High school football Top 14 compilation preseason poll

Four media outlets that produce national high school football rankings (MaxPreps, PrepNation, USA Today and Rivals) have now all submitted their Top 25 preseason rankings heading into the fall. These rankings do not include any computer polls.

All four outlets agreed that 14 of the teams should be somewhere inside the Top 25. A total of 14 teams only made it into one of the four Top 25 lists. Another six teams made it in three of the Top 25 lists, and seven made it into two.

Of the 14 teams that made it into all four polls, we compiled this Top 14 based off their average ranks.

1. Manatee (Bradenton, Fla.) (Team Preview)
Average rank: 2
MaxPreps Xcellent 25: 1
PrepNation: 1
USA Today: 3
Rivals: 3



2. Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) (Team Preview)
Average rank: 2.5
Xcellent 25: 4
PrepNation: 3
USA Today: 2
Rivals: 1

3. Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) (Team Preview)
Average rank: 4.75
Xcellent 25: 2
PrepNation: 7
USA Today: 6
Rivals: 4

4. De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) (Team Preview)
Average Rank: 6.75
Xcellent: 25: 8
PrepNation: 2
USA Today: 4
Rivals: 13

5. Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.) (Team Preview)
Average Rank: 7.75
Xcellent 25: 13
PrepNation: 6
USA Today: 5
Rivals: 7

5. Washington (Miami) (Team Preview)
Average Rank: 7.75
Xcellent 25: 9
PrepNation: 5
USA Today: 11
Rivals: 6

7. Curtis (River Ridge, La.) (Team Preview)
Average Rank: 8.5
Xcellent 25: 6
PrepNation: 16
USA Today: 7
Rivals: 5



8. Carroll (Southlake, Texas) (Team Preview)
Average Rank: 8.75
Xcellent 25: 7
PrepNation: 8
USA Today: 8
Rivals: 12

9. Bellevue (Wash.) (Team Preview)
Average Rank: 10.25
Xcellent 25: 5
PrepNation: 13
USA Today: 15
Rivals: 8

10. Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Md.) (Team Preview)
Average Rank: 11.25
Xcellent 25: 10
PrepNation: 17
USA Today: 9
Rivals: 9

11. Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) (Team Preview)
Average Rank: 11.75
Xcellent 25: 12
PrepNation: 12
USA Today: 13
Rivals: 10

12. Plant (Tampa, Fla.) (Team Preview)
Average Rank: 12.25
Xcellent 25: 14
PrepNation: 11
USA Today: 10
Rivals: 14

13. Lake Travis (Austin, Texas) (Team Preview)
Average Rank: 15
Xcellent 25: 16
PrepNation: 9
USA Today: 24
Rivals: 11

14. Vista Murrieta (Murrieta, Calif.) (Team Preview)
Average Rank: 15.5
Xcellent 25: 15
PrepNation: 10
USA Today: 22
Rivals: 15



In 3 of the polls
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati) (Xcellent 25 19, USA Today 14, PrepNation 24)
Butler (Matthews, N.C.) (Xcellent 25 25, PrepNation 20, Rivals 18)
Ensworth (Nashville, Tenn.) (Xcellent 25 22, PrepNation 23, Rivals 20)
Central (Miami) (USA Today 1, PrepNation 15, Rivals 16)
Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, Va.) (Xcellent 25 20, USA Today 17, Rivals 19)
Skyline (Dallas) (Xcellent 25 3, PrepNation 4, Rivals 2)

In 2 of the polls
Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) (Xcellent 25 17, PrepNation 21)
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) (Xcellent 25 11, PrepNation 19)
Cass Tech (Detroit) (USA Today 19, PrepNation 25)
Central Dauphin (Harrisburg, Pa.) (USA Today 25, Rivals 21)
Gilman (Baltimore) (USA Today 16, PrepNation 22)
Hoover (Ala.) (Xcellent 25 24, Rivals 24)
Union (Tulsa, Okla.) (USA Today 12, PrepNation 12)

In 1 of the polls
American Heritage (Delray Beach, Fla.) (Rivals 23)
Bingham (South Jordan, Utah) (USA Today 23)
Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga.) (Xcellent 25 18)
Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) (Xcellent 25 21)
Eden Prairie (Eden Prairie, Minn.) (USA Today 21)
Trinity (Euless, Texas) (USA Today 20)
Katy (Texas) (USA Today 18)
Lassiter (Marietta, Ga.) (Rivals 25)
McGill-Toolen (Mobile, Ala.) (Rivals 22)
St. Ignatius (Cleveland) (Xcellent 25 23)
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) (PrepNation 14)