Preseason No. 1 Trinity Christian Academy ends the year on top after winning a Florida state title.
Deontai Williams, Trinity Christian Academy
Photo by Andrew Bershaw
Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Fla.) ends the season right where it started - at the top of the MaxPreps Small Schools National Football Rankings.
After starting the year ranked No. 1 in the preseason small schools rankings, Trinity Christian Academy suffered losses to Buford (Ga.) and IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) and dropped to No. 5 in the midseason rankings. However, a 27-7 win over American Heritage (Delray Beach, Fla.) in the Class 3A state finals and a 35-21 win over Washington Class 3A state champion Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.) in the Burger King State Champions Series on Saturday boosted the Conquerors back to the No. 1 spot.
Marion Local (Maria Stein, Ohio), last year's small schools champion, finished No. 2 in this year's rankings while American Heritage comes in at No. 3.
The rankings are based on the
MaxPreps computer rankings.
For the purposes of this list, small schools are those schools which
belong to state enrollment divisions with schools that generally have
fewer than 1,000 students.
Final Small Schools National Football Rankings
1. (last time 5) Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Fla.), 12-2, 64.6
Florida 3A State Champion
2. (1) Marion Local (Maria Stein, Ohio), 15-0, 62.4
Ohio Division VII State Champion
3. (2) American Heritage (Delray Beach, Fla.), 11-2, 60.0
Florida 3A State runnerup
4. (9) Coldwater (Ohio), 14-1, 59.9
Ohio Division V State Champion
5. (6) Sedro-Woolley (Wash.), 13-1, 58.3
Washington 2A State Champion
6. (15) Campolindo (Moraga, Calif.), 16-0, 56.1
California Division III Bowl Champion
7. (3) El Capitan (Lakeside, Calif.), 14-1, 55.0
California Division III Bowl Runner-up
8. (NR) Boone Central/Newman Grove (Albion, Neb.), 13-0, 53.3
Nebraska Class C1 State Champion
9. (NR) Calvary Baptist Academy (Shreveport, La.), 12-1, 53.1
Louisiana Division III State Champion
10. (20) Maine-Endwell (Endwell, N.Y.), 13-0, 51.6
New York Class B State Champion
11. (11) Muskegon Catholic Central (Muskegon, Mich.), 14-0, 51.6
Michigan Division 8 State Champion
12. (NR) Canadian (Texas), 15-0, 51.4
Texas 2A-1 State Champion
13. (NR) Benedictine (Savannah, Ga.), 13-2, 49.9
Georgia Class 2A State Champion
14. (4) Tumwater (Wash.), 12-1, 49.8
Washington 2A state semifinalist
15. (NR) Minster (Ohio), 12-3, 49.3
Ohio Division VI State Champion
16. (14) Bishop Hartley (Columbus, Ohio), 11-3, 48.6
Ohio Division V state semifinalist
17. (NR) Madison Academy (Madison, Ala.), 14-1, 48.5
Alabama Class 3A State Champion
18. (NR) Rossville (Kan.), 14-0, 48.3
Kansas Class 3A State Champion
19. (10) Paso Robles (Calif.), 13-2, 48.3
California Southern Section Northern Division Champion
20. (NR) Aquinas (David City, Neb.), 12-1, 48.0
Nebraska Class C2 State Champions
21. (NR) Bishop Guilfoyle (Altoona, Pa.), 16-0, 47.8
Pennsylvania Class A State Champion
22. (NR) Davis (Okla.), 15-0, 46.8
Oklahoma 2A State Champion
23. (NR) Union City (Tenn.), 14-0, 46.6
Tennessee Class 1A State Champions
24. (NR) Cameron Yoe (Cameron, Texas), 12-4, 46.6
Texas Class 3A-1 State Champion
25. (NR) Oak Grove (Mo.), 13-2, 46.5
Missouri Division 3 State Champion
