The Acadiana area is once again well-represented in the latest high school football polls for the 2018 season.

11 teams from the Acadiana area, which equals a season-high, are ranked in the respective LSWA high school football polls, the eighth of the year, which were released on Tuesday morning.

In Class 5A, Acadiana is ranked 7th, while St. Thomas More and St. Martinville are ranked 5th and 7th, respectively, in the 4A poll.

In Class 3A, Iota is second, while Kaplan, Northwest, and Church Point are ranked 5th, 9th, and 10th, respectively.

In the Class 2A poll, Notre Dame is the top-ranked team, with Catholic High-New Iberia at #6.

Finally, in the Class A poll, Lafayette Christian is ranked #2, while Vermilion Catholic is #9.

The complete polls are below, with the number of first-place votes, season record, and total votes listed beside them:

Class 5A

  1. John Curtis (9) 7-0 119 1
  2. West Monroe (1) 7-0 111 2
  3. East Ascension 7-0 94 3
  4. Catholic-BR 6-1 82 4
  5. Destrehan 6-1 74 5
  6. Zachary 5-2 67 6
  7. Acadiana 6-1 53 7
  8. John Ehret 6-1 50 8
  9. Terrebonne 7-0 42 9
  10. Evangel Christian 4-3 28 NR

Others receiving votes: Byrd 20, Alexandria 13, Haughton 10, Archbishop Rummel 6, Captain Shreve 4, Walker 4, Ruston 1, Slidell 1.

Class 4A

  1. Karr (9) 7-0 117 1
  2. Lakeshore 7-0 108 2
  3. Northwood (1) 7-0 97 3
  4. Warren Easton 5-1 87 4
  5. St. Thomas More 6-1 85 5
  6. Leesville 7-0 70 6
  7. St. Martinville 7-0 54 8
  8. Bastrop 5-1 36 9
  9. Neville 4-2 42 10
  10. Plaquemine 5-2 32 NR

Others receiving votes: North DeSoto 23, Franklin Parish 9, Tioga 4, Helen Cox 2, Breaux Bridge 1, Carver 1.

Class 3A

  1. University (10) 7-0 120 1
  2. Iota 7-0 110 2
  3. Union Parish 6-1 93 3
  4. Sterlington 5-2 87 4
  5. Kaplan 4-3 77 5
  6. Archbishop Hannan 7-0 67 6
  7. Jena 6-1 57 8
  8. St. James 5-2 45 9
  9. Northwest 5-2 34 10
  10. Church Point 5-2 31 7

Others receiving votes: Eunice 25, Loyola Prep 12, De La Salle 9, Lake Charles College Prep 4, Jennings 2, West Feliciana 2.

Class 2A

  1. Notre Dame (9) 7-0 119 1
  2. Amite 6-1 98 2
  3. Dunham 7-0 92 3
  4. Many (1) 6-1 84 4
  5. Country Day 7-0 82 5
  6. Catholic-NI 6-1 65 T6
  7. Newman 6-1 62 T6
  8. Rosepine 7-0 43 8
  9. Welsh 5-2 39 9
  10. St. Helena 6-1 32 10

Others receiving votes: Calvary Baptist 29, Ascension Episcopal 11, Lakeside 7, Kinder 3, Episcopal-Baton Rouge 2, Ferriday 1.

Class 1A

1)-Kentwood (8) 7-0 114 1
2)-Lafayette Christian (1) 7-0 103 2
3)-Southern Lab 6-1 98 3
4)-Haynesville 7-0 81 4
(tie) Oak Grove 7-0 81 5
6)-Logansport (1) 6-0 69 6
7)-West St. John 5-2 60 7
8)-Ascension Catholic 6-1 49 8
9)-Vermilion Catholic 7-0 45 9
10)-Catholic-Pointe Coupee 6-1 25 NR

Others receiving votes: St. Edmund 15, Ouachita Christian 14, Montgomery 9, Covenant Christian 1, Delhi 1.

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