High school football rankings: Serra of San Mateo joins this week's media composite top 25

Padres jump in at No. 23 as Northern California's top program is 10-0 and averages 40 points while allowing eight per game.

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By Steve Montoya

Nov 7, 2023, 10:30am

MaxPreps National Football Editor Zack Poff takes a look at this week's MaxPreps Top 25 football rankings.

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The postseason shook up this week's top 25 media composite high school football ranking as Mililani (Hawaii) stunned previous No. 13 ranked Kahuku (Hawaii) 28-21 in the OIA Open Division Championship. The Trojans sit right outside the Top 25 this week with a 32.3 average ranking.

Serra (San Mateo, Calif.) into the composite rankings as the lone Northern California representative is ranked by MaxPreps, SB Live, and CalPreps after a 10-0 regular season. The Padres open playoffs on Saturday against Salinas.

The media composite top 25 takes into account a wide range of approaches to high school football rankings by six different 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.

Serra of San Mateo (Calif.) enters this week's media composite top 25 rankings as the 10-0 Padres enter the postseason looking to return to the CIF Open Division finals. (Photo: Mark Neuling)

Media composite top 25 football rankings

1. (No. 1 last week) St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)

Average rank: 1.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
CalPreps: 1
High School Football America: 1
SB Live: 2
Blue Star Media: 1
National HSFB: 2

2. (2) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)

Average rank: 2.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
CalPreps: 3
High School Football America: 3
SB Live: 1
Blue Star Media: 2
National HSFB: 5

3. (3) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)

Average rank: 3.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
CalPreps: 2
High School Football America: 2
SB Live: 5
Blue Star Media: 3
National HSFB: 3

4. (T4) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)

Average rank: 3.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
CalPreps: 5
High School Football America: 5
SB Live: 3
Blue Star Media: 4
National HSFB: 1

5. (5) Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.)

Average rank: 4.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
CalPreps: 6
High School Football America: 4
SB Live: 4
Blue Star Media: 5
National HSFB: 4

6. (6) DeSoto (Texas)

Average rank: 7.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
CalPreps: 4
High School Football America: 10
SB Live: 6
Blue Star Media: 7
National HSFB: 12

7. (8) St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia)

Average rank: 9.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
CalPreps: 16
High School Football America: 7
SB Live: 7
Blue Star Media: 10
National HSFB: 6

8. (10) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

Average rank: 10
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
CalPreps: 11
High School Football America: 6
SB Live: 17
Blue Star Media: 9
National HSFB: 7

9. (9) North Shore (Houston)

Average rank: 10.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
CalPreps: 11
High School Football America: 6
SB Live: 17
Blue Star Media: 9
National HSFB: 7

10. (7) Mill Creek (Hoschton, Ga.)

Average rank: 10.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
CalPreps: 20
High School Football America: 8
SB Live: 8
Blue Star Media: 6
National HSFB: 13

11. (11) Colquitt County (Norman Park, Ga.)

Average rank: 12.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
CalPreps: 19
High School Football America: 11
SB Live: 11
Blue Star Media: 13
National HSFB: 9

12. (12) Duncanville (Texas)

Average rank: 14.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 15
CalPreps: 12
High School Football America: 19
SB Live: 10
Blue Star Media: 14
National HSFB: 16

13. (14) Walton (Marietta, Ga.)

Average rank: 17.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
CalPreps: 18
High School Football America: 18
SB Live: 21
Blue Star Media: 15
National HSFB: 19

T14. (16) Buford (Ga.)

Average rank: 19
MaxPreps Top 25: 16
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 10
SB Live: 12
Blue Star Media: 11
National HSFB: 25

T14. (17) Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)

Average rank: 19
MaxPreps Top 25: 21
CalPreps: 4
High School Football America: 13
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 26
National HSFB: 20

16. (15) Washington (Massillon, Ohio)

Average rank: 19.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
CalPreps: 24
High School Football America: 12
SB Live: 20
Blue Star Media: 22
National HSFB: 23

17. (18) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)

Average rank: 19.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 20
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 10
SB Live: 12
Blue Star Media: 11
National HSFB: 25

18. (19) Centennial (Corona, Calif.)

Average rank: 20
MaxPreps Top 25: 19
CalPreps: 6
High School Football America: 20
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 25
National HSFB: 10

19. (21) Norland (Miami)

Average rank: 22.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 23
SB Live: 22
Blue Star Media: 21
National HSFB: 14

20. (22) Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)

Average rank: 22.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 18
CalPreps: 17
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 24
Blue Star Media: 20
National HSFB: 18

21. (20) St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)

Average rank: 25.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 23
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 14
SB Live: 13
Blue Star Media: 23
National HSFB: NR

22. (25) Cocoa (Fla.)

Average rank: 29.5
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: 25
High School Football America: 15
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 15

23. (NR) Serra (San Mateo, Calif.)

Average rank: 30.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 25
CalPreps: 15
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 23
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: NR

24. (23) Central (Miami)

Average rank: 30.6
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 24
SB Live: 25
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 15

25. (24) Westlake (Austin, Texas)

Average rank: 31.8
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 19
Blue Star Media: 12
National HSFB:NR

Ranked by two media outlets

Mililani (Hawaii) — CalPreps, 13, National HSFB, 21

Liberty (Peoria, Ariz.) — MaxPreps Top 25, 22, CalPreps, 14

Saraland (Ala.) — SB Live, 14; National HSFB, 24

Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) — SB Live, 15; Blue Star Media, 24

Belleville (Mich.) — MaxPreps Top 25, 24, SB Live, 18

Ranked by one media outlet

American Fork (American Fork, Utah) — CalPreps, 9

Bixby (Okla.) — Blue Star Media, 17

Carrollton (Ga.) — MaxPreps Top 25, 17

Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.) — Blue Star Media, 18

Kahuku (Hawaii) — CalPreps, 21