Carolina Gridiron ranks the top fifteen teams in each classification weekly during the football regular season. Teams are ranked based on a number of factors including strength of schedule, wins, and quality losses. Interact with us on Twitter (@NCGridiron and @NCGridironNews) and let us know your thoughts using the hashtag #Top15.
| Team | Record | LW | |
| 1 | New Bern | (11-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Independence | (11-0) | 3 |
| 3 | Dudley | (10-0) | 4 |
| 4 | Mallard Creek | (10-1) | 5 |
| 5 | Scotland | (10-1) | 10 |
| 6 | Wake Forest | (11-0) | 8 |
| 7 | Richmond | (10-1) | 2 |
| 8 | Reagan | (10-1) | 9 |
| 9 | Hoggard | (10-0) | 11 |
| 10 | Seventy-First | (11-0) | 13 |
| 11 | Garner | (10-1) | 14 |
| 12 | Butler | (9-2) | 6 |
| 13 | East Forsyth | (10-1) | 15 |
| 14 | Charlotte Catholic | (10-1) | NR |
| 15 | Mooresville | (10-1) | 7 |
| Team | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Southern Durham | (11-0) | 1 |
| 2 | Crest | (11-0) | 2 |
| 3 | Havelock | (10-1) | 3 |
| 4 | Concord | (11-0) | 4 |
| 5 | Eastern Alamance | (11-0) | 6 |
| 6 | Southern Guilford | (11-0) | 7 |
| 7 | Freedom | (10-0-1) | 8 |
| 8 | Asheville | (10-1) | 9 |
| 9 | Orange | (10-1) | 5 |
| 10 | Northern Guilford | (10-1) | 10 |
| 11 | Weddington | (10-1) | 12 |
| 12 | Fike | (10-1) | 15 |
| 13 | Forestview | (9-2) | NR |
| 14 | Western Alamance | (9-2) | NR |
| 15 | Northwood | (9-2) | NR |
| Team | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Northeastern | (11-0) | 1 |
| 2 | East Lincoln | (11-0) | 2 |
| 3 | Washington | (10-1) | 4 |
| 4 | Franklin | (11-0) | 5 |
| 5 | Southwest Onslow | (10-1) | 6 |
| 6 | Shelby | (9-2) | 3 |
| 7 | Clinton | (9-1) | 9 |
| 8 | Owen | (10-0) | 7 |
| 9 | Reidsville | (9-2) | 8 |
| 10 | Mount Pleasant | (9-2) | 10 |
| 11 | Holmes | (9-2) | 11 |
| 12 | East Bladen | (9-2) | 12 |
| 13 | Lincolnton | (9-2) | 13 |
| 14 | North Rowan | (9-2) | 14 |
| 15 | Ashe | (9-1) | 15 |
| Team | Record | LW | |
| 1 | Robbinsville | (11-0) | 3 |
| 2 | James Kenan | (9-1) | 2 |
| 3 | Wallace-Rose Hill | (10-1) | 1 |
| 4 | Plymouth | (10-1) | 5 |
| 5 | Princeton | (10-1) | 6 |
| 6 | East Surry | (10-1) | 8 |
| 7 | West Montgomery | (10-1) | 7 |
| 8 | Mount Airy | (10-1) | 4 |
| 9 | Whiteville | (9-2) | 10 |
| 10 | Murphy | (7-3) | 12 |
| 11 | Southeast Halifax | (10-1) | 11 |
| 12 | Pamlico | (9-2) | 13 |
| 13 | Tarboro | (8-3) | NR |
| 14 | Swain | (8-2) | 9 |
| 15 | Camden | (8-3) | NR |
