Which teams made a jump in the rankings of the top NC, SC high school football teams?
The top five spots in this week’s Carolinas Top 25 high school football rankings remain the same, but there are some changes.
Most notably, T.L. Hanna, from Anderson, S.C., jumped eight spots to No. 8.
Hanna (8-1) has won six straight games, including Friday’s 36-33 victory against Simpsonville Hillcrest.
Providence Day (8-0) from Charlotte maintains the top spot, followed by two teams from Greensboro: No. 2 Grimsley (8-0) and No. 3 Dudley (8-0).
Providence Day will play Georgia’s Rabun Gap, which competes in the N.C. private school league, in what will be the biggest game in N.C. so far this season among all classifications, public or private.
In the MaxPreps statewide rankings, Rabun Gap is No. 1 and Providence Day is No. 2.
This week’s poll
| Rank | School | State | Hometown | Record | LW. |
| 1 | Providence Day | NC | Charlotte | (8-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Grimsley | NC | Greensboro | (8-0) | 2 |
| 3 | Dudley | NC | Greensboro | (8-0) | 3 |
| 4 | Summerville | SC | Summerville | (8-0) | 4 |
| 5 | South Florence | SC | Florence | (8-0) | 5 |
| 6 | Rolesville | NC | Rolesville | (7-1) | 8 |
| 7 | Butler | NC | Matthews | (8-1) | 6 |
| 8 | T.L. Hanna | SC | Anderson | (8-1) | 16 |
| 9 | Crest | NC | Shelby | (8-0) | 7 |
| 10 | Seventy-First | NC | Fayetteville | (8-0) | 9 |
| 11 | Northwestern | SC | Rock Hill | (7-1) | 10 |
| 12 | Weddington | NC | Weddington | (7-1) | 11 |
| 13 | Kings Mountain | NC | Kings Mountain | (8-0) | 12 |
| 14 | Byrnes | SC | Duncan | (8-1) | 15 |
| 15 | Hough | NC | Cornelius | (7-1) | 13 |
| 16 | Irmo | SC | Irmo | (8-0) | 17 |
| 17 | White Knoll | SC | Lexington | (8-0) | 18 |
| 18 | Hillcrest | SC | Simpsonville | (7-1) | 14 |
| 19 | Gaffney | SC | Gaffney | (7-2) | 19 |
| 20 | Clinton | NC | Clinton | (8-0) | 20 |
| 21 | Mooresville | NC | Mooresville | (8-0) | 21 |
| 22 | Daniel | SC | Central | (8-0) | 22 |
| 23 | Cleveland | NC | Clayton | (8-0) | 23 |
| 24 | James Island | SC | Charleston | (8-0) | 24 |
| 25 | West Charlotte | NC | Charlotte | (7-1) | 25 |
The Carolinas Top 25 is compiled by longtime high school football analyst Chris Hughes with input from high school football writers in North and South Carolina at McClatchy media properties.
This story was originally published October 17, 2023 at 12:12 PM with the headline "Which teams made a jump in the rankings of the top NC, SC high school football teams?."
