HSFB100 Top 25: Now and then

– Dallas Jackson, NationalHSFootball.com

Preseason rankings in high school football are good for discussion and little else.

Long the philosophy of the HSFB100 is that once teams get on the field and play the evaluations made by guesstimating how they will perform should be discarded immediately.

That said, it is still entertaining to turn the calendar back and see what the rankings looked like in August versus what the final product was.

Four of the Top 5 teams in the final NationalHSFootball.com HSFB100 poll began the season inside the Top 10. Five of the Top 25 teams were not ranked among the nation’s elite until the third week of the year or later.

While Booker T. Washington, Allen, St. John Bosco, and Miami Central were all expected to be great teams this year there were still misses as five other teams that were ranked in the preseason ended the year outside of the HSFB100.

Here is a look at where the final HSFB100 Top 25 started the season:

TEAMCITY, STATEFINAL HSFB100PRESEASONRECORD
Booker T. WashingtonMiami, Fla.1414-0
AllenAllen, Texas2816-0
St. John BoscoBellflower, Cali.3216-0
Miami CentralMiami, Fla.4113-1
DeSotoDesoto, Texas52714-1
De La SalleConcord, Cali.61114-1
Mountain PointePhoenix, Ariz.71914-0
Cedar HillCedar Hill, Texas84613-2
KatyKaty, Texas91415-1
NorthwesternRock Hill, S.C.103115-0
Mallard CreekCharlotte, N.C.112115-0
MoellerCincinnati, Ohio125414-1
DwyerWest Palm Beach, Fla.13NR15-0
MentorMentor, Ohio14NR13-2
HooverHoover, Ala.151615-0
JenksJenks, Okla.167212-0
NorcrossNorcross, Ga.17513-2
American HeritagePlantation, Fla.18NR15-1
Bishop GormanLas Vegas, Nev.191813-2
CoppellCoppell, Texas20629-2
St. EdwardLakewood, Ohio211211-2
CentrevilleCentreville, Vir.229515-0
CreeksideFairburn, Ga.23NR15-0
East JeffersonMetairie, La.24NR15-0
St. Joseph RegionalMontvale, N.J.254110-1

About Dallas Jackson

Dallas Jackson is the national high school football analyst for NationalHSFootball.com. He has been compiling the HSFB100 rankings since the 2007 season. His work has been featured in Sports Illustrated, American Football Monthly, among many others, and he was featured in the Frontline special, Football High.

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