9) (3-0) 90
2. Columbia (2-1) 75

T2. Poplarville (2-1) 75

4. Itawamba AHS (3-0) 65
5. West Lauderdale (2-1) 43

Others receiving votes: Sumrall 6, Moss Point 6.

Class 3A

1, North Panola 95) (3-0) 85

2. Winona (2) (3-0) 81

1. Noxubee County (1-2) 74
2. Magee (1-1) 43
3. Jefferson Davis County (0-2) 39

Others receiving votes: Raleigh 14, Tylertown 6, Stanislaus 6, Enterprise 6, Nettleton 6.

Class 2A

1. Scott Central (9) (3-0) 90
2. Kemper County (2-1) 81
3. Choctaw County (1-2) 67
4. Velma Jackson (2-1) 47
5. Calhoun City (0-3) 20

Others receiving votes: Baldwyn 13, Leflore 8, East Webster 8, Lloyd Star 8, Potts Camp 6, Eupora 6, O’Bannon 6.

Class 1A

1. Bay Springs (7) (1-2) 87
2. Simmons (1) (2-0) 80\
3. Biggersville (1-1) 55
4. Lumberton (0-2) 45
5. McEvans (2-1) 39

Others receiving votes: Mount Olive 24, Taylorsville 13, Resurrection Catholic 10, South Delta 7.

Private schools

1. Greenville Christian (8) (4-1) 80
2. Jackson Academy (4-0) 77
3. Madison-Ridgeland Academy (2-3) 72
4. Heritage Academy (4-0) 50
5. Leake Academy (3-1) 32

Others receiving votes: Jackson Prep 26, Hartfield Academy 23.

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: Commercial Dispatch, Columbus; Daily Corinthian, Corinth; Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville; Laurel Impact, Laurel; PinebeltSPORTS, Hattiesburg; The Oxford Eagle, Oxford; Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo; The Gazebo Gazette, Mississippi Gulf Coast; The Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg.

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