Alabama’s high school coaches have just three state champions ranked atop the preseason soccer polls, released today – three days before the official opening of the Alabama High School Athletic Association season.

Mountain Brook is No. 1 in boys’ Class 6A poll and Bayside Academy is atop the Class 4A top 10. Bayside won the 4A/5A title in 2022.

On the girls’ side, Homewood is the only defending champion – in 6A – ranked as No. 1 in the preseason polls.

Last season’s champions were 7A Spain Park, 6A Homewood, 4A/5A Indian Springs and 1A/3A Trinity on the girls’ side. The boys’ defending champions are 7A Daphne, 6A Mountain Brook, 4A/5A Indian Springs and 1A/3A Bayside Academy.

Practice opened on Jan. 16 for AHSAA schools and the last regular season game can be played on April 23. Playoffs begin April 27 and the state tournament is scheduled for May 11-13 at Huntsville’s John Hunt Park.

Here are the preseason rankings:

GIRLS

CLASS 7A

1. Oak Mountain, 2. Spain Park, 3. Vestavia Hills, 4. Auburn, 5. Hewitt-Trussville, 6. Huntsville, 7. James Clemens, 8. Fairhope, 9. Bob Jones, 10. Hoover.

CLASS 6A

1. Homewood, 2. Northridge, 3. Mountain Brook, 4. Briarwood, 5. Indian Springs, 6. Spanish Fort, 7. Montgomery Academy, 8. Pelham, 9. Helena, 10. Hazel Green

CLASS 5A

1. John Carroll, 2. East Limestone, 3. Guntersville, 4. Southside-Gadsden, 5. Lincoln, 6. Russellville, 7. Springville, 8. Marbury, 9. Carroll-Ozark, 10. Faith Academy

CLASS 4A

1. St. Michael, 2. St. John Paul II, 3. Westminster Christian, 4. Westbrook Christian, 5. Montgomery Catholic, 6. Mars Hill, 7. Trinity, 8. American Christian, 9. Bayside Academy, 10. Vacant

CLASS 1A/3A

1. Westminster-Oak Mountain, 2. Donoho, 3. St. James, 4. Susan Moore, 5. Whitesburg Christian, 6. Cottage Hill, 7. St. Luke’s, 8. Altamont, 9. Madison Academy, 10. Providence, 11. Tuscaloosa Academy

BOYS

CLASS 7A

1. Oak Mountain, 2. Daphne, 3. Vestavia Hills, 4. Huntsville, 5. Grissom, 6. Davidson, 7. Auburn, 8. Thompson, 9. McGill-Toolen, 10. Hoover

CLASS 6A

1. Mountain Brook, 2. Pelham, 3. Homewood, 4. Fort Payne, 5. Indian Springs, 6. Briarwood, 7. Randolph, 8. Montgomery Academy, 9. Helena, 10. Northridge

CLASS 5A

1. Russellville, 2. John Carroll, 3. Crossville, 4. Guntersville, 5. Leeds, 6. Southside-Gadsden, 7. Faith Academy, 8. Springville, 9. Carver-Birmingham, 10. Gulf Shores

CLASS 4A

1. Bayside Academy, 2. St. John Paul II, 3. LAMP, 4. St. Michael, 5. Trinity, 6. Mars Hill, 7. Westbrook Christian, 8. Oneonta, 9. Montgomery Catholic, 10. Westminster Christian

CLASS 1A/3A

1. Collinsville, 2. Westminster-Oak Mountain, 3. St. Luke’s, 4. Tanner, 5. Donoho, 6. Susan Moore, 7. Tharptown, 8. Altamont, 9. Danville, 10. St. James