The Whiteford Bobcat football team has opened the 2017 Michigan Associated Press prep football poll in the No. 2 slot.
The 3-0 Bobcats are rated behind only four-time defending Division 8 state champion Muskegon Catholic Central, the team that beat the Bobcats in the state finals in 2016.
The No. 2 ranking is the highest for the Bobcats since the final poll of 1994 which also had the Bobcats No. 2 (Class DD).
| RANK | DIVISION 8 | W | L | PTS |
| 1 | Muskegon Catholic Centeral | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| 2 | WHITEFORD | 3 | 0 | 35 |
| 3 | Mendon | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| 4 | Saginaw Nouvel | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| (Tie) | Climax-Scotts | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Frankfort-Elberta | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Gaylord St. Mary | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| (Tie) | Breckenridge | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| (Tie) | Newberry | 2 | 1 | 10 |
