Published Dec 14, 2017
Final VHSL Top Ten Football Rankings for 2017
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Matthew Hatfield  •  VirginiaPreps
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The 2017 Virginia High School Football season has come and gone. Five teams that captured State Championships last year repeated, which was the maximum given that Blacksburg - the 3A Champ from 2016 - moved up to Class 4, where they were ousted by defending Champ Salem in a regional title game.

To go a step further, four teams in Westfield (Class 6), Highland Springs (Class 5), Salem (Class 4) and Appomattox (Class 2) all won their third State Championship in a row. Riverheads won its fifth state title since 2000, while Hopewell rebounded from a three-game losing streak to end the regular season by winning five playoff games in a row to hoist the program's fifth State Championship as well.

We take a look at our Final Rankings for the season, plus you can see the playoff brackets for all six divisions below as well as where each team checked in at in our Preseason Top Tens in the charts...

See Final Playoff Brackets Here


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Class 6 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: Centreville (8-3)
RankPreseasonSchoolRecord

1

4

Westfield

15-0

2

2

Oscar Smith

11-3

3

1

Colonial Forge

12-1

4

NR

Woodbridge

12-2

5

6

Manchester

11-2

6

10

C.D. Hylton

9-4

7

NR

Freedom

12-1

8

5

South Lakes

11-2

9

NR

Landstown

12-1

10

NR

Ocean Lakes

10-2

Class 5 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: John Champe (8-4) and Henrico (9-3)
RankPreseasonSchoolRecord

1

2

Highland Springs

14-1

2

6

Tuscarora

12-3

3

1

Stone Bridge

12-1

4

3

Hermitage

11-2

5

NR

Broad Run

10-2

6

NR

Stafford

9-5

7

NR

Nansemond River

9-5

8

NR

Brooke Point

10-3

9

4

North Stafford

8-4

10

NR

Indian River

8-4

Class 4 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: William Byrd (9-2)
RankPreseasonSchoolRecord

1

1

Salem

13-2

2

9

Louisa

14-1

3

2

Dinwiddie

12-1

4

3

Lafayette

12-2

5

6

Blacksburg

11-2

6

8

Monacan

11-1

7

7

King's Fork

11-2

8

NR

Eastern View

11-1

9

10

Sherando

11-3

10

NR

GW-Danville

10-2

Class 3 Top Ten:
RankPreseasonSchoolRecord

1

5

Hopewell

11-4

2

6

Heritage-Lynchburg

13-2

3

3

Staunton River

13-1

4

2

Phoebus

11-1

5

1

Lord Botetourt

10-3

6

8

Brookville

10-3

7

NR

Monticello

9-3

8

NR

York

9-4

9

4

Magna Vista

8-4

10

7

James Monroe

7-7

Class 2 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: Ridgeview (9-2) and Giles (9-3)
RankPreseasonSchoolRecord

1

1

Appomattox

14-1

2

NR

Robert E. Lee-Staunton

13-2

3

3

Union

13-1

4

5

Poquoson

10-4

5

2

Goochland

12-1

6

9

Glenvar

11-2

7

NR

Central-Woodstock

11-1

8

6

Graham

11-2

9

NR

Luray

11-2

10

8

Clarke County

11-2

Class 1 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: Colonial Beach (7-4) and George Wythe (6-5)
RankPreseasonSchoolRecord

1

2

Riverheads

11-2

2

6

Essex

12-2

3

3

Sussex Central

10-3

4

9

Chilhowie

11-4

5

4

Galax

10-4

6

NR

Narrows

11-2

7

NR

William Campbell

9-3

8

NR

Covington

8-4

9

NR

Washington & Lee

8-4

10

NR

J.I. Buron

7-6


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