Paste BN Network 2020 preseason high school football regional rankings
The coronavirus has thrown a wrinkle into the high school football season — with some states continuing with their plans, others postponing the start date, perhaps until the spring, and some states on hold. Regardless, it's August and that means football is (usually) right around the corner and it's time to size up the high schools across the country.
Paste BN High School Sports has divided up the country into regions — Florida, Texas, California, Southeast, Midwest, East, Plains and West — and has ranked the high schools within them for the preseason high school football regional rankings. Here is how it all breaks down entering the 2020 slate from across the United States.
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FLORIDA
1. IMG Academy (Bradenton)
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)
3. Central (Miami)
4. Edgewater (Orlando)
5. Northwestern (Miami)
6. American Heritage (Plantation)
7. Deerfield Beach
8. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood)
9. Armwood (Seffner)
10. Palmetto
Also receiving votes: Apopka, Booker T. Washington (Miami), Christopher Columbus (Miami),
Lakeland, Seminole (Sanford)
TEXAS
1. Duncanville
2. Galena North Shore
3. Austin Westlake
4. Katy
5. Alvin Shadow Creek
6. Allen
7. Denton Guyer
8. Southlake Carroll
9. Denton Ryan
10. DeSoto
CALIFORNIA
1. Mater Dei (Santa Ana)
2. St. John Bosco (Bellflower)
3. Centennial (Corona)
4. Mission Viejo
5. De La Salle (Concord)
6. Servite (Anaheim)
7. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth)
8. Helix (La Mesa)
9. Folsom
10. Alemany (Mission Hills)
SOUTHEAST
1. Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)
2. Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.)
3. Trinity (Louisville, Ky.)
4. Dutch Fork (Irmo, S.C.)
5. Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
6. Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, La.)
7. Hoover (Ala.)
8. North Gwinnett (Suwanee, Ga.)
9. Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.)
10. Catholic-B.R. (Baton Rouge, La.)
MIDWEST
1. De Smet Jesuit (St. Louis)
2. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)
3. East St. Louis (Ill.)
4. Pickerington Central (Pickerington, Ohio)
5. La Salle (Cincinnati)
6. Mentor (Ohio)
7. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)
8. Washington (Massillon, Ohio)
9. Belleville (Mich.)
10. Carmel (Ind.)
EAST
1. St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)
2. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia)
3. St. John’s (Washington, D.C.)
4. Good Counsel (Olney, Md.)
5. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)
6. St. Peter’s Prep (Jersey City, N.J.)
7. Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)
8. St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.)
9. Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.)
10. Mount St. Joseph (Baltimore)
PLAINS
1. Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.)
2. Bixby (Okla.)
3. Owasso (Okla.)
4. Pine Creek (Colo.)
5. Jenks (Okla.)
6. Tulsa Union (Okla.)
7. Bellevue West (Neb.)
8. Derby (Kan.)
9. Carl Albert (Okla.)
10. Palmer Ridge (Colo.)
WEST
1. Chandler (Ariz.)
2. Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)
3. Liberty (Henderson, N.V.)
4. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, N.V.)
5. St. Louis (Honolulu)
6. Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.)
7. Saguaro (Ariz.)
8. Camas (Wash.)
9. Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.)
10. O'Dea (Seattle)