MaxPreps 2016 regional high school football computer rankings

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Mountain Pointe (Phoenix) is the lone new No. 1 team in this week's MaxPreps regional football computer rankings, becoming the first team from Arizona to hold down a top spot in the rankings this year.

Mountain Pointe moved past Allen (Texas) to take over the No. 1 spot in the Southwest. Allen had been the No. 1 team in that region since taking over the top spot from DeSoto (Texas) two weeks ago.

The rest of the No.1 teams in the four other regions remained the same with Colerain (Cincinnati) No. 1 in the midwest, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) No. 1 in the south, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) No. 1 in the west and St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia) No. 1 in the northeast.

The regional rankings are based on the MaxPreps National Football Computer Rankings, presented by the Army National Guard. For the purposes of these rankings, the country is 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.


West

1. (last week 1) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 9-0, 87.2



2. (2) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas), 10-0, 85.7

3. (3) St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.), 7-2, 81.5

4. (4) Centennial (Corona, Calif.), 8-1, 73.8

5. (6) Mission Viejo (Calif.), 9-0, 66.7

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Southwest

1. (last week 3) Mountain Pointe (Phoenix), 10-0, 68.4



2. (1) Allen (Texas), 9-0, 68.3

3. (2) DeSoto (Texas), 9-0, 68.0

4. (5) Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 10-0, 67.6

5. (6) The Woodlands (Texas), 9-0, 66.5

See the rest of the Southwest Region Top 25

Midwest

1. (last week 1) Colerain (Cincinnati), 10-0, 74.7



2. (2) Warren Central (Indianapolis), 9-1, 71.0

3. (3) Wayne (Huber Heights, Ohio), 9-0, 68.0

4. (4) Catholic Central (Novi, Mich.), 10-0, 65.8

5. (6) St. Ignatius (Cleveland), 9-1, 64.8 See the rest of the Midwest Region Top 25

South

1. (last week 1) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), 8-0, 85.6

2. (2) DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.), 9-0, 74.4



3. (3) Grayson (Loganville, Ga.), 8-1, 71.8

4. (4) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 9-0, 70.9

5. (5) St. John's (Washington, D.C.), 7-2, 68.7

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Northeast

1. (last week 1) St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia), 8-0, 63.5

2. (3) St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.), 6-2, 62.9



3. (2) Paramus Catholic (Paramus, N.J.), 6-2, 60.2

4. (4) Central Catholic (Pittsburgh), 9-1, 57.0

5. (10) Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.), 4-4, 56.0

See the rest of the Northeast Region Top 25