[Tomcat68]

This is a bigger joke than the AP poll, Lit, Cantrell, and all the other's combined. You admittedly used PRESEASON games in your scenarios. Who goes all out in a preseason game? And secondly, you're using a this team beat this team so this team should beat this team formula which we all know in highschool football isn't worth the time of day to talk about. Yes, it's good to get a comparison, but this is HIGHSCHOOL football. A team may play their best game of the season one week and play their worst the next. You're not considering factors such as injuries or progression of a team, either.

Russell's weak district schedule really killed them last year. We all know how that ended up. Belfry has had so much trouble beating teams in their district come playoff time (2005 beat Sheldon Clark twice, 2004 beat Prestonsburg twice, 2003 beat Prestsonsburg twice, 2002 didn't play anyone twice, 2001 loss to Prestonsburg twice, 2000 didn't play anyone twice, 1999 didn't play anyone twice). The last time Belfry played a district team during the regular and post season and the outcome reversed was in 1998 with Sheldon Clark. So that makes that point pretty much mute.

If I were going to do a top 5 2A rankings, mine would look like this:

1. Mercer County - Seemingly unstoppable team in 2A this season
2. Belfry - Great all around team that keeps progressing each game
3. Lou. Western - Great talented players, but individuals won't get you to Louisville, just ask Fort Campbell
4. Russell - Need to find some more offensive firepower besides Kasey Clark to move up the polls. Tyler Jones may just be that answer.
5. Sheldon Clark - A team to be feared and never underestimated. This could be their season to finally undermine the Pirates.