MaxPreps Top 10 Football Games of the Week

So-Cal power No. 23 Servite heads into the desert to take on No. 11 Bishop Gorman, while top-ranked Don Bosco Prep puts its winning streak on the line against league rival Bergen Catholic.

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No. 17 Warren Central (Indianapolis) vs. Carmel (Ind.)

Indiana's top 5A programs of the last decade will meet at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis. Warren Central has a 6-0 record and averages more than 45 points per game. The Warriors have nine seniors committed to FBS colleges including Cincinnati pledge Deionte Buckley, the team's leading rusher with more than 100 yards per game. Warren Central has won five state titles since 2003, including in 2006 and 2009 when they beat Carmel for the crown. Overall, the Warriors have defeated the Greyhounds six of the last nine times the teams have met.

Carmel is coached by Kevin Wright, who led Warren Central to three consecutive state titles in 2003-05. Wright took over the Carmel job in 2010, and the Greyhounds have won 16 of 18 games with him at the helm. No opponent has stayed within three touchdowns of Carmel this season. A 56-0 shutout of North Central (Indianapolis) last week pushed the Greyhounds' average margin of victory to nearly 44 points. Carmel has an outstanding defense with nine veteran starters including three BCS-caliber recruits in ends Langston NewtonShawn Heffem (Indiana) and safety Jimmy Herman (Purdue).

Mitch Stephens: Warren Central 28, Carmel 27
Steve Montoya: Carmel 14, Warren Central 13
Stephen Spiewak: Warren Central 28, Carmel 21
Kevin Askeland: Warren Central 55, Carmel 21
Jamie DeMoney: Warren Central 28, Carmel 17
(Kentucky commit),

Warren Central will try and ride Deionte Buckley's strength to a win over Carmel.

Photo by Warren Robison

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