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  Class 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A  
  State Champions Weir Bruce Shannon Northeast Jones Moss Point  
  North State Champions Weir Bruce Shannon Kosciusko South Panola  
  South State Champions Mount Olive Ackerman Prentiss Northeast Jones Moss Point  
  Region/Division 1-1A 1-2A 1-3A 1-4A 1-5A  
  Champions Smithville Nettleton Shannon Olive Branch South Panola  
  2nd Seed Falkner Booneville Ripley Oxford Starkville  
  3rd Seed         Clarksdale  
  4th Seed         Grenada  
  Region/Division 2-1A 2-2A 2-3A 2-4A 2-5A  
  Champions Vardaman Bruce Water Valley Kosciusko Madison Central  
  2nd Seed Hamilton Calhoun City Independence Louisville Greenwood  
  3rd Seed         Warren Central  
  4th Seed         Vicksburg  
  Region/Division 3-1A 3-2A 3-3A 3-4A 3-5A  
  Champions Durant Ruleville Central Charleston East Side Meridian  
  2nd Seed George Broad Street Coahoma County Cleveland Provine  
  3rd Seed         Brandon  
  4th Seed         Forest Hill  
  Region/Division 4-1A 4-2A 4-3A 4-4A 4-5A  
  Champions Weir Leflore County Velma Jackson Magee Moss Point  
  2nd Seed Noxapater Saint Joseph (Greenville) Humphreys County Pearl Hattiesburg  
  3rd Seed         Pascagoula  
  4th Seed         Gulfport  
  Division 5-1A 5-2A 5-3A 5-4A    
  Champions Scott Central Ackerman Morton Northeast Jones    
  2nd Seed Sebastopol Choctaw Central Forest West Jones    
  Division 6-1A 6-2A 6-3A 6-4A    
  Champions Pelahatchie Loyd Star Raymond McComb    
  2nd Seed Saint Aloysius Hinds County AHS Franklin County South Pike    
  Division 7-1A 7-2A 7-3A 7-4A    
  Champions Cathedral Taylorsville Bassfield Petal    
  2nd Seed Bogue Chitto Newton Prentiss Picayune    
  Division 8-1A 8-2A 8-3A 8-4A    
  Champions Mize Lumberton Purvis George County    
  2nd Seed Mount Olive Seminary Vancleave East Central    
  Class 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A  
  Undefeated Seasons Weir Ackerman Purvis Olive Branch South Panola  
  Pelahatchie Loyd Star   East Side Madison Central  
    Taylorsville   Northeast Jones    
        Petal    
  Class 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A  
  Winless Seasons Thrasher North Pontotoc Caledonia Weston Columbus  
  Thomastown West Tallahatchie Coldwater Jefferson County Murrah  
  Nanih Waiya Williams-Sullivan Yazoo County      
  Saint Joseph (Jackson) Wesson