No. 2 Hough and No. 6 Butler lost their season openers, which shuffles the first in-season High School Football America North Carolina Top 10 high school football rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.
Hough tumbles to No. 6 after dropping a 24-9 loss to Byrnes (South Carolina). Butler drops to No. 10 after a 21-19 loss to Rolesville, which brings the Rams into the statewide rankings created with our proprietary algorithm.
Next up for Rolesville is No. 2 Grimsley.
Top-ranked Providence Day opened with an impressive 42-35 win over nationally-ranked Northwestern (South Carolina). The game was the first-ever high school football game played at Bank of America Stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers.
No. 3 Mallard Creek will get a big national test this week when the Mavericks host Georgia’s Buford, ranked No. 4 in the High School Football America 300 national rankings. MC is ranked No. 143 nationally.
High School Football America North Carolina Top 10
| Ranking/Team | Record | Preseason Ranking |
| No. 1 Providence Day | (1-0) | 1 |
| No. 2 Grimsley | (1-0) | 3 |
| No. 3 Mallard Creek | (1-0) | 4 |
| No. 4 Weddington | (1-0) | 5 |
| No. 5 Chambers | (0-0) | 7 |
| No. 6 Hough | (0-1) | 2 |
| No. 7 East Forsyth | (1-0) | 8 |
| No. 8 New Bern | (1-0) | 9 |
| No. 9 Rolesville | (1-0) | NR |
| No. 10 Butler | (0-1) | 6 |
Dropped-out: No. 10 Cardinal Gibbons
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
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