Tennessee high school football rankings: Father Ryan, Riverdale move into Top 25

Top-ranked Brentwood Academy pulls out tough 12-point win over No. 14 Montgomery Bell Academy.

Thumbnail image of this articles writer: Mitch Stephens
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Oct 12, 2020, 4:30pm
Father Ryan and Riverdale jumped into this week's MaxPreps Tennessee Top 25 computer high school football rankings. Father Ryan, which was No. 26, moved up 11 spots following a 35-28 win over previous No. 16 Baylor, while Riverdale climbed four places to No. 25 after a 28-0 win over Siegal.

Father Ryan fought back from a 14-0 deficit to score five of the game's next seven touchdowns to move to 3-2. The Fighting Irish have even a bigger challenge this week, hosting fifth-ranked McCallie (6-1) on Friday. McCallie's only loss was a tough 30-27 home game to No. 4 Maryville.

Brentwood Academy remains No. 1 after a tough 24-14 win over previous No. 14 Montgomery Bell Academy, which got 107 yards rushing and two touchdowns by Patrick Wilk.

Among the top 10 teams, No. 3 Pope John Paul II and No. 6 Dobyns-Bennett jumped up the most, four and five spots, respectively.

Tennessee Top 25

# School Rec. Str. +/-
1BA (Brentwood)8-027.5--
2CPA (Nashville)5-216.2+2
3PJPII (Hendersonville)6-128.7+4
4Maryville8-011.2-1
5McCallie (Chattanooga)6-117.5-3
6DBHS (Kingsport)7-05.8+5
7Oakland (Murfreesboro)7-05.0-2
8CBHS (Memphis)5-113.4-2
9West (Knoxville)8-04.4+3
10LA (Nashville)6-217.2-2
11Bartlett7-115.5-2
12Tullahoma6-03.5+3
13MBA (Nashville)3-232.1+1
14Brentwood5-218.8-1
15Father Ryan (Nashville)3-224.5+11
16Powell7-111.7-6
17Elizabethton7-0-5.5+1
18Ravenwood (Brentwood)4-430.9+1
19Pearl-Cohn (Nashville)4-01.7-2
20BCHS (Eads)4-323.5+1
21Baylor (Chattanooga)3-213.4-5
22Farragut (Knoxville)4-324.2-2
23Alcoa6-1-5.3+2
24McMinn County (Athens)7-0-12.1--
25Riverdale (Murfreesboro)6-19.2+4

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