The Mississippi Prep Sports Source rankings are produced each week by Austin Bishop and Bobby Gray. Bishop has been covering high school sports in Mississippi since 1975, while Gray is a longtime follower of prep football in North Mississippi. The ranking service is received by more than 30 media outlets and is in its second year.

MHSAA 6A

1. Madison Central (9-0) — Beat Grenada 55-14

2. South Panola (8-1) — Beat Southaven 40-0                                 

3. Clinton (8-1) — Beat Warren Central 34-15

4. Meridian (8-1) — Beat Wingfield 39-0                                       

5. Olive Branch (7-2) — Beat Starkville 23-13

6. George County (7-2) — Beat Hancock 41-28

7. Harrison Central (7-1) —Beat Biloxi 35-21

8. Ocean Springs (7-2) — Beat Pascagoula 38-3

9. Hattiesburg (6-3) — Beat Oak Grove 42-29

10. Oak Grove (6-3) — Lost to Hattiesburg 42-29            

11. Southaven (7-2) — Lost to South Panola 40-0

12. Brandon (6-3) — Beat Jim Hill 24-20

13. Petal (5-4) — Beat Gulfport 31-6

14. Natchez (6-3) — Beat Terry 34-3

15. Starkville (3-6) — Lost to Olive Branch 23-13

Lurking Around: Gulfport (5-4), Warren Central (5-4), Northwest Rankin (3-6), Columbus (3-6), Terry (4-5).



MHSAA 5A

1. West Jones (8-0) —Beat Wayne County 17-7

2. West Point (8-1) — Beat Saltillo 28-12

3. Wayne County (7-2) — Lost to West Jones 17-7

4. Picayune (6-2) — Beat Pearl River Central 56-17

5. New Hope (7-1) — Beat Clarksdale 3-0

6. Moss Point (7-2) — Beat St. Martin 21-7

7. Callaway (7-2) — Beat Canton 42-12

8. Pearl (6-3) — Beat Yazoo City 38-0

9. Brookhaven (4-4) — Beat Stone County 43-40

10. Ridgeland (7-2) — Lost to Neshoba Central 38-31

11. Oxford (4-5) — Beat Lake Cormorant 24-16

12. Stone County  (4-5) — Lost to Brookhaven 43-40

13. Hernando  (6-3) —Beat Indianola Gentry 31-28

14. Gautier (6-3) — Beat D'Iberville 41-32

15. Long Beach (4-5) — Beat Vancleave 35-25    

Lurking Around: Vancleave (4-5), D'Iberville (4-5), Clarksdale (3-6), Forest Hill (4-5), Saltillo (3-6).



MHSAA 4A

1. Itawamba AHS (9-0) — Beat Pontotoc 16-13

2. Shannon (9-0) — Beat New Albany 30-7

3. Noxubee County (9-1) — Beat Louisville 28-0

4. Lafayette County (9-1) — Beat Tunica Rosa Fort 30-8

5. St. Stanislaus (8-1) — Beat Pass Christian 69-7

6. West Lauderdale (8-2) — Beat South Jones 28-14

7. Pontotoc (7-2) — Lost to Itawamba AHS 16-13

8. Louisville (7-3) — Lost Noxubee County 28-0

9. Quitman (6-4) — Beat Northeast Jones 30-19

10. Forrest County AHS (7-2) — Beat Purvis 29-19

11. Purvis (6-3) —Lost to Forrest County AHS 29-19

12. Greene County (6-4) — Beat Bay St. Louis 40-17

13. Lawrence County (6-4) —Beat Columbia 38-20

14. Magee (7-2) — Lost to Richland 28-27

15. Cleveland (6-4) — Beat Yazoo County 33-8

Lurking Around: Senatobia (7-2), Northeast Lauderdale (6-4), North Pike (6-4), Columbia (6-4), Bay St. Louis (5-5).



MHSAA 3A

1. Tylertown (9-0) — Beat Franklin County 16-7

2. Charleston (10-0) — Beat Holly Springs 58-0

3. Perry Central (10-0) —Beat Sumrall 42-0

4. Booneville (9-0) —  Beat Corinth 44-37                  

5. Forest (7-1) — Beat Morton 6-2       

6. Morton (9-1) — Lost to Forest 6-2                   

7. Franklin County (7-3) — Lost to Tylertown 16-7                         

8. Velma Jackson (9-1) — Beat St. Andrew's 21-14

9. Philadelphia (9-1) —Beat Kemper County 49-20

10. Aberdeen (8-2) — Beat South Pontotoc 48-21

11. Corinth (5-4) — Lost to Booneville 44-37

12. South Delta (7-3) — Beat Riverside 52-0

13. Nettleton (8-2) — Beat Mooreville 27-0

14. Cleveland East Side (8-2) — Beat Ruleville Central 42-0

15. McLaurin (7-3) —Beat Carthage 67-2

Lurking Around: Hazlehurst (6-4), Raleigh (5-4), Leflore County (7-2), Collins (5-5), Ripley (4-5).



MHSAA 2A

1. West Bolivar (10-0) —Beat Shelby Broadstreet 17-16

2. Bassfield (8-2) — Beat Richton 46-6

3. Ackerman (10-0) — Beat Hamilton 26-0

4. Eupora (9-0) — Beat West Lowndes 52-6

5. Puckett (8-1) — Beat Hinds AHS 39-0                                      

6. Hollandale-Simmons (9-0) — Beat Mound Bayou JFK 28-0

7. Loyd Star (8-1) — Beat Enterprise-Lincoln 48-16

8. North Forrest (8-2) — Beat Prentiss 23-14

9. Taylorsville (7-2) — Open

10. Scott Central (8-1) — Beat Union 32-8

11. Lumberton (7-2) — Beat East Marion 37-20

12. Mize (7-3) — Beat Stringer 30-7

13. Wesson (8-1) — Beat Madison St. Joseph 33-17

14. Pisgah (9-1) — Beat Lake 40-6

15. Baldwyn (4-5) — Beat Hatley 44-0

Lurking Around: Hinds AHS (6-3), Union (7-3), Shelby Broadstreet (5-4), East Marion (4-5), J.Z. George (6-4).



MHSAA 1A

1. Durant (9-1) — Beat Drew 31-0

2. Nanih Waiya (8-1) — Beat Ethel 48-20

3. Smithville (8-0) — Beat Falkner 34-16

4. Weir (7-2) — Beat South Leake 21-0

5. Mount Olive (5-4) — Beat St. Aloysius 40-13

6. Sebastopol (7-2) — Beat West Lincoln 46-0

7. Okolona (7-2) —Beat Thrasher 61-8

8. Ray Brooks (4-4) — Beat McAdams 8-7

9. Vardaman (5-3) — Beat Wheeler 43-0

10. Greenville St. Joseph (5-4) — Beat Coffeeville 32-20        

11. Coffeeville (6-3) — Lost to Greenville St. Joseph 32-20

12. Dexter (4-5) — Open

13. French Camp (6-2) —Beat Edinburg 33-0

14. Shaw (4-3) — Open

15. West Oktibbeha (5-4) — Beat East Oktibbeha 26-24

Lurking Around: South Leake (5-4), Biggersville (5-4), Bogue Chitto (3-6), St. Aloysius (5-4), East Oktibbeha (4-5).



MAIS

1. Jackson Academy (9-1) — Beat Pillow 25-8

2. Jackson Prep (8-2) — Beat Oak Forest (La.) 32-7

3. Washington School (7-2) — Beat Heritage 26-7

4. Brookhaven (10-0) — Beat Columbia Academy 45-20

5. Pillow Academy (7-2) — Lost to Jackson Academy 25-8

6. Magnolia Heights (6-3) — Beat Starkville Academy 33-7

7. Central Private (8-1) — Open

8. Simpson Academy (9-1) — Beat Lamar School 48-21

9. Lamar School (8-1) — Lost to Simpson Academy 48-21

10. DeSoto School (9-0) — Beat Tunica 20-0                

11. River Oaks (La.) (8-1) — Open

12.  Centreville (7-3) —Beat Adams Christian 35-12

13. Parklane (7-2) — Beat Presbyterian Christian 43-28

14. MRA (6-3) — Beat Lee Academy 28-0

15. Bowling Green (6-3) — Open

Lurking Around: Marshall (8-1), North Delta (6-2), Tri-County (9-1), Trinity Episcopal (7-3), Deer Creek (7-2).