PREP FOOTBALL: USA TODAY Network HS Football Poll for Week 9 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 9 rankings that were released on Tuesday, with first-place votes in parenthesis.

CLASS 6A

1. Brownsburg (17)
2. Carmel
3. Crown Point (1)
4. Center Grove
5. Penn
6. Westfield
7. Lawrence North
8. Decatur Central
9. Fishers
10. Warren Central

Others receiving votes: Carroll, Hamilton Southeastern, Avon.

CLASS 5A

1. New Palestine (18)
2. Bloomington South
3. Lafayette Jeff
4. Cathedral
5. East Central
6. Merrillville
7. Concord
8. Whiteland
9. Floyd Central
10. Plainfield

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

CLASS 4A

1. Bishop Chatard (15)
2. East Noble (3)
3. Mishawaka
4. Heritage Hills
5. Leo
6. South Bend St. Joseph
7. Pendleton Heights
8. Roncalli
9. Bishop Dwenger
10. Jasper

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

CLASS 3A

1. Evansville Memorial (15)
2. Gibson Southern (1)
3. Cascade (1)
4. Knox (1)
5. Maconaquah
6. Lawrenceburg
7. Mississinewa
8. Scottsburg
9. Tri-West
10. Tippecanoe Valley

Others receiving votes: Griffith, Evansville Mater Dei, Franklin County, Indian Creek, Twin Lakes, West Noble.

CLASS 2A

1. Adams Central (18)
2. Brownstown Central
3. Lapel
4. Andrean
5. Eastbrook
6. Lutheran
7. Triton Central
8. Linton-Stockton
9. Wheeler
10. Bluffton

Others receiving votes: Rochester, Alexandria, Winchester, Churubusco, Lake Station.

CLASS 1A

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

Others receiving votes: South Adams, Madison-Grant, West Central, North Miami, Sheridan.