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2023 ASWA Poll 




The Alabama Sports Writers Association rankings for this week.

ASWA High School Football Poll
Week 1 -- Wednesday, August 30, 2023
The ASWA polls are out following the first week of football action. All the top ranked teams won and remain in place.

Dothan High is the #7 team in 7A and that is the highest the school has been ranked in their brief history. Enterprise is just ahead of them and that is their highest ranking in a poll since 1994. Lastly, Meek comes in as the #4 team in 1A and that is the highest the school has ever been ranked.
 
(First place votes in parentheses).
    
Class 7A
  1.    Thompson (19)(1-0)  237                                   
  2.    Auburn (1)(1-0)  173                                   
  3.    Central Phenix City (1-0)  167                                   
  4.    Vestavia Hills (1-0)  125                                   
  5.    Enterprise (1-0)  103                                   
  6.    Hoover (0-1)  98                                   
  7.    Dothan High (1-0)  65                                   
  8.    Hewitt-Trussville (0-1)  64                                   
  9.    Mary Montgomery (1-0)  53                                   
  10.    Foley (1-0)  26                                   
Austin (1-0) 9, Spain Park (1-0) 8, Baker (1-0) 4, Fairhope (1-0) 4, Daphne (1-0) 2, Oak Mountain (1-0) 1, Prattville (0-1) 1.
    
Class 6A
  1.    Saraland (19)(1-0)  237                                   
  2.    Clay-Chalkville (1)(1-0)  182                                   
  3.    Hillcrest Tuscaloosa (1-0)  151                                   
  4.    Parker (1-0)  127                                   
  5.    Muscle Shoals (1-0)  106                                   
  6.    Hartselle (0-1)  91                                   
  7.    Mountain Brook (01)  80                                   
  8.    Theodore (0-1)  48                                   
  9.    Pelham (1-0)  40                                   
  10.    Benjamin Russell (1-0)  23                                   
Spanish Fort (0-1) 12, Gadsden City (1-0) 9, St. Pauls (1-0) 8, Fort Payne (0-1) 5, Homewood (0-1) 4, Mortimer Jordan (1-0) 4, Athens (1-0) 3, Helena (1-0) 3, Hueytown (0-1) 3, Oxford (1-0) 3, Decatur (1-0) 1.
    
Class 5A
  1.    Ramsay (19)(1-0)  237                                   
  2.    Charles Henderson (1)(0-0)  181                                   
  3.    Pleasant Grove (1-0)  156                                   
  4.    Faith Academy (1-0)  130                                   
  5.    Moody (1-0)  96                                   
  6.    UMS-Wright (0-1)  94                                   
  7.    Beauregard (1-0)  75                                   
  8.    Gulf Shores (1-0)  59                                   
  9.    Demopolis (1-0)  40                                   
  10.    Leeds (0-1)  32                                   
Central Clay County (0-0) 19, Guntersville (1-0) 6, Scottsboro (1-0) 6, B.C. Rain (1-0) 4, Fairview (1-0) 2, Headland (1-0) 2, Eufaula (0-1) 1.
    
Class 4A
  1.    Andalusia (17)(1-0)  231                                   
  2.    Cherokee County (1-0)  174                                   
  3.    Catholic Montgomery (1-0)  165                                   
  4.    Jackson (0-0)  138                                   
  5.    Oneonta (1-0)  104                                   
  6.    Jacksonville (1-0)  103                                   
  7.    Anniston (1-0)  78                                   
  8.    Handley (1-0)  66                                   
  9.    T.R. Miller (1-0)  39                                   
  10.    West Morgan (1-0)  18                                   
Westminster (0-1) 14, Priceville (0-1) 3, Deshler (0-1) 2, West Blocton (1-0) 2, Bayside Academy (1-0) 1, Etowah (0-1) 1, Randolph (0-1) 1.
    
Class 3A
  1.    St. James (17)(1-0)  229                                   
  2.    Gordo (1)(1-0)  157                                   
  3.    Piedmont (1)(0-0)  156                                   
  4.    Mars Hill (1)(1-0)  151                                   
  5.    Mobile Christian (1-0)  113                                   
  6.    Madison Academy (1-0)  96                                   
  7.    Houston Academy (1-0)  83                                   
  8.    Sylvania (0-0)  62                                   
  9.    Pike County (0-0)  43                                   
  10.    Geraldine (1-0)  15                                   
Hillcrest Evergreen (0-1) 11, Straughn (0-0) 9, Ohatchee (1-0) 4, Westbrook Christian (1-0) 4, Thomasville (0-0) 2, W.S. Neal (1-0) 2, Fayette County (1-0) 1, Southside Selma (0-0) 1, Winfield (1-0) 1.
    
Class 2A
  1.    Fyffe (20)(0-0)  240                                   
  2.    B.B. Comer (1-0)  171                                   
  3.    Pisgah (0-0)  153                                   
  4.    Highland Home (1-0)  146                                   
  5.    Tuscaloosa Academy (1-0)  113                                   
  6.    Reeltown (1-0)  105                                   
  7.    Vincent (1-0)  76                                   
  8.    Goshen (1-0)  50                                   
  9.    Ariton (0-1)  36                                   
  10.    Aliceville (0-1)  13                                   
Luverne (1-0) 12, Collinsville (0-0) 11, Lanett (1-0) 10, G.W. Long (0-0) 2.
    
Class 1A
  1.    Leroy (15)(0-0)  223                                   
  2.    Elba (1)(1-0)  170                                   
  3.    Pickens County (2)(1-0)  163                                   
  4.    Meek (1)(1-0)  141                                   
  5.    Sweet Water (1)(1-0)  120                                   
  6.    Spring Garden (1-0)  93                                   
  7.    Lynn (0-0)  72                                   
  8.    Brantley (0-1)  71                                   
  9.    Millry (0-1)  23                                   
  10.    Florala (0-0)  17                                   
Coosa Christian (0-1) 13, Linden (1-0) 11, Loachapoka (1-0) 11, Decatur Heritage (1-0) 4, Georgiana (0-1) 2, Keith (1-0) 2, Maplesville (0-1) 2, Kinston (1-0) 1, Southern Choctaw (0-0) 1.
    
Class AISA
  1.    Glenwood School (19)(2-0)  235                                   
  2.    Lee-Scott Academy (1-0)  173                                   
  3.    Patrician Academy (1)(1-1)  150                                   
  4.    Lowndes Academy (1-0)  147                                   
  5.    Jackson Academy (2-0)  110                                   
  6.    Chambers Academy (1-1)  93                                   
  7.    Autauga Academy (2-0)  71                                   
  8.    Clarke Prep (1-1)  64                                   
  9.    Southern Academy (2-0)  44                                   
  10.    Banks Academy (1-0)  32                                   
Crenshaw Christian (2-0) 8, South Choctaw Academy (0-1) 7, Fort Dale Academy (2-0) 3, Lakeside (2-0) 2, Escambia Academy (1-1) 1.

    
    
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Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Homewood defeated Benjamin Russell in five overtimes during the Class 5A Super Six state championship game in 2000.