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MaxPreps National Football Editor Zack Poff and MaxPreps Director of Editorial Steve Montoya give a MaxPreps Top 25 rankings update.

MaxPreps Top 25 Rankings Update | Week 10 2026 High School Football Season

MaxPreps Top 25 Rankings Update | Week 9 2026 High School Football Season

MaxPreps goes inside St. John Bosco (Calif.) for an exclusive look at the players, coaches, facilities and championship culture that have made the Braves one of the nation's premier high school football programs. The Bellflower powerhouse has captured four CIF Open Division state titles since 2013.

Inside St. John Bosco: A California High School Football Powerhouse

MaxPreps Top 25 Rankings Update | Week 8 2026 High School Football Season

MaxPreps Top 25 Rankings Update | Week 7 2026 High School Football Season

MaxPreps Top 25 Rankings Update | Week 6 2026 High School Football Season

MaxPreps goes inside Allen football for a behind the scenes look at the stadium, players, traditions and scale surrounding one of Texas' premier high school football programs.

Inside Allen: Texas High School Football on Another Level

MaxPreps Top 25 Rankings Update | Week 5 2026 High School Football Season

MaxPreps Top 25 Rankings Update | Week 4 2026 High School Football Season

MaxPreps goes inside Bishop Gorman football for a behind-the-scenes look at the players, practices, facilities and culture surrounding one of the nation’s premier high school football programs.

Inside Bishop Gorman: A High School Football Powerhouse

Inside Duncanville football. Colin Simmons went to Texas. Keelon Russell went to Alabama. Dakorien Moore went to Oregon. All three came off the same two Duncanville teams, the back-to-back Texas 6A state champions of 2022 and 2023.

None of it was given. Duncanville has played for a state title seven times and lost four, most recently by three points in 2025. Coach Reginald Samples has 364 career wins and counting, sixth-most in Texas history. At 70 he considered retiring. He came back instead.

Fifteen minutes down the road is DeSoto. In 2022 and 2023 the two schools split every 6A trophy in Texas between them.

Duncanville Panthers | Duncanville, Texas
317-221-13 all-time · 3 state titles · 7 state final appearances
Reginald Samples — winningest Black head coach in Texas high school football history

Heart of the Program is a four-part series from MaxPreps and Nike featuring DeSoto (TX), St. Thomas Aquinas (FL), Massillon Washington (OH) and Duncanville (TX).

#	Team	Ovr.	Rating	Str.	+/-
276	Prairie Ridge	3-7	32.58	29.2	+42
277	Stark County	7-2	32.45	18.7	+10
278	Oregon	4-6	32.40	28.2	+19
279	Schurz	7-2	32.16	12.6	+9
280	Thornton	7-3	31.61	21.7	-3
281	Lake View	6-3	31.54	15.9	+13
282	Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin	7-4	31.29	20.6	+10
283	Shelbyville	3-7	31.26	31.8	+52
284	Carlyle	7-3	31.20	16.3	+25
285	Clark	8-1	30.81	10.4	+14
286	Mater Dei	5-5	30.77	23.0	-3
287	Marian Catholic	2-7	30.64	35.4	+18
288	Payton College Prep	5-5	30.60	24.6	-33
289	Lake Forest	2-7	30.59	30.0	+15
290	Red Bud	6-3	30.38	21.2	+18
291	Lakes	5-5	30.31	20.6	+10
292	Woodstock North	4-6	30.30	23.9	-1
293	Villa Grove/Heritage	6-3	30.26	14.0	+18
294	Carlinville	5-5	30.26	23.1	-19
295	Havana	7-3	30.06	13.9	+1
296	Niles North	7-3	30.01	17.0	+4
297	Marquette Catholic	4-6	29.99	19.4	+5
298	Columbia	2-8	29.92	31.3	+18
299	Massac County	6-4	29.87	20.5	-17
300	Brooks	5-5	29.73	20.4	-36

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