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The Associated Press released their preseason Indiana high school football poll on Monday, Aug. 19. Here's where schools are ranked heading into the regular season:
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.