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State Champions as determined by Computer Poll
State and 6A Undisputed Champion - Hoover (14-1)
5A Champion - Briarwood (13-2)
4A Champion - Trinity(15-0)
3A Champion - Pike County (14-1)
2A Champion - Randolph County (14-1)
1A Champion - Parrish (13-1)

Check out the list of byes and forfeits.

Here's the list of all the teams, sorted by rating.  You can also read my notes about the ratings.

Review the list of games played.  If you need a refresher, review the regional alignments.

Quick look at the state's top 10 teams: *=Class 2A #=Class 3A 2=Class 4A 3=Class 5A "=Class 6A W L - - 1 " Hoover 14 1 905 2 " Vestavia Hills 12 2 864 3 " Daphne 14 1 850 4 3 Briarwood 13 2 846 5 3 Homewood 12 2 814 6 2 Trinity 15 0 804 7 " Mountain Brook 11 2 793 8 " Opelika 12 1 788 9 3 B. C. Rain 11 2 780 10 " Vigor 10 4 773

Region Standings and Wilson's Ratings Class 1A Ratings and Regional Standings Class 2A Ratings and Regional Standings Class 3A Ratings and Regional Standings Class 4A Ratings and Regional Standings Class 5A Ratings and Regional Standings Class 6A Ratings and Regional Standings   Or see the top 20 in every class.

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Ratings from the Wobus system      Class 1A      Class 2A      Class 3A      Class 4A      Class 5A      Class 6A   Or see the top 20 in every class.

Why are forfeits not included?  Also, games against out-of-state opponents may slightly skew the ratings, but have not yet been deleted from the record.

Questions or comments regarding this page should be addressed to ratings@talismanred.com.  Some of the more common questions and answers can be found here.  To get a better idea of how the ratings come about, click here (non-mathematical).

You can review last year's results if you want to see how useful the program was last season. 

The ratings pages have a new home here in talismanred.com. This company is much more stable and the pages load much faster. On this site, I'll be able to (hopefully!!) offer team pages next year. Stay tuned!

Disclaimer:  This page is in no way affiliated with, sponsored by, or sanctioned by the Alabama High School Athletic Association.  You may visit the AHSAA's web site by clicking here.

Special Credits:  Many thanks to David Wilson (ratings guru and creator of this formula), Veto Roley and the Birmingham News (a reliable source and usually has those hard-to-find scores), John Wobus (creator of the second formula to be published at the end of Week 6), and Tim Wagner (much discussion about fair ratings, computer polls, and the RPI).

Thanks for scores and discussion:  A big thanks to Nick G. for pointing me toward a great web page for scores, too.  Also, I thank:  David, Jack E., Craig C., Michael J., Ned F., Todd T., Stacy L., Bobby B., and others who didn't leave their names. 

Publicity:  Thanks to the St. Clair News-Aegis, LAR Media Services, and Michael Buchanan of WANI-AM for giving this site undue publicity!