AP 2A TOP 10 AUGUST 28, 2023

[Southtowner]

2 hours ago, IPOPU2022 said:

Not Surprised that Hampton is ranked. Considering they graduated most of last year’s team. Seems most of the AP Voters are east of Chattanooga. We’ve got Greenville and Elizabethton in the Top 3 in 4A. Don’t you feel like the “Poll” is terribly biased towards the East?

Pops,  these are the usual AP voters.  I would say some outlets like The Tennessean have more than 1 AP voter. 

I tried to list them a bit geographically. 

East Middle West.   

This is not a complete list.  But fairly close I would think.

Biased?  I think for the most part there are those AP voters that do a really good job at being able to vote fairly and wisely.  And then there are some that vote more heavily locally, I guess.  This is what skews the poll. Anytime you get a group together there will be differing opinions.  Biased?  Yeah, there's some of that.  

 

All Associated Press members in Tennessee are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. 

The Daily Post-Athenian, Athens;

Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga;

Clevleand Daily Banner, Cleveland;

Herald-Citizen, Cookeville;

Johnson City Press, Johnson City;

The Advocate & Democrat, Sweetwater;

Times News, Kingsport;

 

The Leaf-Chronicle , Clarksville;

The Daily Herald, Columbia;

The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro;

The Tennessean, Nashville;

 

Union City Daily Messenger, Union City;

WCMT, Martin;

Weakley County Press, Martin;

Mirror-Exchange, Milan;

 

 

[IPOPU2022]

5 hours ago, Southtowner said:

Pops,  these are the usual AP voters.  I would say some outlets like The Tennessean have more than 1 AP voter. 

I tried to list them a bit geographically. 

East Middle West.   

This is not a complete list.  But fairly close I would think.

Biased?  I think for the most part there are those AP voters that do a really good job at being able to vote fairly and wisely.  And then there are some that vote more heavily locally, I guess.  This is what skews the poll. Anytime you get a group together there will be differing opinions.  Biased?  Yeah, there's some of that.  

 

All Associated Press members in Tennessee are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. 

The Daily Post-Athenian, Athens;

Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga;

Clevleand Daily Banner, Cleveland;

Herald-Citizen, Cookeville;

Johnson City Press, Johnson City;

The Advocate & Democrat, Sweetwater;

Times News, Kingsport;

 

The Leaf-Chronicle , Clarksville;

The Daily Herald, Columbia;

The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro;

The Tennessean, Nashville;

 

Union City Daily Messenger, Union City;

WCMT, Martin;

Weakley County Press, Martin;

Mirror-Exchange, Milan;

 

 

Thanks buddy for providing the actual list of Voters. 

[IPOPU2022]

6 hours ago, pujo said:

Hampton actually returned several but they lost a few quality players, Injuries and a few quitting has hurt them ,they'll probably improve as the season goes on, just gotta keep what they have healthy.

As far as East bias,it happens every year but Etown would be my #1 in 4a, They look the part.

Are the Cyclones for Real? I’m really surprised with the skill players they lost last season. But i am Impressed with their first 2 Wins. Maybe the Greenville Game will be the best of the Season. 
I need to watch their utube channel and see how they look. But I’m actually a little shocked atp. 

[Jeremiah]

Huntington is the best 2A school I have seen

[CoyDillard]

19 minutes ago, Jeremiah said:

Huntington is the best 2A school I have seen

Who else have you seen?

[Jeremiah]

15 minutes ago, CoyDillard said:

Who else have you seen?

Riverside,Smith Co,Milan,E Robertson

[CoyDillard]

41 minutes ago, Jeremiah said:

Riverside,Smith Co,Milan,E Robertson

Very informative. Don't get to see much of the west teams in East tn. Saw Milan in a couple games, Huntingdon, ER and Riverside in one last year all streaming. Much harder to gauge a team like that.

Edited September 7, 2023 by CoyDillard

[Jeremiah]

11 minutes ago, CoyDillard said:

Very informative. Don't get to see much of the west teams in East tn. Saw Milan in a couple games, Huntingdon, ER and Riverside in one last year all streaming. Much harder to gauge a team like that.

I got the NFHS package.I can watch alot of teams each week

[glover]

So who exactly does York play this year other than Friendship? How do you determine how good they are?

[team69]

On 9/4/2023 at 1:47 PM, pujo said:

Hampton actually returned several but they lost a few quality players, Injuries and a few quitting has hurt them ,they'll probably improve as the season goes on, just gotta keep what they have healthy.

As far as East bias,it happens every year but Etown would be my #1 in 4a, They look the part.

Funny it’s east bias the west has 1 more voter

[CoyDillard]

4 minutes ago, team69 said:

Funny it’s east bias the west has 1 more voter

Nice work 69. That blows that narrative out of the water 

[pujo]

3 minutes ago, CoyDillard said:

Nice work 69. That blows that narrative out of the water 

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