By PAUL BEAUDRY For The ASWA

 Prattville's loss was Hoover's gain in this week's Alabama Sports Writers Association high school football poll.

The defending Class 6A champions are the only team to be a unanimous first-place pick among the state-wide panel of voters. The Bucs earned their portion of first-place votes with a 44-0 win over then-No. 8 Spain Park.

Stanhope Elmore helped give Hoover any remaining votes by knocking off Prattville, 35-34. The loss dropped the 1-1 Lions to No. 6 in Class A -  the first time since November, 2002, that Prattville has been ranked lower than third. A debut at No. 9 this week is the Mustangs� first ASWA poll appearance since October, 2007.

A 27-20 loss to Bayside also dropped Class 3A mainstay T.R. Miller out of the poll. Miller, which started the season No. 3 and fell to seventh last week after a loss to Class 4A Escambia County, had appeared in the top 10 in every poll since Sept. 25, 2002.

Every other top-ranked team - Class 5A Russellville, 4A Jackson, 3A Leeds, 2A Leroy, 1A Linden and the AISA's Pike Liberal Arts - stayed on top with at least a 49-point advantage over the team with 77 percent of the first-place votes.

Key matchups involving ranked teams this week include:

No. 7 Enterprise at No. 5 Auburn in Class 6A;

No. 1 Leeds hosting No. 5 Clay County in Class 3A;

No. 3 Ider at No. 6 Westbrook Christian in Class 2A;

AISA

No. 1 Pike Liberal at No. 10 Monroe Academy,

and No. 9 Patrician at Clarke Prep.

CLASS 6A 

1. Hoover (31)      (2-0)      372 
2. Davidson         (2-0)      264 
3. Vestavia Hills    (2-0)      232 
4. Gadsden City    (2-0)      212 
5. Auburn             (2-0)      194 
6. Prattville           (1-1)      124 
7. Enterprise        (2-0)        92 
8. Bob Jones      (1-1)         80 
9. Stanhope Elmore  (2-0)    56
10. Minor                 (2-0)     35 

Others receiving votes: Daphne (2-0) 24, Carver-Montgomery (2-0) 17, Decatur (2-0) 16, McGill-Toolen (1-1) 16, Fairhope (1-1) 15, Homewood (2-0) 13, Spain Park (0-2) 5.