SBLive Top 20 Power Rankings: Har-Ber returns, Shiloh Christian debuts

Here are SBLive’s Top 20 Arkansas high school football rankings for the week of Oct. 19.

Here are SBLive’s Top 20 Arkansas high school football rankings for the week of Oct. 19.

Our statewide football rankings, which span all classifications, are released every Monday throughout the 2020 high school football season. The rankings are compiled by SBLive reporters Connor Morrissette, Bodie DeSilva and Lance Smith. (Photo by Jimmy Jones)

SBLIVE POWER RANKINGS: ARKANSAS TOP 20

Oct. 19, 2020

1. Bryant (6-0)

Last week’s ranking: No. 1

Bryant beat Little Rock Southwest 70-0. The Hornets have won 23 games in a row.

2. North Little Rock (6-0)

Last week’s ranking: No. 2

NLR beat beat Little Rock Catholic 49-10. Charging Wildcats quarterback Kareame Cotton rushed for a 51-yard touchdown and threw for two scores.

3. Bentonville (7-0)

Last week’s ranking: No. 3

Bentonville beat Fayetteville 59-14. The Tigers scored touchdowns on their first three possessions. Fayetteville hasn’t defeated Bentonville since 2005.

4. Pulaski Academy (7-0)

Last week’s ranking: No. 4

Pulaski Academy beat Tyler Legacy (Texas) 50-25. Jalyn Witcher scored PA’s second touchdown. Watch below.

5. Greenwood (7-0)

Last week’s ranking: No. 5

Greenwood beat Russellville 48-10. LD Richmond hit Luke Brewer for a 47-yard touchdown in the win. Watch below.

Greenwood’s LD Richmond connects with Luke Brewer for a 47-yard touchdown.

Greenwood leads Russellville 28-10.

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— Arkansas High School On SI (@SBLiveARK) October 17, 2020

6. Conway (4-2)

Last week’s ranking: 6

Conway defeated No. 15 Fort Smith Northside 48-12. The Wampus Cats dominated from start to finish, jumping out to a 31-0 lead.

7. Cabot (5-1)

Last week’s ranking: No. 8

Cabot lost to No. 6 Conway 52-49 two weeks ago. The Panthers led 42-38 in the fourth quarter but could not hold on.

8. Benton (5-2)

Last week’s ranking: 9

Benton beat Mountain Home 35-7. Trevor Standridge hauled in a 52-yard touchdown in the victory. Watch below.

Benton’s Garrett Brown connects with Trevor Standridge for a 52-yard touchdown reception.

Benton leads Mountain Home 28-7.

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— Arkansas High School On SI (@SBLiveARK) October 17, 2020

9. Har-Ber (3-4)

Last week's ranking: NR

Har-Bar returns to the Top 20 following a 33-17 win over No. 13 Bentonville West. Hudson Brewer rushed for two touchdowns for the Wildcats in the victory.

10. Lake Hamilton (6-0)

Last week’s ranking: 10

Lake Hamilton defeated Siloam Springs 42-19. Owen Miller scored on the first play of the game for Lake Hamilton. Watch below.

First play of the game, Owen Miller is already in the end zone.

Lake Hamilton strikes first against Siloam Springs.

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— Arkansas High School On SI (@SBLiveARK) October 17, 2020

11. Wynne (7-0)

Last week’s ranking: 13

Wynne beat Batesville 49-20. Yellowjackets senior Marterius Dewaun Ross had a touchdown pass and a touchdown run.

12. LR Christian (5-1)

Last week’s ranking: 12

LR Christian beat Little Rock Hall 59-27. Jayvean Dyer-Jones scored a 55-yard touchdown in the first quarter to begin the Warriors’ big night.

13. Bentonville West (4-3)

Last week’s ranking: No. 7

Bentonville West fell to Har-Ber 33-17. Trailing 27-17, a Bentonville West fourth-and-goal turnover on downs preserved the Har-Ber victory.

14. Jonesboro (4-2)

Last week’s ranking: 14

The Hurricanes beat West Memphis 38-13. Jonesboro has won three in a row without star quarterback Cross Jumper.

15. Fort Smith Northside (4-2)

Last week’s ranking: 11

Fort Smith Northside lost to No. 6 Conway 48-12. Northside was never close. The Grizzlies trailed 31-0.

16. Parkview (4-1)

Last week’s ranking: No. 15

Landon Rogers scored the winning touchdown for Parkview in a 28-20 victory over Van Buren. Watch it below.

WATCH: Parkview's Landon Rogers runs over Van Buren defender for second half TD

Video courtesy: Pointer Media - https://t.co/JOJABmCC6s pic.twitter.com/3XYYBB3Exc

— Arkansas High School On SI (@SBLiveARK) October 17, 2020

17. Arkadelphia (4-0)

Last week’s ranking: 16

Arkadelphia beat Harmony Grove 54-19. Braeden Thomas scored the Badgers' second touchdown. Watch it below.

18. Harrison (5-1)

Last week’s ranking: 17

Harrison beat Vilonia 48-16. Tyler Hutcheson scored thanks to a beautiful block to give Harrison its first points. Watch below.

Tyler Hutcheson went from 0 to 60 in no time to get the Goblins on the board.

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— Arkansas High School On SI (@SBLiveARK) October 17, 2020

19. Shiloh Christian (4-1)

Last week’s ranking: NR

Shiloh Christian debuts in the Top 20 following a 58-21 win over Gentry.

Shiloh Christian's Eli Wisdom hits Kahlil Mobley for a 52-yard TD against Gentry to take a 23-0 lead in the second quarter. @ShilohSaintsFB

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— Arkansas High School On SI (@SBLiveARK) October 17, 2020

20. Arkansas (Texarkana) (4-0)

Last week’s ranking: 20

The Razorbacks took down Lakeside 21-14 two weeks ago. Interceptions by Graydon Martin and Naijah Taylor set up Texarkana to come back from a 14-7 halftime deficit.

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Dropped out: Joe T. Robinson and Nashville

Moved in: Har-Ber and Shiloh Christian

Other teams we’re watching: Maumelle, Harding Academy, Booneville, Watson-Chapel, Fordyce, Rogers, Fayetteville, Stuttgart, McGehee, Searcy, Joe T. Robinson, Nashville and Catholic (Little Rock)

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2020 RANKINGS:

• WEEK 7 RANKINGS (OCT. 12)
• WEEK 6 RANKINGS (OCT. 5)
• WEEK 5 RANKINGS (SEPT. 28)
• WEEK 4 RANKINGS (SEPT. 21)
• WEEK 3 RANKINGS (SEPT. 14)
• WEEK 2 RANKINGS (SEPT. 7)
• WEEK 1 RANKINGS (AUG. 31)
• PRESEASON RANKINGS (AUG. 24)