Indiana high school football rankings: No new No. 1s Week 5 USA TODAY Network poll

Posted by author September 16, 2024 Football

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For the first time this season, all six No. 1 teams in the USA TODAY Network Indiana high school football poll remained in place for a second consecutive week.

Westfield (6A), Plainfield (5A), New Palestine (4A), Evansville Memorial (3A), Lafayette Central Catholic (2A) and North Judson (A) are stayed installed as the No. 1 teams in the new poll of statewide media members released Monday. There are seven new teams across the six classes moving into the top 10 going into Week 5.

Here is the full USA TODAY Network Indiana poll going into Week 5 (First place votes in parenthesis, followed by total points and last week’s ranking):

Class 6A

W-L Pts. Prev.

Westfield (15) 4-0 177 1
Brownsburg (2) 4-0 157 2
Warren Central 4-0 140 4
Crown Point (1) 4-0 137 3
Center Grove 3-1 103 6
Lawrence North 4-0 73 8
Columbus North 4-0 62 9
Hamilton Southeastern 3-1 47 5
Cathedral 2-2 43 10
Fort Wayne Snider 3-1 19 NR

Dropped out: Carmel (7).

Others receiving votes: Carmel 18. Fishers 9. Elkhart 3. Penn 1.

Class 5A

W-L Pts. Prev.

Plainfield (11) 4-0 167 1
Valparaiso (3) 3-1 144 2
(tie) Merrillville (1) 3-1 144 3
Concord (3) 4-0 122 5
Warsaw 3-1 96 6
Lafayette Jeff 4-0 90 8
Whiteland 2-1 71 7
Bloomington North 3-1 60 9
Decatur Central 1-2 52 4
East Central 2-2 32 10

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Castle 10. Bloomington South 1. Franklin 1.

Class 4A

W-L Pts. Prev.

New Palestine (17) 3-0 179 1
Evansville Reitz (1) 4-0 140 3
Greenfield-Central 4-0 120 4
Martinsville 4-0 119 6
Bishop Chatard 3-1 116 2
Mishawaka 3-1 105 5
Brebeuf Jesuit 3-1 78 7
Leo 4-0 72 8
New Prairie 3-1 25 9
Columbia City 4-0 23 NR

Dropped out: NorthWood (10).

Others receiving votes: Northview 7. East Noble 4. NorthWood 2.

Class 3A

W-L Pts. Prev.

Ev. Memorial (17) 4-0 179 1
Heritage Hills (1) 3-1 143 3
Gibson Southern 3-1 131 2
Batesville 4-0 119 5
Guerin Catholic 3-1 94 4
Mississinewa 4-0 80 10
West Lafayette 3-1 69 8
West Noble 4-0 43 NR
Lawrenceburg 3-1 32 NR
Evansville Mater Dei 3-1 29 6

Dropped out: Tippecanoe Valley (7), Tri-West (9).

Others receiving votes: Garrett 20. Fort Wayne Bishop Luers 17. Tippecanoe Valley 10. Heritage 6. Knox 4. Maconaquah 4. Northwestern 4. Tri-West 4. Mishawaka Marian 1.

Class 2A

W-L Pts. Prev.

Laf. Central Cath. (13) 3-0 167 1
North Posey (3) 4-0 152 2
Brownstown Central (2) 4-0 139 3
Lutheran 3-1 118 5
Linton-Stockton 3-1 87 6
Western Boone 4-0 80 7
Triton Central 2-2 53 4
Lapel 4-0 48 9
Bluffton 4-0 30 10
Heritage Christian 3-1 25 NR

Dropped out: North Putnam (10).

Others receiving votes: North Putnam 24. Monrovia 17. Centerville 7. Adams Central 6. Northeastern 6. Andrean 5. Paoli 5. Eastern Hancock 3. South Vermillion 3. Rochester 2.