Southern Lab Tops 2022 GeauxPreps Class 1A Preseason Football Poll
By Hunter Bower // GeauxPreps.com Owner & CEO
Southern Lab will begin the 2022 football season in familiar territory, at No. 1 in the GeauxPreps Class 1A preseason football poll, presented by Chevyland Shreveport.
The Kittens won their fifth state championship in December and landed five players on the LSWA all-state team. Southern Lab begins defense of its title on September 1 vs. Liberty Magnet. A runner-up to Southern Lab last season, Ouachita Christian comes in the second spot followed by last year’s Class 1A champion Homer at No. 3. The Class 1A runner-up from a year ago, Logansport, starts at No. 4 with Vermilion Catholic rounding out the Top 5.
In all, eight of the Top 10 teams have won at least one state championship since 2010.
Here’s the complete preseason GeauxPreps Class 1A preseason football poll, presented by Chevyland:
| Place | Team | 2021 Record |
| 1. | Southern Lab | 11-2 |
| 2. | Ouachita Christian | 13-1 |
| 3. | Homer | 11-3 |
| 4. | Logansport | 9-5 |
| 5. | Vermilion Catholic | 8-4 |
| 6. | Riverside | 3-5 |
| 7. | Haynesville | 8-5 |
| 8. | Opelousas Catholic | 9-2 |
| 9. | Kentwood | 4-5 |
| 10. | St. Frederick | 9-3 |