Video: Top 25 high school football rankingsSt. John Bosco takes over as No. 1 after beating Mater Dei in Southern Section championship.
There's a new No. 1.
St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) overcame a 28-5 first-half deficit on Saturday to stun former No. 1 Mater Dei with a 39-34 win in the CIF Southern Section Division I title game. The victory vaults the Braves not only into the CIF Open Division championship game on Dec. 14 against De La Salle (Concord, Calif.), but leaps them ahead of the Monarchs in the MaxPreps Composite Top 25 high school football rankings.
Mater Dei had been the No. 1 team since the beginning of the season and a consensus top pick for the past month. The Monarchs drop to No. 2 in the latest Composite rankings.
Central (Phenix City, Ala.), Marietta, Ga., Washington (Massillon, Ohio), St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City, N.J.) and Elder (Cincinnati) all join the Top 25 Composite rankings as postseason action continues.
Only schools recognized by two or more media outlets are eligible for
inclusion in the composite rankings. 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.
MaxPreps Composite Top 25 high school football rankings
DJ Uiagalelei, St. John Bosco
Photo by Louis Lopez
1.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
PrepNation: 4
USA Today: 1
MaxPreps Computer: 1
High School Football America: 1
2. (1) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)Average rank: 3
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
PrepNation: 5
USA Today: 4
MaxPreps Computer: 2
High School Football America: 2
3. (4) Duncanville (Texas)Average rank: 3.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
PrepNation: 1
USA Today: 3
MaxPreps Computer: 5
High School Football America: 5
4. (3) St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)Average rank: 4.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
PrepNation: 6
USA Today: 5
MaxPreps Computer: 3
High School Football America: 3
5. (5) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)Average rank: 4.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
PrepNation: 2
USA Today: 2
MaxPreps Computer: 11
High School Football America: 4
6. (7) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)Average rank: 8.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
PrepNation: 7
USA Today: 9
MaxPreps Computer: 7
High School Football America: 8
7. (8) Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.)Average rank: 8.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
PrepNation: 3
USA Today: 17
MaxPreps Computer: 8
High School Football America: 6
8. (13) North Shore (Houston)Average rank: 9
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
PrepNation: 8
USA Today: 8
MaxPreps Computer: 13
High School Football America: 10
9. (11) De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)Average rank: 10
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
PrepNation: 10
USA Today: 7
MaxPreps Computer: 18
High School Football America: 7
10. (12) Carroll (Southlake, Texas)Average rank: 13
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
PrepNation: 13
USA Today: 13
MaxPreps Computer: 10
High School Football America: 16
11. (10) St. Louis (Honolulu)Average rank: 13.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
PrepNation: 9
USA Today: 6
MaxPreps Computer: 4
High School Football America: NR
12. (15) Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)Average rank: 14.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 16
PrepNation: 11
USA Today: 18
MaxPreps Computer: 6
High School Football America: 23
13. (14) Chandler (Ariz.)Average rank: 18.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
PrepNation: 12
USA Today: 10
MaxPreps Computer: 17
High School Football America: NR
14. (17) Dutch Fork (Irmo, S.C.)Average rank: 18.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
PrepNation: 16
USA Today: 16
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 11
15. (19) Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Md.)Average rank: 20.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 17
PrepNation: 22
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 9
High School Football America: 14
16. (18) Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, La.)Average rank: 21.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 23
PrepNation: 15
USA Today: 14
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 15
17. (NR) Central (Phenix City, Ala.)Average rank: 22.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 20
PrepNation: 23
USA Today: 23
MaxPreps Computer: 24
High School Football America: 22
18. (20) St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia)Average rank: 22.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 15
PrepNation: 25
USA Today: 21
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 13
19. (6) Katy (Texas)Average rank: 26.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
PrepNation: 25
USA Today: 12
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: NR
20. (NR) Marietta (Ga.)Average rank: 27.6
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
PrepNation: 24
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 22
High School Football America: 12
21. (NR) Washington (Massillon, Ohio)Average rank: 28
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
PrepNation: 17
USA Today: 25
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 18
22. (NR) St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City, N.J.)Average rank: 28.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 25
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: 22
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 17
23. (23) De Smet Jesuit (St. Louis)Average rank: 29.6
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
PrepNation: 14
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 14
High School Football America: NR
24. (NR) Elder (Cincinnati)Average rank: 29.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 21
PrepNation: 25
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 23
High School Football America: NR
25. (25) Northwestern (Miami)Average rank: 30.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 24
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 9
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