High school football rankings: North Shore joins top 10 in this week's media composite top 25

Mustangs climb to No. 9 after a 61-35 win over Atascocita in Lone Star State clash.

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By Steve Montoya

Nov 1, 2023, 11:45am

MaxPreps National Football Editor Zack Poff takes a look at this week's MaxPreps Top 25 football rankings.

MaxPreps Top 25 Football Rankings | 2023 Regular Season Update #8 1:04

North Shore (Houston) has joined the Top 10 in this week's top 25 media composite high school football ranking after a 61-35 win over Atascocita. It was the sixth time this season the Mustangs have topped 40 points. The Mustangs went from unranked to No. 9 overall in CalPreps rankings, which moved their overall composite rating to 10.5.

Central (Miami) is back in the top 25 media composite. The Rockets three losses, by a combined 10 points, were to No. 2 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.), No. 5 Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.), and No. 21 Norland (Miami).

The media composite top 25 takes into account a wide range of approaches to high school football rankings by six different outlets. That includes computer algorithms by CalPreps and High School Football America as well as expert rankings from MaxPreps, SBLive, Blue Star Media and National HSFB.

To be considered for the rankings a team must be recognized 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.

North Shore moved into the top 10 of this week's media composite top 25 high school football rankings. The Mustangs are 9-0 and handled Atascocita 61-35 last week. (Photo: Rafael Lopez)

Media composite top 25 football rankings

1. (No. 1 last week) St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)

Average rank: 1.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
CalPreps: 1
High School Football America: 1
SB Live: 2
Blue Star Media: 1
National HSFB: 2

2. (2) Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)

Average rank: 2.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
CalPreps: 3
High School Football America: 3
SB Live: 1
Blue Star Media: 2
National HSFB: 5

3. (3) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)

Average rank: 3.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
CalPreps: 2
High School Football America: 2
SB Live: 5
Blue Star Media: 3
National HSFB: 3

4. (T4) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)

Average rank: 3.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
CalPreps: 5
High School Football America: 5
SB Live: 3
Blue Star Media: 4
National HSFB: 1

5. (T4) Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.)

Average rank: 4.1
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
CalPreps: 6
High School Football America: 4
SB Live: 4
Blue Star Media: 5
National HSFB: 4

6. (9) DeSoto (Texas)

Average rank: 7.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
CalPreps: 4
High School Football America: 10
SB Live: 6
Blue Star Media: 7
National HSFB: 12

7. (7) Mill Creek (Hoschton, Ga.)

Average rank: 9.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
CalPreps: 12
High School Football America: 9
SB Live: 8
Blue Star Media: 6
National HSFB: 14

8. (8) St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia)

Average rank: 9.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
CalPreps: 19
High School Football America: 7
SB Live: 7
Blue Star Media: 10
National HSFB: 6

9. (13) North Shore (Houston)

Average rank: 10.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
CalPreps: 9
High School Football America: 18
SB Live: 9
Blue Star Media: 8
National HSFB: 13

10. (10) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)

Average rank: 10.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
CalPreps: 13
High School Football America: 6
SB Live: 17
Blue Star Media: 9
National HSFB: 8

11. (11) Colquitt County (Norman Park, Ga.)

Average rank: 13.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
CalPreps: 23
High School Football America: 12
SB Live: 11
Blue Star Media: 13
National HSFB: 11

12. (6) Duncanville (Texas)

Average rank: 14.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 16
CalPreps: 11
High School Football America: 20-
SB Live: 10
Blue Star Media: 14
National HSFB: 17

13. (12) Kahuku (Hawaii)

Average rank: 16
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
CalPreps: 10
High School Football America: 8
SB Live: 23
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 7

14. (15) Walton (Marietta, Ga.)

Average rank: 17.3
MaxPreps Top 25:
CalPreps:
High School Football America:
SB Live:
Blue Star Media:
National HSFB:

15. (14) Washington (Massillon, Ohio)

Average rank: 18.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
CalPreps: 16
High School Football America: 19
SB Live: 21
Blue Star Media: 15
National HSFB: 20

16. (16) Buford (Ga.)

Average rank: 19.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 17
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 11
SB Live: 12
Blue Star Media: 11
National HSFB: 25

17. (17) Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)

Average rank: 20
MaxPreps Top 25: 22
CalPreps: 7
High School Football America: 14
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 16
National HSFB: 21

18. (18) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)

Average rank: 20.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 21
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 17
SB Live: 16
Blue Star Media: 19
National HSFB: 9

19. (19) Centennial (Corona, Calif.)

Average rank: 20.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 20
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 21
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 25
National HSFB:11

20. (20) St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)

Average rank: 23.3
MaxPreps Top 25: 24
CalPreps: 25
High School Football America: 15
SB Live: 13
Blue Star Media: 23
National HSFB: NR

21. (21) Norland (Miami)

Average rank: 25.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 24
SB Live: 22
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 15

22. (22) Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)

Average rank: 26.5
MaxPreps Top 25: 19
CalPreps: 21
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: 20
National HSFB: 19

23. (NR) Central (Miami)

Average rank: 31
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 25
SB Live: 25
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 16

24. (23) Westlake (Austin, Texas)

Average rank: 31.8
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: NR
SB Live: 19
Blue Star Media: 12
National HSFB:NR

25. (24) Cocoa (Fla.)

Average rank: 32.3
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
CalPreps: NR
High School Football America: 16
SB Live: NR
Blue Star Media: NR
National HSFB: 18

Ranked by two media outlets

Saraland (Ala.) — SB Live, 14; National HSFB, 24

Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) — SB Live, 15; Blue Star Media, 24

Serra (San Mateo, Calif.) — CalPreps, 20; SB Live, 24

Liberty (Peoria, Ariz.) — MaxPreps Top 25, 25, CalPreps, 22

Ranked by one media outlet

American Fork (American Fork, Utah) — CalPreps, 14

Thomas County Central (Thomasville, Ga.) — CalPreps,15

Bixby (Okla.) — Blue Star Media, 17

Belleville (Mich.) — SB Live, 18

Central (Phenix City, Ala.) — CalPreps, 18

Carrollton (Ga.) — MaxPreps Top 25, 18