Can Fayetteville repeat as 7A champion?
LITTLE ROCK—The final regular-season Arkansas high school football polls from 2016, with the top 10 teams overall and the top five in Classes 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, as voted by a panel of Associated Pressmember sports writers and broadcasters. Ranking is given with the previous week's ranking, first-place votes received, records and total points. Below are the results from each classification's semifinal and championship games.
OVERALL
1. (1) Fayetteville (5) 9-1 77 2. (2) North Little Rock (3) 10-0 71
3. (3) Greenwood 10-0 60 4. (4) Spr. Har-Ber 8-2 59
5. (5) Bentonville 8-2 47
6. (6) Pulaski Academy 9-1 40 7. (9) FS Northside 7-2 19 8. (t7) Jonesboro 9-1 18
9. (t7) Russellville 9-1 17
10. (10) Pine Bluff 7-2 15 Others receiving votes: Wynne 14, Nashville 3.
Class 6A
1. (1) Greenwood (8) 10-0 40 2. (4) Pine Bluff 7-2 25
3. (t2) Jonesboro 9-1 23
4. (t2) Russellville 9-1 22 5. (-) Benton 6-4 5
Other receiving votes: Lake Hamilton 3.
Class 5A
1. (1) Pulaski Academy (8) 9-1 40
2. (2) Wynne 10-0 32
3. (3) Sylvan Hills 9-1 19 4. (4) Morrilton 5-5 14
5. (-) LR McClellan 7-3 8 Others receiving votes: Alma 7.
Class 4A
1. (1) Nashville (7) 10-0 39
2. (2) Warren (1) 10-0 29
3. (3) Pulaski Robinson 9-1 22 4. (4) Prairie Grove 10-0 21
5. (5) Pea Ridge 9-1 6
Other receiving votes: Gosnell 3.
Class 3A
1. (t1) Prescott (4) 10-0 35 2. (t1) Charleston (4) 10-0 33 3. (3) Bald Knob 10-0 23
4. (4) Glen Rose 9-1 16
5. (5) Fordyce 9-1 13
Others receiving votes: None.
Class 2A
1. (1) England (8) 10-0 40
2. (2) Danville 9-0 31
3. (3) Hampton 9-0 20
4. (4) Des Arc 9-1 17
5. (5) Hector 9-1 9 5
Other receiving votes: Mount Ida 3.
Playoff results: CLASS 7A
Semifinals
North Little Rock 46, Bryant 13 Fayetteville 46, Bentonville 21 Championship
Fayetteville 53, North Little Rock 19
CLASS 6A
Semifinals
Greenwood 31, Pine Bluff 30 Russellville 45, Benton 15 Championship
Russellville 37, Greenwood 23
CLASS 5A
Semifinals
Pulaski Academy 35, Batesville 7 Wynne 77, Watson Chapel 41 Championship
Pulaski Academy 55, Wynne 16
CLASS 4A
Semifinals
Pea Ridge 30, Shiloh Christian 24 Warren 48, Prairie Grove 28 Championship
Warren 54, Pea Ridge 37
CLASS 3A
Semifinals
Charleston 44, Glen Rose 13 Prescott 41, Newport 8 Championship
Prescott 37, Charleston 26
CLASS 2A
Semifinals
Mount Ida 33, Camden Harmony Grove 20
England 54, Hampton 32 Championship
Mount Ida 27, England 26