High school football rankings: Mater Dei sweeps No. 1 spot in first regular season media composite top 25

It's tough not to look ahead to Sept. 5 when St. Frances Academy goes on the road to take on No. 2 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.), which checks in at No. 2 by four of seven media outlets.

Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) remains at No. 1 after a 26-23 win over St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) on Saturday. The Monarchs are the unanimous No. 1 in the composite.

The composite rankings incorporate a spectrum of methodologies from the MaxPreps Top 25, High School Football America, National HSFB, Massey, SB Live, SC Next and USA Today 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. 1. (Preseason No. 1) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Average rank: 1.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
Massey: 1
High School Football America: 1
SB Live: 1
National HSFB: 1
SC Next: 1
USA Today: 1



2. (2) St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Average rank: 3.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
Massey: 8
High School Football America: 2
SB Live: 2
National HSFB: 2
SC Next: 3
USA Today: 4

3. (4) St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)
Average rank: 4.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
Massey: 3
High School Football America: 6
SB Live: 4
National HSFB: 4
SC Next: 4
USA Today: 3

4. (3) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Average rank: 4.7
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
Massey: 17
High School Football America: 3
SB Live: 3
National HSFB: 3
SC Next: 2
USA Today: 2

5. (5) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
Average rank: 6.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
Massey: 9
High School Football America: 5
SB Live: 6
National HSFB: 6
SC Next: 5
USA Today: 5

6. (9) Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)
Average rank: 7.7
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
Massey: 13
High School Football America: 4
SB Live: 7
National HSFB: 13
SC Next: 6
USA Today: 6

7. (6) Duncanville (Texas)
Average rank: 8.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
Massey: 2
High School Football America: 13
SB Live: 5
National HSFB: 12
SC Next: 11
USA Today: 8 

8. (10) Buford (Ga.)
Average rank: 10.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
Massey: 7
High School Football America: 12
SB Live: 9
National HSFB: 18
SC Next: 9
USA Today: 9



9. (T7) North Crowley (Fort Worth, Texas)
Average rank: 11.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 15
Massey: 4
High School Football America: 14
SB Live: 8
National HSFB: 14
SC Next: 8
USA Today: 15

10. (T7) Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Average rank: 11.7
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
Massey: 15
High School Football America: 16
SB Live: 10
National HSFB: 8
SC Next: 12
USA Today: 12

11. (12) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
Average rank: 12.9
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
Massey: NR
High School Football America: 8
SB Live: 14
National HSFB: 7
SC Next: 7
USA Today: 7

12. (14) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Average rank: 14.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
Massey: NR
High School Football America: 9
SB Live: 15
National HSFB: 5
SC Next: 10
USA Today: 11

13. (T17) Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)
Average rank: 16.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
Massey: 18
High School Football America: 17
SB Live: 13
National HSFB: 19
SC Next: 23
USA Today: 10

14. (13) Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)
Average rank: 16.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 17
Massey: NR
High School Football America: 7
SB Live: 11
National HSFB: 10
SC Next: 14
USA Today: 16



15. (16) Mission Viejo (Calif.)
Average rank: 17.9
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
Massey: 20
High School Football America: 20
SB Live: 16
National HSFB: 21
SC Next: 22
USA Today: 14

16. (15) Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
Average rank: 19.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 19
Massey: 16
High School Football America: 15
SB Live: 12
National HSFB: 15
SC Next: NR
USA Today: 17

17. (22) East St. Louis (Ill.)
Average rank: 25.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 25
Massey: NR
High School Football America: 11
SB Live: 25
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: 15
USA Today: 21

18. (19) St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Average rank: 27.0
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Massey: NR
High School Football America: 10
SB Live: 23
National HSFB: 11
SC Next: 25
USA Today: NR

19. (NR) Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)
Average rank: 27.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 20
Massey: 14
High School Football America: 18
SB Live: NR
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: 18
USA Today: NR

20. (T17) Milton (Ga.)
Average rank: 28.3
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Massey: NR
High School Football America: 19
SB Live: 18
National HSFB: 20
SC Next: 21
USA Today: NR



21. (21) DeSoto (Texas)
Average rank: 29.4
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Massey: 5
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 24
National HSFB: 17
SC Next: NR
USA Today: NR

22. (24) Grimsley (Greensboro, N.C.)
Average rank: 29.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 16
Massey: NR
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 22
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: 24
USA Today: 25

T23. (NR) North Shore (Houston, Texas)
Average rank: 29.7
MaxPreps Top 25: 23
Massey: 6
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: NR
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: NR
USA Today: 19

T23. (23) Southlake Carroll (Southlake, Texas)
Average rank: 29.7
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Massey: 10
High School Football America: 22
SB Live: NR
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: 16
USA Today: NR

T23. (11) Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.)
Average rank: 29.7
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
Massey: NR
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: NR
National HSFB: 16
SC Next: 19
USA Today: 13

Ranked by three media outlets
Carrollton (Ga.)
DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)
Edna Karr (New Orleans, La.)
Liberty (Peoria, Ariz.)
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)



Ranked by two media outlets
Douglas County (Douglasville, Ga.)
Folsom (Calif.)
Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)

Ranked by one media outlet
Allen (Texas)
Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio)
Atascocita (Humble, Texas)
Bixby (Okla.)
Brownsburg (Ind.)
Bryant (Ark.)
Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.)
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Lincoln (San Diego, Calif.)
Northwestern (Miami, Fla.)
Summer Creek (Houston, Texas)
The First Academy (Orlando, Fla.)
Westlake (Austin, Texas)