Which NCHSAA football conferences are having the best 2024 season? See our rankings
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Which NCHSAA football conferences are having the best 2024 season? See our rankings

Posted on by Matthew Reynolds

Entering week eight of the 2024 season, just about every non-conference game has been completed.

No matter the year, high school football fans love debating which conferences are the strongest in North Carolina.

Here is how I see the NCHSAA football conferences stack up against each other this season. This is a power ranking for each set of single classification conferences and each set of split classification conferences.

I’ve included each conference’s combined record against outside opponents. However, the rankings are not based on these combined records only. Much of this is based on my view of the strength of schedule that each league collectively played in the non-conference season. These rankings also reflect how much I feel a conference is weighed down by the worst teams in the league. A conference with no truly bad teams at the bottom will be ranked ahead of ones that do have them. On the flip side, the top of the conference can be so good that doesn’t matter how much the teams at the bottom have under-performed.

Note: Games played against regular conference opponents in non-conference were not counted. For example, Southern Carolina 4A foes Sun Valley and Marvin Ridge played each other in non-conference to fill their schedules.

4A Conferences Power Ranking

  1. Southern Carolina (.800 in non-conference)
  2. Greater Metro (.783 in non-conference)
  3. Central Piedmont (.666 in non-conference)
  4. Metro (.708 in non-conference)
  5. NAC 6 (.400 in non-conference)
  6. Cap-6 (.679 in non-conference)
  7. Southwestern 4A (.280 in non-conference)
  8. Greater Metro (.407 in non-conference)
  9. South Meck (.320 in non-conference)
  10. DAC (.357 in non-conference)
  11. Southwest Wake (.208 in non-conference)

3A/4A Conferences Power Ranking

  1. Queen City (.522 in non-conference)
  2. Big Carolina (.666 in non-conference)
  3. Sandhills (.546 in non-conference)
  4. United 8 (.750 in non-conference)
  5. Mideastern (.565 in non-conference)
  6. Northwestern (.552 in non-conference)
  7. Mountain Athletic (.520 in non-conference)
  8. All-American (.375 in non-conference)

3A Conferences Power Ranking

  1. Western Foothills (.625 in non-conference)
  2. Big South (.636 in non-conference)
  3. Mountain 7 (.692 in non-conference)
  4. Coastal (.593 in non-conference)
  5. South Piedmont (.409 in non-conference)
  6. Mid-Piedmont (.533 in non-conference)
  7. Central (.429 in non-conference)
  8. Mid-State (.375 in non-conference)
  9. Quad County (.453 in non-conference)

2A/3A Conferences Power Ranking

  1. Big East (.654 in non-conference)
  2. Northern Lakes (.500 in non-conference)
  3. Rocky River (.414 in non-conference)
  4. Northeastern Coastal (.333 in non-conference)

2A Conferences Power Ranking

  1. Mid-State (.517 in non-conference)
  2. Eastern Plains (.555 in non-conference)
  3. Catawba Valley (.444 in non-conference)
  4. East Central (.444 in non-conference)
  5. Foothills (.357 in non-conference)
  6. Neuse 6 (.321 in non-conference)
  7. Southeastern (.276 in non-conference)

1A/2A Conferences Power Ranking

  1. Four Rivers (.666 in non-conference)
  2. Piedmont Athletic (.533 in non-conference)
  3. Southern Piedmont (.481 in non-conference)
  4. Waccamaw (.560 in non-conference)
  5. Central Carolina (.464 in non-conference)
  6. Yadkin Valley (.640 in non-conference)
  7. Football Only (.478 in non-conference)
  8. Mountain Foothills (.375 in non-conference)
  9. Western Highlands (.333 in non-conference)
  10. Mid-Carolina (.294 in non-conference)
  11. Coastal Plains (.296 in non-conference)

1A Conferences Power Ranking

  1. Northwest (.539 in non-conference)
  2. Smoky Mountain (.429 in non-conference)
  3. Carolina (.512 in non-conference)
  4. Tar-Roanoke (.189 in non-conference)

Source: highschoolot.com