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Here are this week’s CarolinaPreps Top-25 Power Rankings presented by Red Zone Strength for Week 5.
Check back tomorrow for the CP Extended Power Rankings.
4A Classification
| Rank | School | Record | Prev. |
| 1 | Chambers | (4-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Hough | (3-0) | 2 |
| 3 | Cardinal Gibbons | (3-1) | 5 |
| 4 | East Forsyth | (3-0) | 3 |
| 5 | Cleveland | (3-0) | 6 |
| 6 | New Bern | (4-0) | 7 |
| 7 | Grimsley | (3-0) | 4 |
| 8 | Richmond | (3-1) | 10 |
| 9 | Ardrey Kell | (3-0) | 20 |
| 10 | Northern Guilford | (3-0) | 11 |
| 11 | Charlotte Catholic | (2-1) | 8 |
| 12 | South Mecklenburg | (3-1) | 16 |
| 13 | Weddington | (3-1) | 9 |
| 14 | Myers Park | (2-2) | 12 |
| 15 | Butler | (1-2) | 13 |
| 16 | Hickory Ridge | (2-2) | 17 |
| 17 | South View | (2-1) | 15 |
| 18 | Wake Forest | (3-1) | 14 |
| 19 | Millbrook | (4-0) | 24 |
| 20 | Rolesville | (2-2) | 23 |
| 21 | Glenn | (1-1) | 18 |
| 22 | Mount Tabor | (2-1) | 19 |
| 23 | Leesville Road | (3-0) | 21 |
| 24 | Heritage | (4-0) | NR |
| 25 | Davie County | (3-0) | NR |
3A Classification
| Rank | School | Record | Prev. |
| 1 | Scotland | (3-1) | 1 |
| 2 | Lee County | (3-1) | 2 |
| 3 | Seventy-First | (3-0) | 7 |
| 4 | Dudley | (2-1) | 3 |
| 5 | Havelock | (2-0) | 4 |
| 6 | Jacksonville | (3-0) | 5 |
| 7 | Kings Mountain | (2-1) | 6 |
| 8 | South Point | (2-1) | 8 |
| 9 | Crest | (1-1) | 9 |
| 10 | J.B. Hunt | (3-0) | 10 |
| 11 | Cape Fear | (2-0) | 12 |
| 12 | Pisgah | (3-0) | 21 |
| 13 | Oak Grove | (2-1) | 13 |
| 14 | West Charlotte | (2-0) | 14 |
| 15 | Fike | (2-0) | 18 |
| 16 | East Lincoln | (3-0) | 15 |
| 17 | Statesville | (2-0) | 16 |
| 18 | Southern Nash | (3-0) | 20 |
| 19 | Northern Nash | (2-1) | 11 |
| 20 | Rocky Mount | (2-2) | 17 |
| 21 | Central Davidson | (3-0) | 19 |
| 22 | Franklin | (3-0) | 24 |
| 23 | Ledford | (3-0) | NR |
| 24 | Terry Sanford | (1-1) | 23 |
| 25 | Hibriten | (2-1) | 25 |
2A Classification
| Rank | School | Record | Prev. |
| 1 | Reidsville | (3-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Salisbury | (3-0) | 3 |
| 3 | Northeastern | (2-0) | 2 |
| 4 | Maiden | (4-0) | 6 |
| 5 | Shelby | (2-1) | 5 |
| 6 | Clinton | (2-0) | 8 |
| 7 | Hendersonville | (3-1) | 4 |
| 8 | Wallace-Rose Hill | (2-1) | 10 |
| 9 | St. Pauls | (2-0) | 12 |
| 10 | Washington | (2-0) | 9 |
| 11 | Burns | (2-2) | 7 |
| 12 | Whiteville | (2-0) | 11 |
| 13 | Princeton | (3-0) | 13 |
| 14 | Kinston | (4-0) | 15 |
| 15 | East Duplin | (3-1) | 16 |
| 16 | East Surry | (3-0) | 18 |
| 17 | Chase | (4-0) | 19 |
| 18 | John A. Holmes | (1-1) | 14 |
| 19 | J.M. Robinson | (4-0) | 21 |
| 20 | Bunker Hill | (3-0) | 20 |
| 21 | Monroe | (1-1) | 17 |
| 22 | West Lincoln | (3-0) | NR |
| 23 | Providence Grove | (4-0) | NR |
| 24 | Southwestern Randolph | (3-0) | NR |
| 25 | Mount Pleasant | (3-1) | 23 |
1A Classification
| Rank | School | Record | Prev. |
| 1 | Eastern Randolph | (3-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Tarboro | (3-1) | 2 |
| 3 | Mount Airy | (4-0) | 3 |
| 4 | Thomasville | (3-0) | 8 |
| 5 | Robbinsville | (1-1) | 5 |
| 6 | Andrews | (3-0) | 21 |
| 7 | Mitchell | (2-2) | 4 |
| 8 | Mountain Heritage | (1-1) | 6 |
| 9 | Northside | (3-1) | 11 |
| 10 | Murphy | (1-2) | 7 |
| 11 | Thomas Jefferson | (2-0) | 9 |
| 12 | Swain County | (2-1) | 13 |
| 13 | Rosewood | (2-1) | 10 |
| 14 | Perquimans | (2-0) | 12 |
| 15 | Mountain Island Charter | (3-0) | 20 |
| 16 | North Rowan | (2-1) | 14 |
| 17 | Riverside Martin | (1-0) | 15 |
| 18 | Northampton County | (1-1) | 16 |
| 19 | North Moore | (4-0) | 18 |
| 20 | Pender County | (1-1) | 19 |
| 21 | Southside | (3-0) | 22 |
| 22 | Hobbton | (2-1) | 23 |
| 23 | East Wilkes | (2-2) | 17 |
| 24 | Draughn | (1-2) | 24 |
| 25 | West Columbus | (0-1) | NR |
