CBC finishes 2023 regular season No. 1 in HSFA Missouri Top 10

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Sometimes the High School Football America rankings algorithm delivers a surprise. That’s the case this week with CBC rising to No. 1 in the final regular season rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.

The move from No. 2 to the top-spot comes after unranked Edwardsville (Illinois) handed former top dog De Smet its first loss of the season. The 29-12 loss moves the Spartans to No. 2 even though De Smet owns a 49-14 win over CBC.

The difference between the two is CBC’s strength of schedule is better than De Smet’s. The Cadets own wins over three out of state teams — Carmel (Indiana), Lipscomb Academy (Tennessee) and Warren Central (Indiana) — that at one point or another have spent time this year in our national rankings. Aside from the De Smet loss, CBC also lost to No. 135 Bryant (Arkansas).

De Smet’s only Top 300 game was against CBC.

As far as the latest rankings, Cardinal Ritter moves from No. 10 to No. 8 after knocking-off St. Louis University 52-39. After back-to-back losses to ranked teams, SLU drops to No. 9.

High School Football America Missouri Top 10

Ranking/TeamRecordLast Week
No. 1 Christian Brothers College HS(6-2)2
No. 2 De Smet(7-1)1
No. 3 Lee’s Summit North(9-0)3
No. 4 Liberty North(8-1)4
No. 5 Nixa (9-0)5
No. 6 Rockhurst(7-1)6
No. 7 Jackson (8-1)7
No. 8 Cardinal Ritter(9-0)10
No. 9 St. Louis University(5-4)8
No. 10 Lee’s Summit West(7-2)9

Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.