JOURNAL SPORTS
Non-Select teams Airline, Parkway and Benton all improved on their LHSAA football power rankings in Division I despite only one of the teams getting a win in the ninth week of the regular season.
Airline moved up one spot to No. 3 following its 33-16 comeback victory over No. 16 Parkway. Parkway moved up a spot to 15 because of Airline’s high ranking and 8-1 record. Benton, who was one spot above the cutoff at No. 27, moved up to No. 25 despite losing (65-33) to Captain Shreve because of the Gators’ high ranking in Select and 8-1 record.
Here is a list of the top 28 teams that would qualify, as of today, in each division of the Non-Select rankings.
| Non-Select Division I | ||
|---|---|---|
| Team | PR | SF |
| 1. Ruston (9-0) | 15.42 | 9.00 |
| 2. St. Amant (8-1) | 14.74 | 8.33 |
| 3. Airline (8-1) | 14.57 | 9.67 |
| 4. Neville (8-1) | 14.57 | 9.11 |
| 5. Zachary (8-0) | 14.31 | 8.75 |
| 6. Destrehan (9-0) | 14.12 | 8.67 |
| 7. Dutchtown (7-1) | 14.03 | 9.13 |
| 8. West Monroe (8-1) | 13.83 | 8.67 |
| 9. Walker (7-2) | 13.24 | 9.22 |
| 10. Chalmette (8-1) | 13.13 | 7.11 |
| 11. Southside (7-2) | 12.96 | 9.22 |
| 12. East St. John (7-2) | 12.36 | 8.11 |
| 13. Central – B.R. (8-3) | 12.22 | 8.11 |
| 14. Sam Houston (6-3) | 12.07 | 9.22 |
| 15. Parkway (7-2) | 11.60 | 7.89 |
| 16. Ponchatoula (5-4) | 11.34 | 9.78 |
| 17. West Ouachita (-3) | 11.23 | 7.89 |
| 18. Westgate (5-4) | 11.11 | 8.67 |
| 19. Covington (4-5) | 10.68 | 9.33 |
| 20. Mandeville (5-4) | 10.66 | 9.56 |
| 21. Northshore (4-5) | 10.59 | 9.22 |
| 22. Terrebonne (4-4) | 10.56 | 7.78 |
| 23. Thibodaux (4-4) | 10.51 | 8.75 |
| 24. Barbe (6-3) | 10.49 | 8.33 |
| 25. Benton (4-5) | 10.37 | 9.78 |
| 26. Ouachita Parish (2-7) | 10.00 | 11.44 |
| 27. East Ascension (3-6) | 9.78 | 10.56 |
| 28. Hahnville (3-5) | 9.75 | 9.38 |
| Non-Select Division II | ||
| Team | PR | SF |
| 1. North DeSoto (8-1) | 14.21 | 8.22 |
| 2. West Feliciana (8-1) | 13.59 | 7.67 |
| 3. Wossman (8-1) | 13.56 | 7.11 |
| 4. Lutcher (4-1) | 13.50 | 6.40 |
| 5. Iowa (7-2) | 13.46 | 8.33 |
| 6. Cecilia (8-1) | 13.31 | 7.44 |
| 7. Jennings (7-2) | 13.21 | 8.22 |
| 8. Assumption (7-2) | 12.96 | 6.67 |
| 9. Leesville (6-3) | 12.72 | 8.89 |
| 10. Eunice (6-3) | 12.35 | 8.33 |
| 11. Opelousas (6-3) | 12.27 | 8.67 |
| 12. Franklin Parish (6-3) | 12.25 | 7.56 |
| 13. Plaquemine (7-2) | 12.25 | 7.33 |
| 14. Abbeville (7-2) | 11.57 | 5.89 |
| 15. Church Point (6-3) | 11.24 | 7.33 |
| 16. Rayne (6-3) | 11.11 | 7.56 |
| 17. Iota (6-3) | 11.11 | 7.00 |
| 18. DeRidder (5-4) | 10.96 | 8.11 |
| 19. Kaplan (7-2) | 10.62 | 6.00 |
| 20. Northwest (6-3) | 10.49 | 6.78 |
| 21. Breaux Bridge (4-5) | 10.22 | 8.33 |
| 22. Grant (3-6) | 10.20 | 8.67 |
| 23. Albany (5-4) | 9.42 | 6.22 |
| 24. St. Martinville (2-7) | 8.84 | 8.89 |
| 25. Minden (2-7) | 8.69 | 8.89 |
| 26. Brusly (2-6-1) | 8.49 | 8.67 |
| 27. Crowley (2-7) | 8.40 | 8.89 |
| 28. N. Vermilion (2-7) | 8.37 | 8.78 |
| Non-Select Division III | ||
| Team | PR | SF |
| 1. Jena (9-0) | 16.15 | 7.44 |
| 2. Sterlington (8-1) | 15.29 | 7.89 |
| 3. St. James (8-1) | 14.53 | 7.11 |
| 4. Union Parish (5-4) | 14.03 | 9.56 |
| 5. Many (6-2) | 13.75 | 7.38 |
| 6. Pine (7-2) | 12.60 | 6.11 |
| 7. Amite (5-3) | 12.52 | 7.63 |
| 8. Kinder (5-4) | 12.47 | 8.11 |
| 9. St. Helena (5-2) | 12.07 | 6.43 |
| 10. Jewel Sumner (5-4) | 11.94 | 7.56 |
| 11. Loreauville (6-3) | 11.93 | 6.56 |