MaxPreps Top 25 high school football scores: No. 23 Baylor faces No. 25 McCallie in huge Tennessee showdown

It's a big week for rivalry games in high school football led by a showdown in Tennessee between No. 23 Baylor (Chattanooga) and No. 25 McCallie (Chattanooga). 

Baylor (5-0) is loaded with talent led by Briggs Cherry, David Gabriel-Georges and Gabe Osenda. McCallie (5-1) notched a huge win over then-ranked Mission Viejo (Calif.) two weeks ago. 

This will be the 95th meeting between the schools with the first coming in 1905. Baylor owns a 46-45-3 edge in the series but McCallie has won nine of the last 12.

No. 22 Central (Miami)  was one of three new teams to join the MaxPreps Top 25 this week and has a huge matchup Saturday against a talented Northwestern (Miami) squad. This will be the 30th meeting since 2004 with Central holding a 15-14 edge. 

Southern California's Trinity League gets underway as No. 1 St. John Bosco (Bellflower) plays at JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano), No. 6 Mater Dei (Santa Ana) faces Orange Lutheran (Orange) and No. 16 Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) takes on Servite (Anaheim). All three games are on Friday at 7 p.m.

No. 2 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) looks to add another quality win to its resume as it hosts The First Academy (Orlando, Fla.) on Friday. The Royals have won four in a row after suffering losses to Milton (Ga.) and Central (Phenix City, Ala.) by a combined 10 points. 

No. 9 Buford (Ga.) looks to put a halt to a streaking Collins Hill (Suwanee) squad that has won four in a row by an average margin of 37.5 points per game. The Wolves have won the last three meetings in the series by an average margin of 30 points per game. 

No. 19 De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) hosts Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) in a matchup of undefeated teams. The Spartans defense is allowing 6.6 points per game and they have one of the best rushing attacks in the state led by Duece Jones-Drew and Jaden Jefferson, who have combined to rush for 723 yards and 11 touchdowns. The Dons are led by one of the best two-way players in the country in five-star Honor Fa'alave-Johnson.

• • 5-0
    St. John Bosco
  • 3-2
    JSerra Catholic

  10/03

• • 4-2
    The First Academy
  • 4-1
    St. Frances Academy

  10/03

• • 6-0
    Grayson
  • 1-4
    Heritage

  10/04

• • 5-0
    IMG Academy
  • 3-2
    Venice

  10/03

• • 20
    Roosevelt
  • 62
    Centennial

  Final

• • 3-1
    Mater Dei
  • 3-2
    Orange Lutheran

  10/03

• • 3-3
    Palo Verde
  • 5-1
    Bishop Gorman

  10/03

• • 3-2
    Serra
  • 5-0
    Sierra Canyon

  10/03

• • 5-0
    Buford
  • 4-2
    Collins Hill

  10/03

• • 4-0
    St. Augustine
  • 4-0
    Edna Karr

  10/03

• • 2-3
    Hollywood Hills
  • 4-1
    St. Thomas Aquinas

  10/03

• • 3-2
    Keller
  • 5-0
    Southlake Carroll

  10/03

 

• • 6-0
    Carrollton
  • 3-3
    Westlake

  10/03

• • 4-1
    Varina
  • 5-0
    Grimsley

  10/03

• • 3-2
    Santa Margarita
  • 4-1
    Servite

  10/03

• • 3-2
    Monarch
  • 4-1
    Chaminade-Madonna

  10/03

• • 5-0
    Basha
  • 3-2
    Westwood

  10/03

• • 5-0
    Cathedral Catholic
  • 5-0
    De La Salle

  10/03

• • 2-2
    Moore
  • 4-0
    Bixby

  10/03

• • 5-0
    Cass Tech
  • 1-4
    Western International

  10/03

• • 4-1
    Northwestern
  • 3-0
    Central

  10/04

• • 5-0
    Baylor
  • 5-1
    McCallie

  10/03

• • 6-0
    Clay-Chalkville
  • 4-2
    Mountain Brook

  10/03