National Week 9 high school football composite rankings: St. John Bosco, Bixby both continue to earn No. 1 votes

Kendall Webb

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National Week 9 high school football composite rankings: St. John Bosco, Bixby both continue to earn No. 1 votes image

St. John Bosco [CA] chips away at Bixby [OK]'s lead in the Massey Ratings this week.

The St. John Bosco [Bellflower, CA] Braves remain the No. 1 team in the The Sporting News Composite Rankings, but the Bixby [OK] Spartans are still clinging to the No. 1 position in the Massey Ratings for now. The Spartans defeated the Moore [OK] Lions, 81-6, last Friday night, but St. John Bosco did gain a couple of positions on the Massey list from No. 5 to No. 3. Presumably, the Braves will eventually regain their No. 1 position there as they continue to work their way through the Trinity League portion of their schedule in California.

Bosco is still the No. 1 team in the other seven rankings that comprise the SN composite index. That includes The Sporting News High School Football Top 25 where the Braves are entering their third week in the top spot.

Bixby, for the record, is only ranked No. 25 in SN's list, but the Spartans appear to have a clear path to an undefeated season at least until they get to Oklahoma's OSSAA playoffs. They should be able to move up if any ranked teams above them in the SN Top 25 ultimately lose in the weeks to come.

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National Week 9 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 heading into their second week in The Sporting News High School Football Top 25. Despite holding that top position in the Massey Ratings, they are only ranked in four of the other selector lists used to compile the SN Composite Rankings, but that's an improvement on last week after they cracked the USA Today Super 25 this week in the No. 25 position.

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]	198	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1
2	IMG Academy [FL]	186	2	4	2	3	2	4	3	2
3	Grayson [GA]	174	3	5	4	2	6	3	4	7
4	St. Frances Academy [MD]	168	5	8	6	4	10	2	2	3
5	Mater Dei [CA]	168	4	2	3	5	8	6	7	5
6	Buford [GA]	151	9	6	7	8	5	9	5	8
7	Bishop Gorman [NV]	149	8	7	5	12	9	7	8	6
8	Centennial [CA]	130	6	11	10	10	NR	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]	116	12	14	9	9	19	8	12	9
12	DeMatha [MD]	89	15	16	14	12	NR	12	11	13
13	Chaminade-Madonna [FL]	83	10	10	12	19	NR	17	19	12
14	Edna Karr [LA]	82	13	NR	18	14	NR	10	17	10
15	Carrollton [GA]	67	23	13	NR	NR	9	14	16	14
16	Milton [GA]	60	14	18	17	13	NR	NR	14	20
17	Allen [TX]	52	17	15	NR	20	7	NR	NR	19
18	Basha [AZ]	50	18	20	21	15	NR	18	22	18
19	Bixby [OK]	47	25	12	NR	NR	1	20	NR	25
20	Grimsley [NC]	33	19	NR	20	NR	NR	15	21	22
21	De La Salle [CA]	33	NR	NR	25	17	NR	19	20	16
22	Santa Margarita [CA]	33	NR	NR	19	11	NR	16	25	NR
23	North Crowley [TX]	30	NR	23	23	NR	13	NR	15	NR
24	Don Bosco Prep [NJ]	27	24	22	NR	23	18	25	17	NR
25	Bergen Catholic [NJ]	23	NR	24	15	24	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. Duncanville [TX], 22
27. Baylor [TN], 18
28. Brownsburg [IN], 17
29. Thomas County Central [GA], 15
30. Aledo [TX], 14
31. Clay-Chalkville [AL], 13
32. Corner Canyon [UT], 13
33. Mission Viejo [CA], 13
34. Cass Tech [MI], 12
35. Randle [TX], 10
36. Prosper [TX], 9
37. Liberty [AZ], 8
38. Lakeland [FL], 8
39. Mt. Carmel [IL], 7
40. Millard South [NE], 6
41. (tie) Providence Day [NC], 5
41. (tie) South Oak Cliff [TX], 5
41. (tie) Summer Creek [TX], 5
44. Creekside [GA], 4
45. (tie) Folsom [CA], 2
45. (tie) Northwestern [FL], 2
45. (tie) Thompson [AL], 2

PREVIOUSLY RANKED TEAMS NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING VOTES

American Heritage [FL]; Archbishop Hoban [OH]; Archbishop Moeller [OH]; Atascocita [TX]; Bryant [AR]; Central [FL]; Creekside [GA]; DeSoto [TX]; Douglas County [GA]; East St. Louis [IL]; Jenks [OK]; Lake Travis [TX]; Langston Hughes [GA]; La Salle College [PA]; Lincoln [San Diego, CA]; Lone Peak [UT]; McCallie [TN]; North Shore [TX]; Orange Lutheran [CA]; St. Joseph's Prep [PA]; Skyridge [UT]; 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 9, 2025

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NR Rockdale County [Conyers, GA] Bulldogs (4-2) at No. 3/SN No. 3 Grayson [Loganville, GA] Rams (7-0) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
No. 6/SN No. 9 Buford [GA] Wolves (6-0) at NR Dacula [GA] Falcons (3-3) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
No. 9/SN No. 11 Southlake [TX] Carroll Dragons (6-0) NR V.R. Eaton [Fort Worth, TX] Eagles (3-2) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
NR Brother Martin [New Orleans, LA] Crusaders (5-1) at No. 13/SN No. 13 Edna Karr [New Orleans, LA] Cougars (5-0) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
No. 19/SN No. 25 Bixby [OK] Spartans (5-0) NR Edmond [OK] North Huskies (1-4) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
No. 23 North Crowley [Fort Worth, TX] Panthers (4-1) at NR Lake Ridge [Mansfield, TX] Eagles (4-1) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
NR King [Houston, TX] Panthers (4-1) at No. 41 (tie) Summer Creek [Houston, TX] Bulldogs (5-0) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
NR American Fork [UT] Cavemen (6-2) at No. 32 Corner Canyon [Draper, UT] Chargers (6-1) — 9 p.m. EST ( 7 p.m. CST local)

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Friday, October 10, 2025

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NR East English Village Prep [Detroit, MI] Bulldogs (1-5) at Cass Tech [Detroit, MI] Technicians (6-0) — 5 p.m. EST local
NR St. Thomas More [Oakdale, CT] Chancellors (0-0) at No. 4/SN No. 5 St. Frances Academy [Baltimore, MD] Panthers (5-1) — 7 p.m. EST local
No. 12/SN No. 15 DeMatha [Hyattsville, MD] Stags (5-0) at NR Our Lady of Good Counsel [Olney, MD] Falcons (4-2) — 7 p.m. EST local
NR Blanche Ely [Pompano Beach, FL] Tigers (3-3) at No. 13/SN No. 10 Chaminade-Madonna [Hollywood, FL] Lions (5-1) — 7 p.m. EST local
NR Ragsdale [Jamestown, NC] Tigers (0-6) at No. 20/SN No. 19 Grimsley [Greensboro, NC] Whirlies (6-0) — 7 p.m. EST local
No. 25 Bergen Catholic [Oradell, NJ] Crusaders (4-1) at NR Paramus [NJ] Catholic Paladins (2-4) — 7 p.m. EST local
No. 41 (tie) Providence Day [Charlotte, NC] Chargers (6-0) at NR Christ School [Arden, NC] Greenies (3-4) — 7 p.m. EST local
NR Chapel Hill [Douglasville, GA] Panthers (1-5) at No. 15/SN No. 23 Carrollton [GA] Trojans (7-0) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
NR Gainesville [GA] Red Elephants (6-1) at No. 16/SN No. 14 Milton [GA] Eagles (6-1) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
NR Sebring [FL] Blue Streaks (2-4) at No. 38 Lakeland [FL] Dreadnaughts (5-1) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
NR Drew [Riverdale, GA] Titans (0-7) at No. 44 Creekside [Fairburn, GA] Seminoles (7-0) — 7:30 p.m. EST local
No. 17/SN No. 17 Allen [TX] Eagles (5-0) at NR Princeton [TX] Panthers (4-1) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
NR DeSoto [TX] Eagles (3-2) at No. 26/SN No. 20 Duncanville [TX] Panthers (2-1) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
NR Granbury [TX] Pirates (2-3) at No. 30/SN No. 22 Aledo [TX] Bearcats (6-0) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
No. 35/SN No. 16 Randle [Richmond, TX] Lions at NR Texas City [TX] Stingarees (3-1) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
No. 28 Brownsburg [IN] Bulldogs (7-0) at NR at Noblesville [IN] Millers (1-6) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
No. 30 Clay-Chalkville [Pinson, AL] Cougars (7-0) at NR Huffman [Birmingham, AL] Vikings (1-5) — 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST local)
NR Plano [TX] Wildcats (3-2) at No. 36 Prosper [TX] Eagles (5-0) — 8 p.m. EST local (7 p.m. CST local)
No. 40 Millard South [Omaha, NE] Patriots (5-1) at NR Lincoln [NE] High Links (4-2) — 8 p.m. EST local (7 p.m. CST local)
NR Hillcrest [Tuscaloosa, AL] Patriots (5-2) at No. 45 (tie) Thompson [Alabaster, AL] Warriors (5-2) — 8 p.m. EST local (7 p.m. CST local)
No. 39 Mt. Carmel [Chicago, IL] Caravan at NR Joliet [IL] Catholic Hilltoppers (2-4) — 8:30 p.m. EST (7:30 p.m. CST local)
No. 1/SN No. 1 St. John Bosco [Bellflower, CA] Braves (6-0) at NR Orange [CA] Lutheran Lancers (3-3) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
No. 22 Santa Margarita [Rancho Santa Margarita, CA] Eagles (4-2) at No. 5/SN No. 4 Mater Dei [Santa Ana, CA] Monarchs (4-1) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
NR Mojave [North Las Vegas, NV] Rattlers (3-4) at No. 7/SN No. 8 Bishop Gorman [Las Vegas, NV] Gaels (6-1) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
NR Vista Murrieta [Murrieta, CA] Broncos (5-1) at No. 8/SN No. 6 Centennial [Corona, CA] Huskies (5-1) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
NR Chaminade [West Hills, CA] Eagles (3-3) at No. 11/SN No. 12 Sierra Canyon [Chatsworth, CA] Trailblazers (6-0) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
NR Centennial [Peoria, AZ] Coyotes (4-2) at No. 37 Liberty [Peoria, AZ] Lions (5-1) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)
No. 45 (tie) Folsom [CA] Bulldogs (5-1) at NR Del Oro [Loomis, CA] Golden Eagles (4-2) — 10 p.m. EST (7 p.m. PST local)

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Saturday, October 11, 2025

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No. 24/SN No. 24 Don Bosco Prep [Ramsey, NJ] Ironmen (5-0) at NR St. Joseph Regional [Montvale, NJ] Green Knights (4-1) — 1 p.m. EST local
No. 45 (tie) Northwestern [Miami, FL] Bulls (5-1) at NR Key West [FL] Conchs (4-2) — 7 p.m. EST local

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IDLE

No. 2/SN No. 2 IMG Academy [Bradenton, FL] Ascenders (6-0); No. 10/SN No. 7 St. Thomas Aquinas [Fort Lauderdale, FL] Raiders (5-1); No. 18/SN No. 18 Basha [Chandler, AZ] Bears (6-0); No. 21 De La Salle [Concord, CA] Spartans (6-0); No. 27 Baylor [TN] Red Raiders (6-0); No. 29 Thomas County Central [Thomasville, GA] Yellow Jackets (7-0); No. 33 Mission Viejo [CA] Diablos (6-1); No. 41 (tie)/SN No. 21 South Oak Cliff [Dallas, TX] Bears (5-1)

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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.