Prep football: Ocean Springs ranked No. 9 in state’s newest overall poll

October 31, 2014: Ocean Springs Greyhounds cornerback Isaiah Swopes (2) returns a kickoff for a touchdown during the Gulfport at Ocean Springs game on Friday night. Photo: Bobby McDuffie / gulflive.com

The Associated Press

October 31, 2014: Ocean Springs Greyhounds cornerback Isaiah Swopes (2) returns a kickoff for a touchdown during the Gulfport at Ocean Springs game on Friday night. Photo: Bobby McDuffie / gulflive.com
October 31, 2014: Ocean Springs Greyhounds cornerback Isaiah Swopes (2) returns a kickoff for a touchdown during the Gulfport at Ocean Springs game on Friday night. Photo: Bobby McDuffie / gulflive.com

Here are Mississippi’s top high school football teams in each class as selected by a panel of Associated Press state sports writers.

Class Overall
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Starkville (11) (10-0) 119 1
2. South Panola (1) (10-0) 109 2
3. Brandon (9-1) 91 3
4. Clinton (9-1) 71 4
5. Oak Grove (8-1) 67 7
6. Oxford (9-1) 65 6
7. Picayune (8-1) 30 5
8. New Hope (9-1) 21 NR
9. Ocean Springs (9-1) 18 NR
(tie) Warren Central (8-2) 18 8

Others receiving votes: Southaven 11, Wayne County 11, Laurel 9, Calhoun City 5, Tupelo 4, Noxubee County 4, St. Stanislaus 3, Jackson Prep 2, Tylertown 1, Pearl 1.

Class 6A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Starkville (11) (10-0) 119 1
2. South Panola (1) (10-0) 109 2
3. Brandon (9-1) 94 3
4. Clinton (9-1) 74 4
5. Oak Grove (8-1) 70 5

Others receiving votes: Ocean Springs 8, Warren Central 6.

Class 5A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Oxford (12) (9-1) 120 2
2. New Hope (9-1) 98 3
3. Picayune (8-1) 92 1
4. Wayne County (8-2) 85 5
5. Laurel (8-2) 54 NR

Others receiving votes: West Jones 18, Pearl 7, Germantown 6.

Class 4A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Noxubee County (10) (9-2) 117 2
2. St. Stanislaus (2) (9-1) 107 3
3. Cleveland (10-1) 96 1
4. Florence (10-1) 85 5
5. Greenwood (8-2) 27 NR

Others receiving votes: Kosciusko 18, Poplarville 18, Ripley 6, Magee 6.

Class 3A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Tylertown (11) (9-1) 119 2
2. Charleston (8-2) 110 3
3. Collins (9-2) 87 4
4. North Pontotoc (10-1) 83 5
5. Philadelphia (1) (10-1) 75 1

Others receiving votes: Choctaw County 6.

Class 2A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Calhoun City (12) (10-0) 120 1
2. Taylorsville (10-1) 105 3
3. Baldwyn (10-1) 94 4
4. Bassfield (9-2) 77 2
5. Simmons (9-1) 38 NR

Others receiving votes: East Webster 20, Eupora 18, East Marion 8.

Class 1A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Coffeeville (10) (9-1) 117 1
2. Cathedral (2) (9-1) 108 2
3. Resurrection Catholic (8-1) 90 3
4. Nanih Waiya (10-0) 81 4
5. St. Aloysius (9-1) 72 5

Others receiving votes: Lumberton 12.

Class Private Schools
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Jackson Prep (11) (9-2) 117 1
2. Starkville Aca. (9-1) 103 2
3. Madison-Ridgeland Aca. (7-3) 78 3
4. Oak Forest, La. (10-1) 67 5
5. Centreville Aca. (10-1) 55 4

Others receiving votes: Presbyterian Christian 18, Jackson Aca. 13, Magnolia Heights 13, Sharkey-Issaquena Aca. (1) 10, Marshall Aca. 6.