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Today is the release of the 2023 CarolinaPreps – Red Zone Strength Top-25 Preseason Power Rankings.
4A Classification
| Rank | School | 2022 Record |
| 1 | Grimsley | (15-1) |
| 2 | Hough | (11-3) |
| 3 | Independence | (11-2) |
| 4 | Butler | (10-3) |
| 5 | Weddington | (13-2) |
| 6 | Cardinal Gibbons | (9-3) |
| 7 | East Forsyth | (12-1) |
| 8 | Cleveland | (11-1) |
| 9 | Hillside | (13-1) |
| 10 | Chambers | (9-3) |
| 11 | Mallard Creek | (8-4) |
| 12 | Reagan | (8-3) |
| 13 | Leesville Road | (9-3) |
| 14 | Pinecrest | (9-3) |
| 15 | Hoggard | (8-4) |
| 16 | Hickory Ridge | (6-5) |
| 17 | Clayton | (6-5) |
| 18 | Rolesville | (10-4) |
| 19 | Charlotte Catholic | (9-3) |
| 20 | Mooresville | (10-2) |
| 21 | Mount Tabor | (9-3) |
| 22 | Ardrey Kell | (8-3) |
| 23 | Olympic | (11-1) |
| 24 | New Bern | (16-0) |
| 25 | Millbrook | (13-2) |
3A Classification
| Rank | School | 2022 Record |
| 1 | Seventy-First | (14-1) |
| 2 | Kings Mountain | (13-1) |
| 3 | Crest | (9-4) |
| 4 | Dudley | (9-3) |
| 5 | A.C. Reynolds | (12-2) |
| 6 | East Lincoln | (16-0) |
| 7 | Northern Nash | (15-1) |
| 8 | South Point | (13-2) |
| 9 | West Charlotte | (7-6) |
| 10 | Havelock | (9-3) |
| 11 | North Brunswick | (11-2) |
| 12 | Terry Sanford | (11-3) |
| 13 | J.H. Rose | (8-4) |
| 14 | Scotland | (7-5) |
| 15 | Lee County | (8-4) |
| 16 | Walter Williams | (8-4) |
| 17 | Southern Nash | (8-4) |
| 18 | Southern Durham | (8-5) |
| 19 | Oak Grove | (11-1) |
| 20 | Cape Fear | (7-4) |
| 21 | Jacksonville | (7-5) |
| 22 | Southern Alamance | (9-4) |
| 23 | Hickory | (7-3) |
| 24 | Ledford | (11-2) |
| 25 | Eastern Alamance | (11-2) |
2A Classification
| Rank | School | 2022 Record |
| 1 | Wallace-Rose Hill | (12-3) |
| 2 | Clinton | (11-2) |
| 3 | Monroe | (12-2) |
| 4 | Salisbury | (11-2) |
| 5 | Whiteville | (12-2) |
| 6 | West Craven | (8-4) |
| 7 | Reidsville | (14-2) |
| 8 | Forest Hills | (9-2) |
| 9 | Burns | (13-2) |
| 10 | Princeton | (12-2) |
| 11 | East Duplin | (15-1) |
| 12 | Northeastern | (9-3) |
| 13 | Shelby | (7-5) |
| 14 | Maiden | (12-2) |
| 15 | Greene Central | (10-2) |
| 16 | John A. Holmes | (8-4) |
| 17 | Hertford County | (11-2) |
| 18 | Bunker Hill | (11-2) |
| 19 | East Surry | (12-1) |
| 20 | Chase | (12-1) |
| 21 | Community School of Davidson | (10-2) |
| 22 | Brevard | (5-6) |
| 23 | Mount Pleasant | (8-4) |
| 24 | James Kenan | (9-3) |
| 25 | Hendersonville | (9-3) |
1A Classification
| Rank | School | 2022 Record |
| 1 | Mount Airy | (15-1) |
| 2 | Tarboro | (13-2) |
| 3 | Robbinsville | (9-4) |
| 4 | Murphy | (9-4) |
| 5 | Eastern Randolph | (11-2) |
| 6 | Thomasville | (11-2) |
| 7 | Draughn | (13-2) |
| 8 | Northampton County | (11-3) |
| 9 | Mountain Heritage | (5-7) |
| 10 | Mitchell | (8-4) |
| 11 | North Moore | (13-1) |
| 12 | North Rowan | (7-5) |
| 13 | East Bladen | (5-6) |
| 14 | Starmount | (7-4) |
| 15 | Rosewood | (10-5) |
| 16 | Polk County | (5-6) |
| 17 | Hobbton | (10-3) |
| 18 | West Columbus | (9-4) |
| 19 | Swain County | (5-7) |
| 20 | Hayesville | (7-6) |
| 21 | Southside | (8 -4) |
| 22 | Northside | (7-5) |
| 23 | East Wilkes | (9-3) |
| 24 | Riverside Martin | (11-2) |
| 25 | North Edgecombe | (8-4) |
