Week 8 of the High School Football America 300 national high school football rankings

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Just like No. 1 Mater Dei (California) last week, Georgia’s Buford got a statement win Friday to solidify its spot at No. 2 in the High School Football America 300 national high school football rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. The Wolves led former No. 20 Mill Creek from start-to-finish on the way to a 39-27 win before 10,000 fans a college football coaches like Georgia’s Kirby Smart and Ohio State’s Brian Day.

Of Buford’s seven wins, five of them have come against teams that are currently ranked in the HSFA 300.

In Ohio, Archbishop Moeller’s dreams of a national championship came to an end with a 6-0 loss to defending Division I state champ St. Edward. The only points of the game came off of the foot of Ben Lavalle, who booted a 46 and a 47-yard field goal.

Big Moe tumbles from No. 11 to No. 26 this week, while St. Ed moves up three notches to No. 36.

Central (Phenix City, Alabama) makes the big move inside the Top 100 created with HSFA’s proprietary algorithm. The Red Devils climb 14 spots to No. 52 after handing former No. 38 Auburn its first loss of the year. The 38-17 loss drops Auburn to No. 59 this week.

Next week, it will be No. 4 Miami Central’s turn to prove it’s worthy of its lofty national ranking. The undefeated Rockets will play No. 20 Columbus in a South Florida showdown.

The latest HSFA 300 features ten new teams.

Leading the way is Hamilton Southeastern (Indiana) at No. 181 after edging former No. 63 Brownsburg (Indiana) 31-28.

The other nine new teams this week are:

  • No. 289 Rock Creek Christian (Maryland)
  • No. 292 Tupelo (Mississippi)
  • No. 294 Picayune (Mississippi)
  • No. 295 East Forsyth (North Carolina)
  • No. 296 Kings (Ohio)
  • No. 297 State College (Pennsylvania)
  • No. 298 Lincoln-Way East (Illinois)
  • No. 299 Cass Tech (Michigan)
  • No. 300 Cathedral Prep (Pennsylvania)

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

Dropped-out: No. 147 Opelika (Alabama), No. 212 Dutchtown (Georgia), No. 214 St. Charles Catholic (Louisiana), No. 225 Seton Hall Prep (New Jersey), No. 236 Lincoln (Tallahassee, Florida), Lake Brantley (Florida), No. 282 Murrieta Valley (California), No. 296 Centennial (Burleson , Texas), No. 297 Clinton (Mississippi), No. 299 Madison Central (Mississippi)

*Forfeit loss

**three forfeit losses

***Awarded forfeit victory

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

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