New classifications for area teams

The TSSAA Board of Control has officially approved these changes. The classification period for football in the state of Tennessee is for 4 years. If after 2 years, a school's enrollment has increased or decreased by 20%, they can be moved up or down into a different classification. Changes this year also have all of the private schools that were playing with the public schools moving over to D2. There were quite a few area schools that were affected this time around. 6A & D2AAA stay the same

1A (7)
BTW
East (NEW)
Freedom Prep
MASE
Middle College
Oakhaven
Westwood

2A
Region 8 (9)
Douglass
Fairley
Hamilton
Hillcrest (NEW)
KIPP (NEW)
MAHS
Manassas
Mitchell
Trezevant (NEW)

3A (5)
Melrose
MLK Prep
Raleigh Egypt
Sheffield
Wooddale

4A (4)
Bolton (NEW)
Craigmont
Fayette Ware
Millington

5A (7)
Brighton
Kingsbury
Kirby
Munford
Overton
Ridgeway
Southwind

D2A (9)
Clarksville Academy
Columbia Academy (NEW)
Davidson Academy
Fayette Academy
Jackson Christian
Nashville Christian
Tipton Rosemark
Trinity Christian (NEW)
USJ (NEW)

Zion Christian will be playing a non region schedule in football and won't be eligible for playoffs

D2AA (6)
ECS
FACS
Harding Academy
Lausanne
Northpoint Christian
St George's