Tennessee high school football statewide rankings: Who made poll for 2024 season Week 1?

The USA TODAY Sports Network has kicked off the 2024 TSSAA football season with its inaugural Tennessee high school statewide rankings. Tennessee sports writers from the network will vote each week.

In Division I, each first-place vote receives 10 points, second place receives nine points and that continues to the 10th-place team, which receives one point. First-place votes are listed in parenthesis. In Division II, the first-place team receives five points and is reduced by one point for each additional place. The DII rankings are the top five teams in each class.

Ranking top TSSAA football teams in each classification

Division I

Class 1A

1. South Pittsburg (6) 96 pts.

2. McKenzie (4) 93 pts.

3. Dresden 66 pts.

4. Union City 49 pts.

5. Oliver Springs 48 pts.

T-6. Coalfield 47 pts.

T-6 Gordonsville 47 pts.

8. Moore County 44 pts.

9. Memphis Academy of Science an Engineering 26 pts.

10. Chattanooga Prep 15 pts.

Other teams receiving 10 or more points: North Greene 14.

Class 2A

1. East Robertson (6) 96 pts.

2. Riverside (3) 85 pts.

3. Huntingdon (1) 68 pts.

T-4. Fairley 63 pts.

T-4. Marion County 63 pts.

6. Smith County 56 pts.

7. York Institute 53 pts.

8. Milan 30 pts.

9. Lewis County 26 pts.

10. Loretto 10 pts.

Class 3A

1. Alcoa (10) 100 pts.

2. East Nashville 83 pts

3. Dyersburg 79 pts.

4. Covington 69 pts.

5. Giles County 67 pts.

6. Meigs County 43 pts.

7. Sequatchie County 42 pts.

8. Liberty Creek 21 pts.

9. Gatlinburg-Pittman 16 pts.

10. McMinn Central 10 pts.

Class 4A

1. Pearl-Cohn (10) 100 pts.

2. Upperman 83 pts.

3. Greeneville 77 pts.

4. Haywood 72 pts.

5. Anderson County 64 pts.

6. Marshall County 47 pts.

7. Macon County 29 pts.

8. Melrose 27 pts.

T-9. Hardin County 14 pts

T-9. Red Bank 14 pts.

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Class 5A

1. Page (8) 97 pts.

2. Knoxville West 87 pts.

3. Southwind 83 pts.

4. Powell 67 pts.

T-5. Beech 53 pts.

T-5. Henry County 53 pts

7. Centennial 44 pts.

8. Walker Valley 17 pts.

9. Sevier County 14 pts.

10. Shelbyville 13 pts.

Other teams receiving 10 or more points: Oak Ridge 11.

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Class 6A

1. Houston (5) 95 pts.

2. Oakland (5) 94 pts.

3. Ravenwood 76 pts.

4. Maryville 70 pts.

5. Riverdale 56 pts.

6. Bartlett 44 pts.

7. Brentwood 41 pts.

8. Germantown 29 pts.

9. Bearden 22 pts.

10. Mt. Juliet 8 pts.

Division II

Class A

1. Jackson Christian (4) 39 pts.

2. Friendship Christian (1) 38 pts.

3. Nashville Christian (3) 34 pts.

4. Columbia Academy (1) 23 pts.

5. Trinity Christian 6 pts.

Class AA

1. Christ Presbyterian Academy (9) 49 pts.

2. Boyd-Buchanan (1) 41 pts.

3. Knoxville Webb 22 pts.

4. Lausanne 16 pts

5. Davidson Academy 13 pts.

Class AAA

1. Baylor (9) 49 pts.

2. McCallie (1) 41 pts.

3. Brentwood Academy 22 pts.

4. Ensworth 14 pts.

5. Montgomery Bell Academy12 pts.

Other teams with 10 or more points: Lipscomb Academy 10.

Those voting include: Toyloy Brown III, Knoxville News Sentinel; Harrison Campbell, The Daily Herald; Austin Chastain, The Jackson Sun; Cecil Joyce, The Daily News Journal; Tom Kreager, The Tennessean; Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean; George Robinson, The Tennessean; Jacob Shames, The Leaf-Chronicle; Wendell Shepherd, The Commercial Appeal; Chris Van Tuyl, The Commercial Appeal.

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