AP Polls for Mississippi and Arkansas

Here are the first AP polls of the season for Mississippi and Arkansas high school football. Only the classifications with area teams are shown. Area teams are highlighted in red.

MS	OVERALL	Pts	Rec	LW
1	Brandon (10)	133	(2-0)
2	Clinton (5)	132	(2-0)
3	Starkville (1)	103	(2-0)
4	West Point	70	(2-0)
5	St Stanislaus	66	(2-0)
6	Gulfport	63	(2-0)
7	Noxubee Co	58	(1-1)
8	Warren Central	38	(2-0)
9	Grenada	33	(2-0)
10	Jackson Prep	20	(2-0)
Others receiving votes:
T13	DeSoto Central	9
T24	Horn Lake	5
6A		Pts	Rec	LW
1	Brandon (10)	151	(2-0)
2	Clinton (6)	146	(2-0)
3	Starkville (1)	113	(2-0)
4	Gulfport	80	(2-0)
5	Warren Central	75	(2-0)
Others receiving votes:
11	Horn Lake	9
15	DeSoto Central	6
5A		Pts	Rec	LW
1	Grenada (2)	119	(2-0)
2	West Point (11)	117	(2-0)
3	Hattiesburg (2)	94	(1-1)
4	Oxford	86	(1-1)
5	Laurel	61	(1-1)
AR	OVERALL	Pts	Rec	LW
1	Fayetteville (11)	117
2	Springdale Har-Ber (1)	102
3	Cabot	81
4	Greenwood	65
5	North Little Rock	59
6	Fort Smith Southside	54
7	Pulaski Academy	51
8	Bentonville	40
9	Pine Bluff	31
10	Conway	19
6A		Pts	Rec	LW
1	Greenwood (11)	59
2	Pine Bluff (1)	47
3	Jonesboro	32
4	Benton	23
5	El Dorado	14
Others receiving votes:
6	West Memphis	3

Latest AP Poll for Tennessee

Area teams highlighted in red

6A		Pts	Rec	LW
1	Maryville (11)	128	2-0	1
2	Oakland (1)	116	2-0	2
3	Whitehaven (1)	103	2-0	3
4	Bradley Central	89	2-0	5
5	Smyrna	80	2-0	6
6	Cordova	60	2-0	7
7	Blackman	50	0-1	4
8	Science Hill	44	1-0	8
9	Dobyns Bennett	10	1-1	10
10	Ravenwood	9	1-1	9
5A		Pts	Rec	LW
1	Independence (10)	127	2-0	1
2	Oak Ridge (3)	120	2-0	2
3	Hendersonville	98	2-0	3
4	Knoxville West	95	2-0	4
5	Cleveland	57	2-0	8
6	Farragut	53	2-0	6
7	Rhea Co	49	1-1	7
8	Centennial	36	1-1	5
9	Walker Valley	20	1-1	T10
9	Cane Ridge	20	2-0	NR
4A		Pts	Rec	LW
1	Knoxville Catholic (13)	130	2-0	1
2	Knoxville Fulton	103	1-1	2
3	Marshall Co	99	2-0	3
4	Greenville	91	2-0	4
5	Lexington	75	1-1	7
6	Ridgeway	66	2-0	10
7	Pearl Cohn	42	1-1	5
8	Knoxville Central	24	1-1	8
9	East Hamilton	21	1-1	6
10	Hardin Co	17	0-1	9
3A		Pts	Rec	LW
1	Alcoa (13)	130	2-0	1
2	Notre Dame	109	2-0	3
3	CAK	96	2-0	4
4	Milan	93	2-0	6
5	Sequatchie Co	61	2-0	8
6	Liberty	58	1-1	2
7	Dyersburg	46	2-0	9
8	Elizabethton	40	0-1	7
9	Covington	38	2-0	10
10	CPA	27	0-2	5
2A		Pts	Rec	LW
1	Marion Co (7)	124	2-0	2
2	Trezevant (4)	98	1-1	1
3	Adamsville (1)	96	2-0	4
4	Boyd Buchanan	93	2-0	3
5	Waverly	69	2-0	5
6	Hampton (1)	57	2-0	7
7	McKenzie	55	2-0	8
8	Watertown	43	2-0	9
9	Tyner	21	0-1	6
9	Forrest	21	2-0	NR
1A		Pts	Rec	LW
1	Dresden (8)	125	2-0	1
2	Union City (4)	119	2-0	2
3	Wayne Co	94	2-0	3
4	Greenback (1)	84	2-0	5
5	Nashville Christian	78	1-1	6
6	Huntingdon	71	0-0	7
7	South Pittsburg	48	1-1	4
8	Trousdale Co	34	2-0	8
8	Columbia Academy	34	0-0	10
10	Fayetteville	9	2-0	NR
D2		Pts	Rec	LW
1	Baylor (9)	126	2-0	2
2	Brentwood Academy (4)	102	1-1	1
3	Ensworth	79	1-1	4
3	MUS	79	2-0	5
5	CBHS	71	1-1	3
6	Lausanne	64	1-0	6
7	McCallie	56	1-1	10
8	MBA	46	1-1	7
9	Harding Academy	39	2-0	9
10	Briarcrest	15	2-0	NR

Updated standings as of 8/27/16

Here are the standings for every league that we cover and the breakdown of what classification they are. They include:

Tennessee
6A-Region 4
5A-Region 8
4A-Region 8
3A-Region 8
2A-Region 7 & 8
1A-Region 8
D2A-West 1
D2A-West 2
D2AA-West

Mississippi
6A-Region 1
5A-Region 1

Arkansas
6A East
MAIS District 1 North

The top four teams in each of the public school regions except 6A in Tennessee automatically qualify for the playoffs. All 8 teams in 6A qualify. Rossville Christian will not be competing for a championship this year.

The top three teams in D2A West 1 & 2 in Tennessee automatically qualify as do all four teams in D2AA.

The top four teams in both Mississippi regions automatically qualify for the playoffs.

In Arkansas 6A East & MAIS, it is based on a combination of winning the conference and playoff points.

Updated schedules with scores as of 8/27/16

Tennessee

1A-Region 8-BTW, KIPP, Middle College,
2A-Region 7-Douglass, Hillcrest, MAHS, MLK Prep, Trezevant
2A-Region 8-Fairley, Manassas, Mitchell, Oakhaven, Westwood
3A-Region 8-Covington, Fayette Ware, Hamilton, Melrose, Raleigh Egypt, Sheffield
4A-Craigmont, East, Kingsbury, Millington, Ridgeway
5A-Bolton, Brighton, Central, Kirby, Munford, Overton, Southwind, Wooddale
6A-Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Cordova, Germantown, Houston, White Station, Whitehaven
D2A W1-ECS, FACS, Harding Academy, Lausanne, Northpoint Christian
D2A W2-Fayette Academy, Rossville Christian, St. George's, Tipton Rosemark
D2AA-Briarcrest, CBHS, MUS, St. Benedict

Mississippi

Mississippi 5A-Center Hill, Lake Cormorant, Lewisburg
Mississippi 6A-DeSoto Central, Hernando, Horn Lake, Olive Branch, Southaven

Arkansas

Arkansas 6A-Marion, West Memphis
MAIS-West Memphis Christian

Scores for August 25-27

Thursday, August 25
at Melrose
MAHS	36
KIPP	20
Friday, August 26
Collierville	35		Wooddale	16
Center Hill	0		Lewisburg	28
Douglass	0		Trezevant	26
Lake Cormorant	49		Southaven	27
Olive Branch	14		Kirby	22
Charleston	34		Horn Lake	56
Westwood	0		Germantown	45
Hernando	49		St. Benedict	0
at Crump			at Fairgrounds
DeSoto Central	16		ECS	6
White Station	7		East	18
Kingsbury	6		CBHS	17
MUS	45		CBC (MO)	52
Greenfield	12		Briarcrest	37
Tipton Rosemark	14		St. George's	14
Memphis Nighthawks	14		Sheffield	8
Rossville Christian	36		FACS	31
W Mphs Christian	0		BTW	0
Fayette Academy	40		Bartlett	56
Senatobia	0		Covington	33
Harding Academy	17		Melrose	26
at Halle			at JP Freeman
Hillcrest	0		Fairley	20
Overton	42		HW Byers	8
MLK Prep	0		Manassas	8
Raleigh Egypt	46		Arlington	41
Mitchell	24		Oakhaven
Union City	48		Halls
Fayette Ware	34		Hamilton	22
Jackson South Side	21		Holly Springs	14
Craigmont	0		Ridgeway	38
Cordova	39		Southwind	8
Millington	0		Brighton	21
Munford	28		Dyer Co	25
Whitehaven	31		Houston	Cancelled
Florence, AL	20		Henry Co
Saturday, August 27
at St. Benedict
Middle College	42
Catholic	6