HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Rex Nelson's rankings after nine weeks

October 26, 2020 at 1:56 p.m.

by Rex Nelson

FILE — Bryant receiver Cory Nichols (7) dives over Cabot cornerback Tyler Parks (2) for a touchdown during a game at Hornet Stadium in Bryant on Oct. 23, 2020. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Jimmy Jones)
FILE — Bryant receiver Cory Nichols (7) dives over Cabot cornerback Tyler Parks (2) for a touchdown during a game at Hornet Stadium in Bryant on Oct. 23, 2020. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Jimmy Jones)

There are two weeks remaining in the regular season in high school football. Then we’ll try to have playoffs in this year of the virus.

What we call the Big Three in Class 7A all won easily last week — No. 1 Bryant beat Cabot, 42-14. No. 2 North Little Rock beat Fort Smith Northside, 45-7. No. 3 Bentonville beat Rogers, 74-21.

We’ll learn a lot more this Friday when Bryant and North Little Rock square off.

In the Class 6A showdown last Friday, Greenwood downed Benton by a final score of 42-28.

Pulaski Academy posted an easier-than-expected 60-28 victory over Little Rock Christian in the Class 5A showdown.

Here are the updated rankings after nine weeks of the season:

OVERALL

  1. Bryant
  2. North Little Rock
  3. Bentonville
  4. Pulaski Academy
  5. Greenwood
  6. Conway
  7. Wynne
  8. Lake Hamilton
  9. Cabot
  10. Shiloh Christian

CLASS 7A

  1. Bryant
  2. North Little Rock
  3. Bentonville
  4. Conway
  5. Cabot

CLASS 6A

  1. Greenwood
  2. Lake Hamilton
  3. Jonesboro
  4. Benton
  5. Little Rock Parkview

CLASS 5A

  1. Pulaski Academy
  2. Wynne
  3. Harrison
  4. Texarkana
  5. Little Rock Christian

CLASS 4A

  1. Shiloh Christian
  2. Stuttgart
  3. Arkadelphia
  4. Nashville
  5. Joe T. Robinson

CLASS 3A

  1. Harding Academy
  2. Prescott
  3. Hoxie
  4. Newport
  5. Rison

CLASS 2A

  1. Fordyce
  2. Gurdon
  3. Des Arc
  4. Junction City
  5. Bigelow

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