MTCS ranked ninth in latest AP prep football poll
MURFREESBORO – Middle Tennessee Christian School was recognized Monday for its best start in the high school football program’s history.
MTCS (6-0) was ranked ninth in the Associated Press’ Class 2A statewide poll.
The Cougars are one of four Murfreesboro schools ranked.
In Class 6A, Blackman (6-0) remained ranked second behind Maryville. Oakland (5-1) dropped from third to fourth despite beating Brentwood 49-7 on Friday. And Riverdale (5-1) jumped three spots to No. 6 after upsetting previous sixth-place Hendersonville 39-36. Hendersonville (5-1) is now ranked eighth.
Tennessee Football Prep Polls
The Associated Press’ Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee’s six Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through September 29, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:
Class 6A
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Maryville (17) | 5-0 | 179 | 1 |
2. Blackman (1) | 6-0 | 159 | 2 |
3. Whitehaven | 6-0 | 134 | 4 |
4. Oakland | 5-1 | 128 | 3 |
5. Ravenwood | 5-0 | 102 | 8 |
6. Riverdale | 5-1 | 77 | 9 |
7. Science Hill | 4-1 | 75 | 5 |
8. Hendersonville | 5-1 | 54 | 6 |
9. Dobyns Bennett | 5-1 | 32 | 7 |
10. Cookeville | 6-0 | 16 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more points: None.
Class 5A
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Knoxville West (15) | 4-1 | 174 | 1 |
2. Memphis East (1) | 6-0 | 155 | 3 |
3. Anderson County (1) | 6-0 | 123 | 4 |
4. Ridgeway | 4-1 | 106 | 2 |
(tie) Ooltewah (1) | 6-0 | 106 | 6 |
6. Hillsboro | 6-0 | 99 | 5 |
7. South Doyle | 5-0 | 53 | 9 |
8. Henry County | 4-2 | 51 | 7 |
9. Campbell County | 5-1 | 37 | 10 |
10. Rhea County | 5-0 | 25 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Tennessee 17. 12, Oak Ridge 13. 12, Springfield 13. 14, Centennial 12.
Class 4A
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Knoxville Fulton (17) | 6-0 | 170 | 1 |
2. Knoxville Catholic | 5-0 | 152 | 2 |
3. Signal Mountain | 6-0 | 118 | 3 |
4. Crockett County | 5-0 | 99 | 5 |
5. Greeneville | 4-1 | 92 | 4 |
6. Pearl-Cohn | 5-1 | 71 | 6 |
7. Trezevant | 5-1 | 64 | 7 |
8. Liberty Magnet | 4-2 | 39 | 8 |
9. Sullivan South | 5-1 | 36 | 9 |
10. Jackson North Side | 6-0 | 32 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Marshall County 27. 12, Elizabethton 16.
Class 3A
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Alcoa (16) | 5-1 | 169 | 1 |
2. CPA (1) | 6-0 | 154 | 2 |
3. East Nashville | 6-0 | 124 | 4 |
4. Westview | 5-0 | 101 | 6 |
5. Notre Dame | 4-1 | 98 | 5 |
6. Camden | 5-1 | 77 | 3 |
7. McMinn Central | 6-0 | 67 | 9 |
8. CAK | 4-2 | 63 | 7 |
9. Hickman County | 5-1 | 36 | NR |
10. Waverly | 5-0 | 15 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Lewis County 14.
Class 2A
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. TCA (16) | 5-1 | 168 | 1 |
2. Adamsville | 5-1 | 149 | 2 |
3. Peabody | 4-1 | 117 | 4 |
4. Marion County | 5-1 | 97 | 6 |
5. Huntingdon | 4-2 | 94 | 5 |
6. Grace Christian | 4-2 | 83 | 3 |
7. Oneida | 4-1 | 69 | 9 |
8. Hampton (1) | 4-1 | 59 | 7 |
9. MTCS | 6-0 | 43 | NR |
10. Forrest | 4-2 | 16 | 10 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Trousdale County 15. 12, Jackson County 12.
Class 1A
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Union City (15) | 6-0 | 168 | 1 |
2. Nashville Christian School | 6-0 | 142 | 3 |
3. Cloudland (2) | 6-0 | 140 | 2 |
4. Wayne County | 5-1 | 109 | 4 |
5. Columbia Academy | 5-0 | 105 | 5 |
6. Greenback | 4-1 | 87 | 6 |
7. Coalfield | 3-2 | 49 | 8 |
8. South Pittsburg | 3-3 | 38 | 9 |
9. Midway | 4-1 | 31 | 7 |
10. Copper Basin | 3-2 | 26 | 10 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Oakdale 17.
Division II
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. McCallie (15) | 6-0 | 159 | 2 |
2. Baylor | 5-0 | 135 | 3 |
3. Ensworth (1) | 4-1 | 117 | 1 |
4. MBA | 5-1 | 114 | 4 |
5. Brentwood Acad. | 5-1 | 104 | 5 |
6. Knoxville Webb | 2-2 | 60 | 6 |
7. MUS | 4-2 | 59 | 7 |
8. ECS | 5-1 | 44 | 9 |
9. BGA | 5-1 | 43 | 8 |
10. Father Ryan | 4-2 | 20 | 10 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, DCA 19.