The preseason S.C. Prep Football Media Poll was released Monday with sports journalists from around the Palmetto State weighing in on their top 10 teams from each SCHSL classification entering the 2022 season.
Beaufort and Whale Branch repped the Lowco in the initial poll, as the 2021 Class 4A runner-up Eagles checked in at No. 7 in their new home in Class 3A, while Whale Branch is ranked sixth to start the season in Class 1A.
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| Rk | 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaffney (10) | South Pointe (10) | Daniel (9) | Gray Collegiate (9) | Southside Christian (11) |
| 2 | Dutch Fork (1) | Northwestern | Camden (2) | Abbeville (1) | Bamberg-Ehrhardt |
| 3 | Fort Dorchester | Greenville (1) | Dillon | Oceanside Collegiate (1) | Christ Church |
| 4 | Spartanburg | AC Flora | Powdersville | Silver Bluff | Lamar |
| 5 | Hillcrest | West Florence | Brookland-Cayce | Saluda | Lake View |
| 6 | Sumter | Greenwood | Clinton | Cheraw | Whale Branch |
| 7 | Byrnes | South Florence | Beaufort | Barnwell | Baptist Hill |
| 8 | Dorman | Hartsville | Gilbert | Newberry | Johnsonville |
| 9 | Lexington | Myrtle Beach | Chester | Kingstree | Calhoun County |
| 10 | TL Hanna | Westside | Aynor | Fairfield Central | St. Joseph’s |
| RV | Nation Ford | Ridge View | Wren | Andrew Jackson | Ridge Spring-Monetta |
| RV | Summerville | York | Chapman | Timberland | Lewisville |
| RV | Clover | Catawba Ridge | Crestwood | Chesterfield | C.A. Johnson |
| RV | Spring Valley | Irmo | Lower Richland | Ninety-Six | Dixie |
| RV | Mauldin | Greer | Seneca | Woodland | Wagener-Salley |
| RV | Laurens | Travelers Rest | Strom Thurmond | Williston-Elko | |
| RV | James Island | Woodruff | Keenan | Great Falls | |
| RV | Philip Simmons | Marion | Branchville | ||
| RV | Hanahan | Crescent | Hannah-Pamplico | ||
| RV | Landrum | ||||
| RV | Blacksburg |
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