Week 6: Top-25 Preview

Here is a look at who the teams ranked in the CarolinaPreps Top-25 Power Rankings play during Week 6 of the North Carolina High School Football season.

Due to predicted inclement weather in Eastern North Carolina, several games have been rescheduled for either Thursday, Saturday, or Monday of next week.

4A

Rank School Record Opponent 
1 Grimsley (4-0) at Northwest Guilford
2 Butler (4-1) vs. Providence
3 Weddington (4-1) at Dutch Fork
4 Chambers (3-1) at #7 Hough
5 Rolesville (4-1) OPEN
6 East Forsyth (4-0) at Davie County
7 Hough (3-1) vs. #4 Chambers
8 Cleveland (4-0) at South Garner
9 New Bern (5-0) at #17 (3A) Jacksonville (Thurs)
10 Mooresville (4-0) at Hickory Ridge
11 Jordan (3-1) at Millbrook
12 Hoggard (3-1) at #16 Laney (Thurs)
13 Watauga (5-0) OPEN
14 Pinecrest (4-0) at Richmond
15 Lake Norman (4-0) at A.L. Brown
16 Laney (3-1) vs. #12 Hoggard (Thurs)
17 Charlotte Catholic (4-1) vs. Independence
18 Cardinal Gibbons (2-2) vs. Hillside
19 Leesville Road (4-1) OPEN
20 Holly Springs (4-0) at Apex Friendship
21 Clayton (3-1) at Garner
22 Wake Forest (4-1) OPEN
23 Sun Valley (5-0) at Charlotte Country Day
24 South View (3-1) at Douglas Byrd (Thurs)
25 West Forsyth (3-1) at Parkland

 

3A

Rank School Record Opponent 
1 Dudley (4-0) at Atkins
2 Crest (4-0) vs. Stuart Cramer
3 West Charlotte (4-0) vs. West Mecklenburg
4 Kings Mountain (4-0) vs. North Gaston
5 Seventy-First (4-0) at Gray’s Crreek (Thurs)
6 Northern Nash (4-0) vs. Bunn
7 Scotland (5-0) vs. Southern Lee
8 Hickory (4-0) at North Lincoln
9 West Henderson (5-0) vs. East Henderson
10 Eastern Alamance (4-0) vs. #18 Western Alamance
11 J.M. Robinson (4-0) vs. Carson
12 Havelock (3-1) at West Bladen (Thurs)
13 East Lincoln  (3-1) vs. Statesville
14 Southern Alamance (4-1) vs. Cedar Ridge
15 Southern Nash (4-1) vs. Roanoke Rapids (Thurs)
16 South Point (3-1) at Huss
17 Jacksonville (4-0) vs. #9 (4A) New Bern (Thurs)
18 Western Alamance (4-1) at #10 Eastern Alamance
19 Northwest Cabarrus (4-0) vs. East Rowan
20 Cape Fear (3-1) at Purnell Swett (Thurs)
21 Eastern Guilford (3-1) vs. High Point Central
22 Oak Grove (4-1) OPEN
23 Pisgah (5-0) OPEN
24 North Brunswick (3-1) at South Brunswick
25 Terry Sanford (2-2) vs. Triton

 

2A

Rank School Record Opponent 
1 Clinton (4-0) vs. #18 Princeton (Thurs)
2 Monroe (4-1) OPEN
3 East Duplin (5-0) vs. Kinston (Thurs)
4 Salisbury (5-0) at West Davidson
5 Forest Hills (4-0) at North Stanly
6 Reidsville (4-1) OPEN
7 Northeastern (4-0) vs. #23 Holmes (Thurs)
8 Burns (3-2) OPEN
9 Bunker Hill (4-0) vs. West Caldwell
10 West Lincoln (4-0) vs. #19 Maiden
11 Whiteville (3-1) vs. Trask (Thurs)
12 Randleman (5-0) OPEN
13 Wallace-Rose Hill (2-3) vs. South Lenoir (Thurs)
14 Nash Central (4-1) at Franklinton (Thurs)
15 Shelby (2-3) at Thomas Jefferson
16 East Gaston (4-0) at Cherryville
17 Cummings (4-1) at Graham
18 Princeton (3-1) at #1 Clinton (Thurs)
19 Maiden (3-1) at #10 West Lincoln
20 Bandys (3-1) vs. East Burke
21 Hertford County (3-1) vs. Pasquotank (Thurs)
22 Community School of Davidson (4-1) vs. #14 (1A) Mountain Island
23 John A. Holmes (3-1) at #7 Northeastern (Thurs)
24 Chase (3-1) at East Rutherford
25 Brevard (3-2) at R-S Central

 

1A

Rank School Record Opponent 
1 Mount Airy (5-0) vs. #8 Starmount
2 Tarboro (4-0) OPEN
3 Robbinsville (4-0) vs. #2 Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
4 Swain County (4-0) at Madison
5 Murphy (3-1) vs. New Faith Christian
6 Draughn (4-1) at Avery
7 Mitchell (5-0) at Owen
8 Starmount (5-0) at #1 Mt. Airy
9 Northampton County (3-2)* vs. #25 SE Halifax (Thurs)
10 Thomasville (3-2) vs. #16 North Rowan
11 Mountain Heritage (2-2) at Rosman
12 Andrews (3-1) at Hickory Hawks
13 Eastern Randolph (3-1) at Parkwood
14 Mountain Island Charter (3-1) at #22 (2A) CSOD
15 West Columbus (4-1) OPEN
16 North Rowan (4-1) at #10 Thomasville
17 Hayesville (4-1) OPEN
18 Cherokee (4-1) OPEN
19 Lakewood (4-1) at North Johnston (Monday)
20 North Duplin  (4-1) at Bear Grass (Thurs)
21 Wilson Prep (3-1) at NW Halifax (Thurs)
22 East Wilkes (3-1) vs. South Stokes
23 Rosewood (2-3) at Southside (Monday)
24 Northside (2-2) vs. Martin (Thurs)
25 Southeast Halifax (4-1) at #9 Northampton (Thurs)

 

 

About Chris Hughes

Nicknamed the 'Guru of High School Football' by Charlotte Observer columnist Langston Wertz, Jr., Chris Hughes is the Founder and Managing Editor of CarolinaPreps.com. A lifelong fan of the game, Chris grew up in Kannapolis and has devoted most of his life to covering the sport. Before starting CarolinaPreps, he spent time as a coach at multiple schools and is a U.S. Army veteran.

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