The preseason Associated Press state high school football poll was released Monday night.

The West Orange-Stark Mustangs are ranked No. 3 in Class 4A. WO-S has made the Class 4A Division II State Championship Game the last four years, winning it all in both 2015 and 2016.

Defending Class 4A Division I state champion Carthage is ranked No. 1 while Argyle is at No. 2.

The only other Southeast Texas team ranked in the top 10 is defending Class 3A Division II state champion Newton. The Eagles, who return 18 starters, are ranked No. 1.

The Silsbee Tigers were ranked No. 12 in Class 4A. Port Neches-Groves is No. 15 in Class 5A and Woodville is No. 22 in Class 3A.

Here is the preseason rankings that were released with first-place results in parenthesis:

 

AP Class 6A

No. 1 Allen (21 first place votes) – 237 pts.

No. 2 Lake Travis (3 first place votes) – 194

No. 3 Katy – 176

No. 4 Westlake – 174

No. 5 Judson – 105

No. 6 Cy-Fair – 97

No. 7 Longview – 77

No. 8 Galena North Shore – 73

No. 9 Duncanville – 72

No. 10 Southlake Carroll – 25

Others receiving votes: Waco Midway 19. Spring Westfield 16. Klein Collins 16. DeSoto 13. Euless Trinity 7. Cibolo Steele 5. The Woodlands 4. Smithson Valley 3. Denton Guyer 3. Humble Atascocita 2. , San Angelo Central 2.

AP Class 5A

No. 1 Aledo (13 first place votes) – 202 pts.

No. 2 Highland Park (3 first place votes) – 184

No. 3 Lufkin (5 first place votes) – 150

No. 4 Denton Ryan (1 first place vote) – 137

No. 5 Mansfield Legacy (2 first place votes) – 134

No. 6 Manvel – 106

No. 7 College Station – 88

No. 8 Frisco Lone Star – 71

No. 9 Fort Bend Marshall – 66

No. 10 Cedar Park – 35

Others receiving votes: A&M Consolidated 30. CC Calallen 30. Hutto 25. Angleton 19. Port Neches-Groves 17. Tyler 8. Ennis 6. Lubbock Coronado 4. Marshall 4. Colleyville Heritage 2. Crosby 1. Dripping Springs 1.

AP Class 4A

No. 1 Carthage (10) – 222 pts.

No. 2 Argyle (11) – 215

No. 3 West Orange-Stark (3) – 166

No. 4 La Vega – 138

No. 5 Stephenville – 120

No. 6 Cuero – 100

No. 7 Gilmer – 80

No. 8 Texarkana Pleasant Grove – 73

No. 9 Kennedale – 55

No. 10 Liberty Hill 37

Others receiving votes: Midlothian Heritage 35. Melissa 14. Silsbee 14. Graham 13. Lubbock Estacado 8. Kilgore 7. Henderson 6. WF Hirschi 6. Midland Greenwood 5. Wimberley 4. Rusk 1. Levelland 1

AP Class 3A

No. 1 Newton (15) – 221 pts.

No. 2 Brock (9) – 214

No. 3 Canadian -154

No. 4 Goliad – 135

No. 5 Rockdale – 122

No. 6 Gunter – 117

No. 7 Atlanta – 87

No. 8 Childress – 62

No. 9 Yoakum – 46

No. 10 (tie) Franklin and Lexington – 42

Others receiving votes: Waskom 18. Kemp 15. Wall 9. New London West Rusk 7. Shallowater 7. Sonora 7. Grandview 4. Colorado City 2. Big Sandy Harmony 2. Malakoff 2. Mount Vernon 2. Woodville 1. Buffalo 1. Cameron Yoe 1

AP 2A

No. 1 Refugio (14) – 215 pts.

No. 2 Mart (8) – 209

No. 3 Mason – 156

No. 4 Shiner – 149

No. 5 Wellington (1) – 144

No. 6 Muenster (1) – 138

No. 7 Burton – 65

No. 8 De Leon – 56

No. 9 Albany – 46

No. 10 Tenaha – 35

Others receiving votes: San Augustine 24. Bosqueville 20. Valley View 16. Stratford 13. Crawford 11. New Deal 9. Hearne 4. Falls City 3. Bremond 3. Lovelady 2. Price Carlisle 1. Sundown 1