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The chase for the 2022 High School Football America national championship, powered by NFL Play Football, gets real this week.

Reigning national champ and No. 1 Mater Dei (California) plays No. 2 St. John Bosco (California) on Friday in Southern California. The winner will have the inside track to the national championship that has been won by Mater Dei in three of the last five years. St. John Bosco finished No. 1 in the nation in 2019.

On Friday, No. 136 JSerra almost ended the No. 1 versus No. 2 showdown when the Lions gave Mater Dei all it could handle before losing 21-13.

Speaking of scares, No. 4 St. Frances Academy (Maryland) almost had its national championship dreams dashed in Hawaii. After traveling nearly 5,000 miles from Baltimore, the Panthers needed two scores in the final eight minutes in its comeback 22-15 win against reigning Hawaii Open Division champ Kahuku.

The top four teams in the latest High School Football America 300 are in the same spot they started the year.

Related: 2022 Preseason HSFA 300

Georgia’s Buford sits at No. 3 after a perfect 6-0 start that includes four teams inside the Top 300. After a bye week this week, the three-time defending state champs play No. 20 Mill Creek on October 14.

With most of Florida still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Ian, some South Florida teams did play this weekend.

No. 5 Miami Central stays in the national championship hunt after its 41-0 shutout of North Miami Beach. On Friday, the Rockets will play No. 28 Miami Northwestern.

Hurricane Ian caused the game between No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas and No. 297 Miramar to be cancelled.

The storm postponed the game between No. 7 Chaminade-Madonna and No. 166 Treasure Coast to Tuesday night. The Titans are 1-4, but all four losses have come against Top 300 teams.

No. 12 American Heritage (Plantation) picked-up an impressive 21-2 win over two-time Class 4A state champ Cardinal Gibbons, which drops two spots to No. 21 in the latest rankings created with HSFA’s proprietary algorithm.

Miami’s Columbus High breaks into the Top 25 at No. 24 after beating Miami High School for a 6-0 start. This week, the Explorers will face No. 140 Homestead.

After double-digit newcomers during the first five polls of the year, only four new teams are welcomed into the HSFA 300 this week.

  • No. 199 St. Anthony’s (Melville, New York)
  • No. 226 Clovis West (California)
  • No. 294 Rogers (Arkansas)
  • No. 300 Roncalli (Indiana)

High School Football America 300 powered by NFL Play Football

RankTeam/StateRecordLast Week
No. 1Mater Dei (California)(6-0)1
No. 2St. John Bosco (California)(6-0)2
No. 3Buford (Georgia)(6-0)3
No. 4 St. Frances Academy (Maryland)(5-0)4
No. 5 Miami Central (Florida)(5-0)5
No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida)(5-0)6
No. 7Chaminade-Madonna (Florida)(5-0)7
No. 8Bishop Gorman (Nevada)(6-1)8
No. 9North Shore (Texas)(5-0)9
No. 10Duncanville (Texas)(4-0)10
No. 11Archbishop Moeller (Ohio)(7-0)11
No. 12American Heritage (Plantation, Florida)(5-1)12
No. 13Good Counsel (Maryland)(5-1)13
No. 14IMG Academy (Florida)(3-1) 14
No. 15Lipscomb Academy (Tennessee)(6-0)16
No. 16Corona Centennial (California)(5-1)17
No. 17Westlake (Texas)(5-0)18
No. 18Denton Guyer (Texas)(6-0)20
No. 19Chandler (Arizona)(5-0)21
No. 20Mill Creek (Georgia)(6-0)22
No. 21Cardinal Gibbons (Florida)(5-1)19
No. 22DeMatha (Maryland)(4-1)23
No. 23Archbishop Hoban (Ohio)(7-0)24
No. 24Columbus (Miami, Florida)(6-0)26
No. 25Langston Hughes (Georgia)(6-0)25
No. 26Catholic (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)(4-1)27
No. 27St. John’s College HS (Washington, DC)(4-2)15
No. 28Northwestern (Miami, Florida)(3-2)28
No. 29Oakland (Tennessee)(6-0)29
No. 30Southlake Carroll (Texas)(5-0)30
No. 31DeSoto (Texas)(4-1)31
No. 32Venice (Florida)(2-2)32
No. 33Dutch Fork (South Carolina)(5-1)33
No. 34Edgewater (Florida)(5-0)34
No. 35Bixby (Oklahoma)(5-0)35
No. 36Colquitt County (Georgia)(6-0)36
No. 37Massillon Washington (Ohio)(6-1)37
No. 38St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania)(4-1)38
No. 39Auburn (Alabama)(7-0)39
No. 40St. Edward (Ohio)(6-1)40
No. 41Lakota West (Ohio)(7-0)41
No. 42Long Beach Poly (California)(6-0)42
No. 43Walton (Georgia)(4-1)43
No. 44Mission Viejo (California)(5-1)44
No. 45Katy (Texas)(6-0)45
No. 46Lakeland (Florida)(4-0)46
No. 47Serra (San Mateo, California)(5-0)47
No. 48Folsom (California)(6-1)48
No. 49Cedar Grove (Georgia)(4-2)75
No. 50Iona Prep (New York)(3-2)49
No. 51Don Bosco Prep (New Jersey)(4-2)50
No. 52Montgomery Bell Academy (Tennessee)(7-0)51
No. 53Bergen Catholic (New Jersey)(5-1)52
No. 54Jones (Orlando, Florida)(2-2)53
No. 55Lee County (Georgia)(5-1)54
No. 56Cocoa (Florida)(2-2)55
No. 57Thompson (Alabama)(5-2)57
No. 58Kahuku (Hawaii)(6-2)82
No. 59Allen (Texas)(5-1)58
No. 60Clay-Chalkville (Alabama)(5-1)59
No. 61Edna Karr (Louisiana)(2-3)**72
No. 62Bryant (Arkansas)(4-0)61
No. 63De La Salle (California)(3-2)62
No. 64Brownsburg (Indiana)(7-0)63
No. 65St. Peter’s Prep (New Jersey)(4-2)64
No. 66Pittsburg (California)(4-1)65
No. 67Central (Phenix City, Alabama)(5-2)66
No. 68Longview (Texas)(5-0)67
No. 69Hoover (Alabama) (6-1)68
No. 70North Cobb (Georgia)(3-2)69
No. 71Cherry Creek (Colorado)(5-1)70
No. 72Hough (North Carolina)(5-1)71
No. 73Grayson (Georgia)(5-1)73
No. 74Loyola Academy (Illinois)(6-0)74
No. 75Basha (Arizona)(5-0)79
No. 76Seminole (Sanford, Florida)(4-1)76
No. 77Belleville (Michigan)(6-0)77
No. 78Hewitt-Trussville (Alabama)(4-3)78
No. 79Center Grove (Indiana)(6-1)80
No. 80Winton Woods (Ohio)(7-0)81
No. 81Skyridge (Utah)(7-1)83
No. 82Cathedral (Indiana)(5-1)84
No. 83Timpview (Utah) (6-1)85
No. 84Los Alamitos (California)(4-2)86
No. 85 Creekside (Georgia)(4-2)87
No. 86East St. Louis (Illinois)(3-2)88
No. 87Atascocita (Texas)(4-1)89
No. 88Edison (Huntington Beach, California)(6-0)98
No. 89Springfield (Ohio)(5-1)95
No. 90Orange Lutheran (California)(5-1)115
No. 91Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Florida)(5-0)90
No. 92Elder (Ohio)(5-2)91
No. 93St. Xavier (Kentucky)(5-1)93
No. 94Lone Peak (Utah)(4-3)92
No. 95Santa Margarita (California)(4-2)94
No. 96Mallard Creek (North Carolina)(5-2)96
No. 97Tampa Bay Tech (Florida)(5-0)97
No. 98Trinity (Kentucky)(4-3)99
No. 99Bishop Amat (California)(5-1)102
No. 100Highland Springs (Virginia)(5-0)105
No. 101St. Augustine (Louisiana)(4-1) 106
No. 102Christian Brothers College (Missouri)(5-1)101
No. 103Cibolo Steele (Texas)(5-0)103
No. 104Milton (Georgia)(2-3)104
No. 105Baylor (Tennessee)(6-0)188
No. 106Union (Oklahoma)(6-0)107
No. 107Zachary (Louisiana)(3-1) 109
No. 108McCallie (Tennessee)(4-2)56
No. 109St. Ignatius (Ohio)(4-2)100
No. 110Hamilton (Arizona)(4-1) 111
No. 111Gaffney (South Carolina)(3-2)112
No. 112Arlington Martin (Texas)(5-1)113
No. 113Pulaski Academy (Arkansas)(5-0)114
No. 114Pine Forest (Florida)(6-0)116
No. 115Valdosta (Georgia)(6-0)117
No. 116Serra (Gardena, California)(4-2)118
No. 117Buchholz (Florida)(4-0)119
No. 118Chaminade (California)(6-0)120
No. 119Bartram Trail (Florida)(5-0)121
No. 120Detroit MLK (Michigan)(4-1) 122
No. 121Westlake (Atlanta, Georgia)(4-2)123
No. 122Chambers (North Carolina)(4-2)124
No. 123Seton Hall Prep (New Jersey)(4-1) 125
No. 124Liberty (Arizona)(4-0)284
No. 125Corner Canyon (Utah)(6-2)128
No. 126Saguaro (Arizona)(2-3)60
No. 127St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, New Jersey)(3-3)134
No. 128Booker T. Washington (Miami, Florida)(5-1)135
No. 129South Florence (South Carolina)(6-0)108
No. 130Lake Travis (Texas)(2-3)126
No. 131Dupont Manual (Kentucky)(6-0)132
No. 132Westfield (Texas)(4-1)129
No. 133Ballard (Kentucky)(5-1)136
No. 134Highland Park (Texas)(5-0)137
No. 135Osceola (Kissimmee, Florida)(2-2)139
No. 136JSerra (California)(3-3)140
No. 137Alcoa (Tennessee)(6-1)127
No. 138Lehi (Utah) (8-0)141
No. 139Jenks (Oklahoma)(4-1)142
No. 140Homestead (Florida)(5-0)148
No. 141Apopka (Florida)(2-2)131
No. 142Roswell (Georgia)(5-1)156
No. 143Brandon (Mississippi)(5-0)143
No. 144Malvern Prep (Pennsylvania)(4-0)153
No. 145Male (Kentucky)(3-3)138
No. 146Oscar Smith (Virginia)(4-0)145
No. 147Madison Ridgeland (Mississippi)(6-2)147
No. 148Archbishop Spalding (Maryland)(5-1)149
No. 149Opelika (Alabama)(4-3)133
No. 150Brookwood (Georgia)(3-3)151
No. 151Lincoln (San Diego, California)(6-1)228
No. 152 Carrollton (Georgia)(6-0)154
No. 153Westgate (Louisiana)(5-0)155
No. 154South Pointe (South Carolina)(4-2)110
No. 155Cathedral Catholic (San Diego, California)(3-4)144
No. 156Mount St. Joseph (Maryland)(4-2)157
No. 157Northwestern (South Carolina)(5-1)158
No. 158Rome (Georgia)(5-1)159
No. 159Madison Central (Mississippi)(4-1)160
No. 160University Lab (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)(3-2)161
No. 161Conway (Arkansas)(5-0)167
No. 162Mount Carmel (Chicago, Illinois)(6-0)171
No. 163Providence Day (North Carolina) (6-0)163
No. 164Imhotep Charter (Pennsylvania)(2-2)164
No. 165Cardinal Gibbons (North Carolina)(4-2)165
 No. 166Treasure Coast (Florida)(1-4)166
No. 167Collins Hill (Georgia)(2-4)150
No. 168Shadow Creek (Texas)(5-0)168
No. 169Inglewood (California)(6-0)169
No. 170Prosper (Texas)(5-1)170
No. 171St. Xavier (Ohio)(2-5)145
No. 172Rockwall (Texas)(5-1)172
No. 173Carlsbad (California)(5-1)174
No. 174Destrehan (Louisiana)(5-0)175
No. 175South Oak Cliff (Texas)(3-3)176
No. 176Toledo Central Catholic (Ohio)(6-1)177
No. 177Lowndes (Georgia)(3-2)178
No. 178Rockledge (Florida)(4-1)179
No. 179St. Thomas More (Louisiana)(4-1)180
No. 180De La Salle (Louisiana)(5-0)183
No. 181Red Bank Catholic (New Jersey)(5-1)181
No. 182Wayne (Huber Heights, Ohio)(5-2)184
No. 183Brennan (San Antonio, Texas)(4-1)185
No. 184Rancho Cucamonga (California)(4-2)186
No. 185John Curtis (Louisiana)(4-1)192
No. 186Winter Park (Florida)(5-0)187
No. 187Archbishop Rummel (Louisiana)(4-1)152
No. 188Fairmont (Ohio)(5-2)189
No. 189Gonzaga (Washington, DC)(4-2)190
No. 190Niceville (Florida)(6-0)191
No. 191Lincoln (Gahanna, Ohio)(6-1)193
No. 192Oaks Christian (California)(4-2)194
No. 193Pickerington Central (Ohio)(4-3)195
No. 194Woodward Academy (Georgia)(5-1)196
No. 195Clearwater Academy International (Florida)(3-0)197
No. 196Carmel (Indiana)(5-2)198
No. 197Springboro (Ohio)(5-2)199
No. 198Centerville (Ohio)(6-1)201
No. 199St. Anthony’s (Melville, New York)(3-1)NR
No. 200Lancaster (Texas)(3-2)202
No. 201Norco (California)(4-2)203
No. 202Highland (Arizona)(3-2)219
No. 203Denton Ryan (Texas)(4-1) 204
No. 204Dillard (Florida)(2-2)205
No. 205Life Christian Academy (Virginia)(3-3)200
No. 206Brunswick (Georgia)(6-0)206
No. 207Parish Episcopal (Dallas, Texas)(4-1)207
No. 208Helix (California)(5-1)208
No. 209Oak Hills (California)(6-0)209
No. 210Kennesaw Mountain (Georgia)(5-0)210
No. 211Jesuit (Florida)(2-2)211
No. 212Aledo (Texas)(4-2)212
No. 213Raines (Florida)(3-1)213
No. 214Bentonville (Arkansas)(4-1) 214
No. 215Dutchtown (Georgia)(6-0)215
No. 216C.E. King (Texas)(3-2)216
No. 217St. Charles Catholic (Louisiana)(4-2) 217
No. 218Northside (Warner Robins, Georgia)(4-2)218
No. 219St. Mary’s (Stockton)(6-0)220
No. 220Grimsley (North Carolina)(6-0)221
No. 221Rockwall-Heath (Texas)(4-2)222
No. 222Maryville (Tennessee)(5-2)130
No. 223Vero Beach (Florida)(6-0)225
No. 224Catholic Memorial (Massachusetts)(3-0)226
No. 225Martinsburg (West Virginia)(5-1)227
No. 226Clovis West (California)(6-0)NR
No. 227Brother Martin (Louisiana)(3-2)182
No. 228Alemany (California)(2-3)223
No. 229Marist (Georgia)(4-2)229
No. 230Buchanan (Clovis, California)(5-1)162
No. 231Warren Easton (Louisiana)(3-2)231
No. 232Ruston (Louisiana)(4-1) 232
No. 233Princeton (Ohio)(6-1)253
No. 234Blessed Trinity (Georgia)(4-2)234
No. 235Ben Davis (Indiana)(4-3)235
No. 236American Fork (Utah)(6-2)243
No. 237Archbishop Stepinac (New York) (5-0)237
No. 238Lakewood (Florida)(2-3)*238
No. 239Bingham (Utah)(6-2)239
No. 240North Crowley (Texas) (5-0)240
No. 241Citrus Valley (California)(5-1)241
No. 242Catholic (Arkansas)(4-0)242
No. 243La Salle (Ohio)(2-5)230
No. 244Fort Dorchester (South Carolina)(2-3)244
No. 245Lincoln (Tallahassee, Florida)(3-2)245
No. 246Liberty (Nevada)(4-3)246
No. 247Lafayette Christian Academy (Louisiana)(4-1) 247
No. 248Permian (Texas)(5-0)248
No. 249Parkview (Georgia)(5-1)249
No. 250Vanguard (Florida)(3-2)250
No. 251West (Knoxville, Tennessee)(7-0)251
No. 252Lake Brantley (Florida)(4-1)252
No. 253Upper Arlington (Ohio)(5-2)233
No. 254Cabot (Arkansas)(4-1) 254
No. 255Mainland (Florida)(3-1)255
No. 256North Gwinnett (Georgia)(5-2)256
No. 257Western (Florida)(3-1) 257
No. 258Lake Mary (Florida)(3-1) 258
No. 259Acadiana (Louisiana)(4-1) 259
No. 260Calhoun (Georgia)(4-2)296
No. 261Cartersville (Georgia)(5-1)173
No. 262Warren Central (Mississippi)(4-1) 261
No. 263Oak Grove (Mississippi)(4-2)262
No. 264 Lovejoy (Texas)(3-2)263
No. 265College Station (Texas)(4-1) 264
No. 266Argyle (Texas)(5-0)265
No. 267Lake Minneola (Florida)(4-1)266
No. 268Carthage (Texas)(6-0)267
No. 269Florida State University HS (Florida)(5-0)268
No. 270St. Rita (Chicago, Illinois)(4-2)269
No. 271Calvary Day (Savannah, Georgia)(4-0)271
No. 272Mountain Brook (Alabama)(5-1)273
No. 273Tampa Catholic (Florida)(3-1)273
No. 274Theodore (Alabama) (6-0)274
No. 275Trinity Catholic (Ocala, Florida)(2-2)275
No. 276Dakota (Michigan)(6-0)276
No. 277Apple Valley (California)(5-1)277
No. 278Clearwater Central Catholic (Florida)(4-1)278
No. 279Jesuit (Louisiana)(1-4)279
No. 280Springfield Central (Massachusetts)(3-1) 280
No. 281Reedy (Texas) (6-0)281
No. 282Naples (Florida)(4-1)282
No. 283Waxahachie (Texas)(4-1)283
No. 284Brentwood Academy (Tennessee)(5-2)285
No. 285Murrieta Valley (California)(5-1)286
No. 286Cain Ridge (Tennesee)(6-1)287
No. 287San Clemente (California)(5-2)288
No. 288Brother Rice (Illinois)(3-3)289
No. 289Corona del Mar (California)(5-1)290
No. 290Ware County (Georgia)(4-0)291
No. 291China Spring (Texas)(5-1)292
No. 292Stephenville (Texas)(6-0)293
No. 293Cedartown (Georgia)(6-0)294
No. 294Rogers (Arkansas)(5-0)NR
No. 295Fayetteville (Arkansas)(3-2)260
No. 296Hillcrest (Alabama)(7-0)297
No. 297Miramar (Florida)(3-1) 298
No. 298Sandy Creek (Georgia)(6-1)299
No. 299Adams (Michigan)(5-1)300
No. 300Roncalli (Indiana)(7-0)NR

*Forfeit loss

**three forfeit losses

Dropped-out: No. 224 Starkville (Mississippi), No. 236 Vista Murrieta (California), No. 270 Warren Central (Indiana), No. 295 Christ Presbyterian Academy (Tennessee)

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

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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.