Pair of Florida state champions head list of best teams from schools with under 1,000 students.
A pair of Florida state champions top the MaxPreps Small School National Football Rankings for 2018.
Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.) is the top-ranked small school football team in the nation, based on the MaxPreps computer rankings. The Lions, who boast of close to 10 FBS prospects, defeated King's Academy (West Palm Beach, Fla.) 38-10 in the Class 3A state finals. The state title is the second in a row for Chaminade-Madonna.
Madison County (Madison, Fla.), the Florida Class 1A state champion, comes in at No. 2 overall. The Cowboys are also back-to-back champions.
Rounding out the top 5 are No. 3 Blair Oaks (Jefferson City, Mo.), which went undefeated in winning the Missouri Class 2 state title, No. 4 Southern Columbia Area (Catawissa, Pa.), which won a state record ninth state championship with a Class AA title, and No. 5 Aurora, which went undefeated in winning the Nebraska Class C1 state championship.
Small schools are considered to be those that play in enrollment divisions that generally have less than 1,000 students. Schools are listed with their overall record and their MaxPreps computer rating.
Top 25 Small School National Football Rankings
1. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.), 12-2, 55.4
Florida Class 3A state champions
2. Madison County (Madison, Fla.), 13-1, 52.5
Florida Class 1A state champions
3. Blair Oaks (Jefferson City, Mo.), 15-0, 52
Missouri Class 2 state champions
4. Southern Columbia Area (Catawissa, Pa.), 16-0, 50.6
Pennsylvania Class AA state champion
5. Aurora (Neb.), 13-0, 49.6
Nebraska Class C1 state champions
6. Kirtland (Ohio), 15-0, 49.5
Ohio Division VI state champions
7. Eagle's Landing Christian Academy (McDonough, Ga.), 13-1, 49.2
Georgia Class A Private state champion
8. Newton (Texas), 15-0, 48.6
Texas Class 3A-II state champion
9. Clearwater Central Catholic (Clearwater, Fla.), 12-1, 48.4
Florida Class 3A semifinalist (lost to Chaminade-Madonna)
10. Grandview (Texas), 14-2, 47.7
Texas Class 3A-I state champion
11. Mason (Texas), 16-0, 46.6
Texas Class 2A-I state champion
12. Orrville (Ohio), 13-2, 46.5
Ohio Division V state champions
13. Clinch County (Homerville, Ga.), 13-1, 46.1
Georgia Class 1A Public state champion
14. Heard County (Franklin, Ga.), 13-2, 45.9
Georgia Class AA state champion
15. Skutt Catholic (Omaha, Neb.), 13-0, 45.0
Nebraska Class B state champions
16. Marion Local (Maria Stein, Ohio), 13-2, 44.5
Ohio Division VI runner-up
17. Rockmart (Ga.), 14-1, 44.1
Georgia Class AA state runner-up
18. McComb (Ohio), 14-1, 43.7
Ohio Division VII state champion
19. Hasbrouck Heights (N.J.), 12-0, 42.2
New Jersey Group North I state champion
20. Heritage Hall (Oklahoma City, Okla.), 13-1, 41.9
Oklahoma Class 3A state champion
20. Irwin County (Ocilla, Ga.), 13-1, 41.9
Georgia Class A Public runner-up
22. Phillipsburg (Kan.), 13-0, 41.8
Kansas Class 2A state champion
23. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (Gibson City, Ill.), 14-0, 41.7
Illinois Class 2A state champion
24. Lafayette Christian Academy (Lafayette, La.), 14-0, 41.6
Louisiana Division IV state champion
25. Mart (Texas), 15-1, 41.4
Texas Class 2A-II state champions
Chaminade-Madonna tops the 2018 Small Schools football rankings.
File photo by Annette Wilkerson
