High school football rankings: Massillon Washington on the rise in this week's media composite top 25

MaxPreps National Football Editor Zack Poff takes a look at this week's MaxPreps Top 25 football rankings.

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Storied Washington (Massillon) is seeking its 25th Ohio state championship but first since 1970. The Tigers are 10-0 and coming off a resounding rivalry game win over McKinley (Canton), giving them an upward trajectory in this week's media composite top 25 high school football rankings.

Washington improved three spots to grab the No. 14 spot in the rankings.

A big weekend is on the horizon in Texas where No. 6 Duncanville (Texas) meets No. 9 DeSoto (Texas). Both teams are 7-0 and ranked by all six media outlets in the top 15.

Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) rejoins the top 25 after rolling off five-straight wins. The Crusaders dominated St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City) 37-7 last week as seven different ballcarriers combined to grind out 250 yards.

The media composite top 25 takes into account a wide range of approaches to high school football rankings by six different outlets. That includes computer algorithms by CalPreps and High School Football America as well as expert rankings from MaxPreps, SBLive, Blue Star Media and National HSFB.

To be considered for the rankings a team must be recognized by two or more media outlets. 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.

Braylyn Toles and Massillon Washington closed out the regular season with a 35-0 win over rival Canton McKinley. (Photo: Matt Smith)

Media composite top 25 football rankings

1. (No. 1 last week) St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)

Average rank: 1
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
CalPreps: 1
High School Football America: 1
SB Live: 3
Blue Star Media: 1

National HSFB: 2

2. (2) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Average rank: 2.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
CalPreps: 3
High School Football America: 2
SB Live: 1
Blue Star Media: 2
National HSFB: 5

3. (3) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)

Average rank: 3.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
CalPreps: 2
High School Football America: 3
SB Live: 6
Blue Star Media: 4
National HSFB: 3

T4. (3) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)

Average rank: 4
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
CalPreps: 7
High School Football America: 5
SB Live: 2
Blue Star Media: 5
National HSFB: 1

T4. (5) Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.)

Average rank:
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
CalPreps: 4
High School Football America: 4
SB Live: 4
Blue Star Media: 6
National HSFB: 4

6. (6) Duncanville (Texas)

Average rank: 6.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
CalPreps: 5
High School Football America: 8
SB Live: 5
Blue Star Media: 3
National HSFB: 12

7. (8) Mill Creek (Hoschton, Ga.)

Average rank: 10
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
CalPreps: 11
High School Football America: 10
SB Live: 9
Blue Star Media: 7
National HSFB: 14

8. (7) St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Average rank: 10.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
CalPreps: 22
High School Football America: 9
SB Live: 8
Blue Star Media: 10
National HSFB: 6

9. (9) DeSoto (Texas)

Average rank: 11
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
CalPreps: 10
High School Football America: 11
SB Live: 7
Blue Star Media: 12
National HSFB: 13

10. (10) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

Average rank: 11.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
CalPreps: 16
High School Football America: 7
SB Live: 17
Blue Star Media: 9
National HSFB: 8

11. (12) Colquitt County (Norman Park, Ga.)

Average rank: 13.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
CalPreps: 23
High School Football America: 13
SB Live: 11
Blue Star Media: 14
National HSFB: 10

12. (13) Kahuku (Hawaii)

Average rank: 15.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
CalPreps: 9
High School Football America: 6
SB Live: 23
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 7

13. (11) North Shore (Houston, Texas)

Average rank: 16.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 19
SB Live: 10
Blue Star Media: 8
National HSFB: 15

14. (17) Washington (Massillon, Ohio)

Average rank: 18.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 16
CalPreps: 14
High School Football America: 14
SB Live: 20
Blue Star Media: 22
National HSFB: 24

15. (15) Walton (Marietta, Ga.)

Average rank: 18.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
CalPreps: 21
High School Football America: 20
SB Live: 21
Blue Star Media: 15
National HSFB: 20

16. (16) Buford (Ga.)

Average rank:
MaxPreps Top 25: 17
CalPreps: 25
High School Football America: 12
SB Live: 12
Blue Star Media: 11
National HSFB: NR

17. (18) Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)

Average rank: 20
MaxPreps Top 25: 22
CalPreps: 6
High School Football America: 15
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 16
National HSFB: 21

18. (14) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)

Average rank: 20.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 21
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 18
SB Live: 16
Blue Star Media: 19
National HSFB: 9

19. (19) Centennial (Corona, Calif.)

Average rank: 21
MaxPreps Top 25: 20
CalPreps: 8
High School Football America: 22
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 25
National HSFB: 11

20. (20) St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)

Average rank: 22.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 24
CalPreps: 18
High School Football America: 16
SB Live: 13
Blue Star Media: 23
National HSFB: NR

21. (21) Norland (Miami, Fla.)

Average rank: 23.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 15
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 25
SB Live: 22
Blue Star Media: 21
National HSFB: 16

22. (22) Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)

Average rank: 26.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 19
CalPreps: 19
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 23
National HSFB: NR

23. (23) Westlake (Austin, Texas)

Average rank: 32
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 19
Blue Star Media: 13
National HSFB: NR

24. (23) Cocoa (Fla.)

Average rank: 32.5
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 17
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 18

T25. (25) Saraland (Ala.)

Average rank: 33.1
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 14
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 25

T25. (NR) Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)

Average rank: 33.1
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 15
Blue Star Media: 24
National HSFB:NR

Ranked by two media outlets

Central (Miami) — SB Live, 25; National HSFB, 17

Liberty (Peoria, Ariz.) — MaxPreps Top 25, 25, CalPreps, 20

McCallie (Chattanooga, Tenn.) — National HSFB, 23; High School Football America, 24

Serra (San Mateo, Calif.) — CalPreps, 23; SB Live, 24

Ranked by one media outlet

Atascocita (Humble, Texas) — CalPreps, 12

American Fork (Utah) — CalPreps, 15

Bixby (Okla.)— Blue Star Media, 17
Thomas County Central (Thomasville, Ga.) — CalPreps,17

Belleville (Mich.) — SB Live, 18

Carrollton (Ga.) — MaxPreps Top 25, 18

Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.) — Blue Star Media, 18

Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)— High School Football America, 21

Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.) — National HSFB, 22
Centennial (Peoria, Ariz.) — MaxPreps Top 25, 23
Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Md.) — High School Football America, 23

Southlake Carroll (Southlake, Texas) — CalPreps, 24

High school football rankings: Massillon Washington on the rise in this week's media composite top 25

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