South Pointe won the battle of defending champs last week, which moves the Stallions from No. 3 to No. 1 in the latest High School Football America South Carolina Top 10, powered by NFL Play Football. The defending 4A champ raced-out to a 23-0 lead and never looked by in the 47-26 win.
Preseason No. 1 Gaffney falls to No. 3, while Dutch Fork moves to No. 2 after beating North Carolina-power 27-24. This week, Dutch Fork plays No. 7 Spartanburg, which will try to rebound from its loss to Georgia’s Langston Hughes, ranked No. 30 in the High School Football America 100 national rankings.
AC Flora is up a spot this week to No. 6 after knocking-off preseason No. 8 Greenville 38-20.
New to the rankings this week are Hillcrest at No. 8 and Byrnes at No. 9.
High School Football America South Carolina Top 10
| Ranking/Team | Record | Last Week |
| No. 1 South Pointe | (1-0) | 3 |
| No. 2 Dutch Fork | (1-0) | 2 |
| No. 3 Gaffney | (0-1) | 1 |
| No. 4 Northwestern | (1-0) | 4 |
| No. 5 Fort Dorchester | (0-0) | 5 |
| No. 6 AC Flora | (1-0) | 7 |
| No. 7 Spartanburg | (0-1) | 6 |
| No. 8 Hillcrest | (1-0) | NR |
| No. 9 Byrnes | (1-0) | NR |
| No. 10 Daniel | (1-0) | 10 |
Dropped-out: No. 8 Greenville, No. 9 Lexington
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
2022 South Carolina Top 10’s
Preseason
