Thanks to a 35-28 come-from-behind win over then-No. 2 Madison Central, the Starkville High School football team rose to No. 4 in the AP Mississippi Prep Football Top 10.
West Point, which blanked Lafayette 17-0 last week, is 2 points behind West Jones at No. 2 in the Class 5A poll, and sits right behind the Mustangs in the overall Top 10 as well. West Jones, a 26-0 winner over Brookhaven, is ranked sixth, with the Yellow Jackets in seventh.
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A 42-6 loss to No. 10 Louisville knocked Noxubee County from No. 3 in Class 3A to No. 5, with Tylertown and Magee leap-frogging the Tigers in the ranking.
The Private Schools Top 5 was unchanged from a week ago, with Heritage Academy holding the No. 4 spot after their 42-14 win over Bayou Academy.
Mississippi Top 10
1, Greenville Christian (11) (6-1) 119
- Oak Grove (3-1) 103
- Ocean Springs (1) (4-0) 88
- Starkville (5-0) 85
- Madison Central (3-1) 54
- West Jones (3-1) 53
- West Point (2-2) 50
- D’Iberville (5-0) 37
- South Panola (3-1) 21
- Louisville (4-1) 18
Others receiving votes: Neshoba Central 10, Tupelo 10, Pearl 5, Heritage Academy 3, Madison Ridgeland Academy 2, Oxford 2.
Class 6A
- Oak Grove (7) (3-1) 114
- Starkville (3) (5-0) 102
- Ocean Springs (2) (4-0) 99
- Madison Central (3-1) 69
- South Panola (3-1) 44
Others receiving votes: D’Iberville 21, Tupelo 18, Pearl 7, Oxford 6.
Class 5A
1.West Jones (7) (3-1) 111
- West Point (4) (2-2) 109
- Neshoba Central (1) (5-0) 100
- Picayune (4-1) 86
- Lafayette (3-2) 55
Others receiving votes: Wayne County 13, Ridgeland 6.
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Class 4A
1.Louisville (9) (4-1) 117
- Columbia (3) (4-1) 111
- Poplarville (4-1) 95
- West Lauderdale (4-1) 78
- Itawamba AHS (4-1) 61
Others receiving votes: Sumrall 12, Houston 6.
Class 3A
1.Winona (11) (5-0) 119
- Tylertown (1) (5-0) 105
- North Panola (3-1) 91
- Magee (3-1) 71
- Noxubee County (2-2) 53
Others receiving votes: Enterprise 28, Raleigh 13, Clarksdale 6.
Class 2A
1.Scott Central (12) (5-0) 120
- Velma Jackson (4-1) 99
- Baldwyn (4-1) 73
- Kemper County (3-2) 72
- Choctaw County (2-3) 49
Others receiving votes: Northside 35, East Webster 20, Loyd Star 12.
Class 1A
1.Simmons (11) (4-0) 119
- Bay Spring (1) (2-3) 98
- Biggersville (3-1) 90
- McEvans (4-1) 81
- Lumberton (2-2) 66
Others receiving votes: Mount Olive 26.
Private schools
1.Greenville Christian (12) (6-1) 120
- Madison-Ridgeland Academy. (4-3) 105
- Jackson Academy (5-1) 91
- Heritage Academy (7-0) 88
- Leake Academy (5-1) 57
Others receiving votes: Hartfield Academy 13, Jackson Prep 6.
All Associated Press members in Mississippi are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. Those who voted in this week’s poll are Commercial Dispatch, Columbus; Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville; Greene County Herald, Leakesville; The Clarion Ledger, Jackson; Laurel Impact, Laurel; PineBeltSPORTS, Hattiesburg; The Oxford Eagle, Oxford; Enterprise-Journal, McComb; Starkville Daily News, Starkville; Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo; The Gazebo Gazette, Pass Christian; The Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg.
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