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Heading into Week 4, here are the best high school football teams in North Carolina

By Langston Wertz Jr.,

4 hours ago

Six new teams join The Charlotte Observer and News & Observer of Raleigh’s weekly rankings of North Carolina’s best high school football teams.

▪ In the 4A poll, the top five spots remained the same. Hough jumped up two spots to No. 6.

▪ In 3A, unbeaten Hickory holds its spot at No. 1. Unbeaten Cape Fear (2-0) joins the poll at No. 9.

▪ In 2A, there are three new teams: No. 7 James Kenan (3-0), No. 8 Randleman (3-0) and No. 9 Farmville Central (3-0).

▪ Mitchell (2-1) and Bishop McGuinness (2-0) join the 1A poll this week.

▪ The first N.C. private school poll of the season debuts this week. Providence Day, the three-time reigning state champion, is No. 1 ahead of Rabun Gap and Charlotte Christian.

Rank	School	Record	Prev.
1	Weddington	(3-0)	1
2	Grimsley	(3-0)	2
3	East Forsyth	(3-0)	3
4	Independence	(3-0)	4
5	Rolesville	(2-1)	5
6	Hough	(2-1)	8
7	Cardinal Gibbons	(2-0)	6
8	Mallard Creek	(1-1)	7
9	Cleveland	(3-0)	9
10	Clayton	(2-0)	10

Rank	School	Record	Prev.
1	Hickory	(2-0)	1
2	Seventy-First	(2-0)	2
3	Dudley	(3-0)	3
4	West Charlotte	(2-0)	4
5	Havelock	(2-0)	5
6	Crest	(2-0)	6
7	Northern Nash	(3-0)	9
8	J.M. Robinson	(3-0)	10
9	Cape Fear	(2-0)	NR
10	Jacksonville	(2-0)	8

Rank	School	Record	Prev.
1	Reidsville	(3-0)	1
2	Monroe	(2-0)	2
3	Northeastern	(2-0)	3
4	SouthWest Edgecombe	(3-0)	5
5	Shelby	(1-2)	4
6	West Craven	(2-1)	6
7	James Kenan	(3-0)	NR
8	Randleman	(3-0)	NR
9	Farmville Central	(3-0)	NR
10	Nash Central	(2-1)	10

Rank	School	Record	Prev.
1	Tarboro	(3-0)	1
2	Mount Airy	(3-0)	2
3	Mountain Heritage	(3-0)	3
4	Eastern Randolph	(3-0)	4
5	Starmount	(2-0)	5
6	Murphy	(2-1)	10
7	North Duplin	(2-0)	6
8	Robbinsville	(0-3)	8
9	Bishop McGuinness	(2-0)	NR
10.	Mitchell	(2-1)	NR

NCISAA

No.	School	Record
1	Providence Day	(2-1)
2	Rabun Gap-Nacoochee	(3-1)
3	Charlotte Christian	(1-1)
4	Asheville School	(2-0)
5	Christ School	(1-2)
6	High Point Christian	(4-0)
7	Trinity Christian	(2-1)
8	Charlotte Latin	(4-0)
9	Charlotte Country Day	(2-1)
10	Hickory Grove Christian	(4-0)

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