High school football media composite top 25 rankings: Santa Margarita, Duncanville on the rise

By Thomas Frey Oct 14, 2025, 10:00am

Bixby remains the only program aside from St. John Bosco to receive a No. 1 nod.

Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) is on the rise in the media composite top 25 high school football rankings after defeating Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 7-6 last week, jumping to No. 11 from No. 17.

The Eagles snapped an 11-game losing streak to their Trinity League rival. Santa Margarita is ranked ahead of Mater Dei by six of the seven media outlets included. The Massey Ratings have Mater Dei at No. 17 and Santa Margarita unranked.

Up next for Santa Margarita is No. 1 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.), which is ranked No. 1 by six media outlets. Once again, the Massey Ratings are a bit of an outlier with the Braves at No. 2 and Bixby (Okla.) at No. 1. 

Duncanville (Texas) checks in at No. 25 after defeating DeSoto 48-28 on Friday. The Panthers hadn't been ranked since Sept. 23 after falling to Waxahachie.

The composite rankings incorporate a wide spectrum of methodologies from the MaxPreps Top 25, National HSFB, Massey, SB Live, SC Next, USA Today and High School Football America rankings.



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.
(Graphic: Ryan Escobar)
(Graphic: Ryan Escobar)
1. St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Average rank:
1.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
Massey: 2
SB Live: 1
National HSFB: 1
SC Next: 1
USA Today: 1
HSFA: 1

2. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
Average rank:
2.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
Massey: 4
SB Live: 3
National HSFB: 2
SC Next: 2
USA Today: 2
HSFA: 3

3. St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)
Average rank:
3.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
Massey: 8
SB Live: 2
National HSFB: 3
SC Next: 5
USA Today: 3
HSFA: 4

4. Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)
Average rank:
4.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
Massey: 7
SB Live: 4
National HSFB: 5
SC Next: 3
USA Today: 5
HSFA: 2

5. Buford (Ga.)
Average rank:
6.7
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
Massey: 5
SB Live: 5
National HSFB: 10
SC Next: 6
USA Today: 6
HSFA: 7

6. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Average rank:
7.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
Massey: 10
SB Live: 8
National HSFB: 9
SC Next: 4
USA Today: 7
HSFA: 5



7. Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Average rank:
9.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
Massey: 22
SB Live: 7
National HSFB: 7
SC Next: 10
USA Today: 4
HSFA: 10

8. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)
Average rank:
14.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
Massey: NR
SB Live: 6
National HSFB: 21
SC Next: 8
USA Today: 9
HSFA: 8

9. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Average rank:
14.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
Massey: 17
SB Live: 25
National HSFB: 8
SC Next: 17
USA Today: 11
HSFA: 11

10. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank:
14.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
Massey: NR
SB Live: 10
National HSFB: 12
SC Next: 7
USA Today: 12
HSFA: 6

11. Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
Average rank:
14.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
Massey: NR
SB Live: 21
National HSFB: 6
SC Next: 9
USA Today: 8
HSFA: 9

12. Southlake Carroll (Southlake, Texas)
Average rank:
15.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
Massey: 3
SB Live: 12
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: 11
USA Today: 15
HSFA: 16



13. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)
Average rank:
15.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 15
Massey: NR
SB Live: 11
National HSFB: 4
SC Next: 13
USA Today: 16
HSFA: 12

14. Edna Karr (New Orleans, La.)
Average rank:
16.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
Massey: NR
SB Live: 9
National HSFB: 15
SC Next: 18
USA Today: 10
HSFA: 13

15. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.)
Average rank:
18.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 17
Massey: NR
SB Live: 17
National HSFB: 11
SC Next: 12
USA Today: 13
HSFA: 19

16. Carrollton (Ga.)
Average rank:
21.7
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
Massey: 9
SB Live: 13
National HSFB: 23
SC Next: NR
USA Today: 14
HSFA: NR

17. De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Average rank: 22.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 19
Massey: NR
SB Live: 18
National HSFB: 25
SC Next: 24
USA Today: 17
HSFA: 14

18. Basha (Chandler, Ariz.)
Average rank:
22.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 18
Massey: NR
SB Live: 22
National HSFB:
24
SC Next: 20
USA Today: 19
HSFA: 15



19. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.)
Average rank:
24.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 25
Massey: 16
SB Live: 15
National HSFB: 13
SC Next: NR
USA Today: NR
HSFA: 20

20. Allen (Texas)
Average rank:
27.0
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Massey: 6
SB Live: NR
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: 25
USA Today: 20
HSFA: 18

T21. Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)
Average rank:
27.1
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Massey: NR
SB Live: 16
National HSFB: 16
SC Next: 15
USA Today: NR
HSFA: 23

T21. Bixby (Okla.)
Average rank:
27.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 20
Massey: 1
SB Live: 24
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: NR
USA Today: 25
HSFA: NR

23. Grimsley (Greensboro, N.C.)
Average rank:
28.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 16
Massey: NR
SB Live: 19
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: 19
USA Today: 23
HSFA: NR

24. Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Average rank:
29.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 22
Massey: NR
SB Live: NR
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: 21
USA Today: 18
HSFA: 24



25. Duncanville (Texas)
Average rank:
29.5
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Massey: 12
SB Live: NR
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: 14
USA Today: 21
HSFA: NR

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Ranked by two media outlets
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Creekside (Fairburn, Ga.)
Mission Viejo (Calif.)
Northwestern (Miami, Fla.)

Ranked by one media outlet
Aledo (Texas)
Bryant (Ark.)
Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)
East St. Louis (Ill.)
Folsom (Calif.)
Lakeland (Fla.)
Langston Hughes (Fairburn, Ga.)
Lewisville (Texas)
Liberty (Peoria, Ariz.)
Millard South (Omaha, Neb.)
Prosper (Texas)
Providence Day (Charlotte, N.C.)
Thomas County Central (Thomasville, Ga.)
Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
West Boca Raton (Boca Raton, Fla.)