Preseason AP Poll All Classes

[Titan32]

CLASS 6A

1. Brownsburg

2. Center Grove

3. Ben Davis

4. Crown Point

5. Westfield

6. Hamilton Southeastern

7. Cathedral

8. Penn

9. Fort Wayne Carroll

10. Fishers

Others receiving votes: Warsaw, Lawrence North.

CLASS 5A

1. Bloomington North

2. Fort Wayne Snider

3. Bloomington South

4. Valparaiso

5. Lafayette Harrison

6. Merrillville

7. Decatur Central

8. Floyd Central

9. Mishawaka

10. Castle

Others receiving votes: McCutcheon, Plainfield, Evansville North, Whiteland.

CLASS 4A

1. East Central

2. Evansville Reitz

3. New Palestine

4. Greenfield-Central

5. Mississinewa

6. East Noble

7. New Haven

8. Northridge

9. Kokomo

10. Leo

Others receiving votes: NorthWood, Pendleton Heights, New Prairie, Jasper, Martinsville, Evansville Memorial.

CLASS 3A

1. Bishop Chatard

2. Hanover Central

3. Guerin Catholic, Tippecanoe Valley (tie)

5. Hamilton Heights

6. Gibson Southern

7. Heritage Hills

8. Tri-West

9. Peru, Knox (tie)

Others receiving votes: West Noble, Batesville, Centerville, Vincennes Lincoln, Lawrenceburg.

CLASS 2A

1. Triton Central

2. Linton-Stockton

3. Brownstown Central

4. North Posey

5. LaVille

6. Alexandria-Monroe

7. Fort Wayne Bishop Luers

8. Bluffton

9. South Vermillion

10. Lafayette Central Catholic

Others receiving votes: Paoli, Rochester, Greencastle, Eastbrook.

CLASS A

1. Lutheran

2. Adams Central

3. Carroll (Flora)

4. Providence

5. Park Tudor

6. South Putnam

7. North White

8. Springs Valley

9. Triton

10. South Adams, Milan (tie)

Others receiving votes: Sheridan, Madison-Grant, West Central, North Decatur.

[Gap Down Backer]

Adams C and Lutheran are 2a

[kdets89]

This has to be from last year.  That said, the AP was still wrong last year.

[Daniel_Bragg]

2 minutes ago, kdets89 said:

This has to be from last year.  That said, the AP was still wrong last year.

Nope.  It's the poll that was posted by WTHR, and is currently up on their website.  Just goes to show that who cares what the AP says?  They don't even pay enough attention to know who is in what class.

[btownqbcoach1]

5 minutes ago, Daniel_Bragg said:

Nope.  It's the poll that was posted by WTHR, and is currently up on their website.  Just goes to show that who cares what the AP says?  They don't even pay enough attention to know who is in what class.

I'm pretty certain this is last year's poll. It's what is still up on John Harrell's website. 

[Daniel_Bragg]

5 minutes ago, btownqbcoach1 said:

I'm pretty certain this is last year's poll. It's what is still up on John Harrell's website. 

You're absolutely right.  Just found this exact poll on the AP website, dated Oct. 17, 2023.

Not a great look at all for WTHR, which posted it as a new poll on Wednesday.

"The Associated Press released their preseason Indiana high school football poll on Monday, Aug. 19."

[btownqbcoach1]

1 hour ago, Daniel_Bragg said:

You're absolutely right.  Just found this exact poll on the AP website, dated Oct. 17, 2023.

Not a great look at all for WTHR, which posted it as a new poll on Wednesday.

"The Associated Press released their preseason Indiana high school football poll on Monday, Aug. 19."

Not a good look at all. 

[foxbat]

1 hour ago, Daniel_Bragg said:

Nope.  It's the poll that was posted by WTHR, and is currently up on their website.  Just goes to show that who cares what the AP says?  They don't even pay enough attention to know who is in what class.

They have Chatard in 3A, Luers in 2A, and Harrison in 5A too.

[Titan32]

Good Lord...I should have read the poll....major snafoo by WTHR

[Titan32]

This should be better:

USA Today polls

Team (first place votes), total points

CLASS 6A

1. Ben Davis (12) 129; 2. Crown Point (1) 104; 3. Center Grove (97); 4. (tie) Westfield 76 and Warren Central 76; 6. Hamilton Southeastern 58; 7. Brownsburg 51; 8. Carmel 35; 9. Carroll (Fort Wayne) 33; 10. Central 16. Others receiving votes: Penn 14. Fort Wayne Snider 11. Lawrence North 8. Elkhart 4. Fishers 3.

CLASS 5A

1. Decatur Central (11) 126; 2. Merrillville (1) 105; 3. Valparaiso 87; 4. Whiteland 75; 5. Bloomington North 74; 6. Warsaw 57; 7. East Central 55; 8. Michigan City 38; 9. Plainfield 23; 10. Castle 18. Others receiving votes: Bloomington South 16. Concord 11. Columbus East (1) 10. Evansville North 9. Floyd Central 2. Lafayette Jeff 2. Kokomo 1

CLASS 4A

1. New Palestine (10) 125; 2. Bishop Chatard (1) 110; 3. New Prairie 84; 4. Brebeuf Jesuit 79; 5. Mishawaka (1) 66; 6. Greenfield Central 61; 7. Evansville Reitz (1) 46; 8. NorthWood 30; 9. Martinsville 25; 10. Leo 10. Others receiving votes: Hanover Central 13. Mt. Vernon 12. East Noble 9. Fort Wayne Dwenger 9. Kankakee Valley 8. Northridge 7. Mooresville 4. New Haven 4. Mississinewa 2. Jasper 2. Pendleton Heights 1.

CLASS 3A

1. Heritage Hills (10) 23; 2. Knox (1) 95; 3. Evansville Memorial 77; 4. Gibson Southern 68; 5. Batesville 65; 6. Guerin Catholic (1) 57; 7. West Lafayette 50; 8. Tri-West (1) 42; 9. Lawrenceburg (39); 10. Mishawaka Marian 29; Others receiving votes: Hamilton Heights 19. Fort Wayne Bishop Luers 18. Tippecanoe Valley 12. South Bend St. Joseph 5. Southridge 5. Peru 4. Fairfield 3. Maconaquah 1.

CLASS 2A

1. Lutheran (11) 127; 2. Lafayette Central Catholic (1) 88; 3. North Posey (1) 81; 4. Eastern Hancock 76; 5. Linton-Stockton 63; 6. Triton Central 53; 7. Brownstown Central 51; 8. Southmont 38; 9. Adams Central 36; 10. Andrean 33; Others receiving votes: Lapel 14. Bluffton 11. Heritage Christian 5. Paoli 4. Centerville 3. Rochester 3. Bremen 3. Tell City 2. Alexandria 2. Greencastle 1. Scecina 1.

CLASS 1A

1. South Putnam (8) 105; 2. North Judson (1) 88; 3. Sheridan 83; 4. North Decatur (1) 82; 5. Providence (3) 81; 6. Carroll (Flora) 57; 7. Triton 46; 8. LaVille 44; 9. Springs Valley 28; 10. Madison-Grant 17; Others receiving votes: Pioneer 10. Forest Park 10. South Decatur 7. Monroe Central 5. South Adams 4. Milan 2. North White 1.

[crimsonace1]

Spoke with Mike Marot of the AP last week. They will have a poll this year, but they did not do a preseason poll (again) due to various issues. 

Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Star has instituted its own statewide media poll - the USA Today Network poll. IMO, that will probably overtake the AP poll as the primary "media" poll in the near future. 

[psaboy]

Interesting that Cathedral is not getting any mention in the poll

[PHJIrish]

22 minutes ago, psaboy said:

Interesting that Cathedral is not getting any mention in the poll

I was thinking the same thing.  Cathedral at least should have been in the "others receiving votes" column.😉

[Donnie Baker]

The only pole that matters is the one at Xanadu's in November. I gotta go