We ease into a world where John Calipari is head coach of the Razorbacks. Ruscin judges the crowd pops given out at the Wednesday night celebration. Then we hear from Chuck Barrett about how the whole thing came together inside Bud Walton Arena.
Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALL
Record
Pts
Prv
1.
Bryant (25)
10-0
268
1
2.
Greenwood (2)
10-0
234
3
30
Conway
9-1
202
2
4.
Little Rock Parkview
9-1
171
4
5.
Bentonville
7-3
162
5
6.
Benton
9-1
148
6
7.
Fayetteville
8-2
111
7
8.
Pulaski Academy
8-2
89
8
9.
Rogers
7-3
43
9
10.
Joe T. Robinson
9-1
22
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Others receiving votes: Valley View 8, Mountain Home 7, Cabot 6, Little Rock Catholic 6, Shiloh Christian 6, Elkins 1, Farmington 1.