Resurrection’s reign continues, Ocean Springs slips in AP prep football poll

Ocean Springs Greyhounds k, p Brad Wall (6) kicks off during the Ocean Springs Greyhounds vs St. Martin Yellowjackets game. The Greyhounds fell out of the AP prep football poll Top 10 for Class Overall. Photo: Bobby McDuffie / gulflive.com
Ocean Springs Greyhounds k, p Brad Wall (6) kicks off during the Ocean Springs Greyhounds vs St. Martin Yellowjackets game. The Greyhounds fell out of the AP prep football poll Top 10 for Class Overall. Photo: Bobby McDuffie / gulflive.com
Ocean Springs Greyhounds k, p Brad Wall (6) kicks off during the Ocean Springs Greyhounds vs St. Martin Yellowjackets game. The Greyhounds fell out of the AP prep football poll Top 10 for Class Overall. Photo: Bobby McDuffie / gulflive.com

(AP) Undefeated Resurrection continues to sit atop the Class 1A rankings in the latest AP prep football poll.

Former No. 7 Ocean Springs slips out of the top 10 Class Overall rankings after losing to Gulfport last week.

Here are Mississippi’s top high school football teams as selected by Associated Press state sports writers.

Class Overall
School W-L Pts Prv
1. South Panola (11) (10-0) 110 1
2. Starkville (9-1) 99 2
3. Oxford (8-2) 81 3
4. Brandon (9-2) 78 4
5. Wayne County (9-2) 71 5
6. Oak Grove (8-2) 47 8
7. Gulfport (8-2) 21 NR
8. Warren Central (8-2) 20 6
9. Clinton (7-3) 18 9
10. Laurel (7-3) 13 NR
(tie) West Point (8-2) 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Pearl River Central (9-1) 11, Ocean Springs (8-2) 6, Noxubee County (7-4) 6, Columbus (7-3) 4, St. Martin (9-2) 4, Bassfield (9-2) 2, Resurrection Catholic (9-0) 1.

Class 6A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. South Panola (11) (10-1) 110 1
2. Starkville (9-1) 99 2
3. Brandon (9-2) 87 3
4. Oak Grove (8-2) 53 NR
5. Gulfport (8-2) 41 NR

Others receiving votes: Warren Central (8-2) 19, Clinton (7-3) 12, St. Martin (9-2) 7, Columbus (7-3) 6, Ocean Springs (8-2) 6.

Class 5A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Oxford (9) (8-2) 108 1
2. Wayne County (2) (8-2) 101 2
3. Laurel (7-3) 80 3
4. West Point (8-2) 78 4
5. Pearl River Central (9-1) 73 5

Others receiving votes: None.

Class 4A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Noxubee County (5) (7-4) 97 1
2. Senatobia (3) (9-1) 93 T2
3. Lafayette (9-2) 91 T2
4. Lawrence County (1) (10-1) 68 4
5. Greenwood (2) (9-1) 60 5

Others receiving votes: St. Stanislaus (7-3) 19, Kosciusko (8-2) 6, Corinth (8-3) 6.

Class 3A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Collins (11) (10-1) 110 1
2. Hazlehurst (10-0) 96 2
3. West Marion (10-1) 89 3
4. Charleston (9-2) 76 4
5. Kossuth (10-1) 50 5

Others receiving votes: Tylertown (7-3) 7, Aberdeen (8-3) 6, Kemper County (8-2) 6.

Class 2A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Bassfield (11) (9-2) 110 1
2. Calhoun City (8-3) 91 3
3. East Webster (10-1) 88 2
4. Puckett (10-1) 82 4
5. Lake (9-1) 51 5

Others receiving votes: Bay Springs (9-2) 18.

Class 1A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Resurrection Catholic (10) (9-0) 109 1
2. Simmons (1) (7-0) 97 2
3. Smithville (10-1) 89 3
4. Nanih Waiya (7-4) 78 4
5. Shaw (7-4) 43 5

Others receiving votes: Noxapater (8-3) 12, West Lowndes (7-4) 6, Ray Brooks (2-6) 6.

Class Private Schools
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Jackson Prep (11) (11-0) 110 1
2. Madison-Ridgeland Aca. (9-2) 98 2
3. Adams Christian (11-0) 68 4
4. Lamar School (8-3) 65 3
5. Starkville Aca. (10-1) 48 5

Others receiving votes: Oak Forest, La. (9-2) 22, Washington School (8-3) 14, Cathedral (9-2) 9, Indianola Aca. (11-0) 6.

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All Associated Press members in Mississippi are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. Those who voted for this week’s poll are: The Commercial Dispatch, Columbus; The Sun-Herald, Biloxi-Gulfport; The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson; Enterprise-Journal, Mc Comb; Mississippi Press-Register, Pascagoula; Starkville Daily News, Starkville; Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo; The Vicksburg Post, Vicksburg; WCBI-TV, Columbus; First Natchez Media Group, Natchez; WTVA-TV, Tupelo.