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Carroll by a billion Snider by double digits Northrop in OT Homestead by 28 Dwenger by as many as they want

Mater Dei Reitz North Castle Memorial Only Jasper at Reitz will be competitive.

South Bend Adams South Bend St. Joseph Elkhart Penn

Jeffersonville earned the #4 spot with their 20-14 win at Seymour. The toughest part was choosing which team was #5. I put Seymour at #5 because they got down to the 7 yard line before falling just short on the last play against Jeffersonville. I know Lutheran has been an excellent team in 1A and 2A over the last decade, but a school the size of New Albany shouldn't lose to a school the size of Lutheran by 42 points. It feels like football is just something to do to pass the time at New Albany until basketball season starts.

1. Floyd Central 2. Bedford North Lawrence 3. Columbus East 4. Jeffersonville 5. Seymour 6. New Albany Floyd Central is easily the best team in the Hoosier Hills Conference and will blow out every team in conference play this season.

BIG prove it game for North Side on Friday vs. Northrop. Probably the best game in the Fort Wayne area on Friday.

For what it's worth I fully expect Carroll to crush Homestead twice this season. Once in the regular season and once in the tournament.

1. Brownsburg 2. Westfield 3. Warren Central 4. Carmel 5. Center Grove 6. Carroll 7. Lawrence North 8. Chatard 9. Penn 10. Crown Point 11. Avon 12. Ben Davis 13. East Central 14. New Palestine 15. Bloomington South 16. Zionsville 17. Merrillville 18. Cathedral 19. Fort Wayne Dwenger 20. Roncalli 21. Lawrence Central 22. Hamilton SE 23. Franklin Central 24. Decatur Central 25. Floyd Central

I saw that Blitz on outsidethehuddle.net doesn't even have Homestead in the top 10 of his Area Power Poll. That is an egregious of a mistake as I've seen in any poll put out so far this season.

1. Carroll 2. Dwenger 3. Homestead 4. East Noble 5. Snider 6. Northrop 7. North Side 8. Leo 9. Columbia City 10. Eastside 11. Adams Central 12. DeKalb 13. Luers 14. Huntington North 15. Bluffton

Homestead beat Noblesville last season, plus Noblesville lost every conference game by at least 21 points last season.

I've got Chatard #1 and East Central #2 in 4A. It will be a hell of a battle between these two teams when they play each other in the Semi-State.

Westfield defeats Carmel 38-34. Center Grove defeats Carroll 42-17. Avon defeats Ben Davis 22-12.

Westfield 21, Carmel 14 at halftime

Northrop at North Side is going to be a massive game for both teams in week 3.