Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) takes over as the consensus No. 1 ranked team in this week's top 25 media composite high school football rankings following an upset late Saturday in Hawaii.
High School Football America had
St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) as its top team prior to this week, but the Braves fell 30-23 to
Kahuku (Hawaii). The Red Raiders went from unranked to No. 13 overall. Despite the upset, Blue Star Media held the Hawaii squad out of its Top 25 which hurt their overall rating.
Washington (Massillon, Ohio) was the other top 25 newcomer this week at No. 24 after playmaker
DaOne Owens and the Tigers knocked off St. Edward for a second consecutive season. Their average ranking sits at 29.6. The MaxPreps Top 25, Blue Star and High School Football America all ranked the Tigers.
The composite top 25 takes into account a wide range of approaches to
high school football rankings by six different media outlets. That
includes computer algorithms by CalPreps and High School Football
America as well as expert rankings from MaxPreps, SBLive, Blue Star
Media and National HSFB.
To be considered for the rankings a team
must be recognized 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.

Massillon Washington jumps into the media composite top 25 after the Tigers' upset win over St. Edward. The other shakeup in the top 25 composite came from Kahuku's win over St. John Bosco. (Photo: Jeff Harwell)
Top 25 composite football rankings
Average rank: 1
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
CalPreps: 1
High School Football America: 1
SB Live: 1
Blue Star Media: 1
National HSFB: 1
Average rank: 2.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
CalPreps: 2
High School Football America: 2
SB Live: 2
Blue Star Media: 2
National HSFB: 3
Average rank: 3.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
CalPreps: 3
High School Football America: 4
SB Live: 3
Blue Star Media: 4
National HSFB: 2
Average rank: 5.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
CalPreps: 3
High School Football America: 3
SB Live: 6
Blue Star Media: 9
National HSFB: 5
Average rank: 6.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
CalPreps: 6
High School Football America: 8
SB Live: 4
Blue Star Media: 6
National HSFB: 11
Average rank: 7
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
CalPreps: 4
High School Football America: 9
SB Live: 5
Blue Star Media:
National HSFB: 14
Average rank: 8.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
CalPreps: 14
High School Football America: 6
SB Live: 7
Blue Star Media: 5
National HSFB: 8
Average rank: 8.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
CalPreps: 11
High School Football America: 15
SB Live: 8
Blue Star Media: 8
National HSFB: 4
Average rank: 9.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
CalPreps: 15
High School Football America: 11
SB Live: 8
Blue Star Media: 8
National HSFB: 4
Average rank: 12
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
CalPreps: 7
High School Football America: 14
SB Live: 10
Blue Star Media: 12
National HSFB: 15
Average rank: 12.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
CalPreps: 13
High School Football America: 21
SB Live: 11
Blue Star Media: 7
National HSFB: 16
Average rank: 13
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
CalPreps: 22
High School Football America: 7
SB Live: 17
Blue Star Media: 10
National HSFB:10
Average rank: 15.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
CalPreps: 8
High School Football America: 5
SB Live: 25
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 7
Average rank: 17.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 13
SB Live: 12
Blue Star Media: 14
National HSFB: 12
Average rank: 21.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 21
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 19
SB Live: 19
Blue Star Media: 19
National HSFB: 9
Average rank: 22
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: 18
High School Football America: 20
SB Live: 14
Blue Star Media: 15
National HSFB: 25
Average rank: 25.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 18
CalPreps: 16
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 20
National HSFB: 17
Average rank: 25.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 25
CalPreps: 19
High School Football America: 22
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 16
National HSFB: NR
Average rank: 25.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 24
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 12
SB Live: 16
Blue Star Media: 22
National HSFB: NR
Average rank: 26.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 23
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 18
SB Live: 13
Blue Star Media: 24
National HSFB: NR
Average rank: 26.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 19
CalPreps: 17
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 22
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 22
Average rank: 27.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 22
CalPreps: 10
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 12
Average rank: 28.1
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: 11
High School Football America: 17
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 21
National HSFB: NR
Average rank: 29.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 20
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 15
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 23
National HSFB: NR
Average rank: 29.8
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: 20
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 15
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 24
Ranked in two polls
Ranked in one poll