East finishes No. 1 in High School Football America Alaska Top 5

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Congratulations to all three Alaska high school football state champs. Division I champ East finishes No. 1 in the High School Football America Alaska Top 5 that is created with our proprietary algorithm.

The T-birds began the season ranked No. 4 in our first statewide poll. East spent the entire season in the Top 5. The T-birds did fall to No. 5 after its Week 2 loss to Arizona’s Cesar Chavez, but after that, the climb to the top began.

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Division I runner-up West finishes No. 2, followed by seven-time Division II champ Soldotna, which opened the season with a last second loss to West. Bartlett and Colony round-out the Top 5 at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively.

High School Football America Alaska Top 5

No. 1 East (10-1), LW: #1

No. 2 West (6-5), LW: #5

No. 3 Soldotna (9-1), LW: #3

No. 4 Bartlett (8-2), LW: #2

No. 5  Colony (7-2), LW: #4

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

Previous 2018 rankings

Week 10  Top 5

Week 9 Top 5

Week 8 Top 5

Week 7 Top 5

Week 6 Top 5

Week 5 Top 5

Week 4 Top 5

Week 3 Top 5

Week 2 Top 5

Week 1 Top 5

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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.