This week’s high school football schedule will be split between Thursday and Friday as some districts play a day earlier than usual to avoid a game on Halloween night Friday.
Meanwhile, Green Run, Lafayette and Lake Taylor all take a bye-week breather before playing a regular-season finale, with plenty of playoff jockeying remaining in the closing two weeks.
Staffers Sonny Dearth, Jami Frankenberry, Marty O’Brien, Larry Rubama and Sam Saunders and correspondent Jim McGrath voted in the poll. Team, record, first-place votes, total votes and last week’s ranking are included.
1. Maury (7-1, 5 first-place votes, 89 votes, No. 1 last week)
This week: vs. Manor at Powhatan Field, 7 p.m. Friday
2. Oscar Smith (7-1, 1 first-place vote, 85 votes, No. 2)
This week: vs. Great Bridge at Great Bridge MS, 7 p.m. Thursday
3. Green Run (9-0, 78 votes, No. 4)
This week: Idle
4. Indian River (7-1, 68 votes, No. 5)
This week: vs. King’s Fork, 7 p.m. Thursday
5. Hampton (7-1, 66 votes, No. 7)
This week: vs. Heritage at Todd Stadium, 7 p.m. Thursday
6. King’s Fork (7-1, 63 votes, No. 6)
This week: at Indian River, 7 p.m. Thursday
7. Warwick (7-3, 48 votes, No. 3)
This week: Idle
8. Nansemond River (6-2, 46 votes, No. 8)
This week: vs. Lakeland, 7 p.m. Friday
9. Kempsville (6-2, 41 votes, No. 9)
This week: at Kellam, 7 p.m. Thursday
10. Lafayette (8-1, 36 votes, No. 10)
This week: Idle
11. Phoebus (4-3, 31 votes, No. 12)
This week: vs. Woodside at Todd Stadium, 7 p.m. Friday
12. Poquoson (7-1, 26 votes, No. 14)
This week: at Bruton, 7 p.m. Thursday
13. Lake Taylor (7-2, 19 votes, No. 11)
This week: Idle
14. Warhill (6-2, 13 votes, NR)
This week: vs. Tabb at Wanner Stadium, 7 p.m. Friday
15. Cox (6-2, 9 votes, NR)
This week: vs. Princess Anne, 7 p.m. Thursday
Dropped out: Bayside (5-3), Salem (5-3).
Also receiving votes: Kellam 1, Norfolk Academy 1, Bayside 1.
