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Here is how the teams ranked in the CarolinaPreps.com Top-25 Power Rankings fared during Week 5 of the 2023 High School Football season.
4A
| Rank | School | Record | Result |
| 1 | Grimsley | (4-0) | Def. Southeast Guilford 56-0 |
| 2 | Butler | (4-1) | Def. Garinger 70-0 |
| 3 | Weddington | (4-1) | Def. Chapel Hill 66-13 |
| 4 | East Forsyth | (4-0) | Def. Reagan 29-21 |
| 5 | Rolesville | (4-1) | Def. Athens Drive 43-7 |
| 6 | Leesville Road | (4-1) | Lost to Wake Forest 34-28 (OT) |
| 7 | Chambers | (3-1) | Def. West Mecklenburg 56-0 |
| 8 | Mallard Creek | (1-3) | Lost to West Charlotte 17-15 |
| 9 | Hough | (3-1) | Def. North Meck 52-7 |
| 10 | Cleveland | (4-0) | Def. Corinth Holders 51-0 |
| 11 | South View | (3-1) | Lost to Seventy-First 47-14 |
| 12 | Jordan | (3-1) | OPEN |
| 13 | New Bern | (5-0) | Def. Havelock 15-14 |
| 14 | Mooresville | (4-0) | Def. Cox Mill 42-3 |
| 15 | Watauga | (5-0) | Def. North Davidson 56-14 |
| 16 | Hoggard | (3-1) | Def. North Brunswick 52-0 |
| 17 | Pinecrest | (4-0) | OPEN |
| 18 | Porter Ridge | (4-1) | Lost to Monroe 28-20 |
| 19 | Charlotte Catholic | (4-1) | Def. Providence 29-22 |
| 20 | Lake Norman | (4-0) | OPEN |
| 21 | Laney | (3-1) | Def. Ashley 40-13 |
| 22 | Mount Tabor | (2-2) | Lost to West Forsyth 40-14 |
| 23 | Marvin Ridge | (3-2) | Lost to Myers Park 24-7 |
| 24 | Independence | (2-2) | OPEN |
| 25 | Cardinal Gibbons | (2-2) | OPEN |
3A
| Rank | School | Record | Result |
| 1 | Dudley | (4-0) | Def. High Point Central 63-6 |
| 2 | Crest | (4-0) | Def. Ashbrook 68-20 |
| 3 | Kings Mountain | (4-0) | Def. Hunter Huss 41-0 |
| 4 | West Charlotte | (4-0) | Def. Mallard Creek 17-15 |
| 5 | Seventy-First | (4-0) | Def. South View 47-14 |
| 6 | Northern Nash | (4-0) | OPEN |
| 7 | Scotland | (5-0) | Def. Hoke County 36-13 |
| 8 | East Lincoln | (3-1) | Lost to Hickory 49-28 |
| 9 | North Brunswick | (3-1) | Lost to Hoggard 52-0 |
| 10 | Eastern Alamance | (4-0) | OPEN |
| 11 | West Henderson | (5-0) | Def. North Henderson 54-16 |
| 12 | J.M. Robinson | (4-0) | OPEN |
| 13 | Havelock | (3-1) | Lost to New Bern 15-14 |
| 14 | South Point | (3-1) | Def. Stuart Cramer 48-0 |
| 15 | Hickory | (4-0) | Def. East Lincoln 49-28 |
| 16 | Southern Alamance | (4-1) | Def. Williams 33-20 |
| 17 | Southern Nash | (4-1) | Def. Nash Central 22-8 |
| 18 | Jacksonville | (4-0) | Def. J.H. Rose 46-35 |
| 19 | Western Alamance | (4-1) | Def. Orange 27-9 |
| 20 | Cape Fear | (3-1) | Def. Lumberton 42-0 |
| 21 | Northwest Cabarrus | (4-0) | Def. South Rowan 63-0 |
| 22 | Eastern Guilford | (3-1) | Def. Northeast Guilford 48-0 |
| 23 | Walter Williams | (3-2) | Lost to Southern Alamance 33-20 |
| 24 | Pisgah | (5-0) | Def. Smoky Mountain 19-7 |
| 25 | Terry Sanford | (2-2) | Def. Overhills 43-8 |
2A
| Rank | School | Record | Result |
| 1 | Clinton | (4-0) | OPEN |
| 2 | Salisbury | (5-0) | Def. Thomasville 12-6 |
| 3 | Forest Hills | (4-0) | OPEN |
| 4 | Monroe | (4-1) | Def. Porter Ridge 28-20 |
| 5 | East Duplin | (5-0) | Def. James Kenan 28-7 |
| 6 | Reidsville | (4-1) | Def. North Forsyth 28-7 |
| 7 | Burns | (3-2) | Def. Highland Tech 74-0 |
| 8 | Whiteville | (3-1) | OPEN |
| 9 | Princeton | (3-1) | Lost to Richlands 27-20 |
| 10 | Northeastern | (4-0) | Def. First Flight 72-7 |
| 11 | Nash Central | (4-1) | Lost to Southern Nash 22-8 |
| 12 | Bunker Hill | (4-0) | Def. Lincolnton 45-37 |
| 13 | West Lincoln | (4-0) | Def. Bandys 36-28 |
| 14 | Randleman | (5-0) | Def. Asheboro 53-14 |
| 15 | Wallace-Rose Hill | (2-3) | Def. SW Onslow 34-17 |
| 16 | Shelby | (2-3) | Def. Cherryville 56-0 |
| 17 | East Gaston | (4-0) | OPEN |
| 18 | James Kenan | (3-2) | Lost to East Duplin 28-7 |
| 19 | Maiden | (3-1) | Def. East Burke 36-22 |
| 20 | Bandys | (3-1) | Lost to West Lincoln 36-28 |
| 21 | Hertford County | (3-1) | Def. Currituck County 48-28 |
| 22 | Community School of Davidson | (4-1) | Def. Bishop McGuinness 57-0 |
| 23 | North Pitt | (3-1) | Lost to Greene Central 23-16 |
| 24 | John A. Holmes | (3-1) | Def. Manteo 63-8 |
| 25 | Farmville Central | (4-1) | Lost to SW Edgecombe 54-48 |
1A
| Rank | School | Record | Result |
| 1 | Mount Airy | (5-0) | Def. North Stokes 64-0 |
| 2 | Tarboro | (4-0) | OPEN |
| 3 | Robbinsville | (4-0) | OPEN |
| 4 | Swain County | (4-0) | OPEN |
| 5 | Mitchell | (5-0) | Def. Madison 29-9 |
| 6 | Murphy | (3-1) | Def. Fannin County (GA) 21-14 |
| 7 | Draughn | (4-1) | Def. Owen 38-0 |
| 8 | Thomasville | (3-2) | Lost to Salisbury 12-6 |
| 9 | Mountain Island Charter | (3-1) | Lost to Pine Lake Prep 8-0 |
| 10 | Mountain Heritage | (2-2) | OPEN |
| 11 | Northampton County | (5-0) | Def. Rocky Mount Prep 62-8 |
| 12 | Andrews | (3-1) | OPEN |
| 13 | Starmount | (5-0) | Def. Alleghany 42-0 |
| 14 | North Rowan | (4-1) | Def. South Davidson 20-14 |
| 15 | Eastern Randolph | (3-1) | Def. Central Davidson 40-19 |
| 16 | North Duplin | (4-1) | Lost to Dixon 21-12 |
| 17 | West Columbus | (4-1) | Def. Trask 21-0 |
| 18 | Hayesville | (4-1) | Def. North Georgia 56-6 |
| 19 | North Moore | (2-2) | Lost to SE Alamance 33-0 |
| 20 | Cherokee | (4-1) | Def. Mt. Zion 40-14 |
| 21 | Northside | (2-2) | Lost to Rosewood 13-0 |
| 22 | East Wilkes | (3-1) | OPEN |
| 23 | Lakewood | (4-1) | Def. Jones 58-0 |
| 24 | Perquimans | (3-0) | OPEN |
| 25 | Wilson Prep | (3-1) | Def. North Edgecombe 44-6 |
