New rankings released: Top 25 high school football teams in the Carolinas
This week, the Carolinas Top 25 high school football poll welcomes two new teams.
The poll, put out by McClatchy media companies in North and South Carolina, ranks the top 25 teams in both states, regardless of classification. The poll appears weekly throughout the regular season.
Two S.C. teams join the rankings this week: Simpsonville’s Hillcrest High School and Anderson’s T.L. Hanna.
Hillcrest has won two games in a row and is 6-1 heading into Friday’s home game with Woodmont (2-5). T.L. Hanna is 5-2 and has won three in a row. The Yellow Jackets will play Greenville (1-6) at home Saturday.
This week’s rankings
| Rank | School | State | Hometown | Record | LW. |
| 1 | Weddington | NC | Weddington | (7-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Dutch Fork | SC | Irmo | (7-0) | 2 |
| 3 | Northwestern | SC | Rock Hill | (9-0) | 3 |
| 4 | Grimsley | NC | Greensboro | (8-0) | 4 |
| 5 | Hough | NC | Cornelius | (7-1) | 5 |
| 6 | Gaffney | SC | Gaffney | (6-0) | 6 |
| 7 | Summerville | SC | Summerville | (8-0) | 8 |
| 8 | Irmo | SC | Irmo | (8-0) | 9 |
| 9 | East Forsyth | NC | Kernersville | (8-0) | 10 |
| 10 | Westside | SC | Anderson | (6-0) | 11 |
| 11 | Rolesville | NC | Rolesville | (7-1) | 12 |
| 12 | Sumter | SC | Sumter | (8-0) | 14 |
| 13 | Hickory | NC | Hickory | (8-0) | 15 |
| 14 | Dudley | NC | Greensboro | (8-0) | 16 |
| 15 | Cardinal Gibbons | NC | Raleigh | (6-1) | 18 |
| 16 | Spartanburg | SC | Spartanburg | (5-1) | 24 |
| 17 | Daniel | SC | Central | (5-1) | 19 |
| 18 | Seventy-First | NC | Fayetteville | (8-0) | 20 |
| 19 | South Pointe | SC | Rock Hill | (6-2) | 21 |
| 20 | Mallard Creek | NC | Charlotte | (6-2) | 13 |
| 21 | Mount Tabor | NC | Winston-Salem | (6-2) | 22 |
| 22 | Providence Day | NC | Charlotte | (6-2) | 7 |
| 23 | Hillcrest | SC | Simpsonville | (5-1) | NR |
| 24 | J.L. Mann | SC | Greenville | (5-2) | 17 |
| 25 | T.L. Hanna | SC | Anderson | (5-2) | NR |
This story was originally published October 24, 2024 at 5:30 AM with the headline "New rankings released: Top 25 high school football teams in the Carolinas."
