St. Frances Academy, which plays a national schedule, opens the season ranked No. 1 in the High School Football America Maryland Top 10, powered by NFL Play Football. This week, the Panthers open the regular season Friday against Georgia-power Buford in a nationally-televised game on FloFootball.
SFA is ranked No. 3 in our Top 300. Buford is No. 7.
Two-time defending 4A state champ Quince Orchard is the first non-private in our statewide rankings that are created with our proprietary algorithm. The Cougars are ranked No. 7.
High School Football America Maryland Top 10
| Ranking/Team | 2022 Record | HSFA 300 National Ranking |
| No. 1 St. Frances Academy | (8-1) | 3 |
| No. 2 Good Counsel | (8-3) | 30 |
| No. 3 DeMatha | (10-2) | 43 |
| No. 4 Archbishop Spalding | (11-1) | 122 |
| No. 5 Mount St. Joseph | (7-4) | 228 |
| No. 6 Rock Creek Christian Academy | (6-3) | 298 |
| No. 7 Quince Orchard | (14-0) | NR |
| No. 8 McDonogh | (4-7) | NR |
| No. 9 Calvert Hall | (7-6) | NR |
| No. 10 Flowers | (13-1) | NR |
