South Dakota Prep Media Poll Preseason Football Rankings Released

Media members across South Dakota have joined together to create one single, complete media poll. Here are the preseason football rankings.

The South Dakota Prep Media Poll will be released each Monday afternoon during the high school football season. Voters are spread across the entire state, and are made up of those in radio, television, and print. This includes us at ESPN 99.1.

Here are the initial preseason rankings.

The preseason edition of the inaugural South Dakota Prep Media football poll is listed below, with the top-five teams in each class ranked by points received, along with the teams receiving votes. First-place votes received are indicated in parentheses.

Class 11AAA

SF Washington (26) 130
SF Roosevelt 90
SF O’Gorman 74
Brandon Valley 63
Aberdeen Central 13

Receiving votes: SF Lincoln 11, Rapid City Stevens 6, Watertown 3

Class 11AA

Harrisburg (21) 125
Mitchell (5) 89
Pierre 70
Yankton 60
Douglas 19

Receiving votes: Spearfish 13, Huron 10, Brookings 2, Sturgis 2

Class 11A

Madison (20) 117
West Central (4) 84
Tea Area (1) 69
Dell Rapids 39
St. Thomas More (1) 38

Receiving votes: Tri-Valley 27, Milbank 10, Dakota Valley 6

Class 11B

Winner (15) 105
Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan (6) 80
Groton Area (2) 65
Aberdeen Roncalli (1) 46
Chamberlain (2) 37

Receiving votes: Sioux Valley 28, Sioux Falls Christian 18, Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central 6, Stanley County 4, Mount Vernon/Plankinton 1.

Class 9AA

Gregory (24) 126
Baltic (1) 62
Bon Homme (1) 59
Wolsey-Wessington 44
Garretson 37

Receiving votes: Webster Area 30, Hamlin 10, Parkston 9, Kimball/White Lake 7, Miller/Highmore-Harrold 3, North Border 3.

Class 9A

T1. Warner (13) 98
T1. Canistota/Freeman (11) 98
Corsica-Stickney (1) 38
Philip 37
Britton-Hecla 29

Receiving votes: Alcester-Hudson 20, Potter County 19, New Underwood 18, Howard 17, Chester Area (1) 10, Clark/Willow Lake 5, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 1.

Class 9B