Mater Dei begins 2019 at No. 1 while powers St. John Bosco, North Shore, St. John's, St. Frances Academy trail close behind.
Video: Composite Top 25 high school football rankings See which team is the consensus No. 1 among five media outlets.
There's a long time between now and when gridiron champions will be crowned in December. And while it's nice to start at, or near, the top, coaches will tell you it's not where you start but where you finish.
But ... you gotta start somewhere. And these teams begin the 2019 high school football season at the top of Top 25 Composite rankings complied by five media outlets.
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) was No. 1 in three separate polls and thus begins its 2019 campaign as the nation's top team, followed closely by Trinity League rival St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.), last year's MaxPreps National Champion North Shore (Houston), St. John's (Washington, D.C.) and St. Frances Academy (Baltimore).
Will the Monarch's stay atop the rankings when the dust settles in December? Will someone put together a magical season? Stay tuned.
Only schools recognized by two or more media outlets are eligible for
inclusion in the composite rankings. 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.
MaxPreps Composite Top 25 Football Rankings
Average rank: 1.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
Sporting News: 2
USA Today: 3
MaxPreps Computer: 1
High School Football America: 1
Average rank: 2.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
Sporting News: 3
USA Today: 4
MaxPreps Computer: 2
High School Football America: 2
Average rank: 4
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
Sporting News: 1
USA Today: 2
MaxPreps Computer: 5
High School Football America: 8
Average rank: 4.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
Sporting News: 6
USA Today: 5
MaxPreps Computer: 4
High School Football America: 3
Average rank: 5
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
Sporting News: 4
USA Today: 6
MaxPreps Computer: 3
High School Football America: 10
Average rank: 6.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
Sporting News: 5
USA Today: 8
MaxPreps Computer: 7
High School Football America: 5
Average rank: 8
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
Sporting News: 7
USA Today: 7
MaxPreps Computer: 13
High School Football America: 7
Average rank: 8.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
Sporting News: 8
USA Today: 1
MaxPreps Computer: 11
High School Football America: 11
Average rank: 9.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
Sporting News: 12
USA Today: 11
MaxPreps Computer: 12
High School Football America: 4
Average rank: 13.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
Sporting News: 9
USA Today: 17
MaxPreps Computer: 17
High School Football America: 9
Average rank: 14.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 21
Sporting News: 10
USA Today: 20
MaxPreps Computer: 8
High School Football America: 15
Average rank: 16.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
Sporting News: 20
USA Today: 15
MaxPreps Computer: 21
High School Football America: 17
Average rank: 18.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
Sporting News: 25
USA Today: 12
MaxPreps Computer: 6
High School Football America: NR
Average rank: 22.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
Sporting News: NR
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 9
High School Football America: 13
Average rank: 24.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 22
Sporting News: NR
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 14
High School Football America: 6
Average rank: 26
MaxPreps Top 25: 17
Sporting News: 15
USA Today: 18
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: NR
Average rank: 26
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Sporting News: 18
USA Today: 10
MaxPreps Computer: 22
High School Football America: NR
Average rank: 26
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Sporting News: 13
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 23
High School Football America: 14
Average rank: 26.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 20
Sporting News: 16
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 16
Average rank: 26.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
Sporting News: NR
USA Today: 21
MaxPreps Computer: 20
High School Football America: NR
Average rank: 27
MaxPreps Top 25: 15
Sporting News: 21
USA Today: 19
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: NR
Average rank: 27.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 18
Sporting News: NR
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 15
High School Football America: 23
Average rank: 28.2
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Sporting News: NR
USA Today: 25
MaxPreps Computer: 16
High School Football America: 20
Average rank: 28.8
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Sporting News: 11
USA Today: 13
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: NR
Average rank: 28.8
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Sporting News: NR
USA Today: 14
MaxPreps Computer: 10
High School Football America: NR
Ranked in two polls
Ranked in one poll
