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Listen, you may think we have the best job in the whole entire world. While it is pretty cool, it's a far shot from being easy.

One of the toughest things we have to do is to vote. Joe Medley, The Star's columnist, votes on the Heisman Trophy. But that's just once a year. Nick Birdsong, The Star's high school sports writer, votes every week on where he thinks the high school teams across the state should be ranked.

The difficult thing about this is that Nick only gets to see a fraction of the high school teams across the state. He's basically voting on phone conversations he's had with other prep writers.

The only real help he gets is this thing called, "How the Top 10 fared". This is the list that Nick and the other sports writers get to see:

TOP 10 FARED
CLASS 6A
1. Prattville (1-1) beat Lee-Montgomery 31-0
2. Hoover (2-0) beat Homewood 30-21
3. Tuscaloosa Co. (2-0) beat Northridge 42-7
4. McGill-Toolen (2-0) beat Fairhope 44-3
5. Oxford (2-0) beat Pinson Valley 28-12
6. Florence (2-0) beat Buckhorn 35-13
7. Opelika (2-0) beat Russell Co. 55-20
8. Gadsden City (1-1) beat Huffman 28-0
9. Pelham (2-0) beat Spain Park 21-15
10. Vestavia Hills (1-1) beat Gardendale 29-13

CLASS 5A
1. Eufaula (2-0) beat B.T. Washington 7-0
2. Briarwood (1-1) lost to Shelby Co. 26-3
3. Cullman (2-0) beat Walker 26-14
4. Russellville (2-0) beat Lee-Huntsville 61-16
5. McAdory (2-0) beat Carver-Birmingham 42-6 on Thursday
6. Charles Henderson (2-0) beat Tallassee 25-7
7. Wenonah (1-0) beat Woodlawn 28-18 on Thursday
8. Central-Tuscaloosa (2-0) beat Brookwood 36-0
9. Vigor (2-0) beat Escambia Co. 54-22
10. Hartselle (2-0) beat J.O. Johnson 23-0 on Thursday

CLASS 4A
1. North Jackson (2-0) beat Priceville 62-7
2. Brooks (1-1) lost to Wilson 40-20
3. Deshler (1-1) beat Central-Florence 48-20
4. Handley (1-0) beat Munford 18-8
5. Lincoln (2-0) beat Cleburne Co. 14-7
6. Thomasville (0-2) lost to No. 7 UMS-Wright 21-14
7. UMS-Wright (1-1) beat No. 6 Thomasville 21-14
8. Fayette Co. (2-0) beat Oak Grove 21-0
9. Fairview (2-0) beat Douglas 65-34
10. Clarke Co. (1-1) beat W.S. Neal 49-12

CLASS 3A
1. Cordova (2-0) beat Sumter Co. 42-20
2. Colbert Co. (2-0) beat West Limestone 41-0
3. Trinity (2-0) beat B.B. Comer 35-0 on Thursday
4. T.R. Miller (2-0) beat Cottage Hill 48-19
5. West Morgan (2-0) beat Colbert Heights 54-14
6. Leeds (2-0) beat White Plains 55-0
7. Sardis (2-0) beat New Hope 31-21
8. Pike Co. (1-1) beat Wicksburg 29-0
9. Geneva (1-1) lost to Daleville 29-14
10. Straughn (2-0) beat Choctaw Co. 42-32

CLASS 2A
1. Leroy (2-0) beat Millry 35-19
2. Clay Co. (2-0) beat Randolph Co. 47-7
3. Fyffe (1-1) lost to Geraldine 14-7
4. Houston Aca. (2-0) beat Houston Co. 35-14
5. American Chr. (2-0) beat Thorsby 53-7
6. Fultondale (1-1) lost to Isabella 20-10
7. West End-Walnut Grove (2-0) beat Section 41-14
8. Red Bay (1-1) beat Westminster 51-26
9. Addison (0-2) lost to Falkville 6-0
10. Tanner (2-0) beat Phil Campbell 23-13

CLASS 1A
1. Sweet Water (2-0) beat Marengo 50-8
2. Talladega Co. Central (2-0) beat Donoho 57-0
3. Brantley (2-0) beat No. 10 Providence Chr. 48-8
4. Hazlewood (2-0) beat Tharptown 48-0 on Thursday
5. Ariton (2-0) beat Pleasant Home 40-8
6. Wadley (2-0) beat Verbena 44-6
7. Loachapoka (2-0) beat Notasulga 35-0
8. Maplesville (1-0) does not play
9. Gaston (1-1) beat Gaylesville 51-20
10. Providence Chr. (0-2) lost to No. 3 Brantley 48-8