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Here are who the teams ranked in the CarolinaPreps.com Top-25 Power Rankings are playing during Week 8 of the 2023 High School Football season.
4A
| Rank | School | Record | Opponent |
| 1 | Grimsley | (6-0) | vs. Ragsdale |
| 2 | Butler | (6-1) | at Rocky River |
| 3 | Weddington | (5-1) | at Porter Ridge |
| 4 | Rolesville | (5-1) | at #20 (4A) Millbrook |
| 5 | Hough | (5-1) | vs. #3 (3A) West Charlotte |
| 6 | Mooresville | (6-0) | vs. South Iredell |
| 7 | Cleveland | (6-0) | vs. Willow Spring |
| 8 | Hoggard | (5-1) | vs. Ashley |
| 9 | Watauga | (6-0) | vs. Alexander Central |
| 10 | Chambers | (4-2) | vs. Hopewell |
| 11 | Pinecrest | (6-0) | vs. Lee County |
| 12 | Cardinal Gibbons | (4-2) | at Enloe |
| 13 | Independence | (4-2) | at Providence |
| 14 | Lake Norman | (6-0) | vs. Hickory Ridge |
| 15 | West Forsyth | (5-1) | vs. Reagan |
| 16 | Davie County | (5-1) | at Mount Tabor |
| 17 | Leesville Road | (5-1) | at Broughton |
| 18 | Sun Valley | (7-0) | OPEN |
| 19 | Clayton | (5-1) | vs. South Garner |
| 20 | Millbrook | (5-1) | vs. #4 (4A) Rolesville |
| 21 | Jordan | (4-2) | vs. East Chapel Hill |
| 22 | Wake Forest | (5-1) | vs. Wakefield |
| 23 | New Bern | (6-1) | vs. Northside-Jax |
| 24 | T.C. Roberson | (5-1) | vs. Asheville |
| 25 | East Forsyth | (5-1) | at Parkland |
3A
| Rank | School | Record | Opponent |
| 1 | Dudley | (6-0) | vs. Northeast Guilford |
| 2 | Crest | (6-0) | aat North Gaston |
| 3 | West Charlotte | (5-0) | at #5 (4A) Hough |
| 4 | Seventy-First | (6-0) | vs. Jack Britt |
| 5 | Kings Mountain | (6-0) | at South Point |
| 6 | Northern Nash | (6-0) | vs. #13 (2A) Nash Central |
| 7 | Scotland | (7-0) | OPEN |
| 8 | Hickory | (6-0) | vs. North Iredell |
| 9 | Jacksonville | (5-0) | at #13 (3A) Havelock |
| 10 | West Henderson | (7-0) | vs. #22 (3A) Pisgah |
| 11 | J.M. Robinson | (6-0) | vs. West Rowan |
| 12 | Northwest Cabarrus | (6-0) | vs. Carson |
| 13 | Havelock | (5-1) | vs. #9 (3A) Jacksonville |
| 14 | Oak Grove | (5-1) | vs. North Davidson |
| 15 | Cape Fear | (4-2) | vs. Douglas Byrd |
| 16 | Southern Alamance | (6-1) | OPEN |
| 17 | Southern Nash | (5-1) | at Bunn |
| 18 | Eastern Guilford | (5-1) | vs. Atkins |
| 19 | Walter Williams | (5-2) | at #21 (3A) Western Alamance |
| 20 | Eastern Alamance | (5-1) | vs. Cedar Ridge |
| 21 | Western Alamance | (4-2) | vs. #19 (3A) Williams |
| 22 | Pisgah | (6-0) | at #10 (3A) West Henderson |
| 23 | A.C. Reynolds | (4-3) | vs. Erwin |
| 24 | Vance County | (7-0) | vs. South Granville |
| 25 | North Brunswick | (5-1) | at New Hanover |
2A
| Rank | School | Record | Opponent |
| 1 | Clinton | (6-0) | vs. Red Springs |
| 2 | Monroe | (5-1) | vs. Parkwood |
| 3 | Northeastern | (6-0) | at Camden County |
| 4 | East Duplin | (6-0) | at North Lenoir |
| 5 | Salisbury | (7-0) | at East Davidson |
| 6 | Reidsville | (5-1) | at #25 (2A) West Stokes |
| 7 | Bunker Hill | (6-0) | at East Burke |
| 8 | Burns | (4-2) | vs. Burns |
| 9 | Forest Hills | (4-1) | vs. West Stanly |
| 10 | West Lincoln | (5-1) | at Newton-Conover |
| 11 | Wallace-Rose Hill | (4-3) | OPEN |
| 12 | Hertford County | (4-2) | vs. First Flight |
| 13 | Nash Central | (6-1) | at #6 (3A) Northern Nash |
| 14 | Shelby | (4-3) | OPEN |
| 15 | Randleman | (6-0) | vs. Providence Grove |
| 16 | East Gaston | (6-0) | vs. Bessemer City |
| 17 | Cummings | (5-1) | vs. Chatham Central |
| 18 | Community School of Davidson | (6-1) | at Winston-Salem Prep |
| 19 | Brevard | (4-2) | at Chase |
| 20 | East Surry | (4-2) | at Forbush |
| 21 | Maiden | (4-2) | vs. Bandys |
| 22 | Whiteville | (4-2) | vs. East Columbus |
| 23 | James Kenan | (4-2) | at Kinston |
| 24 | Farmville Central | (6-1) | at West Craven |
| 25 | West Stokes | (5-2) | vs. #6 (2A) Reidsville |
1A
| Rank | School | Record | Opponent |
| 1 | Mount Airy | (7-0) | vs. South Stokes |
| 2 | Tarboro | (5-0) | vs. Perquimans |
| 3 | Robbinsville | (5-1) | at #6 (1A) Murphy |
| 4 | Swain County | (6-0) | at #13 (1A) Hayesville |
| 5 | Draughn | (6-1) | vs. Madison |
| 6 | Murphy | (5-1) | vs. #3 (1A) Robbinsville |
| 7 | Eastern Randolph | (5-1) | at Trinity |
| 8 | Mitchell | (6-1) | OPEN |
| 9 | North Rowan | (6-1) | OPEN |
| 10 | Starmount | (6-1) | OPEN |
| 11 | West Columbus | (5-1) | vs. South Columbus |
| 12 | Mountain Heritage | (4-2) | at Avery County |
| 13 | Hayesville | (4-2) | vs. #4 (1A) Swain County |
| 14 | North Duplin | (5-1) | at #16 (1A) Lakewood |
| 15 | Thomasville | (4-3) | at South Davidson |
| 16 | Lakewood | (6-1) | vs. #14 (1A) North Duplin |
| 17 | Andrews | (4-2) | vs. #23 (1A) Cherokee |
| 18 | Mountain Island Charter | (4-2) | at Christ the King |
| 19 | Rosewood | (4-3) | vs. Union |
| 20 | Southeast Halifax | (6-1) | vs. North Edgecombe |
| 21 | Wilson Prep | (5-1) | at KIPP Pride |
| 22 | East Bladen | (4-3) | at Trask |
| 23 | Cherokee | (4-2) | at #17 (1A) Andrews |
| 24 | Northampton County | (4-3)* | OPEN |
| 25 | Northside | (4-2) | at Southside |
