There’s a shake-up at the top of High School Football America’s The Other 25, plus there’s two new teams in our Top 50 that is created with our proprietary algorithm. The shake-up and the new entrants are the direct result of two games.
Gonzaga (Washington, DC) beat former #16 St. John’s College High School (Washington, DC) 45-35 to close-out the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference regular season, which brought the Eagles into the Top 50 at #49. SJC dropped to #26. Neither team can think too long about Saturday’s game, because this Saturday, they will meet again in the WCAC semifinals.
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The other game that changed this week’s rankings — Don Bosco Prep‘s (New Jersey) defeat of former #40 St. Peter’s Prep. The victory moves DBP into the Top 50 for the first time since early in the season. The Ironmen started 0-3, but have bounced back, winning five of its last six games to re-enter the rankings at #50. DBP began the season ranked #16 in our Preseason Top 25.
#28 Center Grove (Indiana), which began the season ranked #22 in our Preseason Top 25, has a big one this week as it faces #15 Warren Central in the quarterfinals of the Indiana 6A playoffs. It’s a rematch of the season opener for the two that saw Warren Central pick-up a 21-16 win.
#38 St. Frances Academy (Maryland) has a chance to make some noise on the national scene as it will taken-on #2 IMG Academy (Florida) this week.
High School Football America The Other 25 Rankings
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#26 St. John’s College HS Cadets (Washington, D.C.) 7-3, LW: #16
#27 St. Joseph Regional Green Knights (Montvale, New Jersey) 7-2, LW: #26
#28 Center Grove Trojans (Indiana) 10-1, LW: #28
#29 Mission Viejo Diablos (California) 10-0, LW: #29
#30 Loyola Academy Ramblers (Illinois) 11-0, LW: #30
#31 Denton Ryan Raiders (Texas) 10-0, LW: #31
#32 La Salle Lancers (Ohio) 9-2, LW: #32
#33 Cocoa Tigers (Florida) 7-1, LW: #33
#34 Paramus Catholic Paladins (New Jersey) 7-2, LW: #34
#35 Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings (Pennsylvania) 10-1, LW: #35
#36 Saguaro Sabercats (Arizona) 11-0, LW: #36
#37 Archbishop Hoban Knights (Ohio) 10-1, LW: #37
#38 St. Frances Academy Panthers (Maryland) 10-1, LW: #38
#39 St. Ignatius Wildcats (Ohio) 10-1, LW: #39
#40 The Woodlands Highlanders (Texas) 10-0, LW: #41
#41 Maryville Rebels (Tennessee) 11-0, LW: #42
#42 John Curtis Patriots (Louisiana) 9-0, LW: #43
#43 Edna Karr Cougars (Louisiana) 9-0, LW: #44
#44 Tupelo Golden Wave (Mississippi) 11-0, LW: #45
#45 Mountain Pointe Pride (Arizona) 11-0, LW: #46
#46 Valdosta Wildcats (Georgia) 9-1, LW: #48
#47 Oakland Patriots (Tennessee) 11-0, LW: #47
#48 Hoover Buccaneers (Alabama) 10-1, LW: #49
#49 Gonzaga Eagles (Washington, DC) 8-2, LW: NR
#50 Don Bosco Prep Ironmen (New Jersey) 5-4, LW: NR
Dropped-out: #40 St. Peter’s Prep (New Jersey), #50 Norman North (Oklahoma)
