Top 100 High School Teams

[wadc45]

http://highschool.rivals.com/viewrankhs.asp?ra_key=457

Of note:

1. Thomas Aquinas (Duron Carter)
2. Phoebus (Tajh Boyd)
3. St. Ignatius (Scott McVey)
18. Cincinnati Elder
41. Monroeville Gateway (Corey Brown, Dorian Bell)
42. Glenville (Marcus Hall, Jonathan Newsome, Mike Edwards)
46. Cincinnati Colerain
48. Louisville Trinity (Jordan Whiting)
64. Saguaro (Corey Adams)
75. Kettering Archbishop Alter

Dopped out:
Pickerington Central (Jamie Wood, Zach Boren)

And here are the Great Lakes regions rankings:

http://highschool.rivals.com/viewrankhs.asp?ra_key=461

[JCOSU86]

4 out of the top 5 are from OH in the Great Lakes Region!!!!

[RB07OSU]

Not sure if they updated it, but I saw Glenville at #38. In any case that is way too low...Iggy is #3 and they lost to Glenville 20-17 and only beat them 9-7 the next time around. Somehow that's 35 spots difference?

[LitlBuck]

Those guys that do the rankings probably don't look at the scores and I would be surprised if they even knew who certain schools lost to. It is probably very similar to the coaches poll in college football

[ncaahoopfan]

Originally Posted by RB07OSU

Not sure if they updated it, but I saw Glenville at #38. In any case that is way too low...Iggy is #3 and they lost to Glenville 20-17 and only beat them 9-7 the next time around. Somehow that's 35 spots difference?

I am not sure how Rivals does their ranking, but places like USAToday and CNNSI are completely subjective.

However, some of the high school rankings really do take into account who teams beat. CalPreps, the one that I typically look at, has a little bit of a California lean, but generally, they have seemed reasonable. calpreps.com

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take Glenville......
We have seen them play, know that they have good players, and know that they will beat most teams they play. However, what did they actually do this year......

1> The great: they played 3 games against teams in the national top 50 (StI x2 and PAJefferson), they went 2-1
2> the bad: everyone else they played, were duds (ranking-wise). Nearly half of their victories were against teams that ranked below 10,000. Much of that is a result of playing in Cleveland Senate League, so you can't really fault them.

#1939 Brecksville-Broadview Heights
#3558 Lincoln (Gahanna, OH) (31-0)
#5210 Adams (Cleveland, OH) (37-6)
#7360 South (Cleveland, OH) (19-0)
#10787 Marshall (Cleveland, OH) (30-6)
#12312 Collinwood (Cleveland, OH) (56-0)
#13499 East (Cleveland, OH) (41-0)
#13549 Lincoln West (Cleveland, OH) (40-0)
#13620 East Tech (Cleveland, OH) (47-0)

Other than StI., Glenville's next best in-state foe was Brecksville (in the playoffs), ranked #1939 (national) / #118 (state).

Other than StI., Glenville's highest rated in-state regular season foe was Gahanna Lincoln (4-6, no play-offs), ranked #3558 (national) / #214 (state).
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If you look at the OSHAA rankings (which typically gives a reasonable assessment of a team's ability)-- http://www.joeeitel.com/hsfoot

They were 4th in their REGION (behind StI, Strongsville and Mentor).
Their ranking 29.9929 is 14th in the state (StI, Strongsville, Mentor, Hoover, Upper Arlington, Hilliard Darby, Pick Central, Colerain, Toledo Cent Cath, DeSales, Louisville, Logan and Coldwater)

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I think that I find it most interesting that in the several polls that I've looked at, the subjective ones have Glenville higher than most based on some algorithm

[berryfan]

I was looking at calpreps today and its ranking of Florida teams, particularly 6A and schools in the Miami area except for maybe 1 or 2 that I know from personal experience would be a bit differently ranked, does an outstanding job of ranking the teams. I'd have to put STA (St. Thomas Aquinas) #1 in the country. They flat out killed Miramar 49-2, a team that lost to Miami Northwestern by a 42-23 margin last week. Northwestern lost to Long Beach Poly 29-7 in a preseason game. In addition, STA beat Elder earlier in the year 35-24.

[ncaahoopfan]

Originally Posted by berryfan

I was looking at calpreps today and its ranking of Florida teams, particularly 6A and schools in the Miami area except for maybe 1 or 2 that I know from personal experience would be a bit differently ranked, does an outstanding job of ranking the teams. I'd have to put STA (St. Thomas Aquinas) #1 in the country. They flat out killed Miramar 49-2, a team that lost to Miami Northwestern by a 42-23 margin last week. Northwestern lost to Long Beach Poly 29-7 in a preseason game. In addition, STA beat Elder earlier in the year 35-24.

I was at the STA/Elder game and watched the St.Ig/Elder game. I agree that STA is the best team (lots of weapons!).

It would be interesting to see STA vs. St.Ig and Elder vs. Glenville

[berryfan]

Originally Posted by ncaahoopfan

I was at the STA/Elder game and watched the St.Ig/Elder game. I agree that STA is the best team (lots of weapons!).

It would be interesting to see STA vs. St.Ig and Elder vs. Glenville

Elder has played STA better than any team all year. The closest game otherwise was STA's 35-14 victory against Largo last week.

What's going to be interesting is this, Broward High Schools | MiamiHerald.com

They are going to realign all of the high school football teams in the state according to this, FHSAA.org: Football

I agree, I'd like to see STA vs. some of the other Ohio teams. I 'd also like to see Florida high schools continue to play against California and Texas teams.

BTW, keep in mind STA will be on tv on Sunsports this Friday night at 7 p.m. and Miami Northwestern will play Saturday night on FSN Florida at 7 p.m. Those with regional sports package on their cable, satellite packages should be able to get this.

[berryfan]

56-7 Aquinas over Lakeland. No doubt in my mind Aquinas is the #1 team in the land.

[wadc45]

Rivals High - St. Thomas Aquinas wins high school national title

Of note:

1. Thomas Aquinas (Duron Carter)
3. Phoebus (Tajh Boyd)
4. St. Ignatius (Scott McVey)
18. Cincinnati Elder
35. Glenville (Marcus Hall, Jonathan Newsome, Mike Edwards)
39. Louisville Trinity (Jordan Whiting)
42. Cincinnati Colerain
47. Saguaro (Corey Adams)
52. Monroeville Gateway (Corey Brown, Dorian Bell)
73. Kettering Archbishop Alter

[DontHateOState]

Colerain is going to be strong next year.

[B-town Buckeye]

I get a headache just looking at that calpreps site. The amount of data that they collect and put all in one place for someone who really doesn't feel like working today is pretty much evil. I could look at that stuff all day...

...anyway, how anyone can even somewhat accurately decide who the top high school team in the country is, I have no idea...but Aquinas sure seems like one heck of a good candidate.

[wadc45]

8/10/09

First 2009 list is out...some names of note:

http://highschool.rivals.com/viewrankhs.asp?ra_key=646

1. STA
2. Byrnes
4. Elder
6. Katy
10. Oaks Christian
11. Northwestern
13. Colerain
14. Penn Hills
15. DeMatha
19. Long Beach Poly
21. Pahokee
25. De La Salle
26. East St. Louis
27. Lakeland
36. Booker T. Washington
37. Glenville
41. Hoover
45. Inkster
50. Moeller
53. Good Counsel
62. St. Ignatius
67. Wayzata
70. Columbine
96. Delray Beach Atlantic (home of James Louis)

[Sportsbuck28]

I play against #64 Independence in week 2, should be.... fun.

[cjs100]

Access the link for results from last week and comments on each team.

MaxPreps.com

Xcellent 25 Football Rankings: Top 10 remains the same
Strong performances by nation's elite leads to stagnant week at the top.
Monday, October 19, 2009 T
By: Stephen Spiewak
MaxPreps.com

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1. Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 6-0.
2. Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.), 7-1.
3. Cedar Hill (Texas), 7-0. L
4. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.), 5-0.
5. Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, Calif.), 6-0
6. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.), 7-0.
7. Curtis (River Ridge, La.), 6-0.
8. Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, Va.), 7-0.
9. Centennial (Peoria, Ariz.), 8-0.
10. Madison Central (Madison, Miss.), 8-0.
11. Stony Point (Round Rock, Texas), 7-0.
12. Highlands (Fort Thomas, Ky.), 8-0.
13. Butler (Matthews, N.C.), 7-0.
14. Grayson (Loganville, Ga.), 8-0.
15. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.), 7-0.
16. Edison (Huntington Beach, Calif.), 6-0.
17. Skyline (Dallas, Texas), 7-0.
18. Jenks (Tulsa, Okla.), 7-0.
19. Washington (Miami, Fla.), 7-0.
20. Grant (Sacramento, Calif.), 7-0.
21. North Penn (Lansdale, Pa.), 7-0.
22. Memphis University (Memphis, Tenn.), 8-0.
23. St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio), 7-1.
24. Northside (Warner Robins, Ga.), 7-0.
25. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio),

Dropped out:
Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.): Idle
Hoover (Ala.): Lost to Vestavia Hills 30-27

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