With a ton of talent back and a schedule worthy of a national champion if they run the table, De La Salle is our pick as the top team heading into the 2015 high school football season.
If you look at the High School Football America Preseason Top 25 that uses a combination of our proprietary algorithm with a little opinion, you’ll notice that the top three teams are in very familiar territory with all three finishing in the top three in 2014.
De La Salle edged-out three-time High School Football America “mythical” national champ Allen for the top spot, mainly because the Eagles lose THE best all-time Texas championship quarterback — Kyler Murray, who’s moved-on to Texas A&M.
The margin of difference between De La Salle, Allen and Bishop Gorman was just .018 in our algorithm.
For those of you not familiar with our rankings, we will not release another poll until September 6th. At that point, we only use our algorithm — we do not mix-in opinion.
#1 De La Salle Spartans (California)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #2
#2 Allen Eagles (Texas)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #1
#3 Bishop Gorman Gaels (Nevada)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #3
#4 Miami Central Rockets (Florida)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #7
#5 DeSoto Eagles (Texas)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #25
#6 Corona Centennial Huskies (California)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #13
#7 Mallard Creek Mavericks (North Carolina)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: Not Ranked
#8 St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders (Florida)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #9
#9 Colquitt County Packers (Georgia)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #4
#10 St. John Bosco Braves (California)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #15
#11 Katy Tigers (Texas)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: Not Ranked
#12 La Salle Lancers (Ohio)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #20
#13 Cedar Hill Longhorns (Texas)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #11
#14 South Panola Tigers (Mississippi)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #8
#15 Archer Tigers (Georgia)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: Not Ranked
#16 Good Counsel Falcons (Maryland)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: Not Ranked
#17 Mainland Buccaneers (Florida)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: Not Ranked
#18 Mater Dei Monarchs (California)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: Not Ranked
#19 Clay-Chalkville Cougars (Alabama)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #17
#20 IMG Academy Ascenders (Florida)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: Not Ranked
#21 DeMatha Stags (Maryland)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: Not Ranked
#22 Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings (Pennsylvania)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: Not Ranked
#23 Euless Trinity Trojans (Texas)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: #23
#24 Spartanburg Vikings (South Carolina)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: Not Ranked
#25 Bingham Miners (Utah)
Last year’s Top 25 final ranking: Not Ranked
