24 teams in the High School Football America Top 100 will be in action this weekend with two match-ups between teams in our national rankings.
In Louisville, Kentucky, it will be a battle of 2016 Class 6A champs when No. 17 Carmel (Indiana) squares-off with No. 52 Trinity (Kentucky). Trinity, which finished No. 9 in the final 2016 High School Football America national rankings, only returns one starter on offense — wide receiver Rondale Moore, who’s already given his verbal commitment to Texas. Carmel won its eighth overall state title in 2016 with junior quarterback Jake McDonald at the helm.
2016 Indiana Class 6A runner-up Center Grove, which lost to Carmel 16-13 in overtime in the state title game, will open its season Friday night against No. 20 Warren Central. Center Grove is ranked No. 48 in our preseason rankings.
Ben Davis, the fourth Indiana team in our national rankings, will open against Arsenal Tech. The Giants are ranked No. 50 in our preseason rankings that are developed with our proprietary algorithm.
The highest ranked team to take the field Friday night will be No. 11 Chandler (Arizona), which will square-off with Red Mountain (Arizona). The Wolves have been strengthened by transfers from Hamilton, which was rocked by a hazing scandal.
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All three of Arizona’s nationally-ranked teams will be in action Friday night. In addition to Chandler, four-time state champ Saguaro, ranked No. 38 in our preseason rankings, will play at Catalina Hills and No. 42 Mountain Pointe will face Sandra Day O’Conner.
No. 24 South Pointe (South Carolina), winners of 15 straight playoff games, will open its drive for its fourth straight state title against Northwestern (South Carolina). In addition to the Stallions, defending South Carolina Class AAAAA champ Dutch Fork will face North Carolina’s Independence High. The Silver Foxes are ranked No. 45 and coached by former Independence head coach Tom Knotts. Fort Dorchester, the state’s third nationally-ranked team at No. 58, will face Dorman.
Football begins in Utah with No. 25 East squaring-off with Timpview and No. 65 Bingham facing Orem Friday night. Next week, East and Bingham will square-off against each other.
Five of Georgia’s six nationally-ranked teams will be in action — No. 29 and 2015 national champ Colquitt County opens against Norcross; two-time defending state champ No. 74 Carterville plays Allatoona; defending 5A champ Valdosta will face Lowndes in their annual backyard brawl; No. 84 Buford plays Hillgrove; No. 86 Harrison and its top-ranked quarterback Justin Fields opens its season against East Paulding; and No. 89 Roswell plays South Forsyth. No. 16 Grayson is idle until it plays No. 8 Hoover (Alabama) on August 25.
The 2017 season opens in Tennessee with No. 32 Brentwood Academy facing Hillsboro.
No. 47 Mission Viejo gets jump on its California competition by traveling to Hawaii to play Baldwin.
In North Carolina, No. 62 Wake Forest opens against Millbrook.
No. 70 Oxford will travel to Vicksburg in Mississippi and No. 99 Kahuku will look to improve to 2-0 against Waianae in Hawaii.
And finally, No. 100 Kirkwood opens the 2017 season against Chaminade.
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High School Football America Preseason Top 100
No. 1 St. John Bosco (CA) – Idle
No. 2 Mater Dei (CA) – Idle
No. 3 Allen (TX) – Idle
No. 4 Bishop Gorman (NV) – Idle
No. 5 IMG Academy (FL) – Idle
No. 6 DeSoto (TX) – Idle
No. 7 St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, NJ) – Idle
No. 8 Hoover (AL) – Idle
No. 9 St. Peter’s Prep (NJ) – Idle
No. 10 Corona Centennial (CA) – Idle
No. 11 Chandler (AZ) vs. Red Mountain (Arizona), Friday
No. 12 John Curtis (LA) – Idle
No. 13 DeMatha (MD) – Idle
No. 14 St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) – Idle
No. 15 Bergen Catholic (NJ) – Idle
No. 16 Grayson (GA) – Idle
No. 17 Carmel (IN) at No. 52 Trinity (Kentucky), Friday
No. 18 St. Xavier (OH) – Idle
No. 19 Katy (TX) – Idle
No. 20 Warren Central (IN) vs. No. 48 Center Grove (Indiana), Friday
No. 21 De La Salle (CA) – Idle
No. 22 St. Ignatius (OH) – Idle
No. 23 Loyola Academy (IL) – Idle
No. 24 South Pointe (SC) vs. Northwestern (South Carolina), Friday
No. 25 East (UT) at Timpview (Utah), Thursday
No. 26 Don Bosco Prep (NJ) – Idle
No. 27 St. Edward (OH) – Idle
No. 28 Narbonne (CA) – Idle
No. 29 Colquitt County (GA) vs. Norcross, Saturday
No. 30 Paramus Catholic (NJ) – Idle
No. 31 St. John’s College HS (DC) – Idle
No. 32 Brentwood Academy (TN) vs. Hillsboro (Tennessee), Friday
No. 33 Cocoa (FL) – Idle
No. 34 Highland Park (TX) – Idle
No. 35 Trinity Christian Academy (FL) – Idle
No. 36 Lake Travis (TX) – Idle
No. 37 Denton Ryan (TX) – Idle
No. 38 Saguaro (AZ) at Catalina Hills (Arizona), Friday
No. 39 Union (OK) – Idle
No. 40 American Heritage (Plantation, FL) – Idle
No. 41 Wayne (Huber Heights, OH) – Idle
No. 42 Mountain Pointe (AZ) at Sandra Day O’Conner (Arizona), Friday
No. 43 La Salle (OH) – Idle
No. 44 Armwood (FL) – Idle
No. 45 Dutch Fork (SC) at Independence (North Carolina), Friday
No. 46 Cedar Hill (TX) – Idle
No. 47 Mission Viejo (CA) at Baldwin (Hawaii), Saturday
No. 48 Center Grove (IN) at No. 20 Warren Central (Indiana), Friday
No. 49 Carol City (FL) – Idle
No. 50 Ben Davis (IN) at Indianapolis Arsenal Technical (Indiana), Friday
No. 51 St. Frances Academy (MD) – Idle
No. 52 Trinity (KY) vs. No. 17 Carmel (Indiana), Friday
No. 53 Aledo (TX) – Idle
No. 54 Long Beach Poly (CA) – Idle
No. 55 Archbishop Wood (PA) – Idle
No. 56 Cass Tech (MI) – Idle
No. 57 The Woodlands (TX) – Idle
No. 58 Fort Dorchester (SC) at Dorman (South Carolina), Friday
No. 59 Cibolo Steele (TX) – Idle
No. 60 Evangel Christian (LA) – Idle
No. 61 Liberty (NV) – Idle
No. 62 Wake Forest (NC) vs. Millbrook (North Carolina), Friday
No. 63 Miami Central (FL) – Idle
No. 64 Bishop Sullivan (VA) – Idle
No. 65 Bingham (UT) vs. Orem (Utah), Friday
No. 66 St. Joseph’s Prep (PA) – Idle
No. 67 Chaminade-Madonna (FL) – Idle
No. 68 Manvel (TX) – Idle
No. 69 Jenks (OK) – Idle
No. 70 Oxford (MS) at Vicksburg (Mississippi), Friday
No. 71 Lamar (Houston, TX) – Idle
No. 72 Central (Phenix City, AL) – Idle
No. 73 Valor Christian (CO) – Idle
No. 74 Cartersville (GA) vs. Allatoona (Georgia), Friday
No. 75 DePaul Catholic (NJ) – Idle
No. 76 Klein Collins (TX) – Idle
No. 77 Serra (Gardena, CA) – Idle
No. 78 Landry-Walker (LA) – Idle
No. 79 Pickerington Central (OH) – Idle
No. 80 Westlake (TX) – Idle
No. 81 Valdosta (GA) at Lowndes (Georgia), Friday
No. 82 East St. Louis (IL) – Idle
No. 83 Northwestern (Miami, FL) – Idle
No. 84 Buford (GA) vs. Hillgrove (Georgia), Friday
No. 85 Norman North (OK) – Idle
No. 86 Harrison (GA) vs. East Paulding (Georgia), Friday
No. 87 Pittsburgh Central Catholic (PA) – Idle
No. 88 Good Counsel (MD) – Idle
No. 89 Roswell (GA) vs. South Forsyth (Georgia), Friday
No. 90 Pine-Richland (PA) – Idle
No. 91 Hewitt-Trussville (AL) – Idle
No. 92 Parkway (LA) – Idle
No. 93 North Shore (TX) – Idle
No. 94 Plant (FL) – Idle
No. 95 Chaminade (CA) – Idle
No. 96 Denton Guyer (TX) – Idle
No. 97 Pulaski Academy (AR) – Idle
No. 98 Booker T. Washington (FL) – Idle
No. 99 Kahuku (HI) at Waianae (Hawaii), Friday
No. 100 Kirkwood (MO) at Chaminade (Missouri), Friday
