Prep football power poll

The area's top 10 prep football teams after the fifth week of the season as voted on by members of The Augusta Chronicle and WJBF NewsChannel 6 sports departments, plus selected other media outlets around the area. A first-place vote is worth 10 points, a 10th-place vote is worth one point. First-place votes are in parentheses.

Team Pts. W-L LW

1. S. Aiken (9) 108 4-0 3

2. S. Thurmond 83 3-1 1

3. Jefferson Co. (1) 67 5-0 7

4. Wash.-Wilkes 65 4-1 5

5. Aiken 63 3-1 2

6. Laney 55 4-1 4

7. Wash. Co. (1) 51 4-1 6

8. Thomson 29 4-1 8

9. Blackville-Hilda 23 5-0 9

10. Glenn Hills 17 4-1 -

Others receiving votes (in order): Warren County, Burke County, Augusta Christian, Silver Bluff, Aquinas, Harlem.