MaxPreps High School Football Regional Computer Rankings

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St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) was the only new No. 1 team in this week's MaxPreps High School Football Regional Rankings as it took over the top spot in the South from IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.).

Other No. 1  teams include Allen (Texas) in the Southwest, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) in the West, La Salle (Cincinnati) in the Midwest and Bergen Catholic (Oradel, N.J.) in the Northeast.

The regional rankings are based on the MaxPreps Computer Rankings. For the purposes of these rankings, the country was 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.

St. Thomas Aquinas moves into the top spot in this week's South rankings.

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West



1. (last week 1) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas), 2-0, 91.6

2. (2) Centennial (Corona, Calif.), 2-0, 80.5

3. (4) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 2-0, 73.3

4. (14) Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.), 2-0, 71.2

5. (6) De La Salle (Concord, Calif.), 1-1, 71.1


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Southwest

1. (last week 1) Allen (Texas), 2-0, 83.3

2. (4) Westfield (Houston), 2-0, 74.3

3. (2) Chandler (Ariz.), 2-1, 73.1

4. (3) Trinity (Euless, Texas), 2-0, 72.7

5. (10) Jenks (Okla.), 1-0, 70.6




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Midwest

1. (last week 1) La Salle (Cincinnati), 2-0, 75.5

2. (4) St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 2-0, 70.7

3. (3) Christian Brothers (St. Louis), 3-0, 70.5

4 (TIE). (5) Wayne (Huber Heights, Ohio), 1-0, 68.9



4 (TIE). (12) Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 3-0, 68.9


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South

1. (last week 2) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 2-0, 91.4

2. (1) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), 2-0, 90.1

3. (3) DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.), 2-0, 85.6



4. (4) Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, Va.), 2-0, 75.5

5. (5) South Panola (Batesville, Miss.), 2-0, 73.5


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Northeast

1. (last week 1) Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.), 1-0, 72.0

2. (7) Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1-0, 64.9



3. (2) Paramus Catholic (Paramus, N.J.), 0-1, 63.9

4. (8) Central Dauphin (Harrisburg, Pa.), 1-0, 62.3

5. (3) Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.), 1-0, 60.8


See the rest of the Northeast Region Top 25