High school football media composite top 25 rankings: Five teams get first place votes after upset-heavy weekend
By Thomas Frey
Dec 1, 2025, 3:00pm
Carrollton jumps up to No. 4 after 34-14 upset over Grayson in Georgia's Class AAAAAA playoffs.
Grayson had been No. 2 in the previous composite and was the No. 1 team in the MaxPreps Top 25 before falling to Carrollton 34-14 in the Georgia Class AAAAAA quarterfinals.
Carrollton jumped from No. 15 in the composite up to a tie at No. 4.
Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) went from No. 10 in the composite to No. 7 after taking down Centennial 42-7 in the California's Southern Section Division 1 championship last week. The Huskies dropped from No. 6 to 13 after the loss.
The composite rankings incorporate a wide spectrum of methodologies from the
MaxPreps Top 25,
National HSFB,
Massey,
SB Live,
USA Today and
SC Next.
To be considered for the media composite top 25, a team must be included in the rankings 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.
1. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
Average rank: 4.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
Massey: 3
SB Live: 7
National HSFB: 1
USA Today: 6
SC Next: 1
2. Buford (Ga.)
Average rank: 4.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
Massey: 7
SB Live: 2
National HSFB: 6
USA Today: 1
SC Next: 4
3. St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)
Average rank: 4.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
Massey: 12
SB Live: 1
National HSFB: 3
USA Today: 7
SC Next: 3
T4. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Average rank: 5.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
Massey: 21
SB Live: 3
National HSFB: 4
USA Today: 2
SC Next: 2
T4. Carrollton (Ga.)
Average rank: 5.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
Massey: 4
SB Live: 4
National HSFB: 7
USA Today: 4
SC Next: 15
6. Southlake Carroll (Southlake, Texas)
Average rank: 7.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
Massey: 2
SB Live: 6
National HSFB: 20
USA Today: 5
SC Next: 7
7. Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
Average rank: 11.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
Massey: NR
SB Live: 11
National HSFB: 5
USA Today: 3
SC Next: 5
8. Edna Karr (New Orleans, La.)
Average rank: 11.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
Massey: 18
SB Live: 5
National HSFB: 14
USA Today: 13
SC Next: 13
9. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank: 13.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
Massey: NR
SB Live: 8
National HSFB: 9
USA Today: 9
SC Next: 6
10. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)
Average rank: 16.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
Massey: NR
SB Live: 9
National HSFB: 2
USA Today: 22
SC Next: 11
11. Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)
Average rank: 16.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
Massey: 23
SB Live: 22
National HSFB: 17
USA Today: 8
SC Next: 16
12. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Average rank: 16.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
Massey: 22
SB Live: NR
National HSFB: 8
USA Today: 11
SC Next: 9
T13. Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Average rank: 17.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
Massey: NR
SB Live: 23
National HSFB: 12
USA Today: 10
SC Next: 8
T13. St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Average rank: 17.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 19
Massey: 24
SB Live: 25
National HSFB: 10
USA Today: 14
SC Next: 10
15. De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Average rank: 18.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 15
Massey: NR
SB Live: 10
National HSFB: 19
USA Today: 15
SC Next: 14
16. Allen (Texas)
Average rank: 19.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 24
Massey: 5
SB Live: 12
National HSFB: NR
USA Today: 12
SC Next: 23
17. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.)
Average rank: 20.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 21
Massey: NR
SB Live: 16
National HSFB: 11
USA Today: 16
SC Next: 19
18. Bixby (Okla.)
Average rank: 21.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 16
Massey: 1
SB Live: 15
National HSFB: NR
USA Today: 18
SC Next: NR
19. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)
Average rank: 23.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 18
Massey: NR
SB Live: 24
National HSFB: 18
USA Today: 23
SC Next: 18
20. Grimsley (Greensboro, N.C.)
Average rank: 24.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
Massey: NR
SB Live: 13
National HSFB: NR
USA Today: 20
SC Next: 20
21. Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Average rank: 25.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 17
Massey: NR
SB Live: NR
National HSFB: 21
USA Today: 17
SC Next: 17
22. Duncanville (Texas)
Average rank: 27.3
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Massey: 8
SB Live: NR
National HSFB: NR
USA Today: 24
SC Next: 12
23. North Crowley (Fort Worth, Texas)
Average rank: 27.5
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Massey: 10
SB Live: 14
National HSFB: NR
USA Today: NR
SC Next: 21
24. Catholic Central (Novi, Mich.)
Average rank: 28.8
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Massey: NR
SB Live: 20
National HSFB: 25
USA Today: NR
SC Next: 8
T25. Clay-Chalkville (Pinson, Ala.)
Average rank: 29.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 22
Massey: NR
SB Live: NR
National HSFB: 13
USA Today: 21
SC Next: NR
T25. Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)
Average rank: 29.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 23
Massey: 9
SB Live: NR
National HSFB: NR
USA Today: NR
SC Next: 24
Ranked by two media outletsBrownsburg (Ind.)Creekside (Fairburn, Ga.)Northwestern (Miami, Fla.)Thomas County Central (Thomasville, Ga.)Ranked by one media outletAledo (Texas)Basha (Chandler, Ariz.)Chandler (Ariz.)Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.)DeSoto (Texas)East St. Louis (Ill.)Folsom (Calif.)Lake Travis (Austin, Texas)Langston Hughes (Fairburn, Ga.)Millard South (Omaha, Neb.)Mission Viejo (Calif.)North Shore (Houston, Texas)Randle (Richmond, Texas)Summer Creek (Houston, Texas)St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.)Waxahachie (Texas)
