Published Oct 12, 2023
VHSL Football Top Tens - Entering 10/12/23 Games
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A lot of status quo in terms of the rankings with literally no changes in Class 4, Class 2 or Class 1 from a week ago.

In fact, only one team out of 60, which was Indian River at the Class 5 level, even dropped out of the rankings altogether as they fell to Class 6 perennial power Oscar Smith by a count of 27-21 on the final play of the game to fall to 3-3 overall.

With Liberty Christian's latest dominant Seminole District win, along with Magna Vista squeaking by Gretna, we make a subtle change at the top of the Class 3 pecking order.


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Note - This list was published prior to games on Thursday, October 12, 2023


Class 6 Top Ten:
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Freedom-PW

5-0

W 66-0 over Colgan

2 (2)

Highland Springs

5-1

W 42-6 over Henrico

3 (3)

Madison

7-0

W 28-24 over Westfield

4 (4)

Thomas Dale

6-0

W 24-21 over Matoaca

5 (5)

Manchester

5-1

W 42-20 over Huguenot

6 (6)

Battlefield

6-0

Idle

7 (8)

South County

5-2

W 32-0 over Alexandria City

8 (9)

Mountain View

6-0

W 31-13 over Colonial Forge

9 (10)

South Lakes

6-0

Idle

10 (8)

Colonial Forge

6-1

L 13-31 to Mountain View

Honorable Mention:
Lake Braddock (6-1)
McLean (6-0)
West Springfield (5-1)
Oscar Smith (4-2)


Class 5 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #9 Indian River (3-3) fell to Oscar Smith 27-21
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Maury

6-0

W 83-0 over Manor

2 (2)

Green Run

6-0

W 28-14 over Bayside

3 (3)

Warwick

7-0

W 51-0 over Denbigh

4 (4)

King's Fork

6-0

W 68-21 over Grassfield

5 (5)

Patrick Henry-Roanoke

5-1

Idle

6 (6)

Briar Woods

5-1

W 42-13 over Riverside

7 (7)

L.C. Bird

5-1

W 17-10 over Powhatan

8 (8)

Nansemond River

5-1

W 49-14 over Hickory

9 (HM)

Hermitage

5-1

W 27-13 over Freeman

10 (10)

Matoaca

4-2

L 21-24 to Thomas Dale

Honorable Mention:
Louisa (5-1)
Granby (5-1)


Class 4 Top Ten:
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Phoebus

5-0

W 35-0 over Kecoughtan

2 (2)

Varina

4-1

W 21-13 over Glen Allen

3 (3)

Salem

6-1

W 49-13 over Pulaski

4 (4)

King George

6-0

W 54-0 over Culpeper

5 (5)

E.C. Glass

5-1

W 48-14 over Brookville

6 (6)

Warhill

6-0

W 27-20 over Lafayette

7 (7)

Dinwiddie

3-3

Idle

8 (8)

Tuscarora

6-0

W 14-0 over Loudoun Valley

9 (9)

Eastern View

6-0

W 58-7 over James Monroe

10 (10)

John Champe

5-1

W 28-21 over Loudoun County

Honorable Mention:
Jefferson Forest (6-0)
Millbrook (5-1)
Huguenot (4-1)


Class 3 Top Ten:
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (2)

Liberty Christian

5-0

W 41-0 over Rustburg

2 (1)

Magna Vista

6-0

W 35-34 over Gretna

3 (3)

Lord Botetourt

5-1

W 62-6 over Staunton Rivr

4 (4)

Kettle Run

6-0

W 61-6 over Meridian

5 (5)

Hopewell

5-1

W 55-26 over Petersburg

6 (7)

Brentsville District

6-1

W 51-19 over Warren County

7 (8)

Turner Ashby

6-0

W 54-14 over Broadway

8 (9)

Christiansburg

6-1

W 71-7 over Blacksburg

9 (7)

Lafayette

4-2

L 20-27 to Warhill

10 (10)

Heritage-Lynchburg

4-2

W 16-6 over Amherst

Honorable Mention:
Spotswood (6-1)
TJ-Richmond (5-0)
William Byrd (5-1)


Class 2 Top Ten:
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Radford

7-0

W 55-0 over James River-Buchanan

2 (2)

Central-Woodstock

6-0

W 20-7 over Clarke County

3 (3)

Union

6-1

W 20-14 over Ridgeview

4 (4)

Graham

5-1

Idle

5 (5)

Riverheads

5-1

W 14-12 over Staunton

6 (6)

Clarke County

5-1

L 7-20 to Central-Woodstock

7 (7)

Ridgeview

6-1

L 14-20 to Union

8 (8)

Glenvar

5-1

W 41-21 over Patrick County

9 (9)

Strasburg

4-1

W 56-14 over Page County

10 (10)

Gretna

5-1

L 34-35 to Magna Vista

Honorable Mention:
Buckingham (6-1)
Central-Lunenburg (6-1)
Poquoson (4-2)


Class 1 Top Ten:
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Honaker

6-0

Idle

2 (2)

Grayson County

6-0

W 25-7 over Fort Chiswell

3 (3)

Essex

6-0

W 52-7 over Rappahannock

4 (4)

Sussex Central

6-1

W 56-6 over Windsor

5 (5)

Narrows

5-1

W 56-21 over Parry McCluer

6 (6)

Rye Cove

6-1

W 48-36 over Eastside

7 (7)

Northumberland

5-1

W 25-22 over Lancaster

8 (8)

Bath County

6-0

W 47-0 over Auburn

9 (9)

Galax

3-3

Idle

10 (10)

Altavista

5-1

W 40-22 over Dan River

Honorable Mention:
Twin Springs (5-1)
Brunswick (5-1)
Patrick Henry-Glade Spring (5-2)



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