Tuesday, September 09, 2008

USA Today's New Super 25 High School Football Rankings

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle


If you've been following The Huddle during the last three weeks, you've been reading stories how Colerain (Cincinnati, OH) has gotten off to a great start.

Well, the Cardinals have been rewarded for its wins over two teams (St. Xavier, OH & Highlands, KY) that were ranked in the USA Today Super 25 pre-season poll. Colerain, which had to replace 18 starters from last year's team, enters the first regular season poll of the season at #10.

Otherwise, things were fairly settled in the newest poll, with the top nine holding steady. Aside from Colerain, there are three other new faces in the poll...Lakeland (FL) at #14, Hamilton at #22 and Plano at #24. Pre-season Super 25's on the the outside looking in right now are #10 Brentwood Academy (TN), #16 St. Ignatius (OH) and #25 Parkland (PA).

Pre-season #18 St. Xavier (OH), which lost its season opener to Colerain, falls to #25 after rebounding from that loss by beating two-time Alabama champ Prattville. The Bombers have a big test this weekend when it plays #4 Don Bosco Prep.

Here's the entire Super 25...

1. Byrnes (Duncan, SC) 2-0, LW: #1
2. Trinity (Euless TX) 1-0, LW: #2
3. Gateway (Monroeville, PA) 2-0, LW: #3
4. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ) 0-0, LW: #4
5. Long Beach Poly (CA) 1-0, LW: #5
6. St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 2-0, LW: #6
7. De La Salle (Concord, CA) 0-0, LW:#7
8. Armwood (Seffner, FL) 2-0, LW: #8
9. Carmel (IN) 3-0, LW: #9
10. Colerain (Cincinnati, OH) 3-0, LW: NR
11. Rockhurst (Kansas City, MO) 2-0, LW: #11
12. River Hill (Clarksville, MD) 1-0, LW: #12
13. Lowndes (Valdosta, GA) 2-0, LW: #13
14. Lakeland (FL) 1-0, LW: NR
15. Madison County (Madison, FL) 0-0, LW: #14
16. Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, VA) 2-0, LW: #15
17. Skyline (Issaquah, WA) 1-0, LW: #17
18. Centennial (Corona, CA) 0-0, LW: #19
19. Stone Bridge (Ashburn, VA) 2-0, LW: #20
20. Northside (Warner Robins, GA) 2-0, LW: #22
21. South Panola (Batesville, MS) 2-0, LW: #21
22. Hamilton (Chandler, AZ) 2-0, LW: NR
23. Lake Travis (Austin, TX) 2-0, LW: #24
24. Plano (TX) 2-0, LW: NR
25. St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH) 2-1, LW: #18

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