With last week’s No. 1, Brownstown Central, losing at Seymour, 41-20, Linton-Stockton, now 5-1, rose to the No. 1 ranking with Triton Central, Bluffton, Brownstown Central and Heritage Christian rounding out the top five. Only Bluffton is unbeaten amongst that group.
LaVille is No. 6 ahead of Indianapolis Scecina – Triton Central’s Friday night opponent, Fort Wayne Luers, Alexandria and Eastbrook.
The top seven teams in the Class A poll remained the same. Indianapolis Lutheran is followed by Adams Central, Carroll (Flora), Providence, Park Tudor, South Putnam and Sheridan. Madison-Grant enters the poll tied with North White at No. 8. Pioneer and West Central are tied for No. 10.
The top two teams in Class 3A met Friday night and No. 1 Indianapolis Chatard prevailed 13-7 in overtime against Guerin Catholic. Those two teams remained No. 1 and No. 2 in the poll. West Lafayette is No. 3 ahead of Hanover Central, Gibson Southern, Tri-West, Heritage Hills, Lawrenceburg, Hamilton Heights and Vincennes Lincoln.
Four unbeatens in last week’s Class 4A poll took their first losses of the season to shake up the top 10 this week.
East Central remains No. 1 with Evansville Reitz and Evansville Memorial moving up one spot respectively ahead of New Palestine and New Haven in the top five.
Kokomo was No. 2 but lost 10-6 at McCutcheon and dropped to No. 6 – one spot above previously-undefeated Greenfield-Central, now No. 7, with Northridge, Brebeuf Jesuit and New Prairie rounding out the top 10. Columbia City and Northview dropped out of the poll after taking losses Friday.
With Fort Wayne Snider’s 23-20 loss Friday at Homestead, Bloomington North rises to the No. 1 ranking in Class 5A. Fort Wayne Snider is No. 2 followed by Bloomington South, Merrillville, Valparaiso, Mishawaka, Harrison (West Lafayette), Plainfield, Decatur Central and Concord.
Center Grove, Ben Davis and Brownsburg continue as the top three, respectively, in the Class 6A poll with Crown Point, Hamilton Southeastern, Cathedral, Westfield, Fishers, Carmel and Penn completing the top 10.
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