High school football rankings: Duncanville on the rise in this week's media composite top 25

Panthers move to No. 3 after holding on for 28-24 win over St. Frances Academy.

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By Steve Montoya

Sep 17, 2024, 11:30am

Duncanville survives St. Frances Academy for a 28-24 win and the Panthers move to 2-0 205,413 views 1:53

Duncanville (Texas) used a late touchdown and defensive stand Saturday to beat St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.) 28-24 in one of the biggest high school football games of the weekend. The Panthers are one of three top 10 teams in this week's media composite top 25 from the state of Texas, joining No. 7 North Shore (Houston) and No. 9 North Crowley (Fort Worth).

Thirteen teams this week are inside the top 25 of all seven media outlets used to determine the media composite rankings. The big debate right now is not who is No. 1 overall, but who should be sitting behind Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.). St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.), Duncanville, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Milton (Ga.) are close behind with an average ranking of under five.

The media composite top 25 incorporates computer algorithms by CalPreps and High School Football America along with expert rankings like the MaxPreps Top 25, SC Next, SB Live, Blue Star Media, and National HSFB.

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.

Duncanville wide receiver Dakorien Moore stretches to make a catch in his team's win over St. Frances Academy last weekend. Committed to Oregon, Moore is regarded as the No. 1 player at his position in the country according to 247Sports. (Photo: Shane Kirkpatrick)

MEDIA COMPOSITE TOP 25

1. (No. 1 last week) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)

Average rank: 1
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
CalPreps: 1
High School Football America: 1
SB Live: 1
Blue Star Media: 1
National HSFB: 1
SC Next: 1

2. (2) St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)

Average rank: 2.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
CalPreps: 6
High School Football America: 3
SB Live: 2
Blue Star Media: 2
National HSFB: 2
SC Next: 2

3. (4) Duncanville (Texas)

Average rank: 4.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
CalPreps: 4
High School Football America: 6
SB Live: 4
Blue Star Media: 3
National HSFB: 7
SC Next: 3

4. (5) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Average rank: 4.7
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
CalPreps: 2
High School Football America: 3
SB Live: 5
Blue Star Media: 9
National HSFB: 4
SC Next: 5

5. (3) Milton (Ga.)

Average rank: 4.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
CalPreps: 10
High School Football America: 4
SB Live: 6
Blue Star Media: 4
National HSFB: 3
SC Next: 4

6. (6) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)

Average rank: 6
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
CalPreps: 5
High School Football America: 7
SB Live: 3
Blue Star Media: 10
National HSFB: 5
SC Next: 6

7. (8) North Shore (Houston, Texas)

Average rank: 9.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
CalPreps: 13
High School Football America: 10
SB Live: 8
Blue Star Media: 7
National HSFB: 11
SC Next: 9

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

Average rank: 10.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
CalPreps: 20
High School Football America: 5
SB Live: 14
Blue Star Media: 11
National HSFB: 6
SC Next: 7

9. (11) North Crowley (Fort Worth, Texas)

Average rank: 11.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
CalPreps: 9
High School Football America: 17
SB Live: 7
Blue Star Media: 5
National HSFB: 18
SC Next: 13

10. (10) Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)

Average rank: 12.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 19
CalPreps: 11
High School Football America: 9
SB Live: 10
Blue Star Media: 12
National HSFB: 10
SC Next: 14

11. (13) Carrollton (Ga.)

Average rank: 14.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 11
SB Live: 9
Blue Star Media: 6
National HSFB: 21
SC Next: 8

12. (12) Archbishop Spalding (Severn, Md.)

Average rank: 16
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
CalPreps: 23
High School Football America: 8
SB Live: 25
Blue Star Media: 19
National HSFB: 13
SC Next: 12

13. (NR) DeSoto (DeSoto, Texas)

Average rank: 16.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 22
CalPreps: 14
High School Football America: 20
SB Live: 11
Blue Star Media: 8
National HSFB: 19
SC Next: 19

14. (15) Mission Viejo (Calif.)

Average rank: 16.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
CalPreps: 3
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 12
Blue Star Media: 18
National HSFB: 16
SC Next: 15

15. (9) Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)

Average rank: 18.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 17
CalPreps: 18
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 8
SC Next: NR

16. (13) Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)

Average rank: 19.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 18
CalPreps: 12
High School Football America: 19
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 17
National HSFB: 20
SC Next: 11

17. (20) Central (Phenix City, Ala.)

Average rank: 21.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 16
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 13
Blue Star Media: 20
National HSFB: 14
SC Next: 10

18. (19) Cocoa (Fla.)

Average rank: 22.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 15
CalPreps: 25
High School Football America: 16
SB Live: 18
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 23
SC Next: 23

19. (18) Buford (Ga.)

Average rank: 23.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
CalPreps: 22
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 23
Blue Star Media: 13
National HSFB: 12
SC Next: NR

20. (17) St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)

Average rank: 26.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 24
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 13
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 9
SC Next: 17

21. (22) Boyle County (Danville, Ky.)

Average rank: 28.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 21
SB Live: 19
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 24
SC Next: NR

22. (25) Liberty (Peoria, Ariz.)

Average rank: 29.1
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 15
Blue Star Media: 14
National HSFB: 15
SC Next: NR

T23. (24) Centennial (Corona, Calif.)

Average rank: 30.1
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: 7
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 22
National HSFB: 22
SC Next: NR

T23. (23) JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)

Average rank: 30.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 23
CalPreps: 8
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: 20

25. (NR) Lakeland (Fla.)

Average rank: 30.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 21
CalPreps:NR
High School Football America: 15
SB Live: 16
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: NR
SC Next: NR

Ranked by four media outlets

Washington (Massillon, Ohio) — High School Football America, 25; Blue Star Media, 25; SC Next, 24; SB Live, 22

Ranked by three media outlets

St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.) — High School Football America, 23; Blue Star Media, 15; SC Next, 18

De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) — MaxPreps Top 25, 20; CalPreps, 19; SC Next, 25

St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) — High School Football America, 22; SB Live, 20; Blue Star Media, 24

Ranked by two media outlets

Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) — CalPreps, 16; National HSFB, 17

Lone Peak (Highland, Utah) — CalPreps, 17; High School Football America, 18

Atascocita (Humble, Texas) — MaxPreps Top 25, 25; SB Live, 17

DePaul Catholic (Wayne, N.J.) — National HSFB, 25; Blue Star Media, 23

Ranked by one media outlet

Venice (Fla.) — High School Football America, 14

Gaffney (S.C.) — Blue Star Media, 16

Mililani (Hawaii) — CalPreps, 18

Westlake (Austin, Texas) — SB Live, 21

Southlake Carroll (Southlake, Texas)— CalPreps, 21

Norland (Miami, Fla.)—SC Next, 21

East St. Louis (Ill.) — SC Next, 22

Kahuku (Hawaii) — CalPreps, 24

Central (Miami, Fla.) — High School Football America, 24

Belleville (Mich.) — SB Live, 24

High school football rankings: Duncanville on the rise in this week's media composite top 25

Panthers move to No. 3 after holding on for 28-24 win over St. Frances Academy.

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