Here's what I get when you seed conference champs first.
1 Hillside
32 Hoke County
16 Southern Alamance
17 Hoggard
8 Apex
25 D. H. Conley
9 Gray's Creek
24 Richmond
5 Cardinal Gibbons
28 Knightdale
12 Heritage
21 Overhills
13 Leesville Road
20 Topsail
4 New Hanover
29 Jack Britt
3 Wake Forest
30 Fuquay-Varina
14 Millbrook
19 Panther Creek
6 Cleveland
27 Jordan
11 Rolesville
22 Sanderson
7 Pinecrest
26 Broughton
10 Pine Forest
23 Clayton
15 Holly Springs
18 Riverside-Durham
2 New Bern
31 Middle Creek
(For this illustration, a conference champ determined based on the team with highest RPI.)
Conferences with teams tied at the top:
United 8 - Jack Britt, South View, & Gray's Creek (3-1) (4A teams)
NAC - Wake Forest & Rolesville (2-0)
SWAC - Apex & Holly Springs (4-0)
DAC - Hillside & Southern Alamance (4-0)
Teams 33 - 40: Apex Friendship, Chapel Hill, Corinth Holders, Laney, South Garner, South View, Northern Durham, & Green Level