Carolinas Top 25: After Week 1, here are the best high school football teams in NC, SC

There’s a new No. 1 in the Carolinas Top 25 poll, a ranking of the top high school football teams across the Carolinas.

The weekly poll appears online and in print editions of multiple McClatchy-owned media companies in both North and South Carolina.

▪ Weddington High School, near Charlotte, takes over the top spot after beating nationally ranked Providence Day, 13-7, at the Carolina Panthers’ Keep Pounding Classic at Bank of America Stadium. Providence Day fell to No. 2.

▪ Rock Hill’s Northwestern High School jumped six spots to No. 5 after rallying from a 20-point second half deficit to beat N.C. power Hough 45-44 at Charlotte’s Memorial stadium.

▪ Two N.C. teams — Rolesville and East Forsyth — made big jumps after Week 1 wins. Rolesville routed N.C. power Butler, 64-14, on the road. The Rams moved up three spots to No. 6. East Forsyth jumped eight spots to No. 7 after a 44-0 win against Wake Forest’s Heritage High.

▪ Three new teams join the rankings this week: Mallard Creek from Charlotte; J.L. Mann from Greenville, S.C, and TL Hanna from Anderson, S.C.

▪ In all 15 N.C. teams are ranked this week, compared to 10 from South Carolina.