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