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Big shakeup at the top of this week’s SC high school football rankings

Here are the rankings for the S.C. Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Sept 9. First-place votes and the team records are in parentheses.

Class 5A

1. Dutch Fork (15) (2-0)

2. Northwestern (5) (3-0)

3. Irmo (3-0)

4. Greenwood (2-0)

5. Summerville (2-1)

6. Byrnes (1-1)

7. James Island (3-0)

8. Dorman (2-1)

9. Gaffney (1-2)

10. Ridge View (1-2)

Others receiving votes: Sumter, White Knoll, Greenville, Carolina Forest, Berkeley, Fort Mill, Spartanburg

Class 4A

1. South Pointe (11) (2-1)

2. South Florence (6) (2-1)

3. North Augusta (1) (3-0)

4. AC Flora (1) (3-0)

5. Camden (3-0)

6. Bishop England (2-0)

7. Seneca (1) (3-0)

8. Daniel (2-1)

9. Midland Valley (3-0)

10. (tie) Crestwood (3-0)

10. (tie) Bluffton (3-0)

Others receiving votes: Hartsville, Wren, Gray Collegiate, Westside

Class 3A

1. Belton-Honea Path (15) (3-0)

2. Woodruff (4) (3-0)

3. Mountain View Prep (3-0)

4. Loris (3-0)

5. Newberry (1) (3-0)

6. Dillon (1-2)

7. Oceanside Collegiate (1-2)

8. Powdersville (2-1)

9. Orangeburg-Wilkinson (2-0)

10. Marlboro County (2-1)

Others receiving votes: Swansea, Fox Creek, Christ Church, Keenan

Class 2A

1. Hampton County (14) (3-0)

2. Batesburg-Leesville (1-1)

3. Strom Thurmond (2) (2-0)

4. Clinton (2) (1-2)

5. Central (1) (2-0)

6. Fairfield Central (2-1)

7. Cheraw (1) (2-1)

8. Barnwell (2-1)

9. Saluda (2-0)

10. Timberland (3-0)

Others receiving votes: Chester, Phillip Simmons, Chesnee, North Central, East Clarendon, Woodland

Class A

1. Abbeville (13) (2-1)

2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt (6) (3-0)

3. Cross 2-1

4. Lake View (1) (2-0)

5. Lewisville (2-1)

6. Latta (3-0)

7. Ware Shoals (3-0)

8. Johnsonville (3-0)

9. Hunter-Kinard-Tyler (1-1)

10. Carvers Bay (3-0)

Others receiving votes: Lamar, Dixie, Whitmire

Voters this week: Mac Banks, Fort Mill Prep Sports; Lou Bezjak, The State Newspaper; Jed Blackwell, SC Prep RedZone; Travis Boland Times and Democrat; Dennis Brunson, High School Sports Report; Scott Chancey, Florence Morning News; Andrew Chodes, Greenwood Index Journal; Chris Dearing, The State/SC Prep RedZone; Ian Guerin, SC Prep RedZone; Justin Jarrett, LowcoSports; Travis Jenkins, The News & Reporter; Wes Kerr, LowcoSports; James McBee, The Boiling Springs Sports Journal; Chris Miller, WRHI; David Shelton Post and Courier/High School Sports Report; Brett Shugart, Fox Sports Spartanburg; Brandon Stockdale, SC Prep RedZone; Pete Yanity, WSPA

This story was originally published September 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM with the headline "Big shakeup at the top of this week’s SC high school football rankings."

Lou Bezjak
The State
Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription
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