Paste BN Sports high school regional football rankings for Dec. 8, 2020
Paste BN Sports has divided up the country into regions — Florida, Texas, California, Southeast, Midwest, East, Plains and West — and has ranked the high school football teams within them. These are the rankings for Dec. 8, 2020.
Teams that are not playing this fall have been removed from rankings for the fall season.
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FLORIDA
1. IMG Academy (Bradenton)
Record: 8-0; Last result: Season over.
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)
Record: 6-1; Last result: def. Venice, 29-8.
3. Columbus (Miami)
Record: 5-0; Last result: Game cancelled because of COVID-19.
4. American Heritage (Plantation)
Record: 9-2; Last result: def. Eau Gallie, 38-18.
5. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)
Record: 7-1; Last result: def. Cocoa, 45-15.
6. Central (Miami)
Record: 6-1; Last result: def. Dunbar, 40-0.
7. Palmetto (Miami)
Record: 5-1; Last result: def. Vero Beach, 10-7.
8. Bloomingdale (Valrico)
Record: 12-0; Last result: def. Tampa Bay Tech, 36-33.
9. Tampa Jesuit
Record: 13-0; Last result: def. Orlando Jones, 40-24.
10. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood)
Record: 8-1; Last result: def. Tampa Berkley Prep 23-21
Also receiving votes: Seminole (10-0), Jacksonville Trinity Christian (11-1), Orlando Edgewater (7-2), Niceville (11-0)
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TEXAS
1. Duncanville
Record: 6-1; Last result: Idle.
2. North Shore (Galena Park)
Record: 10-0; Last result: Idle.
3. Allen
Record: 8-0; Last result: def. Braswell (Denton), 59-35.
4. Westlake (Austin)
Record: 8-0; Last result: Idle.
5. Tompkins (Katy)
Record: 8-0; Last result: Idle.
6. Lake Travis
Record: 6-0; Last result: Idle.
7. Ryan (Denton)
Record: 9-0; Last result: def. Lone Star (Frisco), 35-21.
8. Carthage
Record: 12-0; Last result: def. China Spring, 52-14.
9. Bridgeland (Cypress)
Record: 8-0; Last result: Idle.
10. Cedar Hill
Record: 7-1; Last result: def. Midway (Waco), 52-7.
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SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee)
1. Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)
Record: 11-0; Last result: def. Harrison, 30-6.
2. Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
Record: 14-0; Last result: def. Auburn, 29-28. Alabama 7A state champions.
3. Colquitt County (Norman Park, Ga.)
Record: 9-0; Last result: def. Walton, 35-12.
4. Oakland (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Record: 15-0; Last result: def. Brentwood, 56-33. Tennessee Division I Class 6A state champions.
5. Trinity (Louisville, Ky.)
Record: 8-0; Last result: def. Dixie Heights, 56-0.
6. Dutch Fork (Irmo, S.C.)
Record: 10-0; Result: def. T.L. Hanna, 28-6. South Carolina Class AAAAA state champions.
7. Brother Martin (New Orleans)
Record: 8-0; Last result: def. Jesuit, 36-34.
8. Hoover (Ala.)
Record: 11-2; Last result: Season over.
9. Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.)
Record: 9-1; Last result: def. North Cobb, 21-13.
10. Lee County (Leesburg, Ga.)
Record: 9-1; Last result: def. Brunswick, 48-21.
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MIDWEST
(Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
1. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)
Record: 14-0; Last result: Season over; Indiana Class 6A state champions.
2. Cathedral (Indianapolis)
Record: 13-1; Last result: Season over; Indiana Class 5A state champions.
3. St. Xavier (Cincinnati)
Record: 10-2; Last result: Season over; Ohio Division I state champions.
4. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio)
Record: 10-0; Last result: Season over; Ohio Division II state champions.
5. Belleville (Mich.)
Record: 9-0; Last result: Idle.
6. Lakeville South (Minn.)
Record: 8-0; Last result: Season over.
7. Muskego (Wisc.)
Record: 9-0; Last result: Season over.
8. Raymore-Peculiar (Mo.)
Record: 12-2; Last result: Season over; Missouri Class 6 state champions.
9. Ankeny (Iowa)
Record: 12-1; Last result: Season over; Iowa Class 4A state champions.
10. Pickerington Central (Pickerington, Ohio)
Record: 11-1; Last result: Season over; Ohio Division I state runner-up.
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EAST
(Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont)
1. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia)
Record: 6-0; Last result: Season over; Pennsylvania Class 6A state champions.
2. Pine-Richland (Gibsonia, Pa.)
Record: 11-0; Last result: Season over; Pennsylvania Class 5A state champions.
3. Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)
Record: 5-1; Last result: Season over.
4. Delbarton (Morristown, N.J.)
Record: 6-0; Last result: Season over; COVID-related cancelation.
5. Central Catholic (Pittsburgh)
Record: 6-3; Last result: Season over; COVID-related cancelation.
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PLAINS
(Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota)
1. Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.)
Record: 9-0; Last result: def. Valor Christian, 21-0; Colorado Class 5A state champions.
2. Bixby (Okla.)
Record: 11-0; Last result: def. Choctaw, 17-14; Oklahoma Class 6A-II state champions.
3. Jenks (Okla.)
Record: 12-1; Last result: def. Edmond Santa Fe, 41-14; Oklahoma Class 6A-I state champions.
4. Loveland (Colo.)
Record: 9-0; Last result: def. Palmer Ridge, 42-6; Colorado Class 4A state champions.
5. Omaha Westside (Neb.)
Record: 12-0; Last result: Season over; Nebraska Class A state champions.
6. Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
Record: 7-1; Last result: lost to Cherry Creek, 21-0.
7. Owasso (Okla.)
Record: 12-1; Last result: lost to Jenks, 39-15; season over.
8. Mill Valley (Shawnee, Kan.)
Record: 9-2; Last result: Season over; Kansas 5A state champions.
9. Winner (S.D.)
Record: 11-0; Last result: Season over; South Dakota Class 11B state champions.
10. Dakota Ridge (Littleton, Colo.)
Record: 7-1; Last result: Season over.
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WEST
(Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming)
1. Chandler (Ariz.)
Record: 9-0; Last result: def. Liberty, 35-34.
2. Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)
Record: 14-0; Last result: Season over; Utah Class 6A state champions.
4. Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.)
Record: 8-1; Last result: def. Salpointe Catholic, 58-14.
4. Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Record: 5-2; Last result: Season over; COVID-forced forfeit in playoffs.
5. Lone Peak (Highland, Utah)
Record: 11-1; Last result: Season over; Utah Class 6A state runner-up.
States not playing fall football: California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C.