Mississippi AP Poll

Here is the first AP Poll of the season for Mississippi. Only the classifications with local teams are shown. Area teams are highlighted in red

First place votes in parentheses
	Mississippi (OVERALL)	PTS	REC	LW
1	Pearl (5)	82	(2-0)
2	West Point (2)	70	(2-0)
3	Tupelo	68	(2-0)
4	Starkville (1)	53	(2-0)
5	Madison Central	46	(2-0)
6	Oak Grove	31	(2-0)
6	NW Rankin (1)	30	(2-0)
8	Hattiesburg	27	(2-0)
9	Warren Central	16	(1-1)
10	Brandon	13	(1-1)
	Others receiving votes
11	Olive Branch	12
12	Cleveland	11
12	Cleveland Central	11
14	Poplarville	8
15	South Panola	6
16	Charleston	4
16	Meridian	4
18	Greenwood	3
18	Jackson Prep	3
20	Calhoun City	2
20	Jefferson Davis County	2
20	Oxford	2
23	Lake Cormorant	1
23	Simmons	1
6A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Pearl (6)	86	(2-0)
2	Tupelo (1)	73	(2-0)
3	Starkville (1)	64	(2-0)
4	Madison Central	61	(2-0)
5	Oak Grove	34	(2-0)
5A		PTS	REC	LW
1	West Point (8)	87	(2-0)
2	Hattiesburg	68	(2-0)
3	Lake Cormorant	51	(1-0)
4	Laurel	44	(1-1)
5	Olive Branch	38	(2-0)
	Others receiving votes
6	Picayune	21
7	Wayne Co	12
8	Cleveland Central	10
9	Lewisburg	8
9	South Jones	8
11	Lafayette	7
12	Stone	6

Preseason recognition

The following area players were selected for preseason recognition in advance of the 2017 season.

From Murphy Fair (players were nominated by coaches across the state)

2A-All State Team
RB-Caleb Johnson-MAHS
DL-Terrance Neal-Mitchell

3A-All State Team
RB-Joshua Reed-Trezevant
DB-Traven Pulliam-Trezevant
LB-Larry Turner-Raleigh Egypt

4A-All State Team
OL-John Wrister-East
LB-Tarique Barnes-East

5A-All State Team
LB-Tommy Fonda-Kirby
P-Caleb Hall-Munford

6A-All State Team
DB-Jaylin Williams-Germantown
DB-Rayshad Williams-Whitehaven
DL-Trevis Hopper-Central
DL-Jordan Davis-Southwind
P-Hunter Goodman-Arlington

D2-All State Team
RB-Eric Gray-Lausanne
OL-Ryan Winkel-CBHS
OL-Will Lawrence-Harding Academy
K-Noah Grant-Briarcrest
DB-Maurice Hampton-MUS
LB-Dorian Hopkins-MUS
LB-Nathan Tatko-Northpoint Christian
DL-Corteze Love-Lausanne
DL-Cam Jones-St. Benedict

AP Poll for Tennessee and Arkansas

Here is the latest AP Poll for Tennessee and the preseason poll for Arkansas. Area teams are highlighted in red

Tennessee

First place votes in parentheses
6A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Oakland (8)	159	2-0	3
2	Blackman (7)	158	2-0	2
3	Maryville	121	1-1	1
4	Whitehaven (2)	103	2-0	6
4	Science Hill	103	2-0	7
6	Bradley Central	78	1-1	4
7	Farragut	72	2-0	8
8	Brentwood	65	2-0	9
9	Cane Ridge	32	1-1	5
10	Cleveland	10	2-0	NR
5A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Knoxville Catholic (13)	156	1-1	1
2	Fulton (2)	132	1-0	3T
3	Hillsboro (1)	131	1-1	2
4	Beech	126	2-0	5
5	Page	95	2-0	8
6	Oak Ridge	86	1-1	3T
7	Daniel Boone	52	1-0	9
8	Knoxville Central	28	1-1	7
9	Columbia	24	2-0	NR
10	Rhea Co	22	0-2	NR
4A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Greenville (15)	159	2-0	1
2	Haywood Co	124	2-0	4
3	East (1)	113	1-1	3
4	Marshall Co	111	1-1	2
5	Crockett Co	79	2-0	6T
6	Anderson Co	78	2-0	6T
6	Elizabethton	75	2-0	5
8	Spring Hill	66	2-0	8
9	Dyersburg	51	2-0	10
10	Hardin Co	10	1-1	9
3A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Alcoa (12)	145	1-1	1
2	Bolivar (3)	139	2-0	4
3	Giles Co (1)	108	1-0	5
4	Raleigh Egypt	98	2-0	6
5	Pearl-Cohn	92	1-1	2
6	Johnson Co	70	2-0	8
7	Milan	65	1-1	3
8	Austin-East	52	2-0	9T
9	Smith Co	48	2-0	9T
10	Red Bank	37	1-1	7
2A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Adamsville (6)	121	2-0	3
2	Marion Co (3)	120	1-1	1
3	Peabody (2)	111	2-0	9
4	Meigs Co (3)	106	2-0	8
5	Union City (1)	98	1-1	4T
6	Trousdale Co	89	1-1	2
7	Columbia Academy	62	1-1	4T
8	Waverly	39	1-1	7
9	Hampton	32	1-1	6
10	Eagleville	20	2-0	NR
1A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Dresden (9)	147	2-0	1
2	South Pittsburg (2)	141	2-0	3
3	Huntingdon (2)	121	2-0	4
4	Greenback (2)	119	2-0	2
5	Wayne Co	95	2-0	5
6	Whitwell	73	2-0	6
7	Coafield	64	2-0	7
8	Fayetteville	54	2-0	8
9	Lake Co	32	2-0	10
10	Cloudland	24	2-0	NR
D2		PTS	REC	LW
1	Brentwood Academy (16)	160	2-0	1
2	MBA	127	2-0	4
3	McCallie	115	2-0	5
4	MUS	101	2-0	6
5	CPA	90	2-0	9
6	Ensworth	83	1-1	2
7	CBHS	65	2-0	8
8	Baylor	62	1-1	3
9	Lausanne	49	1-0	7
10	Notre Dame	17	0-1	10

First place votes in parentheses
	Arkansas (OVERALL)	PTS	REC	LW
1	Springdale Har-Ber (6)	93	0-0
2	Bryant (1)	78	0-0
2	Fayetteville	78	0-0
4	North Little Rock (1)	69	0-0
5	Greenwood	50	0-0
6	Bentonville	45	0-0
7	Pulaski Academy (2)	33	0-0
8	Bentonville West	26	0-0
9	Jonesboro	21	0-0
10	FS Northside	13	0-0
6A		PTS	REC	LW
1	Greenwood (10)	50	0-0
2	Jonesboro	32	0-0
3	Pine Bluff	28	0-0
4	El Dorado	27	0-0
5	Benton	7	0-0
	Others receiving votes
6	West Memphis	6	0-0