Southern Show Choir Poll Rankings: March 15th

By Tony Holeman, Southern contributor

After another week of competitive show choir down south (and the cancellation of this weekend’s only southern competition at Enterprise), the final weekly Southern Show Choir Rankings are here. This is a weekly poll voted on by five panelists. In the spirit of recognizing all the South's best choirs, 4A/3A and X-Large/Large, Single Gender, 2A/Middle Mixed, and 1A/Small Mixed divisions are all ranked. An expanded postseason rankings will be released at a later date.

4A/3A or X-Large/Large Mixed

1)     Clinton “Attachè” (No change)

2)     Homewood “The Network” (NC)

3)     Oak Mountain “Singers” (NC)

4)     Grenada “Visions” (+2)

5)     Petal “Soundsations” (NC)

6)     Brandon “Brio” (-2)

7)     Auburn “Varsity Singers” (+1)

8)     West Jones “Imagination” (-1)

9)     Northwest Rankin “The Ambassadors” (+1)

10)   Biloxi “Sound Surge” (-1)

Single-Gender

1)     Tupelo “Synergy” (No change)

2)     Oak Mountain “The Muses” (NC)

3)     Brandon “Bellas” (+1)

4)     Homewood “Nexus” (-1)

5)     Petal “Innovations” (NC)

6)     Tift County “Tiftosterone” (NC)

7)     Northwest Rankin “The Allure” (NC)

8)     Tift County “Ladies Choice” (NC)

9)     Auburn “Elan” (+1)

10)   Biloxi “Sound Sirens” (-1)

Receiving Votes: Purvis "Pizzaz"

2A/Middle Mixed

1)     Homewood “Continuum” (No change)

2)     Tift County “8th Street Singing Company” (NC)

3)     Hoover “Paradigm” (NC)

4)     South Jones “Company” (NC)

5)     Northeast Jones “Gold Horizons” (NC)

1A/Small Mixed

1)     West Marion “New Era” (+1)

2)     Pass Christian “Luminary” (-1)

3)     Oxford “Sound” (NC)

4)     Lakeside “Soundsation” (NC)

5)     Pisgah “Innergy” (NC)

Things Worth Noting in the Rankings

Northern Tussle Leads To Swap

Following the results from last weekend’s results from the Mt. Zion Midwest Invitational, where Grenada won a Grand Championship and Brandon finished third, there is a consequent swapping of placements between the two groups. As a result, Grenada jumps to the fourth overall spot in the 4A/3A and X-Large/Large division, whereas Brandon falls down to the sixth overall spot. Petal sits soundly in between the two at the fifth overall spot after having a fairly close bout with Clinton and Tupelo at the Biloxi Gulf Coast Classic.

West Marion Reclaims Small Division

After Pass Christian jumped West Marion for the first overall spot in their 1A/Small Division rankings last time, West Marion made it a point to avenge their loss. That they did, beating Pass Christian for the fourth time this season at the Biloxi Gulf Coast Classic. This victory secured their spot at first overall in the division, with Pass Christian now directly behind them at second overall.

Season End In Sight

With the cancellation of the Enterprise Southland Show Choir Classic due to unfortunate weather circumstances, that leaves just two events left on the southern show choir schedule that feature southern vs. southern matchups. Those are Show Choir Nationals on March 22nd and Brandon ELITE on March 29th. Due to the limited nature of the matchups, the next and final batch of rankings will be collected and posted sometime after Brandon ELITE in the early days of April. Keep an eye out for the final southern show choir rankings of the 2025 competitive season!

Future Matchups

As previously mentioned, the southern show choir season is starting to wind down, leaving just two competitions remaining for southern groups to compete against one another. At Show Choir Nationals, we will see Petal (mixed and womens), Auburn (mixed, mens, and womens), and Madison Central (mixed and intermediate) all travel to compete against one another and other strong out-of-region programs such as Los Alamitos, Carmel, Zionsville, and Daniel Hand. At Brandon ELITE, it will be a chance to see how some of the southern programs fare against the welcomed traveling competition in groups such as Mt. Zion, Burleson, and Burleson Centennial.