[RunItUpTheGut]

Not sure why others receiving votes weren't listed this week like they were last week. Sounds like most fans would be interested to see who the last teams out are.

A couple of observations:

1) Ryle loses by 30 to B.Station in a scrimmage and then BS has a very impressive win over a good, not great, Knox team. Surprised BS didn't get in the Top 10 while Ryle did.

2) Surprised John Hardin stayed as high as they did at #3.

3) Mayfield and Desales deadlocked at #1. Really a tough one to call either way. While 3-6 are solid teams, I think these 2 are head and shoulders above the rest in 2a.

4) 3a is a bear to pick. The top 8 teams look really strong.

Staff decision not to include the "other receiving votes".
Sometimes that could include 10-15 teams and it is difficult for us to format so many characters for the different media outlets using the rankings.
They prefer them to just be listed as the AP and others are.

On your 1. I agree. I think BS deserved to be in there, and to be honest, they were the first one out. They actually had the lead over Ryle until the last voter turned in. The problem with BS is like a lot of others. Not a lot of preseason hype and voters everywhere are familiar enough with them yet.

On you number, 2, I couldn't agree more.

On number 3, couldn't agree more again.