FB RANKINGS: Penn, Carmel, Fishers moving up in third IFCA poll

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana Football Coaches Association has releases its third set of polls for the 2009 campaign and, while the five previous class leaders – 5A Center Grove, 4A Indianapolis Cathedral, 3A Bellmont, 2A Heritage Christian, and 1A Lafayette Central Catholic – all stay No. 1, there’s a lotta stuff going on elsewhere.

Here’s a look at the moves of significance by class:

•   5A: Penn rises from fourth to second, Carmel leaps from seventh to third, Fishers rolls up from the unranked all the way to eighth, and Zionsville moves from 17th to 10th.
•   4A: The Top 10 remains virtually unchanged, right down to the vote totals. Freaky.
•   3A: Jimtown ascends from sixth to fifth and Brebeuf noses up from 11th to ninth.
•   2A: Speedway rises from fourth to third, Fort Wayne Luers goes from sixth to fourth, Rensselaer jumps from eighth to fifth, Fairfield bounces from 11th to seventh, and Tipton moves from 13th to ninth.
•   1A: South Newton rises from ninth into a tie for sixth with Perry Central, Lapel moves from 10th to eighth, Churubusco goes from 13th to ninth, and Fountain Central bumps up from 13th to 10th.
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Teams are listed by current ranking followed by school name, vote total, and number of first-place votes if applicable. The coaches’ polls from Aug. 31:

CLASS 5A
1. Center Grove 100 (10)
2. Penn 90
3. Carmel 59
4. Ben Davis 57
5. Warren Central 50
6. Columbus East 49
7. Chesterton 31
8. Fishers 20
9. Fort Wayne Snider 14
10. Zionsville 13
11. Munster 11
12. LaPorte 8
13. Mishawaka 7
14. Pike 6
14. Merrillville 6
16. Homestead 5
16. Michigan City 5
18. Columbus North 4
18. Valparaiso 4
18. Bloomington North 4
21. Floyd Central 2
21. Westfield 2
23. Hamilton Southeastern 2
24. Martinsville 1

CLASS 4A
1. Indianapolis Cathedral 100 (10)
2. Fort Wayne Dwenger 74
3. Lowell 69
4. Jasper 64
5. Plymouth 48
6. Roncalli 45
7. Plainfield 38
8. Delta 34
9. Evansville Reitz 33
10. East Central 27
11. Concord 7
12. Evansville Central 5
13. Griffith 4
14. Shelbyville 1
14. East Noble 1

CLASS 3A
1. Bellmont 92 (9)
2. Indianapolis Chatard 91 (1)
3. Harding 67
4. West Lafayette 58
5. Jimtown 55
6. Heritage Hills 51
7. Eastbrook 48
8. North Montgomery 33
9. Brebeuf 22
10. Andrean 9
11. South Bend St Joseph’s 7
12. Norwell 6
13. Western Boone 4
13. Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran 4
15. NorthWood 3

CLASS 2A
1. Heritage Christian 100 (10)
2. Indianapolis Ritter 88
3. Speedway 78
4. Fort Wayne Luers 64
5. Rensselaer 50
6. Evansville Mater Dei 38
7. Fairfield 33
8. Southridge 29
9. Tipton 17
10. Paoli 13
11. Northwestern 11
12. South Spencer 10
13. Brownstown 5
14. Wheeler 4
15. Monrovia 2
16. Winchester 2
16. Providence 2
16. Cass 2
19. North Posey 1
19. North Judson 1

CLASS A
1. Lafayette Central Catholic 97 (8)
2. Pioneer 92 (2)
3. North Daviess 67
4. Rockville 60
5. Southern Wells 57
6. Perry Central 40
6. South Newton 40
8. Lapel 24
9. Churubusco 21
10. Fountain Central 17
11. Adams Central 12
12. Sheridan 8
13. Tecumseh 6
13. Linton 6
15. Attica 2
16. Winamac 1