It’s football time here in the Tar Heel State and it’s time to post our annual pre-season rankings. This season, our rankings will be called the NCPreps.com Elite 8 and will be posted weekly until after the state championship games in December.

These rankings are sponsored by VTO Sports and XPloderBar.

NCPREPS.COM ELITE 8 1A RANKINGS

1. Tarboro

2. East Surry

3. Murphy

4. Holmes

5. Mitchell

6. North Rowan

7. Robbinsville

8. Mount Airy

NCPREPS.COM ELITE 8 2A RANKINGS

1. Shelby

2. Reidsville

3. Wallace-Rose Hill

4. Northeastern

5. South Point

6. North Davidson

7. Hibriten

8 Kinston

NCPREPS.COM ELiTE 8 3A RANKINGS

1. Weddington

2. Dudley

3. Charlotte Catholic

4. Jacksonville

5. Kings Mountain

6. New Hanover

7. Hunter Huss

8. Southeast Guilford

NCPREPS.COM ELITE 8 4A RANKINGS

1. Mallard Creek

2. Myers Park

3. Wake Forest

4. East Forsyth

5. Vance

6. Richmond County

7. Hough

8. Butler