High School Football America 100
Shakeup At Top Of High School Football America 300
The road to a national championship still runs through Santa Ana, California, where top-ranked Mater Dei is within two wins of winning its fourth national title in six years.
With No. 2 Buford (Georgia) and No. 3 St. Frances Academy (Maryland) losing last weekend, the latest High School Football America 300, powered by NFL Play Football, has whole new look.
Aside from reigning HSFA national champ Mater Dei (California) remaining at No. 1, there's a complete shuffle from No. 2 through No. 12.
Only five teams in the previous top 100 held their rankings.
The road to a national championship still runs through Santa Ana, California, where top-ranked Mater Dei is within two wins of winning its fourth national title in six years.
This week, the Monarchs will clash with new No. 3 St. John Bosco for the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section Division 1 title at the historic Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
On Oct. 7, MD beat the Braves 17-7.
This will be fifth time in the last decade these two programs have met twice in a season.
In three of those years, the team that won the regular-season game then lost the playoff matchup.
In 2017, Mater Dei won Parts I and II. In 2013, Bosco won both games.
Mater Dei vs. St. John Bosco Parts I & II
2019
Regular Season - Mater Dei 38, St. John Bosco 24
Playoffs - St. John Bosco 39, Mater Dei 34
2018
Regular Season - St. John Bosco 41, Mater Dei 18
Playoffs - Mater Dei 17, St. John Bosco 13
2017
Regular Season - Mater Dei 31, St. John Bosco 21
Playoffs - Mater Dei 49, St. John Bosco 24
2016
Regular Season - Mater Dei 26, St. John Bosco 21
Playoffs - St. John Bosco 42, Mater Dei 28
2013
Regular Season - St. John Bosco 24, Mater Dei 2
Playoffs - St. John Bosco 34, Mater Dei 7
Miami Central (Florida) is knocking on the No. 1 door. The Rockets have moved up from No. 4 to No. 2 in the latest rankings, created with our proprietary algorithm.
MC has several ranked opponents in front of it.
This week, in the 2M state quarterfinals, the Rockets play No. 273 Norland, a team they beat 53-7 on Oct. 13.
If the Rockets advance to the state semifinals, they'll face the winner of the game between No. 9 American Heritage (Plantation, Florida) and No. 15 Cardinal Gibbons. CG has won two straight Florida high school football state titles.
Central isn't the only Florida team with a shot at a national title. Three-time defending state champ St. Thomas Aquinas is sitting at No. 4. Chaminade-Madonna, winner of four state titles in five years, is ranked No. 5.
Where did Buford and St. Frances end-up after their first losses of the year? SFA drops five spots to No. 8. Buford falls 26 spots to No. 28 this week.
High School Football America 100
Rank | Team/State | Record | Last Week |
No. 1 | Mater Dei (California) | (12-0) | 1 |
No. 2 | Miami Central (Florida) | (11-0) | 4 |
No. 3 | St. John Bosco (California) | (11-1) | 5 |
No. 4 | St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) | (11-0) | 6 |
No. 5 | Chaminade-Madonna (Florida) | (10-0) | 7 |
No. 6 | Bishop Gorman (Nevada) | (13-1) | 8 |
No. 7 | North Shore (Texas) | (12-0) | 9 |
No. 8 | Duncanville (Texas) | (11-0) | 10 |
No. 9 | American Heritage (Plantation, Florida) | (11-1) | 11 |
No. 10 | IMG Academy (Florida) | (8-1) | 12 |
No. 11 | St. Frances Academy (Maryland) | (8-1) | 3 |
No. 12 | St. Edward (Ohio) | (13-1) | 14 |
No. 13 | Lipscomb Academy (Tennessee) | (12-0) | 13 |
No. 14 | Denton Guyer (Texas) | (12-0) | 15 |
No. 15 | Cardinal Gibbons (Florida) | (11-1) | 16 |
No. 16 | Westlake (Texas) | (12-0) | 17 |
No. 17 | Colquitt County (Georgia) | (12-0) | 18 |
No. 18 | Catholic (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) | (10-1) | 21 |
No. 19 | Archbishop Moeller (Ohio) | (13-1) | 23 |
No. 20 | Langston Hughes (Georgia) | (12-0) | 20 |
No. 21 | Edgewater (Florida) | (12-0) | 22 |
No. 22 | Mill Creek (Georgia) | (11-1) | 24 |
No. 23 | Massillon Washington (Ohio) | (12-1) | 25 |
No. 24 | Columbus (Miami, Florida) | (11-1) | 26 |
No. 25 | Dutch Fork (South Carolina) | (12-1) | 28 |
No. 26 | Archbishop Hoban (Ohio) | (13-1) | 27 |
No. 27 | Southlake Carroll (Texas) | (12-0) | 31 |
No. 28 | Buford (Georgia) | (11-1) | 2 |
No. 29 | DeSoto (Texas) | (10-2) | 32 |
No. 30 | Cedar Grove (Georgia) | (9-2) | 33 |
No. 31 | St. Joseph’s Prep (Pennsylvania) | (9-1) | 35 |
No. 32 | Mission Viejo (California) | (10-2) | 29 |
No. 33 | Corona Centennial (California) | (9-2) | 30 |
No. 34 | Katy (Texas) | (12-0) | 37 |
No. 35 | Lakeland (Florida) | (11-0) | 38 |
No. 36 | Serra (San Mateo, California) | (12-0) | 39 |
No. 37 | Don Bosco Prep (New Jersey) | (9-2) | 42 |
No. 38 | Northwestern (Miami, Florida) | (6-5) | 36 |
No. 39 | Folsom (California) | (11-1) | 40 |
No. 40 | Montgomery Bell Academy (Tennessee) | (12-0) | 43 |
No. 41 | Lakota West (Ohio) | (13-1) | 34 |
No. 42 | Bergen Catholic (New Jersey) | (10-1) | 44 |
No. 43 | Jones (Orlando, Florida) | (10-2) | 45 |
No. 44 | St. John’s College HS (Washington, DC) | (8-4) | 52 |
No. 45 | DeMatha (Maryland) | (10-2) | 19 |
No. 46 | Thompson (Alabama) | (10-3) | 57 |
No. 47 | Venice (Florida) | (7-3) | 47 |
No. 48 | Auburn (Alabama) | (12-1) | 55 |
No. 49 | Walton (Georgia) | (10-2) | 71 |
No. 50 | Central (Phenix City, Alabama) | (10-3) | 46 |
No. 51 | Edna Karr (Louisiana) | (7-3)** | 50 |
No. 52 | Kahuku (Hawaii) | (11-2) | 51 |
No. 53 | Cocoa (Florida) | (8-3) | 54 |
No. 54 | Longview (Texas) | (12-0) | 60 |
No. 55 | Bryant (Arkansas) | (10-0) | 62 |
No. 56 | Belleville (Michigan) | (13-0) | 63 |
No. 57 | Good Counsel (Maryland) | (8-3) | 56 |
No. 58 | Hoover (Alabama) | (11-2) | 49 |
No. 59 | Liberty (Arizona) | (10-0) | 64 |
No. 60 | Oakland (Tennessee) | (12-1) | 65 |
No. 61 | Springfield (Ohio) | (12-1) | 66 |
No. 62 | Long Beach Poly (California) | (10-1) | 61 |
No. 63 | Basha (Arizona) | (9-1) | 67 |
No. 64 | Los Alamitos (California) | (9-3) | 48 |
No. 65 | Hamilton (Arizona) | (8-2) | 69 |
No. 66 | Skyridge (Utah) | (13-1) | 70 |
No. 67 | Chandler (Arizona) | (8-2) | 72 |
No. 68 | Creekside (Georgia) | (10-2) | 73 |
No. 69 | East St. Louis (Illinois) | (10-2) | 74 |
No. 70 | Atascocita (Texas) | (10-2) | 75 |
No. 71 | Hough (North Carolina) | (11-2) | 76 |
No. 72 | Center Grove (Indiana) | (11-2) | 77 |
No. 73 | Mount Carmel (Chicago, Illinois) | (13-0) | 82 |
No. 74 | Christian Brothers College (Missouri) | (12-1) | 79 |
No. 75 | Bartram Trail (Florida) | (12-0) | 83 |
No. 76 | Zachary (Louisiana) | (9-2) | 84 |
No. 77 | Union (Oklahoma) | (11-0) | 85 |
No. 78 | Highland Springs (Virginia) | (12-0) | 80 |
No. 79 | Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Florida) | (11-0) | 81 |
No. 80 | North Cobb (Georgia) | (9-3) | 58 |
No. 81 | Milton (Georgia) | (9-3) | 87 |
No. 82 | Corner Canyon (Utah) | (11-3) | 78 |
No. 83 | Loyola Academy (Illinois) | (12-1) | 89 |
No. 84 | Prosper (Texas) | (11-1) | 103 |
No. 85 | De La Salle (California) | (9-3) | 115 |
No. 86 | Clearwater Academy International (Florida) | (9-1) | 88 |
No. 87 | Carrollton (Georgia) | (12-0) | 95 |
No. 88 | Baylor (Tennessee) | (10-2) | 92 |
No. 89 | Cherry Creek (Colorado) | (10-2) | 108 |
No. 90 | Lehi (Utah) | (14-0) | 116 |
No. 91 | Bixby (Oklahoma) | (10-1) | 110 |
No. 92 | Saguaro (Arizona) | (7-3) | 111 |
No. 93 | Jenks (Oklahoma) | (9-2) | 113 |
No. 94 | Hewitt-Trussville (Alabama) | (8-4) | 93 |
No. 95 | McCallie (Tennessee) | (10-3) | 94 |
No. 96 | Pittsburg (California) | (10-2) | 59 |
No. 97 | Orange Lutheran (California) | (7-5) | 96 |
No. 98 | Edison (Huntington Beach, California) | (9-2) | 97 |
No. 99 | JSerra (California) | (6-6) | 98 |
No. 100 | Santa Margarita (California) | (6-5) | 100 |