Top 25 national high school football composite rankings

By Staff Report Oct 16, 2018, 11:45am

St. John Bosco leaves no doubt in 41-18 win over Mater Dei, climbs to consensus No. 1.

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Zack Poff breaks down this week's movement after St. John Bosco's win over Mater Dei.

The game of the year proved two things: 2020 St. John Bosco quarterback SJ Uiagalelei is really good ... and the Braves are now the consensus No. 1 team in the land after a 41-18 win over Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) in the No. 1 vs. No. 2 Trinity League showdown.

Uiagalelei threw for four first-half touchdown passes and added a fifth late in the fourth quarter in the decisive victory.

The loss snaps Mater Dei's 22-game (on field) win streak and drops the Monarchs to No. 2 in this week's composite rankings. Allen (Texas), St. John's (Washington, D.C.) and IMG Academy (Brandenton, Fla.) round out the Top 5.



New to the rankings this week are No. 19 JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), No. 24 Folsom (Calif.) and No. 25 Duncanville (Texas).

Only schools recognized by two or more media outlets are eligible for inclusion in the composite rankings. Teams were assigned a score of 40 for each media outlet that did not recognize them as part of their Top 25, rewarding teams that received consensus acclaim.


MaxPreps Composite Top 25 High School Football Rankings
Jaden Genova, JSerra Catholic
Jaden Genova, JSerra Catholic
Photo by Terry Jack
1. (Last week 2) St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Average rank: 1
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 1
PrepNation: 1
USA Today: 1
MaxPreps Computer: 1
High School Football America: 1

2. (1) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Average rank: 3.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 5
PrepNation: 2
USA Today: 2
MaxPreps Computer: 3
High School Football America: 5

3. (3) Allen (Texas)
Average rank: 4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 2
PrepNation: 3
USA Today: 4
MaxPreps Computer: 9
High School Football America: 2

4. (4) St. John's (Washington, D.C.)
Average rank: 4.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 3
PrepNation: 5
USA Today: 5
MaxPreps Computer: 6
High School Football America: 3



5. (4) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
Average rank: 4.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 6
PrepNation: 4
USA Today: 3
MaxPreps Computer: 4
High School Football America: 6

6. (6) Central (Miami)
Average rank: 6.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 4
PrepNation: 6
USA Today: 6
MaxPreps Computer: 11
High School Football America: 4

7. (7) Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Average rank: 8.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 8
PrepNation: 7
USA Today: 9
MaxPreps Computer: 7
High School Football America: 10

8. (8) Colquitt County (Norman Park, Ga.)
Average rank: 10.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 9
PrepNation: 8
USA Today: 18
MaxPreps Computer: 8
High School Football America: 8

9. (9) De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Average rank: 11.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 11
PrepNation: 12
USA Today: 8
MaxPreps Computer: 16
High School Football America: 9

10. (10) St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia)
Average rank: 12.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 18
PrepNation: 15
USA Today: 12
MaxPreps Computer: 10
High School Football America: 7



11. (11) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank: 13
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 13
PrepNation: 10
USA Today: 10
MaxPreps Computer: 14
High School Football America: 18

12. (12) St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)
Average rank: 14
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 7
PrepNation: 14
USA Today: 7
MaxPreps Computer: 2
High School Football America: NR

13. (17) North Shore (Houston)
Average rank: 17
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 15
PrepNation: 22
USA Today: 23
MaxPreps Computer: 13
High School Football America: 12

14. (14) Warren Central (Indianapolis)
Average rank: 17.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 14
PrepNation: 11
USA Today: 11
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 11

15. (16) Carol City (Miami)
Average rank: 17.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 12
PrepNation: 9
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 15
High School Football America: 13

16. (15) St. Louis (Honolulu)
Average rank: 18.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 10
PrepNation: 17
USA Today: 15
MaxPreps Computer: 12
High School Football America: NR



17. (18) Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, Calif.)
Average rank: 22.2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 19
PrepNation: 18
USA Today: 13
MaxPreps Computer: 21
High School Football America: NR

18. (22) Dutch Fork (Irmo, S.C.)
Average rank: 25.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: NR
PrepNation: 13
USA Today: 19
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 15

19. (NR) JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Average rank: 25.8
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 23
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: 21
MaxPreps Computer: 5
High School Football America: NR

20. (24) Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio)
Average rank: 26.6
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 21
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: 16
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 16

21. (25) Rome (Ga.)
Average rank: 27
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 16
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: 17
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 22

22. (20) University Lab (Baton Rouge, La.)
Average rank: 27.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 22
PrepNation: 21
USA Today: 14
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: NR



23. (23) Mission Viejo (Calif.)
Average rank: 28.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 25
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 23
High School Football America: 14

24. (NR) Folsom (Calif.)
Average rank: 29.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 24
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 22
High School Football America: 21

25. (NR) Duncanville (Texas)
Average rank: 31.4
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 17
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: 20
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: NR

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