Published Nov 9, 2022
How the Top Ten Teams Fared: 11/4/22 Weekend (Week 11)
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The regular season has come to an end and now the playoffs are here. Some surprises took place as we begin the playoffs, none bigger than the 56-0 blowout Phoebus delivered to Oscar Smith, who had won 34 in a row over opponents from the Tidewater area.

Will there be some upsets awaiting us in the postseason? There very well could be with an 8-2 record as a No. 7 seed in Class 5 and also an 8-2 record on a No. 6 seed line in Class 2. Seemingly, there aren't as many teams below the .500 mark in the postseason as in years past. Only 16 programs with losing records qualified for the playoffs.

See 2022 First Round Playoff Pairings Here


* Note - Hyperlinks of schools goes to our Team Preview from the 2022 Preseason Top Ten Countdown


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Class 6 Top Ten Review:
RankTeamRecordResult

1

Freedom-PW

10-0

W 65-0 over C.D. Hylton

2

Oscar Smith

8-1

L 0-56 to Phoebus

3

Battlefield

10-0

W 17-7 over Patriot

4

Thomas Dale

9-1

L 23-63 to Dinwiddie

5

Fairfax

10-0

W 55-30 over West Springfield

6

South County

9-1

W 33-24 over Lake Braddock

7

Patriot

9-1

L 7-17 to Battlefield

8

Lake Braddock

8-2

L 24-33 to South County

9

Western Branch

8-2

Idle

10

Manchester

8-2

W 38-31 over Monacan

Class 5 Top Ten Review:
RankTeamRecordResult

1

Highland Springs

10-0

W 29-0 over Varina

2

Green Run

10-0

W 42-14 over Landstown

3

Stone Bridge

9-1

W 56-7 over Independence

4

Maury

7-1

W 45-14 over Norview

5

Kempsville

9-1

W 57-10 over First Colonial

6

Riverbend

8-2

L 12-24 to Mountain View

7

Mountain View

8-2

W 24-12 over Riverbend

8

Midlothian

9-1

W 30-14 over James River-Midlothian

9

PH-Roanoke

8-2

W 17-7 over Salem

10

Cox

8-2

W 31-6 over Kellam

Class 4 Top Ten Review:
RankTeamRecordResult

1

Varina

9-1

L 0-29 to Highland Springs

2

Dinwiddie

10-0

W 63-23 over Thomas Dale

3

Salem

8-2

L 7-17 to PH-Roanoke

4

Louisa

10-0

W 49-21 over Goochland

5

King George

10-0

W 40-7 over Courtland

6

King's Fork

8-2

L 20-21 to Nansemond River (OT)

7

Loudoun County

10-0

W 28-0 over Heritage-Leesburg

8

Kettle Run

10-0

W 47-20 over Sherando

9

E.C. Glass

9-1

W 26-14 over Liberty Christian

10

Warwick

9-1

Idle

Class 3 Top Ten Review:
RankTeamRecordResult

1

Phoebus

10-0

W 56-0 over Oscar Smith

2

Liberty Christian

9-1

L 14-26 to E.C. Glass

3

Lake Taylor

9-1

W 61-13 over J.R. Tucker

4

Heritage-Lynchburg

8-2

W 45-20 over Amherst

5

Lord Botetourt

9-1

W 41-14 over Staunton River

6

Lafayette

9-1

W 49-7 over Warhill

7

Brentsville District

9-1

Idle

8

Brookville

7-3

W 35-14 over Rustburg

9

Bassett

7-3

L 10-17 to Martinsville

10

Turner Ashby

8-2

W 35-14 over Rockbridge

Class 2 Top Ten Review:
RankTeamRecordResult

1

Graham

10-0

W 47-13 over Marion

2

Central-Woodstock

8-2

L 17-22 to Strasburg

3

Strasburg

9-1

W 22-17 over Central-Woodstock

4

Radford

9-1

W 42-7 over James River-Buchanan

5

Ridgeview

9-1

W 41-0 over Gate City

6

Appomattox

7-3

Idle

7

Luray

8-2

W 49-14 over Madison County

8

TJ-Richmond

7-3

L 7-34 to Mills Godwin

9

Virginia High

8-2

W 52-28 over Richlands

10

Glenvar

7-3

W 49-14 over Giles

Class 1 Top Ten Review:
RankTeamRecordResult

1

Essex

10-0

W 42-0 over Rappahannock

2

Riverheads

8-1

W 35-13 over Stuarts Draft

3

Central-Lunenburg

10-0

W 22-8 over Amelia County

4

King & Queen

8-2

L 25-45 to King William

5

Narrows

8-1

W 42-35 over Bath County

6

George Wythe

6-3

Idle

7

Grayson County

8-2

L 14-31 to Galax

8

Northumberland

7-2

W 53-20 over Lancaster

9

Grundy

5-4

L 8-41 to Central-Wise

10

Galax

6-3

W 31-14 over Grayson County


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