Columbus didn't fall far, landing in the No. 11 slot after the close loss to the nation's top team.
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) jumped up to No. 10 after taking down
Centennial (Corona, Calif.), then ranked No. 9 in the composite. The road doesn't get any easier for the undefeated Monarchs, who now host No. 6
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) in the MaxPreps Game of the Week.
St. Thomas Aquinas is No. 1 by four of the six media outlets included.
St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.) and
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), received the other two first place votes.
The composite rankings incorporate a wide spectrum of methodologies from the
MaxPreps Top 25,
National HSFB,
SB Live,
SC Next,
USA Today and
High School Football America rankings.
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.
Four-star Ohio State commit Wyatt Smith leads the defensive line for No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas. The senior has eight sacks in just four games for the Raiders. (PHOTO: Jeff Klein)
Average rank: 1.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
National HSFB: 3
USA Today: 1
SC Next: 1
SB Live: 3
HSFA: 1
2. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
Average rank: 2.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
National HSFB: 2
USA Today: 2
SC Next: 3
SB Live: 1
HSFA: 6
3. Buford (Ga.)
Average rank: 3.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
National HSFB: 4
USA Today: 4
SC Next: 2
SB Live: 5
HSFA: 2
4. St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)
Average rank: 3.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
National HSFB: 1
USA Today: 3
SC Next: 5
SB Live: 2
HSFA: 10
5. Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
Average rank: 4.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
National HSFB: 5
USA Today: 5
SC Next: 6
SB Live: 4
HSFA: 3
6. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Average rank: 8.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
National HSFB: 9
USA Today: 10
SC Next: 7
SB Live: 7
HSFA: 8
7. St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Average rank: 9.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
National HSFB: 10
USA Today: 11
SC Next: 9
SB Live: 8
HSFA: 9
8. Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Average rank: 9.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
National HSFB: 12
USA Today: 13
SC Next: 10
SB Live: 6
HSFA: 5
9. Carrollton (Ga.)
Average rank: 10.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
National HSFB: 17
USA Today: 12
SC Next: 4
SB Live: 11
HSFA: 4
10. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Average rank: 10.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
National HSFB: 6
USA Today: 9
SC Next: 12
SB Live: 10
HSFA: 11
11. Columbus (Miami, Fla.)
Average rank: 11.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
National HSFB: 8
USA Today: 7
SC Next: 17
SB Live: 20
HSFA: 7
12. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)
Average rank: 11.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
National HSFB: 11
USA Today: 16
SC Next: 8
SB Live: 9
HSFA: 18
13. Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
Average rank: 12.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
National HSFB: 15
USA Today: 8
SC Next: 11
SB Live: 12
HSFA: 12
14. Allen (Texas)
Average rank: 12.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
National HSFB: 18
USA Today: 6
SC Next: 13
SB Live: 13
HSFA: 17
15. Hough (Cornelius, N.C.)
Average rank: 18.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 16
National HSFB: 25
USA Today: 21
SC Next: 15
SB Live: 16
HSFA: 19
16. Thomas County Central (Thomasville, Ga.)
Average rank: 19.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 19
National HSFB: 16
USA Today: 23
SC Next: 20
SB Live: 18
HSFA: 20
17. North Shore (Houston, Texas)
Average rank: 20.1
MaxPreps Top 25: N/A
National HSFB: 19
USA Today: 17
SC Next: 14
SB Live: 17
HSFA: 14
18. West Boca Raton (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Average rank: 20.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 18
National HSFB: 21
USA Today: 20
SC Next: 18
SB Live: 23
HSFA: 23
19. Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Average rank: 21.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 21
National HSFB: 7
USA Today: 24
SC Next: 21
SB Live: N/A
HSFA: 13
20. Brownsburg (Ind.)
Average rank: 24.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 17
National HSFB: N/A
USA Today: 18
SC Next: N/A
SB Live: 15
HSFA: 15
21. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.)
Average rank: 26.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 25
National HSFB: 23
USA Today: N/A
SC Next: N/A
SB Live: 14
HSFA: 16
22. Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.)
Average rank: 28.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 15
National HSFB: N/A
USA Today: 15
SC Next: N/A
SB Live: 22
HSFA: N/A
T23. Central (Miami, Fla.)
Average rank: 30.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 23
National HSFB: 13
USA Today: N/A
SC Next: N/A
SB Live: N/A
HSFA: 25
T23. North Crowley (Fort Worth, Texas)
Average rank: 30.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 20
National HSFB: N/A
USA Today: 19
SC Next: 22
SB Live: N/A
HSFA: N/A
25. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.)
Average rank: 30.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 24
National HSFB: 22
USA Today: N/A
SC Next: 16
SB Live: N/A
HSFA: N/A
Ranked by two media outletsDe La Salle (Concord, Calif.)Edna Karr (New Orleans, La.)Lee County (Leesburg, Ga.)Waxahachie (Texas)Ranked by one media outletBishop Watterson (Columbus, Ohio)Bixby (Okla.)Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.)Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.)East St. Louis (Ill.)Folsom (Calif.)Liberty (Peoria, Ariz.)Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)Trinity (Louisville, Ky.)Washington (Massillon, Ohio)
