Updated strength of schedule

Everyone likes to say that they play the toughest schedule so we decided to find out who has the bragging rights. Who's a contender because they have beaten tough teams? Who's a pretender because they haven't played anyone? It's all up for debate but these are the cold hard numbers and you can decide for yourself.

There are 3 charts-2 for individual teams and 1 for the toughest league.

Updated standings as of 9-23

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

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

Mississippi
5A-Region 1
6A-Region 1

Arkansas
6A East
MAIS District 1 North

The top four teams in each of the public school regions in Tennessee automatically qualify for the playoffs.

The top six teams in D2A & D2AA in Tennessee automatically qualify for the playoffs as do all four teams in D2AA.

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

In Arkansas 6A East, the top 6 teams make the playoffs with #1 & #2 getting a first round bye.
In MAIS, the district champion is guaranteed a spot.

Updated schedules with results as of 9-23

Tennessee

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

Mississippi

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

Arkansas

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

Games for September 28 and 29

Thursday, September 28

MBA vs White Station at Rhodes, MLK Prep at Raleigh Egypt, Manassas vs Hamilton at Crump, Douglass vs Mitchell at JP Freeman, Middle College vs MASE at BTW, Westwood vs Freedom Prep at Whitehaven, East vs Craigmont at Melrose

Friday, September 29

West Memphis at Searcy, Center Hill at West Point, Davidson Academy at Tipton Rosemark, Trezevant at Whitehaven, Lake Cormorant at Grenada, Brighton vs Kingsbury at Crump, Lausanne at ECS, Fayette Ware at Millington, St. George's at USJ, Harding Academy at Northpoint Christian, Marion at LR Hall, Bartlett at Arlington, Olive Branch at Lewisburg, Zion Christian at Fayette Academy, MUS at St. Benedict, Horn Lake at DeSoto Central, Central at Collierville, Henry Co at Germantown, Martin Westview at Covington, Hernando at Southaven, Briarcrest at CBHS, Kirby at Bolton, Munford at Southwind, Houston at Cordova, Oakhaven at BTW, West Memphis Christian at Potts Camp, Sheffield vs Wooddale at Kirby, MAHS vs Fairley at JP Freeman, Overton vs Ridgeway at Halle, Hillcrest vs KIPP at Melrose, Rossville Christian at Nashville Christian

Scores for September 21 and 22

Thursday, September 21

at Melrose
  0 Kingsbury
52 Kirby

at Raleigh Egypt
  8 MAHS
14 Craigmont

Friday, September 22

at Kirby
32 Munford
38 Ridgeway

at Halle
50 Brighton
14 Overton

at Crump
64 St. Benedict
30 Manassas

15 Bolton
50 Southwind

  6 Mitchell
44 North Panola

  0 Middle College
41 South Gibson 

27 East
48 CBHS

60 Raleigh Egypt
  6 Millington

22 Westwood
21 Chester Co

32 Houston
16 Melrose

14 MASE
49 Tipton Rosemark

  0 Sheffield
69 Cordova

13 Wooddale
33 Collierville

14 KIPP
52 Briarcrest

  6 Trezevant
42 Ensworth

20 MLK Prep
63 Harding Academy

  0 Douglass
35 Germantown

  6 Fairley
24 Southside (AL)

  0 Hamilton
49 Whitehaven

21 South Panola
33 Horn Lake

23 Southaven
13 Oxford

at Fairgrounds
17 Bartlett
45 White Station

14 Haywood Co
33 MUS

42 USJ
20 FACS

  0 ECS
28 BGA

21 Walnut, MS
35 Fayette Academy

45 Arlington
31 Liberty Tech

  0 Saltillo
56 Olive Branch

35 Ripley
20 Fayette Ware

20 St. George's
54 Lausanne

29 Grenada
  7 Center Hill

27 Marion
37 West Memphis

31 Tupelo
  0 Hernando

OT
28 DeSoto Central
34 Columbus

  6 Lewisburg
28 Lake Cormorant

14 West Memphis Christian
  6 Lee (AR)

32 Memphis Nighthawks
12 Rossville Christian

Updated individual stats before games on 9/21

Here are some stats for the area schools in a number of different categories. If you don't see your school represented, there are one of two reasons why: 1) They didn't meet the cutoff point for a specific category or 2) We don't have any information from your school. Contact the person that does stats for your school and have them e-mail them to us at shelbymetrosports@gmail.com. All we want to do is spotlight the young men who are playing high school football in the Shelby Metro area and we appreciate any help that we can get to make that happen.

Here are the categories:
Rushing-Most yards, most carries, highest average per carry, touchdowns
Passing-Most yards, touchdowns
Receiving-Most catches, touchdowns, highest average yds per catch
Punt Returns
Kick Returns
Interception Returns
Punting
Scoring
Kick Scoring
All Purpose Running

Updated team stats before games on 9/21

Here are the top 25 teams for the area schools in team categories.

Here are the categories: (all on a per game basis)
Offense-Rushing, Passing, Total Yards, Highest scoring average
Defense-Rushing, Passing, Total Yards, Fewest points allowed