Mallard Creek, Butler still atop Sweet 16 Football Poll: 8/29/2011

Compared to last week’s Sweet 16 poll, which saw large amounts of movement and tons of new teams join, the second regular-season poll is rather boring.

No no teams joining and only a couple small ripples:

--Rock Hill Northwestern lost 16-10 to Rock Hill South Pointe in both team’s season opening games. Northwestern had a pass in the air to win or tie the game, but it was intercepted. Northwestern dropped from No. 4 to No. 7. South Pointe rose a spot to No. 6.

-- With Northwestern falling, No. 4 A.L. Brown and No. 5 South Point each moved up one spot.

-- South Point beat Lincolnton 35-21 in a matchup of top teams, and Lincolnton fell from No. 12 to 15. That allowed No. 12 Mooresville, No. 13 Berry and No. 14 Porter Ridge to each move up one spot.

Note: To be ranked in the Observer’s Sweet 16, a team must be in the Observer’s coverage area, field football and basketball teams and not allow a student-athlete to reclass after ninth grade. For a detailed look inside the poll, including the criteria used to compile it, visit this link: http://tinyurl.com/3wmd3yp


Rk.     Team (Class)     Rec.    Prev.
1     Mallard Creek (4A)     2-0    1
2     Butler (4A)     1-1    2
3     Charlotte Catholic (3A)    2-0    3
4     A.L. Brown (3A)    2-0    5
5    South Point (3A)    2-0    6
6     Rock Hill South Pointe (3A)     1-0    7
7     Rock Hill Northwestern (4A)     0-1    4
8     Burns (3A)     2-0    8
9     West Rowan (3A)    1-1    9
10    Crest (3A)    1-1    10
11     Independence (4A)    2-0    11
12    Mooresville (4A)    2-0    13
13    Berry (3A)    2-0    14
14    Porter Ridge (4A)    2-0    15
15    Lincolnton (2A)    1-1    12
16    Vance (4A)    1-1    16
Dropped out: None
    On The Bubble: Albemarle (1A, 1-1); Charlotte Country Day (IND, 1-0); Myers Park (4A, 2-0); Salisbury (2A, 2-0); South Iredell (2A, 2-0);