FB RANKINGS: No changes atop second set of coaches' polls

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Associated Press has released its second set of polls for the 2012 Indiana high school football season, and your leaders heading into Week 2 remain Class 5A Carmel, 4A Indianapolis Cathedral, 3A Indianapolis Chatard, 2A Fort Wayne Luers, and Class A Lafayette Central Catholic.

Of note are the first four schools in Class 5A: holdover No. 1 Carmel, holdover No. 2 Warren Central, No. 3 Ben Davis (bumping up from fourth), and Center Grove (climbing from seventh to fourth). That’s four straight Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference schools at the top of the state’s largest class – think some of the smaller 5A schools aren’t drooling over the addition of a sixth class next year?

Oh. And after falling by one point on the last play of a 42-41 shootout with Indianapolis Ritter at Lucas Oil Stadium kicked off the 2012 season in high-flying, small-school style, Heritage Christian plummets five spots from fifth to 10th in this week’s 2A poll. Go figure …

Elsewhere, we find lots of movement after season-opening games over the weekend. Witness …

• 5A: Avon is the other big-school riser in ascending from eighth to sixth.
• 4A: Evansville Reitz swaps spots with Fort Wayne Dwenger in moving from third to second, Leo inches up from eighth to seventh, and Jasper mini-jumps from 12th to 10th.
• 3A: Jimtown jimmies its way from third to second, Mishawaka Marian moves from seventh to fifth, Western Boone rockets from 10th to sixth, and Brownstown bumps up from 11th to 10th.
• 2A: Indianapolis Ritter rises from fourth to third, Bremen goes from sixth to fourth, Andrean rises from seventh to fifth, Speedway moves up from eighth to sixth, and Churubusco climbs from 10th to seventh.
• 1A: Indianapolis Scecina scoots up from fourth to third, Milan moves from sixth to fourth, South Adams ascends from eighth to sixth, Adams Central leaps from 15th to eighth, North Central (Farmersburg) rises from 12th to ninth, and Whiting goes from 14th into a tie for 10th with Southern Wells (previously 12th).

Teams are listed by ranking followed by school name, vote total, and number of first-place votes (if applicable). The AP Top 91 preseason schools from Aug. 20:

CLASS 5A
1. Carmel 99 (9)
2. Warren Central 87 (1)
3. Ben Davis 55
4. Center Grove 53
5. Fishers 51
6. Avon 40
7. Penn 39
8. Fort Wayne Snider 38
9. Lawrence Central 33
10. Pike 20
11. Lake Central 13
12. Chesterton 11
13. Hamilton Southeastern 4
14. Merrillville 3
15. Castle 2
16. Brownsburg 1    
16. Valparaiso 1

CLASS 4A
1. Indianapolis Cathedral 88 (7)
2. Evansville Reitz 67
3. Fort Wayne Dwenger 63 (2)
4. Columbus East 59
5. East Central 56
6. Roncalli 50
7. Leo 25
8. Mishawaka 24
9. Concord 21
10. Jasper 13
11. Pendleton Heights 7
11. Evansville Central 7
13. New Haven 4
13. Griffith 4
15. New Palestine 3
16. Lowell 2
17. Boonville 1
17. Delta 1

CLASS 3A
1. Indianapolis Chatard 100 (10)
2. Jimtown 88
3. Eastbrook 72
4. West Lafayette 62
5. Mishawaka Marian 52
6. Western Boone 39
6. South Bend St. Joseph's 39
8. Charlestown 31
9. Evansville Memorial 29
10. Brownstown 14
11. Corydon 11
12. North Montgomery 6
13. Hamilton Heights 4
14. Indian Creek 2
15. Tri-West Hendricks 1

CLASS 2A
1. Fort Wayne Luers 67 (4)
2. Evansville Mater Dei 65 (3)
3. Indianapolis Ritter 51
4. Bremen 38
5. Andrean 34
6. Speedway 33
7. Churubusco 19
8. Guerin Catholic 15
9. North Putnam 13
10. Heritage Christian 12
10. Southridge 12
12. Tipton 9
13. North Posey 6
14. Fountain Central 5
15. Northwestern 4
16. Paoli 1
16. Shenandoah 1

CLASS A
1. Lafayette Central Catholic 100 (10)
2. Linton 84
3. Indianapolis Scecina 74
4. Milan 58
5. Sheridan 50
6. South Adams 39
6. Pioneer 39
8. Adams Central 15
9. North Central (Farmersburg) 14
10. Whiting 10
10. Southern Wells 10
12. North Miami 8
13. Perry Central 7
13. Indianapolis Lutheran 7
15. South Newton 5
15. Winamac 5
15. North Vermillion 5
18. Union City 4
18. West Central 4
18. Attica 4
21. Rockville 3
22. Knightstown 2
22. Caston 2
24. Culver Community 1