With the ascension of New Jersey’s Bergen Catholic, Don Bosco Prep and St. Joseph Regional (Montvale) from The Other 25 (teams #26 through #50) to the Top 25 on Sunday, there’s plenty of movement in this week’s second level of our rankings.
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While Webb City (Missouri) and Wayne (Ohio) both inched closer to the national Top 25 by moving-up one spot to #26 and #27 respectively, there were several teams making significant jumps as we move deeper into the postseason.
The biggest mover of the week was Elder (Ohio), which climbed ten spots to #32 this week. The Panthers can bust into the Top 25 if it can beat #11 Colerain in the third round of the Ohio Division 1 playoffs this week.
The second biggest mover was Westlake (Texas), which had spent plenty of time in The Other 25 earlier this year. Westlake re-enters our Top 50 at #42.
In all, three Texas teams join the Top 50 party this week. Southlake Carroll breaks-in at #45 and Marcus, whose only loss this year is to top-ranked Allen, is at #49. The other Texas team in The Other 25 is Euless Trinity, which tumbled from #5 to #29 after its three point upset loss to South Grand Prairie Friday night.
The fourth new team in this week’s poll is Starkville from Mississippi, which checks-in at #47.
Aside from Elder and Westlake, the week’s biggest movers are Archbishop Rummel (Louisiana), Loyola Academy (Illinois), Trinity (Kentucky) and West Monroe (Louisiana). All four teams teams move-up six spots respectively.
Trinity has a huge game on Friday against #12 Male in the third round of the Kentucky 6A playoffs. Male won the first game between the two earlier this season.
High School Football America National Rankings – The Other 25
#26 Webb City (Missouri) 12-0 LW:#27
#27 Wayne (Ohio) 11-0 LW: #28
#28 Mission Viejo (California) 11-0 LW: #32
#29 Euless Trinity (Texas) 10-1 LW: #5
#30 Loyola Academy (Illinois) 12-0 LW: #36
#31 Eastside Catholic (Washington) 10-0 LW: #33
#32 Elder (Ohio) 9-3 LW: #42
#33 Archbishop Rummel (Louisiana) 10-1 LW: #39
#34 West Monroe (Louisiana) 11-0 LW: #40
#35 Trinity (Kentucky) 11-1 LW: #41
#36 Oaks Christian (California) 11-0 LW: #34
#37 Grayson (Georgia) 11-0 LW: #35
#38 South Panola (Mississippi) 11-1, LW: #10
#39 Serra (Gardena, California) 9-2, LW: #37
#40 Mater Dei (California) 9-2 LW: #38
#41 Christian Brothers College (Missouri) 13-0 LW: #43
#42 Westlake (Texas) 10-1 LW: NR
#43 Spartanburg (South Carolina) 10-1 LW: #44
#44 Byrnes (South Carolina) 10-1 LW: #45
#45 Southlake Carroll (Texas) 9-2 LW: NR
#46 Camden County (Georgia) 10-1 LW: #46
#47 Starkville (Mississippi) 11-1 LW: NR
#48 Ocean Lakes (Virginia) 11-0 LW: #48
#49 Marcus (Texas) 10-1 LW: NR
#50 St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania) 7-2 LW: #50
Dropped-out: #46 Hamilton (Arizona), #48 Carmel (Indiana)
Jeff Fisher’s Editor’s Note: High School Football America’s national, regional, state and local rankings are calculated using our proprietary algorithm.
