Video: Top QB catches touchdown passMcEachern (Ga.) four-star quarterback Bailey Hockman catches touchdown pass on this trick play.IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) ended its season two weeks ago, but it still holds the No. 1 position in the MaxPreps South Region Football Computer Rankings.
IMG Academy is an independent school and thus ineligible for the Florida state playoffs. It holds a slight lead over DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.).
Male (Louisville, Ky.) showed the most improvement this week, going from No. 16 to No. 5 while Hoover (Ala.) made a similar jump, going from No. 19 to No. 8.
The regional rankings are based on the
MaxPreps Computer Rankings, presented by the Army National Guard. The South region includes teams from Florida, Tennessee, Maryland, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Washington D.C., Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
MaxPreps South Region Football Computer Rankings
Independence moved up seven spots to No. 14 in this week's South rankings.
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1. (last week 1)
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), 8-0, 73.9
2. (2)
DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.), 10-1, 72.6
3. (3)
Gilman (Baltimore), 10-1, 68.8
4. (4)
Colquitt County (Moultrie, Ga.), 11-0, 66.0
5. (16)
Male (Louisville, Ky.), 12-0, 65.1
6. (8)
Grayson (Loganville, Ga.), 11-0, 64.0
7. (14)
Independence (Thompson's Station, Tenn.), 12-0, 63.6
8. (19)
Hoover (Ala.), 10-2, 63.4
9. (6)
Clay-Chalkville (Pinson, Ala.), 12-0, 63.2
10. (16)
Starkville (Miss.), 11-1, 62.9
11. (11)
Brentwood Academy (Tenn.), 10-1, 62.7
12. (20)
Opelika (Ala.), 12-0, 62.4
13 (TIE). (5)
American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 9-1, 62.4
13 (TIE). (10)
Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Fla.), 11-0, 62.4
15. (9)
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 9-1, 61.7
16. (23)
Archer (Lawrenceville, Ga.), 10-1, 61.2
17. (13)
Roswell (Ga.), 11-0, 60.6
18. (11)
Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, La.), 9-1, 60.5
19. (21)
Spartanburg (S.C.), 10-1, 60.5
20. (NR)
Trinity (Louisville, Ky.), 11-1, 60.1
21. (22)
Northwestern (Rock Hill, S.C.), 10-1, 59.2
22. (NR)
Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Md.), 7-4, 59.1
23. (NR)
Maryville (Tenn.), 12-0, 58.9
24. (NR)
Armwood (Seffner, Fla.), 11-0, 58.8
25. (25)
Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.), 10-1, 58.7
