Prep Football Composite Rankings
Northwestern of Miami Extends Lead in High School Football Polls
The Bulls easily win their seventh straight while St. Xavier had to go into three overtimes to win their ninth.
Northwestern of Miami, FL rolled to its seventh straight 2007 victory to strengthen its hold atop the national high school football rankings as the season moved into its final weeks. The Bulls defeated American of Hialeah, FL, 36-12, on October 19.
Northwestern finished first in four of the five October 23 national polls and was second in the fifth.
Top 25 polls are conducted by USA Today, the ESPN sports television network, CNN Sports, Rise Magazine and the website Prep Nation. When teams are awarded 25 points for first place, 24 for second, etc., in each of the five polls, Northwestern comes up with 124 of a possible 125 points in the composite rankings.
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St. Xavier Remains Second Despite Close Call
St. Xavier of Cincinnati remained in second place, but fell from four points behind Northwestern to seven points back, despite its 9-0 record. The Bombers had to go into three overtime periods to defeat St. Ignatius of Cleveland 17-14. St. Xavier remained atop one poll, but fell to fifth in another, finishing with 117 points in the composite rankings.
Two Texas teams, Katy High and Carroll of Southlake, both ran up impressive victories to place third and fourth in the composite rankings with 107 and 104 points respectively. Katy is 7-0 for the season and Caroll is 6-1, having lost only to Northwestern earlier in the year.
Florida Still Leads States in Composite Points
Florida continued to top all states in the composite rankings with four teams in the top 25 accumulating 287 points. Ohio was next with three teams and 264 points, followed by Texas with two teams and 211 points, and California with three teams and 202 points.
Here are the composite rankings of the top 25 as of October 23.
- 1.--Northwestern, Miami, FL – 124
- 2.--St. Xavier, Cincinnati. OH—117
- 3.--Katy, TX – 107
- 4.--Carroll of Southlake, TX – 104
- 5.--Mater Dei of Santa Ann, CA – 103
- 6.--South Panola of Batesville, MS – 98
- 7.--Northside of Warner Robins, GA – 83
- De la Salle of Concord, CA – 83
- 9.--Colerain of Cincinnati, OH – 79
- Booker T. Washington of Miami, FL – 79
- 11.--Prattville, AL – 72
- 12.--Hamilton of Chandler, AZ – 70
- 13.--Cardinal Mooney of Youngstown, OH –68
- Pahokee, FL – 68
- 15.--Maryville, TN – 66
- 16.--Union of Tulsa, OK – 45
- 17.--DeMatha of Hyattsville, MD – 37
- 18.--Central Catholic of Pittsburgh, PA – 32
- 19.--Don Bosco of Ramsey, NJ – 26
- 20.--Columbine of Littleton, CO – 21
- 21.--Jenks, OK – 18
- 22.-- Lakeland, FL –16
- Centennial of Corona, CA – 16
- 24.--St. Peter’S Prep of Jersey City, NJ—15
- 25.--Mount Carmel of Chicago, IL --12
Prep Football Rankings 12.10.07
