Get ready, it's on. No. 1 vs. No. 2. East Coast vs. West Coast.
The Monarchs and Panthers are 1-2 in the MaxPreps Top 25 national high school football rankings, presented by Powerade, and they are the top dogs in this week's MaxPreps Composite Top 25 football rankings.
Video: Top 25 high school football rankings, presented by Powerade See this week's movement as Mater Dei vs. St. Frances Academy ready for a 1 vs. 2 battle.
The hype behind this game will reach a fever pitch as it's the third time in as many years that high school football fans have seen the best two teams face off. Mater Dei played in the previous two, splitting the outcomes. The Monarchs beat Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) 35-21 in 2017 and fell 41-18 to St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) last season in the regular-season meeting, but exacted revenge in the CIF Southern Section playoffs with a 17-13 win over the Braves.
The Panthers, meanwhile, are riding a 25-game win streak since losing its final game of 2016. In that time, St. Frances has allowed 106 points, an average us just over 4 points per game.
New to the Composite Top 25 this week are Cathedral Catholic (San Diego), a 44-41 winner over Centennial (Corona, Calif.), Mentor (Ohio) which handled St. Ignatius (Cleveland) 38-31 and Central (Miami), a 49-26 win over Carol City (Miami).
Blake Corum, St. Frances Academy
Photo by Daniel Galarza
MaxPreps Composite Top 25 Football Rankings
1. (Last week 1) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)Average rank: 1.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 1
PrepNation: 1
USA Today: 2
MaxPreps Computer: 3
High School Football America: 1
2. (3) St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)Average rank: 2.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 2
PrepNation: 2
USA Today: 4
MaxPreps Computer: 1
High School Football America: 3
3. (2) St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)Average rank: 2.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 3
PrepNation: 3
USA Today: 3
MaxPreps Computer: 2
High School Football America: 2
4. (5) IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)Average rank: 4.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 4
PrepNation: 4
USA Today: 7
MaxPreps Computer: 4
High School Football America: 4
5. (6) St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)Average rank: 5.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 6
PrepNation: 8
USA Today: 1
MaxPreps Computer: 7
High School Football America: 7
6. (7) Duncanville (Texas)Average rank: 6.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 5
PrepNation: 7
USA Today: 6
MaxPreps Computer: 6
High School Football America: 6
7. (8) Marietta (Ga.)Average rank: 8.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 9
PrepNation: 10
USA Today: 5
MaxPreps Computer: 10
High School Football America: 9
8. (9) Katy (Texas)Average rank: 10.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 11
PrepNation: 5
USA Today: 9
MaxPreps Computer: 12
High School Football America: 14
9. (12) St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia)Average rank: 11.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 12
PrepNation: 12
USA Today: 11
MaxPreps Computer: 11
High School Football America: 12
10. (10) St. Louis (Honolulu)Average rank: 15.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 7
PrepNation: 9
USA Today: 8
MaxPreps Computer: 13
High School Football America: NR
11. (4) St. John's (Washington, D.C.)Average rank: 15.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 16
PrepNation: 13
USA Today: 14
MaxPreps Computer: 22
High School Football America: 13
12. (11) St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.)Average rank: 16.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 15
PrepNation: 15
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 8
High School Football America: 5
13. (13) Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.)Average rank: 17.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 10
PrepNation: 18
USA Today: 10
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 8
14. (14) Lakeland (Fla.)Average rank: 17.8
MaxPreps Top 25: 8
PrepNation: 6
USA Today: 13
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 22
15. (16) Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio)Average rank: 18.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 14
PrepNation: 11
USA Today: 12
MaxPreps Computer: 16
High School Football America: NR
16. (14) North Shore (Houston)Average rank: 19.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 17
PrepNation: 14
USA Today: 25
MaxPreps Computer: 14
High School Football America: 25
17. (NR) Cathedral Catholic (San Diego)Average rank: 23.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 20
PrepNation: 24
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 9
High School Football America: 23
18. (19) John Curtis Christian (River Ridge, La.)Average rank: 23.6
MaxPreps Top 25: NR
PrepNation: 22
USA Today: 16
MaxPreps Computer: 25
High School Football America: 15
19. (20) Northwestern (Miami)Average rank: 24.0
MaxPreps Top 25: 24
PrepNation: 21
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 19
High School Football America: 16
20. (21) Allen (Texas)
Average rank: 25.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 18
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: 19
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: 10
21. (18) De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)Average rank: 26.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 19
PrepNation: 17
USA Today: 15
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: NR
22. (NR) Mentor (Ohio)Average rank: 28.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 23
PrepNation: 23
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 15
High School Football America: NR
23. (NR) Central (Miami)Average rank: 28.4
MaxPreps Top 25: 25
PrepNation: 20
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 17
High School Football America: NR
24. (22) Folsom (Calif.)Average rank: 29.6
MaxPreps Top 25: 22
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: NR
MaxPreps Computer: 22
High School Football America: 24
25. (24) Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.)Average rank: 30.2
MaxPreps Top 25: 13
PrepNation: NR
USA Today: 18
MaxPreps Computer: NR
High School Football America: NR
Ranked in two pollsBishop Gorman (Las Vegas)Dutch Fork (Irmo, S.C.)Highland Park (Dallas)Trinity (Louisville)Ranked in one pollBergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)Centennial (Corona, Calif.)Colquitt County (Norman Park, Ga.)Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)Highland Springs (Va.)Mallard Creek (Charlotte, N.C.)McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.)Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Md.)Pickerington Central (Pickerington, Ohio)Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.)Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)