The computer and human rankings all in harmony — for about the top 15 teams.
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Like a love relationship, this one started brimming with promise, harmony and commonality.
But it didn't take long for the computer-generated MaxPreps Freeman Rankings to conflict greatly from the human-produced MaxPreps Xcellent 25 presented by the Army National Guard.
All top five squads, nine of the first 10 and 13 of 15 from the computer rankings were squads ranked in the Xcellent 25. But out of the last 10 on its list, only one — Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) — was part of the human rankings. The two MaxPreps entities didn't exactly agree on that team either. Grayson was No. 2 in the Xcellent 25 and the computer had the Rams at 18.
In all, nine teams from the computer Top 25 were not part of the Xcellent 25, but five were ranked from 26-50.
Here is the initial MaxPreps Freeman Rankings for 2016 with each team's season opener.
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No. 20 Booker T. Washington opened the 2015 with a 35-3 loss to No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas but get a do-over attempt Aug. 27.
Photo by Gary McCullough
at No. 18 Grayson (Loganville, Ga.), Aug. 27
2. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)Opener: at No. 11 Cedar Hill (Texas), Aug. 27
3. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)Opener: at No. 20 Booker T. Washington (Miami, Fla.), Aug. 27
4. Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Fla.)Opener: at Cocoa (Fla.), Aug. 28
5. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)Opener: at Bishop Amat (La Puente, Calif.), Aug. 26
6. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)Opener: at Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga.), Aug. 27
7. Armwood (Seffner, Fla.)Opener: at Plant City (Fla.), Aug. 26
8. Lake Travis (Austin, Texas)Opener: vs. Judson (Converse, Texas), Aug. 26
9. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)Opener: at Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, Va.), Aug. 26
10. Northwestern (Rock Hill, S.C.)Opener: vs. South Pointe (Rock Hill, S.C.), Aug. 19
11. Cedar Hill (Texas)Opener: vs. No. 3 Bishop Gorman, Aug. 27
12. Colerain (Cincinnati, Ohio)Opener: vs. Olentangy Liberty (Powell, Ohio), Aug. 26
13. St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)Opener: vs. St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio), Aug. 27
14. Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.)Opener: vs. Oak Park (Mich.), Aug. 27
15. Katy (Texas)Opener: at No. 16 Westlake (Austin, Texas), Aug. 26
16. Westlake (Austin, Texas)Opener: vs. No. 15 Katy, Aug. 26
17. Mission Viejo (Calif.)Opener: vs. Santa Margarita (Calif.), Aug. 26
18. Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)Opener: vs. No. 1 IMG Academy, Aug. 27
19. St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.)Opener: vs. Serra (Gardena, Calif.), Sept. 3
20. Booker T. Washington (Miami, Fla.)Opener: vs. No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas, Aug. 27
21. Ryan (Denton, Texas)Opener: at Lancaster (Texas), Aug. 26
22. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)Opener: at Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Oh.), Sept. 2
23. Wayne (Huber Heights, Ohio)Opener: vs. Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.), Aug. 26
24. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.)Opener: vs. Pope John XXIII (Sparta, N.J.), Aug. 26
25. Union (Tulsa, Okla.)Opener: at Carroll (Southlake, Texas), Aug. 26
