West Point moved up to second overall in the state of Mississippi when the new Associated Press state high school football poll was released Tuesday.
Fourteen Mississippi media outlets, including The Commercial Dispatch, were polled on the top five teams in each class and the top 10 overall.
The Green Wave (5-1) have won four straight games since a 38-28 loss to Louisville on Aug. 30 and hold the top spot in Class 5A as well. Picayune (5-0) was second in the class and fifth overall. In the Class 5A rankings, West Jones (5-0) was third, Laurel (4-1) was fourth, and Lafayette (3-2) was fifth.
West Point will host Saltillo (1-5) on Friday.
Starkville High moved into the No. 2 ranking in Class 6A and the No. 3 ranking overall with a 24-20 win over South Panola on Friday.
Madison Central (5-0) again claimed the top spots in Class 6A and in the overall rankings, earning all 14 first-place votes.
In other polls
Heritage Academy received 13 of 14 first-place votes among Mississippi private schools to hold the top spot. Jackson Prep (5-1) is second, and Greenville St. Joseph (6-0) was third. Fourth-place Madison-Ridgeland Academy (5-2) received the other vote. Additionally, Starkville Academy (5-1) is now receiving votes among private schools. The Vols received one fifth-place vote, behind only Presbyterian Christian among teams not in the top five.
Noxubee County (3-3) received 12 points in Class 3A, fifth among teams not in the top five. The Tigers have lost three straight games since a 3-0 start. Columbia (5-0) took the top spot in the class with all 14 first-place votes, and North Panola (5-0) was second.
Here’s the ballot The Dispatch’s Theo DeRosa submitted:
Overall
1. Madison Central (5-0)
2. West Point (5-1)
3. Picayune (5-0)
4. Starkville (4-2)
5. South Panola (5-1)
6. Lafayette (3-2)
7. Brandon (4-2)
8. Oxford (4-1)
9. West Jones (5-0)
10. Pearl (3-2)
Class 1A
1. Noxapater (5-1)
2. Smithville (4-1)
3. Nanih Waiya (4-2)
4. Lumberton (4-2)
5. Simmons (4-2)
Class 2A
1. Philadelphia (5-1)
2. Bay Springs (6-0)
3. Taylorsville (5-1)
4. Scott Central (5-1)
5. East Webster (6-0)
Class 3A
1. Columbia (5-0)
2. Houston (5-1)
3. North Panola (5-0)
4. Seminary (4-2)
5. Yazoo County (5-1)
Class 4A
1. Greenwood (6-0)
2. South Pike (6-0)
3. Louisville (4-2)
4. Corinth (4-1)
5. Itawamba AHS (6-0)
Class 5A
1. West Point (5-1)
2. Picayune (5-0)
3. Lafayette (3-2)
4. West Jones (5-0)
5. Laurel (4-1)
Class 6A
1. Madison Central (4-0)
2. Starkville (4-2)
3. South Panola (5-0)
4. Brandon (4-2)
5. Oxford (4-1)
Private schools
1. Heritage Academy (7-0)
2. Jackson Prep (5-1)
3. Greenville St. Joseph (6-0)
4. Madison-Ridgeland Academy (5-2)
5. Pillow Academy (5-1)
Theo DeRosa reports on Mississippi State sports for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter at @Theo_DeRosa.
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