PREP FOOTBALL: USA TODAY Network HS Football Poll for Week 8 released

The USA TODAY Network High School Football Poll is in its second year of existence and is voted on by various media members and football insiders around the state, including Outside the Huddle.

OTH has the Week 8 rankings that were released on Tuesday, with first-place votes in parenthesis.

CLASS 6A

1. Brownsburg (16)
2. Carmel
3. Crown Point (1)
4. Center Grove
5. Penn
6. Westfield
7. Lawrence North
8. Fishers
9. Decatur Central
10. Warren Central

Others receiving votes: Northrop, Hamilton Southeastern, Carroll.

CLASS 5A

1. New Palestine (17)
2. Bloomington South
3. Cathedral
4. Lafayette Jeff
5. East Central
6. Plainfield
7. Merrillville
8. Concord
9. Floyd Central
10. Whiteland

Others receiving votes: Castle, Terre Haute South, Michigan City.

CLASS 4A

1. Bishop Chatard (13)
2. East Noble (4)
3. Mishawaka
4. Heritage Hills
5. Leo
6. South Bend St. Joseph
7. Jasper
8. Pendleton Heights
9. Roncalli
10. Bishop Dwenger

Others receiving votes: Yorktown, Lowell, Northview, Lebanon.

CLASS 3A

1. Evansville Memorial (14)
2. Gibson Southern (1)
3. Cascade (1)
4. Mississinewa
5. Knox (1)
6. Maconaquah
7. Lawrenceburg
8. Tri-West
9. West Noble
10. Scottsburg

Others receiving votes: Evansville Mater Dei, Tippecanoe Valley, Indian Creek, Twin Lakes, Griffith.

CLASS 2A

1. Adams Central (17)
2. Brownstown Central
3. Lapel
4. Andrean
5. Eastbrook
6. Lutheran
7. Triton Central
8. Bluffton
9. Linton-Stockton
10. Wheeler

Others receiving votes: Heritage Christian, North Posey, Rochester, Shenandoah, Alexandria, Winchester.

CLASS 1A

1. Springs Valley (12)
2. North Decatur
3. North Judson (1)
4. Providence (3)
5. South Putnam
6. Frontier (1)
7. Riverton Parke
8. Pioneer
9. North Daviess
10. Madison-Grant

Others receiving votes: West Central, Carroll (Flora), South Adams.