The first week of high school football is in the books.
There were no huge surprises.
Our top eight teams in the preseason rankings were victorious. Meanwhile, the No. 9 team in the preseason (Conway) lost to the No. 3 team.
No. 1 Bryant easily handled Benton in the Salt Bowl at War Memorial Stadium by a final score of 42-3.
No. 2 Bentonville beat a talented Liberty North team out of Missouri, 43-30.
No. 3 Fayetteville downed Conway, 41-24.
No. 4 Greenwood beat Muskogee, Okla., 63-21.
No. 5 Lake Hamilton beat Hot Springs Lakeside, 48-14.
No. 6 Little Rock Christian routed Little Rock Central, 41-8.
No. 7 Pulaski Academy began the Anthony Lucas era with a 60-21 thrashing of Joe T. Robinson.
And No. 8 Shiloh Christian had no trouble with Pea Ridge, 55-13.
Here are the updated rankings after one week of the season:
OVERALL
- Bryant
- Bentonville
- Fayetteville
- Greenwood
- Lake Hamilton
- Little Rock Christian
- Pulaski Academy
- Shiloh Christian
- Cabot
- Jonesboro
CLASS 7A
- Bryant
- Bentonville
- Fayetteville
- Cabot
- North Little Rock
CLASS 6A
- Greenwood
- Lake Hamilton
- Jonesboro
- El Dorado
- Little Rock Parkview
CLASS 5A
- Little Rock Christian
- Pulaski Academy
- White Hall
- Harrison
- Camden Fairview
CLASS 4A
- Shiloh Christian
- Malvern
- Stuttgart
- Warren
- Ozark
CLASS 3A
- Prescott
- Harding Academy
- McGehee
- Booneville
- Osceola
CLASS 2A
- Des Arc
- Fordyce
- McCrory
- Clarendon
- Bigelow