2025 Preseason MHSAA Power Rankings

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MHSAA - 7A

#	Team	Rating
1	Tupelo	88.6
2	Brandon	86.5
3	Oak Grove	72.3
4	Madison Central	71.1
5	Ocean Springs	67.1
6	Starkville	65.4
7	Petal	60
8	Northwest Rankin	59.1
9	Oxford	57.3
10	Germantown	56
11	Gulfport	55
12	Southaven	52.9
13	Hernando	52.2
14	Clinton	51.9
15	Biloxi	50.9
16	D’Iberville	50.1
17	Pearl	49.5
18	Horn Lake	48.2
19	Lewisburg	47.4
20	Meridian	46.6
21	Harrison Central	43.9
22	DeSoto Central	43.5
23	St. Martin	42.6
24	West Harrison	40.9
25	Murrah	38.6

MHSAA - 6A

#	Team	Rating
1	Grenada	88.3
2	Picayune	84.7
3	West Jones	80.8
4	Hattiesburg	70.9
5	South Panola	64.1
6	Warren Central	63.4
7	Terry	63.1
8	Lake Cormorant	63
9	Pascagoula	57
10	Gautier	54.8
11	George County	54.4
12	Callaway	53.4
13	Canton	49.2
14	Neshoba Central	49.2
15	Ridgeland	48.2
16	Hancock	47.2
17	Saltillo	43.4
18	Olive Branch	42.3
19	Pearl River Central	42.1
20	Long Beach	41
21	Center Hill	40.8
22	Greenville	30.9
23	Jim Hill	30.6
24	Forest Hill	22

MHSAA - 5A

#	Team	Rating
1	West Point	79.7
2	Brookhaven	70.4
3	Wayne County	66.9
4	Stone	63.6
5	Cleveland Central	58.1
6	Holmes County Central	57
7	Laurel	55.4
8	New Hope	54.2
9	South Jones	54.1
10	Vancleave	54
11	Florence	54
12	Pontotoc	48.1
13	East Central	47.3
14	Sumrall	42.1
15	Northeast Jones	41
16	North Pike	39.7
17	Natchez	36.7
18	Provine	35.6
19	Columbus	29.5
20	Lanier	28
21	Caledonia	27.5
22	Purvis	27.3
23	Lafayette	25.1
24	Vicksburg	20.1

MHSAA - 4A

#	Team	Rating
1	Poplarville	81.6
2	Louisville	81.6
3	Columbia	69.8
4	West Lauderdale	68.9
5	New Albany	68.9
6	Senatobia	68.9
7	Pass Christian	68.9
8	Shannon	68.4
9	Greene County	62.2
10	Amory	60.6
11	Houston	60.0
12	Rosa Fort	60.0
13	South Pontotoc	59.0
14	Kosciusko	57.0
15	Raymond	56.0
16	Itawamba Agricultural	54.4
17	Lawrence County	48.7
18	North Pontotoc	48.2
19	Tishomingo County	47.7
20	Forest	47.2
21	Mendenhall	47.2
22	Bay High	47.2
23	South Pike	42.5
24	Greenwood	43.2
25	Choctaw Central	42.1
26	Leake Central	42.1
27	Richland	42.1
28	Morton	42.1
29	Corinth	40
30	McComb	30.0
31	Yazoo City	39.3
32	Newton County	36.7
33	Forrest County AHS	34.3
34	Ripley	33.3
35	Gentry	28.6
36	Moss Point	28.6
37	Northeast Lauderdale	27.6
38	Mooreville	27.6
39	Clarksdale	27.6
40	Byhalia	20.1

MHSAA - 3A

#	Team	Rating
1	Choctaw County	86.0
2	Jefferson Davis County	78.4
3	Winona	78.8
4	North Panola	74.5
5	Noxubee County	74.8
6	Independence	68.9
7	Kossuth	68.3
8	West Marion	67.9
9	Raleigh	67.9
10	Coahoma County	60.6
11	Tylertown	60.6
12	Union	59.6
13	Pisgah	54.4
14	Magee	54.4
15	Aberdeen	54.8
16	Hazlehurst	53.4
17	Presbyterian Christian	53.4
18	Belmont	53.4
19	St. Stanislaus	48.2
20	Seminary	48.2
21	St. Andrew’s	48.2
22	Booneville	48.2
23	Amanda Elzy	47.2
24	Crystal Springs	42.1
25	Nettleton	42.5
26	Mantachie	42.1
27	St. Patrick	42.1
28	Quitman	42.1
29	Thomas E. Edwards	41.1
30	Jefferson County	36.7
31	O’Bannon	35.7
32	Holly Springs	35.7
33	McLaurin	35
34	Southeast Lauderdale	34.3
35	Alcorn Central	28.6
36	Humphreys County	27.6
37	Franklin	27.6
38	Port Gibson	16.0
39	Yazoo County	16.0

MHSAA - 2A

#	Team	Rating
1	Heidelberg	79.2
2	Velma Jackson	74.5
3	Charleston	69.4
4	East Webster	68.3
5	Mize	68.3
6	East Union	67.3
7	Scott Central	67.3
8	Eupora	60.6
9	Lake	60.6
10	Bruce	59.6
11	Hamilton	54.4
12	Puckett	54.4
13	J.Z. George	54.4
14	Wesson	54.4
15	Perry Central	54.4
16	Myrtle	53.4
17	Bay Springs	53.4
18	Kemper County	53.4
19	Pelahatchie	48.2
20	Philadelphia	48.2
21	Loyd Star	48.2
22	East Marion	47.2
23	Water Valley	47.2
24	Baldwyn	47.2
25	Enterprise-Clarke	47.2
26	Hatley	42.1
27	Strayhorn	42.1
28	Newton	42.1
29	Clarkdale	42.1
30	Collins	42.1
31	Enterprise-Lincoln	42.1
32	Northside	42.1
33	North Forrest	34.3
34	Amite County	34.3
35	Leland	34.3
36	Walnut	33.3
37	Wilkinson County	28.6
38	M.S. Palmer	26.0
39	Sacred Heart	27.6

MHSAA - 1A

#	Team	Rating
1	Simmons	89.0
2	Vardaman	74.5
3	Lumberton	67.3
4	Biggersville	58.9
5	Falkner	54.5
6	West Tallahatchie	51.7
7	Leflore County	47.1
8	Calhoun City	54.4
9	Leake County	53.4
10	Noxapater	53.4
11	West Lowndes	48.2
12	Nanih Waiya	47.2
13	Sebastopol	47.2
14	Tupelo Christian	42.9
15	Ethel	42.9
16	South Delta	42.1
17	Bogue Chitto	42.1
18	Taylorsville	42.9
19	Richton	41.1
20	Stringer	41.1
21	French Camp	41.1
22	Shaw	38.3
23	H.W. Byers	37.3
24	Coffeeville	28.6
25	Salem	27.6
26	West Lincoln	27.6
27	Resurrection	27.6
28	Okolona	27.4
29	Riverside	20.1
30	Smithville	18.6
31	Potts Camp	19.4
32	West Bolivar	9.0
33	McAdams	8.0
34	Ashland	8.0
35	Mount Olive	8.0
36	Thrasher	8.0

Note: Ratings are rounded to the nearest tenth for the appearance. Teams with identical rating values are actually different prior to rounding.