National Week 8 high school football composite rankings: St. John Bosco, Bixby both earn No. 1 votes

Kendall Webb

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National Week 8 high school football composite rankings: St. John Bosco, Bixby both earn No. 1 votes image

St. John Bosco's grip on the No. 1 spot loosened just a bit this week as Bixby took over the top spot in the Massey Ratings.

There's another small change at the top of The Sporting News Composite Rankings.

Oh, St. John Bosco [Bellflower, CA] is still the No. 1 team in the SN composite rankings, but after taking a break last week, the Braves lost one of their votes for the top spot. The Bixby [OK] Spartans jumped to the No. 1 position in the Massey Ratings after beating the Jenks [OK] Trojans, 66-35, last week in a battle between the top two teams in Oklahoma.

Now, the question is, can the Spartans hold onto that No. 1 vote moving forward? The Massey Ratings are a little more "fluid" than some of the other algorithm-based rankings that are in our composite. Bixby has already bounced around those ratings quite a bit even jumping from No. 32 to No. 2 one week.

Now that St. John Bosco is moving into Trinity League play in California, it seems likely that the Braves' schedule moving forward will have more of an impact than Bixby's lineup of Oklahoma opponents. The good news is, you can keep up with all of the future movement in the various Top 25 lists by following the SN Composite Rankings here each week.

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National Week 8 high school football composite rankings

Every week, we compile the rankings from eight different national selectors to create an all-in-one composite list of the teams in the order of most points accumulated.

The main reason? There is no consensus!

Take for instance the aforementioned Bixby Spartans of Oklahoma. As noted, Bixby is now ranked No. 1 in the Massey Ratings while they are only ranked No. 25 in their debut this week in The Sporting News High School Football Top 25. And they aren't even ranked in half of the Top 25 lists that comprise the SN Composite Rankings with ESPN, High School Football America, Sports Illustrated, and USA Today still excluding the Spartans.

Teams ranked in our composite index include the Top 25 from each of the following rankings:

SN – The Sporting News High School Football Top 25
BSM – Blue Star Media Elite 25
ESP – ESPN Top 25
HFA – High School Football America Top 300
MAS – Massey Ratings
MAX – MaxPreps National Football Rankings
S25 – Sports Illustrated National High School Football Power 25
USA – USA Today Super 25

A first place vote is worth 25 points, second place worth 24 points, third place worth 23 points ... and so forth through 25th place which nets one point. With eight polls in use, a consensus top-ranked team receives up to 200 points. When possible, ties are resolved in order of the team ranked by the most selectors followed by the team receiving the highest ranking from any one or more selectors; if they are still tied, then we will try to resolve the tie by the team receiving the lowest ranking from any one or more selectors. If it is still tied, we will note it as a (tie) in parentheses.

Here are this week's top 25 teams in our composite rankings:

^{NR — Not ranked}

#	TEAM	Points	SN	BSM	ESP	HFA	MAS	MAX	S25	USA
1	St. John Bosco [CA]	196	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	1
2	IMG Academy [FL]	186	2	4	2	3	2	4	3	2
3	Grayson [GA]	178	3	5	3	2	3	3	4	7
4	Mater Dei [CA]	168	4	2	4	5	7	6	7	5
5	St. Frances Academy [MD]	167	5	8	6	4	11	2	2	3
6	Bishop Gorman [NV]	152	8	7	5	6	9	7	8	6
7	Buford [GA]	148	9	6	7	8	8	9	5	8
8	Centennial [CA]	137	6	11	10	10	19	5	6	4
9	Southlake [TX] Carroll	122	11	3	11	16	4	13	13	15
10	St. Thomas Aquinas [FL]	119	7	9	8	7	NR	11	10	11
11	Sierra Canyon [CA]	118	12	14	9	9	17	8	12	9
12	DeMatha [MD]	89	15	16	14	12	NR	12	11	13
13	Edna Karr [LA]	85	13	NR	18	14	23	10	9	10
14	Chaminade-Madonna [FL]	83	10	10	12	19	NR	17	19	12
15	Carrollton [GA]	66	23	13	NR	NR	10	14	16	14
16	Milton [GA]	58	14	18	17	13	NR	NR	14	22
17	Allen [TX]	55	17	15	NR	20	6	NR	NR	17
18	Basha [AZ]	50	18	20	21	15	25	18	22	19
19	Bixby [OK]	46	25	12	NR	NR	1	20	NR	NR
20	Grimsley [NC]	37	19	NR	20	NR	NR	15	21	18
21	Santa Margarita [CA]	34	NR	NR	19	11	NR	16	24	NR
22	De La Salle [CA]	33	NR	NR	25	17	NR	19	20	16
23	North Crowley [TX]	29	NR	23	22	NR	15	NR	15	NR
24	Duncanville [TX]	23	20	NR	13	NR	NR	NR	25	23
25	Bergen Catholic [NJ]	22	NR	24	15	25	NR	NR	18	NR

For full team write-ups and capsules — including how each team performed last week and what's on tap next — check out The Sporting News High School Football Top 25 rankings.

OTHER TEAMS RECEIVING POINTS

Beyond our weekly composite top 25, there were a total of 17 teams receiving a vote from at least one of our eight contributing rankings:

26. Brownsburg [IN], 19
27. Don Bosco Prep [NJ], 17
28. Aledo [TX], 14
29. Thomas County Central [GA], 14
30. Corner Canyon [UT], 13
31. Mission Viejo [CA], 13
32. Clay-Chalkville [AL], 11
33. Cass Tech [MI], 10
34. Randle [TX], 10
35. Baylor [TN], 9
36. Liberty [AZ], 9
37. (tie) Bryant [AR], 8
37. (tie) Lakeland [FL], 8
39. Central [FL], 7
40. Mt. Carmel [IL], 7
41. Lake Travis [TX], 6
42. (tie) Prosper [TX], 5
42. (tie) Providence Day [NC], 5
42. (tie) South Oak Cliff [TX], 5
45. McCallie [TN], 4
46. Folsom [CA], 3
47. Millard South [NE], 2

PREVIOUSLY RANKED TEAMS NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING VOTES

American Heritage [FL]; Archbishop Hoban [OH]; Archbishop Moeller [OH]; Atascocita [TX]; Creekside [GA]; DeSoto [TX]; Douglas County [GA]; East St. Louis [IL]; Jenks [OK]; Langston Hughes [GA]; La Salle College [PA]; Lincoln [San Diego, CA]; Lone Peak [UT]; North Shore [TX]; Northwestern [FL]; Orange Lutheran [CA]; St. Joseph's Prep [PA]; Skyridge [UT]; Summer Creek [TX]; Thompson [AL]; Waxahachie [TX]; Westlake [TX]

National schedule for teams in composite rankings this week

Here is every game this week featuring teams ranked in the national composite rankings.

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^{NR — Not ranked; in cases where The Sporting News Top 25 ranking diverges from the rankings above, the composite ranking is listed first followed by the TSN ranking in parentheses.}

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Thursday, October 2, 2025

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NR Roosevelt [Eastvale, CA] Mustangs (3-2) at No. 8/SN No. 6 Centennial [Corona, CA] Huskies (4-1) — 10:30 p.m. EST (7:30 p.m. PST local)

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Friday, October 3, 2025

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No. 33 Cass Tech [Detroit, MI] Technicians (5-0) at NR Western International [Detroit, MI] Cowboys (1-4) — 5 p.m. EST local
No. 27/SN No. 24 Don Bosco Prep [Ramsey, NJ] Ironment at NR DePaul Catholic [Wayne, NJ] Spartans (4-1) — 6 p.m. EST local
NR The First Academy [Orlando, FL] Royals (4-2) at No. 5/SN No. 5 St. Frances Academy [Baltimore, MD] Panthers (4-1) — 7 p.m. EST local
NR Hollywood Hills [Hollywood, FL] Spartans (2-3) at No. 10/SN No. 7 St. Thomas Aquinas [Fort Lauderdale, FL] Raiders (4-1) — 7 p.m. EST local
NR Riverdale Baptist [Upper Marlboro, MD] Crusaders (1-3) at No. 12/SN No. 15 DeMatha [Hyattsville, MD] Stags (4-0) — 7 p.m. EST local
NR Monarch [Coconut Creek, FL] Knights (3-2) at No. 14/SN No. 10 Chaminade-Madonna [Hollywood, FL] Lions (4-1) — 7 p.m. EST local
NR Varina [Richmond, VA] Blue Devils (4-1) at No. 20/SN No. 19 Grimsley [Greensboro, NC] Whirlies (5-0) — 7 p.m. EST local
NR Zionsville [IN] Eagles (3-3) at No. 26 Brownsburg [IN] Bulldogs (6-0) — 7 p.m. EST local
No. 2/SN No. 2 IMG Academy [Bradenton, FL] Ascenders (5-0) at NR Venice [FL] Indians (3-2) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
No. 7/SN No. 9 Buford [GA] Wolves (5-0) at NR Collins Hill [Suwanee, GA] Eagles (4-2) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
No. 15/SN No. 23 Carrollton {GA] Trojans (6-0) at NR Westlake [Atlanta, GA] Lions (3-3) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
NR Lanier [Sugar Hill, GA] Longhorns (4-2) at No. 16/SN No. 14 Milton [GA] Eagles (5-1) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
No. 29 Thomas County Central [Thomasville, GA] Yellow Jackets (6-0) at Veterans [Kathleen, GA] Warhawks (2-4) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
NR Sumner [Riverview, FL] Stingrays (5-1) at No. 37 (tie) Lakeland [FL] Dreadnaughts (4-1) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
No. 35 Baylor [Chattanooga, TN] Red Raiders (5-0) at No. 45 McCallie [Chattanooga, TN] Blue Tornado (5-1) — 7:45 p.m. EST local
NR Keller [TX] Indians (3-2) at No. 9/SN No. 11 Southlake [TX] Carroll Dragons (5-0) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
NR St. Augustine [New Orleans, LA] Purple Knights (4-00 at No. 13/SN No. 13 Edna Karr [New Orleans, LA] Cougars (4-0) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
NR Moore [OK] Lions (2-2) at No. 19/SN No. 25 Bixby [OK] Spartans (4-0) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
No. 28/SN No. 22 Aledo [TX] Bearcats (5-0) at Ryan [Denton, TX] Raiders (4-0) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
No. 32 Clay-Chalkville [Pinson, AL] Cougars (6-0) at Mountain Brook [Birmingham, AL] Spartans (4-2) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
Little Rock [AR] Christian Academy Warriors (3-1) at No. 37 (tie) Bryant [AR] Hornets (4-0) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
No. 42 (tie) Prosper [TX] Eagles (4-0) at NR Rock Hill [Frisco, TX] Blue Hawks (2-2) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
No. 47 Millard South [Omaha, NE] Patriots (4-1) at NR Papillion [NE]-LaVista Monarchs (3-2) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
NR Brother Rice [Chicago, IL] Crusaders (5-0) at No. 40 Mt. Carmel [Chicago, IL] Caravan (5-0) — 8:30 p.m. EST (7:30 p.m. CST local)
NR Hillcrest [Dallas, TX] Panthers (3-2) at No. 42 (tie)/SN No. 21 South Oak Cliff [Dallas, TX] Bears (4-1) — 8:30 p.m. EST (7:30 p.m. CST local)
No. 1/SN No. 1 St. John Bosco [Bellflower, CA] Braves (5-0) at NR JSerra Catholic [San Juan Capistrano, CA] Lions (3-2) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
No. 4/SN No. 4 Mater Dei [Santa Ana, CA] Monarchs (3-1) at NR Orange [CA] Lutheran Lancers (3-2) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
NR Palo Verde [Las Vegas, NV] Panthers (3-3) at No. 6/SN No. 8 Bishop Gorman [Las Vegas, NV] Gaels (5-1) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
NR Serra [Gardena, CA] Cavaliers (3-2) at No. 11/SN No. 12 Sierra Canyon [Chatsworth, CA] Trailblazers (5-0) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
No. 18/SN No. 18 Basha [Chandler, AZ] Bears (5-3) at NR Westwood [Mesa, AZ] Warriors (3-2) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
No. 21 Santa Margarita [Rancho Santa Margarita, CA] Eagles (3-2) at NR Servite [Anaheim, CA] Friars (4-1) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
NR Long Beach [CA] Poly Jackrabbits (3-2) at No. 31 Mission Viejo [CA] Diablos (5-1) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
No. 36 Liberty [Peoria, AZ] Lions (4-1) at NR Mountain Ridge [Glendale, AZ] Mountain Lions (1-4) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
NR Oak Ridge [El Dorado Hills, CA] Trojans (4-1) at Folsom [CA] Bulldogs (4-1) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
NR Cathedral Catholic [San Diego, CA] Dons (5-0) at No. 22 De La Salle [Concord, CA] Spartans (5-0) — 10:15 p.m. EST (7:15 p.m. PST local)

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Saturday, October 4, 2025

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No. 3/SN No. 3 Grayson [Loganville, GA] Rams (6-0) at NR Heritage [Conyers, GA] Patriots (0-4) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
NR Northwestern [Miami, FL] Bulls (4-1) at No. 39 Central [Miami, FL] Rockets (3-0) — 7:30 p.m. EST local

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IDLE

No. 17/SN No. 17 Allen [TX] Eagles (5-0); No. 23 North Crowley [Fort Worth, TX] Panthers (4-1); No. 24/SN No. 20 Duncanville [TX] Panthers (2-1); No. 25 Bergen Catholic [Oradell, NJ] Crusaders (4-1); No. 30 Corner Canyon [Draper, UT] Chargers (6-1); No. 34/SN No. 16 Randle [Richmond, TX] Lions (5-0); No. 41 Lake Travis [Austin, TX] Cavaliers (5-0); No. 42 Providence Day [Charlotte, NC] Chargers (6-0)

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Kendall Webb

Kendall Webb is a freelance writer with The Sporting News and the former publisher of the College Football America Yearbook. He is a proud alumnus of Kilgore College (AA), the University of Texas at Austin (BJ), Middle Tennessee State University (BS), and Harvard University (ALM). Webb has attended a high school or college football game in more than 40 states during his career as a freelance journalist, and he remains an avid follower of team sports at all levels.