Winners of nine state championships since 2015 under head coach Roger Harriott, St. Thomas Aquinas is pegged No. 1 by four of the six media outlets included in the composite rankings.
No. 2
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) and No. 4
St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.) also received a first-place vote.
No. 18
De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) entered the rankings for the first time after taking down then-No. 20
Centennial (Corona, Calif.) 35-32 on Saturday at California Memorial Stadium. Senior UCLA commit
Duece Jones-Drew rushed for 211 yards and three touchdowns for the Spartans.
De La Salle takes the field Saturday at California Memorial Stadium. The Spartans will look to improve to 6-0 this week against Cathedral Catholic of San Diego. (PHOTO: Ernie Abrea)
Schools from California, Florida and Texas combined to produce 14 of the top 25 spots in the rankings.
The composite rankings incorporate a wide spectrum of methodologies including 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.
MEDIA COMPOSITE TOP 25
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: 4.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
National HSFB: 5
USA Today: 5
SC Next: 7
SB Live: 4
HSFA: 3
6. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Average rank: 7.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
National HSFB: 7
USA Today: 9
SC Next: 6
SB Live: 7
HSFA: 8
7. St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Average rank: 9.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
National HSFB: 8
USA Today: 11
SC Next: 9
SB Live: 8
HSFA: 9
T8. Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Average rank: 9.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
National HSFB: 11
USA Today: 12
SC Next: 10
SB Live: 6
HSFA: 5
T8. Carrollton (Ga.)
Average rank: 9.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
National HSFB: 15
USA Today: 10
SC Next: 4
SB Live: 10
HSFA: 4
10. Columbus (Miami, Fla.)
Average rank: 10.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
National HSFB: 6
USA Today: 7
SC Next: 15
SB Live: 20
HSFA: 7
11. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)
Average rank: 10.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
National HSFB: 10
USA Today: 14
SC Next: 8
SB Live: 9
HSFA: 18
12. Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
Average rank: 11.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
National HSFB: 13
USA Today: 8
SC Next: 11
SB Live: 11
HSFA: 11
13. Allen (Texas)
Average rank: 11.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
National HSFB: 16
USA Today: 6
SC Next: 12
SB Live: 12
HSFA: 15
14. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Average rank: 16.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 18
National HSFB: 9
USA Today: 20
SC Next: 19
SB Live: 15
HSFA: 17
15. Thomas County Central (Thomasville, Ga.)
Average rank: 16.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
National HSFB: 14
USA Today: 18
SC Next: 16
SB Live: 17
HSFA: 20
16. North Shore (Houston, Texas)
Average rank: 17.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 25
National HSFB: 17
USA Today: 17
SC Next: 13
SB Live: 18
HSFA: 12
17. Hough (Cornelius, N.C.)
Average rank: 18.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 17
National HSFB: 23
USA Today: 21
SC Next: 14
SB Live: 16
HSFA: 21
18. De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Average rank: 20.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 20
National HSFB: 18
USA Today: 23
SC Next: 23
SB Live: 22
HSFA: 16
19. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.)
Average rank: 22.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 23
National HSFB: 22
USA Today: N/A
SC Next: 25
SB Live: 13
HSFA: 14
20. Brownsburg (Ind.)
Average rank: 23.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 15
National HSFB: N/A
USA Today: 19
SC Next: N/A
SB Live: 14
HSFA: 13
T21. Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.)
Average rank: 26.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 16
National HSFB: 25
USA Today: 15
SC Next: N/A
SB Live: 23
HSFA: N/A
T21. North Crowley (Fort Worth, Texas)
Average rank: 26.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 19
National HSFB: 24
USA Today: 16
SC Next: 20
SB Live: N/A
HSFA: N/A
23. Central (Miami, Fla.)
Average rank: 29.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 21
National HSFB: 12
USA Today: N/A
SC Next: N/A
SB Live: N/A
HSFA: 24
24. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.)
Average rank: 30.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 22
National HSFB: 21
USA Today: N/A
SC Next: 17
SB Live: N/A
HSFA: N/A
25. Waxahachie (Texas)
Average rank: 32.8
MaxPreps Top 25: N/A
National HSFB: N/A
USA Today: 13
SC Next: 24
SB Live: N/A
HSFA: N/A
Ranked by two media outletsCentennial (Corona, Calif.)Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.)Edna Karr (New Orleans, La.)
Ranked by one media outletBishop Watterson (Columbus, Ohio)Bixby (Okla.)Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.)East St. Louis (Ill.)Folsom (Calif.)Grimsley (Greensboro, N.C.)Mission Viejo (Calif.)Orange Lutheran (Orange, Calif.)Randle (Richmond, Texas)Trinity (Louisville, Ky.)Washington (Massillon, Ohio)
