Indianapolis: Four weeks into Operation Football, the picture is starting to get clearer on who the real title contenders might be when the regular season winds down next month. Friday, September 12, brought fireworks across the state as Indiana’s top-ranked teams battled it out — with some delivering crushing wins and others stumbling in big upsets.
Here’s how the latest IHSAA football AP poll leaders fared:
Class 6A
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No. 1 Brownsburg outgunned No. 9 Avon in a 55-47 shootout.
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No. 2 Center Grove rolled past Ben Davis 63-35.
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No. 3 Carmel fell to Louisville Trinity (KY) 41-28.
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No. 4 Crown Point shut out Lake Central 42-0.
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No. 5 Hamilton Southeastern stumbled against Fishers, losing 28-16.
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No. 6 Westfield crushed Noblesville 41-7.
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No. 7 Penn blanked South Bend Washington 62-0.
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No. 8 Columbus North dropped a 41-20 decision to Roncalli.
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No. 10 Lawrence North dominated North Central 55-21.
Class 5A
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No. 1 New Palestine destroyed Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 71-0.
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No. 2 Bloomington South handled Bloomington North 36-7.
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No. 3 Plainfield topped Perry Meridian 41-6.
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No. 4 Cathedral edged 4A No. 1 Bishop Chatard 23-20 in a thriller.
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No. 5 Warsaw breezed past Wawasee 41-7.
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No. 6 Lafayette Jeff beat West Lafayette Harrison 47-26.
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No. 7 East Central overpowered Franklin County 35-14.
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No. 8 Concord slipped past Northridge 21-14.
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No. 9 Merrillville doubled up Portage 44-23.
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No. 10 Floyd Central handled Seymour 42-14.
Class 4A
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No. 1 Bishop Chatard suffered a tough loss to 5A No. 4 Cathedral 23-20.
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No. 2 Heritage Hills crushed Southridge 45-0.
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No. 3 East Noble edged DeKalb 21-14.
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No. 4 Mishawaka squeaked past NorthWood 26-25.
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No. 5 Leo rolled over New Haven 49-14.
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No. 6 Columbia City slipped against Huntington North 21-14.
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No. 7 Pendleton Heights topped Greenfield-Central 43-14.
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No. 8 Evansville Reitz battled to a 19-14 win over Evansville North.
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No. 9 Jasper demolished Evansville Bosse 63-0.
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No. 10 Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger edged Carroll 9-6 in a defensive slugfest.
Class 3A
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No. 1 Evansville Memorial outlasted No. 7 Evansville Mater Dei 28-21 in an overtime thriller.
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No. 2 Mississinewa blanked Frankton 35-0.
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No. 3 Cascade lit up North Montgomery 63-26.
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No. 4 Gibson Southern beat Henderson County (KY) 40-14.
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No. 5 Knox handled Tippecanoe Valley 36-21.
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No. 6 Maconaquah crushed Whitko 62-0.
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No. 8 Lawrenceburg steamrolled Greensburg 62-7.
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No. 9 Indian Creek shut out Beech Grove 42-0.
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No. 10 Tri-West ran past Speedway 63-21.
Class 2A
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No. 1 Adams Central blanked Jay County 40-0.
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No. 2 Brownstown Central thrashed Salem 63-7.
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No. 3 Lapel handled Muncie Central 42-14.
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No. 4 Triton Central beat Monrovia 24-14.
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No. 5 Andrean topped Munster 21-7.
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No. 6 Eastbrook fought off Alexandria 34-24.
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No. 7 Lutheran dominated Scecina 56-10.
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No. 8 Bluffton eased past Woodlan 42-7.
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No. 9 Eastern (Greentown) was upset by Taylor 21-20.
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No. 10 Seeger fell to 1A No. 8 Riverton Parke 48-12.
Class A
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No. 1 North Decatur blasted Brown County 66-0.
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No. 2 Providence shut out Clarksville 62-0.
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No. 3 Madison-Grant slipped against Oak Hill 28-20.
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No. 4 South Putnam topped Eastern Hancock 33-19.
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No. 5 Springs Valley shut down West Washington 38-0.
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No. 7 North Judson edged No. 6 North Miami 24-16.
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No. 8 Riverton Parke stunned 2A No. 10 Seeger 48-12.
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No. 9 Carroll (Flora) cruised past Delphi 45-6.
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No. 10 Frontier flattened Faith Christian 64-0.
With blowouts, nail-biters, and upsets sprinkled all over the board, one thing is clear — the road to the Indiana high school football state championships is only getting hotter.