Here is the NCPreps.com pre-season top 15 rankings for the upcoming 2022 season. The high school coaches in each individual class voted on this list.

1A TOP 15

1. Tarboro

2. Mitchell

3. Mount Airy

4. Robbinsville

5. Eastern Randolph

6. Murphy

7. Northside-Pinetown

8. Mountain Heritage

9. Pender

10. Thomasville

11. Northampton

12. Starmount

13. Andrews

14. Mountain Island Charter

15. Southside