Top 25 national high school football composite rankings: St. John Bosco a unanimous No. 1

By Staff Report Dec 17, 2019, 11:45am

St. John Bosco cements No. 1 spot with 21-point win over feisty De La Salle team in CIF Open Division finals.

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See how St. John Bosco survived a feisty De La Salle team to win the CIF Open Division title.

St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) won the California Interscholastic Federation Open Division title on Saturday with a 49-28 win over De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) with a superstar performance from quarterback DJ Uiagalelei. And, in doing so, all but sewed up a National Championship for the Braves.

Texas football has one more week — with its Lone Star State-sized finals held at AT&T Stadium starting Wednesday — but Bosco's win gave the Braves a consensus as the No. 1 team in this week's MaxPreps Composite Top 25 rankings.

The top five teams remained the same as IMG Academy (Brandenton, Fla.) slips up to No. 6 after previous sixth-ranked Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.) falls eight spots to No. 14 after its Georga 7A loss to Marietta (Ga.). The Blue Devils jump 10 spots to No. 8 after their 19-7 victory that gave them their first state title since 1967.



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.

St. John Bosco coach Jason Negro celebrates with a player after the Braves' CIF Open Division win over De La Salle on Saturday.
St. John Bosco coach Jason Negro celebrates with a player after the Braves' CIF Open Division win over De La Salle on Saturday.
Photo by Louis Lopez
MaxPreps Composite Top 25 high school football rankings

1. (Last week 1) St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Average rank: 1
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
PrepNation: 1
USA Today: 1
MaxPreps Computer: 1
High School Football America: 1

2. (2) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Average rank: 2.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
PrepNation: 4
USA Today: 4
MaxPreps Computer: 2
High School Football America: 2

3. (3) Duncanville (Texas)
Average rank: 3.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
PrepNation: 2
USA Today: 2
MaxPreps Computer: 5
High School Football America: 5

4. (4) St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)
Average rank: 4
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
PrepNation: 5
USA Today: 5
MaxPreps Computer: 3
High School Football America: 3

5. (5) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank: 5.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
PrepNation: 3
USA Today: 3
MaxPreps Computer: 12
High School Football America: 4

6. (7) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
Average rank: 6.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
PrepNation: 6
USA Today: 8
MaxPreps Computer: 6
High School Football America: 6

7. (7) North Shore (Houston)
Average rank: 7.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
PrepNation: 7
USA Today: 7
MaxPreps Computer: 9
High School Football America: 8

8. (18) Marietta (Ga.)
Average rank: 11.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
PrepNation: 16
USA Today: 13
MaxPreps Computer: 10
High School Football America: 9

9. (10) St. Louis (Honolulu)
Average rank: 13
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
PrepNation: 8
USA Today: 6
MaxPreps Computer: 4
High School Football America: NR

10. (11) Chandler (Ariz.)
Average rank: 13.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
PrepNation: 10
USA Today: 9
MaxPreps Computer: 17
High School Football America: 20

Average rank: 14
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
PrepNation: 11
USA Today: 14
MaxPreps Computer: 14
High School Football America: 18



11. (tie) (13) Dutch Fork (Irmo, S.C.)
Average rank: 14
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
PrepNation: 14
USA Today: 15
MaxPreps Computer: 21
High School Football America: 11

13. (12) Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)
Average rank: 14.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 17
PrepNation: 9
USA Today: 16
MaxPreps Computer: 7
High School Football America: 22

14. (6) Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.)
Average rank: 17
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
PrepNation: 19
USA Today: 25
MaxPreps Computer: 11
High School Football America: 16

15. (14) Pickerington Central (Ohio)
Average rank: 18.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
PrepNation: 15
USA Today: 20
MaxPreps Computer: 25
High School Football America: 19

16. (15) Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, La.)
Average rank: 19
MaxPreps Top 25: 19
PrepNation: 13
USA Today: 10
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 13

17. (16) Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Md.)
Average rank: 19.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 18
PrepNation: 20
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 8
High School Football America: 12

18. (17) St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia)
Average rank: 20.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 16
PrepNation: 17
USA Today: 18
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 10



19. (19) Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
Average rank: 23.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 25
PrepNation: 18
USA Today: 22
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 14

20. (20) St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City, N.J.)
Average rank: 25
MaxPreps Top 25: 24
PrepNation: 25
USA Today: 19
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 17

21. (22) Carroll (Southlake, Texas)
Average rank: 26.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 20
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: 21
MaxPreps Computer: 13
High School Football America: NR

22. (23) Guyer (Denton, Texas)
Average rank: 28.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 23
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 15
High School Football America: 25

23. (21) Katy (Texas)
Average rank: 29.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 15
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: 11
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: NR

24. (25) Northwestern (Miami)
Average rank: 29.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 22
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 7

25. (23) De Smet Jesuit (St. Louis)
Average rank: 30.2
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
PrepNation: 12
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 19
High School Football America: NR

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