MaxPreps High School Football Regional Computer Rankings

By Kevin Askeland Sep 16, 2015, 12:00am

IMG Academy back on top in South; Bishop Gorman has commanding lead in the West.

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IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) returned to the top of the South Region in this week's MaxPreps High School Football Regional Rankings while Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) increased its lead in the West Region.

IMG Academy replaced St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) in the South after relinquishing the top spot last week. Meanwhile Bishop Gorman continued to build a huge lead over Centennial (Corona, Calif.), the No. 2 team in the West.

The regional rankings are based on the MaxPreps Computer Rankings, presented by the Army National Guard. For the purposes of these rankings, the country was broken down into five regions:



West: California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Hawaii, Alaska, and Montana.

Southwest: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Midwest: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

South: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Northeast: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Delaware and Vermont.

MaxPreps Regional Football Computer Rankings
St. Joseph Regional jumped into the No. 2 position in this week's Northeast rankings.
St. Joseph Regional jumped into the No. 2 position in this week's Northeast rankings.
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West




1. (last week 1) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas), 3-0, 91.1

2. (2) Centennial (Corona, Calif.), 3-0, 78.5

3. (3) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 3-0, 74.6

4. (8) St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.), 3-0, 70.3

5. (4) Long Beach Poly (Calif.), 2-0, 70.2

See the rest of the West Region Top 25



Southwest

1. (last week 1) Allen (Texas), 3-0, 82.3



2. (5) Jenks (Okla.), 2-0, 74.0

3. (3) Chandler (Ariz.), 3-1, 73.7

4. (2) Westfield (Houston), 3-0, 72.2

5. (4) Trinity (Euless, Texas), 3-0, 70.9

See the rest of the Southwest Region Top 25


Midwest

1. (last week 1) La Salle (Cincinnati), 3-0, 76.7



2. (4) Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 4-0, 71.5

3. (4) Wayne (Huber Heights, Ohio), 3-0, 70.2

4. (3) Christian Brothers (St. Louis), 4-0, 67.8

5. (7) Colerain (Cincinnati), 2-1, 67.4

See the rest of the Midwest Region Top 25


South

1. (last week 2) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), 3-0, 87.9



2. (1) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 3-0, 86.2

3. (3) DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.), 2-0, 84.8

4. (5) South Panola (Batesville, Miss.), 3-0, 75.1

5. (4) Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, Va.), 3-0, 73.3

See the rest of the South Region Top 25


Northeast

1. (last week 1) Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.), 2-0, 75.3



2. (9) St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.), 2-0, 67.9

3. (2) Central Catholic (Pittsburgh), 1-0, 61.2

4. (4) Central Dauphin (Harrisburg, Pa.), 2-0, 60.2

5. (5) Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.), 1-0, 59.7

See the rest of the Northeast Region Top 25