Top 10 Metro Areas for high school football in 2013

With four of the top 10 teams in the nation residing in Southern California, the Los Angeles metro area has been identified by MaxPreps as the top metro area for high school football for the 2013 season.

The Los Angeles metro area includes Los Angeles County as well as Ventura, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. As a result, St. John Bosco (Bellflower), ranked No. 2 in the nation by the MaxPreps computer ratings to start the 2013 season, is on the list along with No. 4 Serra (Gardena), No. 7 Centennial (Corona) and No. 8 Mater Dei (Santa Ana).

The metro area rankings were determined by taking the top seven ranked teams from a metro region and then adding together their preseason national ranking to come up with a sum total. Los Angeles had by far the lowest total with a 92. Dallas was next with 252.

While Los Angeles came in at No. 1, the state of Texas had three metro areas make the top 10. Besides Dallas at No. 2, Houston comes in at No. 7 and Austin at No. 8. Ohio also had a pair of cities in the top 10 with Cincinnati at No. 4 and Cleveland at No. 6.

One ratings note: Because information from coaches is still being gathered for the preseason national computer ratings, there is a chance that some changes will occur by the time the final preseason ratings are released on August 15.

Top 10 Metro Areas for High School Football

1. Los Angeles - 92 No. 2 St. John Bosco (Bellflower)
No. 4 Serra (Gardena)
No. 7 Centennial (Corona)
No. 8 Mater Dei (Santa Ana)
No. 15 Long Beach Poly (Long Beach)
No. 22 Vista Murrieta (Murrieta)
No. 34 Oaks Christian (Westlake Village).

2. Dallas - 252 No. 5 Allen
No. 21 DeSoto
No. 31 Coppell
No. 37 Bowie (Arlington)
No. 43 Guyer (Denton)
No. 57 Argyle
No. 58 Carroll (Southlake)

3. Indianapolis - 670 No. 11 Lawrence Central (Indianapolis)
No. 55 Ben Davis (Indianapolis)
No. 87 Indianapolis Cathedral (Indianapolis)
No. 102 Center Grove (Greenwood)
No. 125 Pike (Indianapolis)
No. 126 Carmel
No. 164 Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis)

4. Cincinnati - 730 No. 24 Colerain (Cincinnati)
No. 27 St. Xavier (Cincinnati)
No. 30 Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati)
No. 89 Elder (Cincinnati)
No. 155 Sycamore (Cincinnati)
No. 200 Lakota West (West Chester)
No. 205 Winton Woods (Cincinnati)

5. Chicago - 905 No. 24 Mount Carmel (Chicago)
No. 62 Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn)
No. 105 Glenbard North (Carol Stream)
No. 148 Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort)
No. 164 Crete-Monee (Crete)
No. 171 Montini (Lombard)
No. 231 Neuqua Valley (Naperville)

6. Cleveland - 975 No. 18 St. Ignatius (Cleveland)
No. 37 Mentor
No. 55 St. Edward (Lakewood)
No. 97 St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron)
No. 130 Washington (Massillon)
No. 316 McKinley (Canton)
No. 322 Hudson

7. Houston - 800 No. 31 Katy
No. 46 Navasota
No. 47 Lamar (Houston)
No. 67 East Bernard
No. 135 North Shore (Houston)
No. 195 Summer Creek (Houston)
No. 277 Westfield (Houston).

8. Austin, Texas - 1104 No. 58 Westlake (Austin)
No. 75 Cameron Yoe (Cameron)
No. 76 Cedar Park
No. 149 Leander
No. 219 Hendrickson (Pflugerville)
No. 250 Copperas Cove
No. 277 Georgetown

9. New York - 1140 No. 1 Paramus Catholic (Paramus)
No. 17 St. Joseph Regional (Montvale)
No. 41 Bergen Catholic (Oradell)
No. 77 Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey)
No. 255 DePaul (Wayne)
No. 340 New Rochelle
No. 409 St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City).

10. Atlanta - 1191 No. 11 Norcross
No. 110 Sandy Creek (Tyrone)
No. 113 North Gwinnett (Suwanee)
No. 132 Gainesville
No. 168 North Cobb (Kennesaw)
No. 326 South Gwinnett (Snellville)
No. 331 St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta)