Here are the preseason coaches and media polls from the Patriot Athletic Conference and the Sandhills Athletic Conference. First-place votes received by each team are listed in parentheses on all polls:

 

Patriot Athletic Conference

Coaches 

1. Pine Forest (4)

2. South View (2)

3. Terry Sanford (2)

4. Cape Fear 

5. Westover (1)

6. Gray’s Creek

7. Douglas Byrd

8. Overhills

9. E.E. Smith

Media

1. Terry Sanford (3)

2. Pine Forest (2)

3. South View (1)

4. Cape Fear

5. Gray’s Creek

6. Westover, Douglas Byrd

8. E.E. Smith

9. Overhills

Sandhills Athletic Conference

Coaches

1. Richmond Senior (6)

2. Scotland (2)

3. Seventy-First

4. Pinecrest

5. Jack Britt

6. Hoke County, Lumberton

8. Purnell Swett

Media

1. Richmond Senior (6)

2. Scotland (4)

3. Seventy-First

4. Pinecrest

5. Jack Britt

6. Hoke County

7. Purnell Swett

8. Lumberton