Carolina VarsityNC high school football · 2026

Week 8 conference rankings · Oct 8–10

5A conferences

17 conferences, strongest first by the average power of their teams that have played. Click a conference for its teams; click a column to sort by it. A conference with teams in more than one classification is listed under each, so this list counts every conference with an 5A team.

#ConferenceBest team
1Big EastNCHSAA · 6A, 5A785.67.320-7Northern Nash
2MountainNCHSAA · 6A, 5A685.55.221-9Roberson
3Big SouthNCHSAA · 6A, 5A785.414.614-14Crest
4Western FoothillsNCHSAA · 5A, 4A983.311.112-6Hickory
5Rocky RiverNCHSAA · 5A, 4A682.46.821-9Monroe
6CoastalNCHSAA · 6A, 5A780.16.017-10Northside
7Piedmont TriadNCHSAA · 6A, 5A679.210.515-15Oak Grove
8Mountain EightNCHSAA · 5A, 4A877.44.914-10Franklin
9Eastern SandhillsNCHSAA · 6A, 5A677.16.312-18Seventy-First
10South PiedmontNCHSAA · 5A, 4A877.15.815-9Jay M Robinson
11Mid CarolinaNCHSAA · 6A, 5A, 4A876.65.315-7Southeast Alamance
12TAAC SixNCHSAA · 6A, 5A674.612.812-17Northeast Guilford
13PAC SevenNCHSAA · 5A, 4A773.65.412-17T Wingate Andrews
14Northeastern CoastalNCHSAA · 5A, 4A, 3A672.6-3.818-12Northeastern
15Mid StateNCHSAA · 5A, 4A, 3A758.6-4.611-17Reidsville
16SoutheasternNCHSAA · 5A, 4A, 3A658.1-4.513-17Whiteville
17Big SevenNCHSAA · 5A, 4A655.2-10.812-16Seaforth

Avg power and Avg SOS are averages over the conference's teams that have played, on the report's rating scale. Non-conf is the conference's combined record against teams outside it, out-of-state opponents included; it sorts by win percentage. A conference with fewer than 4 teams that have played is marked and listed after the rest: its average rests on too few teams to lean on.