The Whiteford Bobcats are ranked No. 4 in the first Detroit Free Press Division 8 prep football rankings of the 2021 season.
The Bobcats beat Blissfield, a Division 6 school, 52-21 to start the season.
The top 10, as ranked by longtime Free Press prep writer Mick McCabe, includes six schools from either Monroe or Lenawee County – and three Tri-County Conference teams:
- Sand Creek, 1-0
- Hudson, 1-0
- Iron Mountain, 1-0
- Whiteford, 1-0
- Addison, 1-0
- Reading, 1-0
- Summerfield, 1-0
- Ishpeming, 1-0
- Carson City Crystal, 1-0
- Saginaw Nouvel, 1-0