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With one week remaining in the North Carolina High School Football season, the Red Zone Strength – CarolinaPreps.com Top-25 Power Rankings is starting to take it’s final shape as the NCHSAA state championships are about to be crowned.
Unlike media polls or rankings based solely on records, reputation, or past championships, the Carolina Preps team ranks teams based on a variety of factors including strength of schedule, quality wins, quality losses, roster and coaching experience.
4A
1 New Bern (New Bern) 15-0-0
2 Mallard Creek (Charlotte) 14-1-0
3 Wake Forest (Wake Forest) 15-0-0
4 Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte) 14-1-0
5 Lake Norman (Mooresville) 13-2-0
6 Garner (Garner) 13-2-0
7 Hoggard, John T. (Wilmington) 13-1-0
8 Scotland (Laurinburg) 12-2-0
9 Hough, William A. (Cornelius) 10-4-0
10 Independence (Charlotte) 12-1-0
11 Vance, Zebulon B. (Charlotte) 11-4-0
12 Millbrook (Raleigh) 11-3-0
13 Reagan, Ronald W. (Pfafftown) 12-2-0
14 Richmond (Rockingham) 11-2-0
15 Butler, David W. (Matthews) 10-3-0
16 Hillside (Durham) 10-4-0
17 Providence (Charlotte) 10-4-0
18 Panther Creek (Cary) 11-3-0
19 Rocky River (Mint Hill) 9-5-0
20 East Forsyth (Kernersville) 11-2-0
21 Seventy-First (Fayetteville) 12-1-0
22 North Davidson (Lexington) 11-2-0
23 Pinecrest (Southern Pines) 10-3-0
24 East Wake (Wendell) 10-3-0
25 Mooresville (Mooresville) 10-2-0
3A
1 Crest (Boiling Springs) 15-0-0
2 Havelock (Havelock) 14-1-0
3 Northern Guilford (Greensboro) 14-1-0
4 Weddington (Weddington) 14-1-0
5 South Point (Belmont) 10-5-0
6 Cuthbertson (Waxhaw) 11-4-0
7 Eastern Wayne (Goldsboro) 11-3-0
8 Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill) 11-4-0
9 Southern Durham (Durham) 13-1-0
10 Eastern Alamance (Mebane) 13-1-0
11 Asheville (Asheville) 12-2-0
12 Southern Guilford (Greensboro) 13-1-0
13 Orange (Hillsborough) 12-2-0
14 Concord (Concord) 12-1-0
15 Forestview (Gastonia) 11-3-0
16 Statesville (Statesville) 9-5-0
17 Hickory Ridge (Harrisburg) 10-3-0
18 Cleveland (Clayton) 10-3-0
19 Sanford, Terry (Fayetteville) 9-4-0
20 Fike, R.L. (Wilson) 11-2-0
21 Northwood (Pittsboro) 9-3-0
22 Southern Nash (Bailey) 9-4-0
23 Southern Lee (Sanford) 8-5-0
24 Lee County (Sanford) 9-3-0
25 East Rowan (Salisbury) 7-7-0
2A
1 East Lincoln (Denver) 15-0-0
2 Shelby (Shelby) 13-2-0
3 Washington (Washington) 14-1-0
4 Clinton (Clinton) 13-1-0
5 Franklin (Franklin) 14-1-0
6 Northeastern (Elizabeth City) 14-1-0
7 Southwest Onslow (Jacksonville) 13-2-0
8 Mount Pleasant (Mount Pleasant) 12-3-0
9 Reidsville (Reidsville) 11-3-0
10 Owen, Charles D. (Black Mountain) 12-1-0
11 Lincolnton (Lincolnton) 11-3-0
12 SouthWest Edgecombe (Pinetops) 10-4-0
13 Farmville Central (Farmville) 11-3-0
14 Holmes, John A. (Edenton) 11-3-0
15 Monroe (Monroe) 9-5-0
16 Roanoke Rapids (Roanoke Rapids) 10-4-0
17 East Bladen (Elizabethtown) 10-3-0
18 Eastern Randolph (Ramseur) 9-4-0
19 Randleman (Randleman) 10-3-0
20 Carver, George W. (Winston Salem) 10-2-0
21 North Rowan (Spencer) 10-3-0
22 Ashe County (West Jefferson) 10-2-0
23 Northside (Jacksonville) 9-4-0
24 Polk County (Columbus) 9-4-0
25 R-S Central (Rutherfordton) 8-5-0
1A
1 Wallace-Rose Hill (Teachey) 14-1-0
2 Robbinsville (Robbinsville) 15-0-0
3 Plymouth (Plymouth) 14-1-0
4 Kenan, James (Warsaw) 12-2-0
5 Starmount (Boonville) 12-3-0
6 Tarboro (Tarboro) 10-4-0
7 Murphy (Murphy) 10-4-0
8 Princeton (Princeton) 12-2-0
9 Swain County (Bryson City) 11-4-0
10 Alleghany (Sparta) 10-5-0
11 West Montgomery (Mount Gilead) 12-2-0
12 Whiteville (Whiteville) 11-3-0
13 Lakewood (Salemburg) 9-6-0
14 Walkertown (Walkertown) 9-3-0
15 East Surry (Pilot Mountain) 10-2-0
16 Mount Airy (Mount Airy) 10-2-0
17 Thomas Jefferson (Mooresboro) 10-4-0
18 Southside (Chocowinity) 10-4-0
19 Pamlico County (Bayboro) 10-3-0
20 Southeast Halifax (Halifax) 11-2-0
21 North Edgecombe (Tarboro) 9-4-0
22 Camden County (Camden) 9-4-0
23 Mitchell (Bakersville) 8-5-0
24 South Creek (Robersonville) 7-7-0
25 Bessemer City (Bessemer City) 9-4-0