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St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) went from unranked to the No. 2 team in the county according to the Freeman Computer model and despite not playing last week it was enough of a boost to move the the Raiders from No. 6 in the preseason rankings to No. 1 in the Media Compilation Top 25 Week Zero update.
The Raiders also added a No. 1 vote — worth 40 points — by taking the top spot in the Scout.com Top 50 which was not released when the preseason media poll was announced prior to the season.
The six major polls considered are the NationalHSFootball.com HSFB100; Scout.com Top 50; USAToday Super 25; MaxPreps Xcellent25; PrepNation Top 25; and Freeman Computer Top 25.
For a mathematically sound compilation each team is given points from 40 to 16 for being inside the Top 25 of each of those six polls with no points awarded for any additional rankings due to the differing size of each poll. Points are assigned in decreasing value starting with 40 being awarded for No. 1 and on down to 16 for No. 25.
The Media Compilation Top 25 will be updated each Tuesday of the season.
Allen (Texas) had claimed the top spot in the preseason poll and it moved down to No. 2 this week by a narrow margin of just four points.
Of the multiple movers the most curious was Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV) sliding down from No. 5 to No. 8 despite a 44-0 victory over Brophy (Phoenix, AZ). The Gaels maintained or imporoved in all polls — including staying at No. 1 by the USAToday — but as other teams gained points with the inclusion of the Scout poll, the Gaels sat outside its Top 25 and slid backwards.
Here is the complete poll:
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| RK (L) | POINTS | TEAM | HSFB100 | USAT | Max | PN | Scout | CPU | ||
| 1 (6) | 235 | St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| The boost from outside the Top 25 to No. 2 in the computer rankings pushed the Raiders to the top. | ||||||||||
| 2 (1) | 231 | Allen (Texas) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Allen maintained its position in every poll from the preseason and added a No. 2 from Scout.com. | ||||||||||
| 3 (4) | 218 | St. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA) | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||
| The Braves blew out its opposition this week and moved up in two human polls but dropped in the computer model. | ||||||||||
| 4 (3) | 216 | St. Edward (Lakewood, OH) | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| St. Edward was slid up in several polls with the Hoover loss. It has yet to play a game. | ||||||||||
| 5 (2) | 213 | Cedar Hill (Texas) | 6 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Cedar Hill moved in different directions in every poll except MaxPreps where it remains No. 1. | ||||||||||
| 6 (12) | 206 | Booker T. Washington (Miami, FL) | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| The computer model adds major points here, too. BTW was Top 25 in every poll but unranked by the computer. Downing Oscar Smith pushed it up in most every poll. | ||||||||||
| 7 (14) | 189 | Miami Central (Miami, FL) | 15 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | ||
| Miami Central moved up in every poll. Its greatest gain was from unranked the No. 11 by the computer. | ||||||||||
| 8 (5) | 183 | Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV) | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | – | 4 | ||
| The Gaels maintained its placement in most polls and gained in the HSFB100 and the computer. Curiously it is not in the Scout.com Top 25. | ||||||||||
| 9 (11) | 161 | De La Salle (Concord, CA) | 8 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 18 | ||
| De La Salle remained in place with the computer but news of its injured quarterback hurt its ranking with three other polls. The USAToday moved it up. | ||||||||||
| 10 (7) | 160 | Katy (Texas) | 9 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 14 | ||
| Katy remained in the middle of everyone’s pack but scored enough for a Top 10 placement. | ||||||||||
| 11 (8) | 151 | Hoover (Alabama) | 19 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 13 | ||
| Hoover dropped 15 in the HSFB100, 13 in the USAToday 25, 12 in the MaxPreps 25, and seven in the PrepNation 25 but rose from unranked to No. 13 in the computer rankings after losing. | ||||||||||
| 12 (10) | 142 | Centreville (Clifton, VA) | 22 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | – | ||
| Centreville remained steady in most polls with little variance. A marginal slip in the computer model knocked it from No. 24 to the outside costing it the Top 10 spot from the preseason. | ||||||||||
| 13 (23t) | 135 | Buford (Georgia) | 24 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 20 | ||
| Major moves by PrepNation (up 13) and the computer (unranked to No. 20) gained major points for the team that knocked off Trinity Christian. | ||||||||||
| 14 (16) | 127 | St. Joseph’s (Philadelphia, PA) | 18 | – | 18 | 19 | 15 | 8 | ||
| The Prep was moved up two spots in several poll and the cumulative effect was a two spot increase overall. The USAToday remains the lone poll waiting to see the Hawks on the field. | ||||||||||
| 15 (17t) | 123 | St. Peter’s (Jersey City, NJ) | 17 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 19 | – | ||
| St. Peter’s got similar treatment as St. Joe’s Prep. Human polls are tying the two together. The computer is the lone holdout on this program. | ||||||||||
| 16 (19) | 103 | DeSoto (Texas) | – | – | 14 | 17 | 13 | 17 | ||
| DeSoto remained off the ballot of the HSFB100 and the USAToday 25. It also dropped eight spots in the computer causing a slide overall. | ||||||||||
| 17 (9) | 102 | Servite (Anaheim, CA) | 14 | – | 12 | 24 | – | 12 | ||
| Apparently the HSFB100 missed a memo on Servite as it moved the team up two places. The Friars were dropped out of the USAToday, down two in MaxPreps, and five each at PrepNation and the computer rankings. | ||||||||||
| 18 (17t) | 100 | American Heritage (Plantation, FL) | 10 | – | 5 | 11 | – | – | ||
| This is the first team missing from three polls (USAToday, Scout, Computer). It cruised to an impressive win over Dwyer on ESPN to open its season that didn’t register to half the pollsters. | ||||||||||
| 19 (15) | 93 | Folsom (California) | 21 | – | 17 | 18 | – | 15 | ||
| Most polls stayed the within a spot or two on Folsom expect the computer poll which dropped the Bulldogs nine places. | ||||||||||
| 20 (20) | 82 | Bellevue (Washington) | 10 | – | 16 | 15 | – | – | ||
| Bellevue was almost completely unchanged except for the HSFB100 which slid the Wolverines up to take the place of Hoover and McEachern. The other polls didn’t move Washington’s best team. | ||||||||||
| 21(22) | 77 | Mater Dei (Santa Ana, CA) | – | 16 | 23 | – | – | 7 | ||
| Mater Dei moved into the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 and maintained its spot in the Media Compilation Poll with the help of Top 10-points from the computer. | ||||||||||
| 22 (-) | 71 | Archbishop Wood (Warminster, PA) | – | – | – | 23 | 7 | 22 | ||
| Wood was on the fringe of several polls but gained major points with a Top 10 placement from Scout.com. | ||||||||||
| 23 (21) | 69 | Warren Easton (New Orleans, LA) | 20 | 13 | – | 21 | – | – | ||
| One of the most talent rich teams is left off at MaxPreps, Scout and by the Computer as a 10-3 season in 2013 leaves questions. | ||||||||||
| 24t (-) | 63 | Guyer (Denton, TX) | – | – | – | – | 9 | 10 | ||
| Scout and the computer know something that no one else does as both placed the Wildcats in the Top 10. A battle with No. 2 Allen this week will test that theory. | ||||||||||
| 24t (23t) | 63 | Jenks (Oklahoma) | – | 12 | – | – | 23 | 25 | ||
| One of the top programs in the country had bottom end placement in two polls with a strong showing in the USAToday rankings. | ||||||||||
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Ben Davis (59); Don Bosco (59); Bingham (57); Moeller (55); Chandler (52); Serra (52); Punahou (42); Lee’s Summit West (39); Mountain Pointe (39); Gonzaga (37); Mallad Creek (30); Rummel (27); Miramar (25); Apopka (24); Male (23); Franklin (21); Ensworth (20); Acadiana (19), and Mainland (16).
DROPPED OUT: Previous No. 13 McEachern (Powder Springs, GA) and No. 23t Trinity Christian (Jacksonville, FL).
STOPPED RECEIVING VOTES: Aledo (Texas); Armwood (Seffner, FL); Blue Springs (MO); Oak Grove (Hattiesburg, MS), and Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, VA).
LINKS TO SITES: NationalHSFootball.com HSFB100; StudentSports Fab50; Scout.com Top 50; USAToday Super 25; MaxPreps Xcellent25; PrepNation Top 25; and Freeman Computer Top 25.
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