Riverside High School, the only area high school football program to win a 2023 state championship, picks up where they left off at No. 1 in Grace Media Group’s WNWS.COM Baker’s Dozen preseason area high school football coaches’ poll.

1 – Riverside (13-2)

2 – McKenzie (13-2)

3 – Dyersburg (13-1)

4 – Dresden (13-1)

5 – Haywood (11-3)

6 – Covington (10-3)

7 – Hardin County (11-1)

8 – Henry County (11-2)

9 – Huntingdon (11-2)

10 – Jackson Christian (10-2)

11 – Union City (9-4)

12 – Dyer County (7-6)

13 – Trinity Christian Academy (8-3)