The Associated Press’ Top 10 teams in each of Tennessee’s six Division I non-financial aid classifications and in the combined Division II financial aid classification as selected by Tennessee AP-member sportswriters and broadcasters. With first-place votes in parentheses, records through October 12, total points based on 10 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 10th-place vote:
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Division I – Class 6A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Oakland (10) | 7-0 | 140 | 1 |
| 2. Maryville (4) | 7-0 | 138 | 2 |
| 3. Kingsport Dobyns Bennett (1) | 7-0 | 119 | 3 |
| 4. McMinn County | 7-0 | 101 | 4 |
| 5. Riverdale | 6-1 | 91 | 5 |
| 6. Brentwood | 4-2 | 72 | 6 |
| 7. Mt. Juliet | 5-1 | 41 | 9 |
| 8. Bradley Central | 5-2 | 33 | 8 |
| 9. Ravenwood | 4-4 | 30 | 7 |
| 10. Bartlett | 5-1 | 22 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Warren County 20.
Division I – Class 5A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Knoxville West (15) | 8-0 | 150 | 1 |
| 2. Powell | 7-1 | 116 | 2 |
| 3. Knoxville Central | 5-1 | 109 | 3 |
| 4. Beech | 4-1 | 103 | 4 |
| 5. Summit | 6-1 | 96 | 5 |
| 6. Rhea County | 7-0 | 84 | 6 |
| 7. South Doyle | 7-1 | 57 | 7 |
| 8. Henry County | 6-2 | 44 | 8 |
| 9. Tennessee | 5-2 | 27 | 10 |
| 10. David Crockett | 5-2 | 10 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.
Division I – Class 4A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Elizabethton (13) | 7-0 | 146 | 1 |
| 2. Hardin County (2) | 7-0 | 136 | 2 |
| 3. Tullahoma | 7-0 | 120 | 3 |
| 4. Marshall County | 7-1 | 91 | 4 |
| 5. East Hamilton | 6-1 | 83 | 5 |
| 6. Creek Wood | 7-0 | 72 | 6 |
| 7. Springfield | 7-1 | 63 | 7 |
| 8. Anderson County | 5-2 | 47 | 8 |
| 9. Lexington | 6-1 | 33 | 9 |
| 10. Greeneville | 5-2 | 20 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.
Division I – Class 3A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Alcoa (15) | 6-1 | 150 | 1 |
| 2. Red Bank | 5-1 | 116 | 2 |
| 3. Milan | 6-1 | 113 | 3 |
| 4. Loudon | 7-0 | 98 | 4 |
| 5. Covington | 6-1 | 95 | 5 |
| 6. Pearl-Cohn | 3-0 | 81 | 6 |
| 7. Fairview | 5-1 | 63 | 7 |
| 8. Kingston | 5-1 | 45 | 8 |
| 9. Claiborne County | 6-1 | 37 | 9 |
| 10. South Gibson | 5-2 | 19 | 10 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.
Division I – Class 2A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Peabody (13) | 8-0 | 141 | 1 |
| 2. Meigs County (1) | 7-0 | 134 | 2 |
| 3. Lewis County | 7-0 | 119 | 3 |
| 4. Watertown | 6-1 | 96 | 4 |
| 5. Bledsoe County | 7-0 | 88 | 5 |
| 6. South Greene | 8-0 | 80 | 6 |
| 7. Hampton (1) | 6-0 | 66 | 7 |
| 8. Trousdale County | 6-2 | 43 | 9 |
| 9. Marion County | 4-1 | 40 | 8 |
| 10. McKenzie | 5-2 | 18 | 10 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.
Division I – Class 1A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. South Pittsburg (9) | 6-1 | 142 | 1 |
| 2. Fayetteville (3) | 6-1 | 121 | 3 |
| 3. Coalfield (1) | 6-0 | 113 | 4 |
| 4. Copper Basin (2) | 7-1 | 108 | 2 |
| 5. Greenfield | 6-0 | 95 | 6 |
| 6. Moore County | 6-1 | 80 | 5 |
| 7. Lake County | 4-1 | 54 | 7 |
| 8. Huntingdon | 6-2 | 46 | 8 |
| 9. Cornersville | 5-2 | 33 | 9 |
| 10. Monterey | 5-1 | 18 | 10 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: none.
Division II – Class 1A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Davidson Academy (13) | 7-0 | 138 | 1 |
| 2. DCA | 6-0 | 124 | 2 |
| 3. Jackson Christian (1) | 7-0 | 114 | 3 |
| 4. King’s Academy (1) | 7-1 | 101 | 5 |
| 5. University-Jackson | 5-2 | 74 | 4 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Friendship Christian 20.
Division II – Class 2A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. CPA (13) | 5-0 | 139 | 1 |
| 2. CAK (1) | 7-0 | 132 | 2 |
| 3. Lipscomb Academy | 5-2 | 100 | 4 |
| 4. ECS | 4-2 | 67 | 5 |
| 5. Grace Christian (1) | 7-1 | 66 | 3 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Goodpasture 33. 12, Lausanne Collegiate 27. 13, Chattanooga Christian 21.
Division II – Class 3A
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. Brentwood Academy (15) | 8-0 | 150 | 1 |
| 2. McCallie | 5-2 | 133 | 2 |
| 3. CBHS | 4-1 | 111 | 3 |
| 4. Pope John Paul II | 6-1 | 85 | 5 |
| 5. Father Ryan | 4-2 | 61 | NR |
Others receiving 12 or more points: MBA 31. Baylor 14.
All Associated Press members in Tennessee are eligible to participate in the high school football poll.
Those who voted for this week’s poll are: Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga; Cleveland Daily Banner, Cleveland; The Daily Herald, Columbia; The Daily Memphian, Memphis; State Gazette, Dyersburg; Elizabethton Star, Elizabethton; The Jackson Sun, Jackson; Johnson City Press, Johnson City; The Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville; Marshall County Tribune, Lewisburg; The Commercial Appeal, Memphis; The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro; The Tennessean, Nashville; Union City Daily Messenger, Union City; WCMT, Martin.