Six-time defending state champion Pierre and Winner are among top-ranked teams in the South Dakota Football Coaches Association preseason poll, released Sunday.
Pierre received 24 of 26 first-place votes to top the 11AA preseason coaches poll. Winner earned 16 first-place votes to be on top of the 11B poll, ahead of 2022 champion Elk Point-Jefferson.
Defending champion Gregory leads the 9A preseason poll. Lyman and Timber Lake received votes.
2022 runner-up Herreid-Selby Area is third in the 9B preseason poll. Kadoka Area and Sully Buttes received votes.
First-place votes in parentheses
2023 South Dakota Football Coaches Association Preseason Polls
11AAA
1 Harrisburg (5) 89
2 Sioux Falls Jefferson (9) 68
3 Brandon Valley (3) 67
4 Sioux Falls Lincoln (6) 59
5 O’Gorman 46
Receiving votes: Sioux Falls Roosevelt (1), Sioux Falls Washington
11AA
1 Pierre (24) 124
2 Tea Area (2) 98
3 Yankton 60
4 Brookings 34
5 Aberdeen Central 29
Receiving votes: Watertown
11A
1 Dell Rapids (18) 116
2 West Central (3) 68
3 Canton (1) 55
4 Sioux Falls Christian (1) 52
5 Madison (1) 40
Receiving votes: Dakota Valley (3), Lennox, Beresford
11B
1 Winner (16) 114
2 Elk Point-Jefferson (7) 91
3 Sioux Valley (2) 56
4 Hot Springs 31
5 Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan 29
Receiving votes: McCook Central-Montrose (2), St. Thomas More, Tri Valley
9AA
T1 Wall (10) 97
T1 Parkston (9) 97
3 Howard (5) 83
4 Hamlin (4) 64
5 Hanson (1) 43
Receiving votes: Elkton-Lake Benton 22, Bon Homme 21, Platte-Geddes 11, Viborg-Hurley 10
9A
1 Gregory (21) 120
2 Warner (2) 90
3 Canistota (3) 42
4 Wolsey-Wessington 41
5 Castlewood 33
Receiving votes: Lyman 17, Harding County/Bison 16, Timber Lake 9
9B
1 Hitchcock-Tulare (12) 79
2 De Smet (4) 75
3 Herreid-Selby Area (4) 65
4 Corsica-Stickney (1) 34
5 Faulkton Area (3) 32
Receiving Votes: Dell Rapids St. Mary (1) 28, Kadoka Area 20, Sully Buttes 19, Avon 12
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