The New National Polls

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Very rarely does a high school football team begin the year at the top of the plethora of national polls in America and end-up in the same spot at the end of the season.

The road to the "mythical" national championship usually has plenty of twists-and-turns in it.

After a couple of weeks of action, we already have a new #1 in one poll changes in the others.

We at High School Football America have decided that our first poll on September 17th, thus making sure that we sort of have a handle on how teams are looking on the field, rather than on paper.  However, with that being said, I applaud our media colleagues that climb-out on that branch before the games.

The biggest change this week is at the top of the USA Today Super 25 where Miami Central falls from #1 after its 35-3 loss to defending Georgia AAAAA champ Grayson over the weekend.

Here's a look at the USA Today Super 25, followed by MaxPreps' Xcellent 25:

USA Today Super 25

1. Manatee (FL) 1-0
2. De La Salle (CA) 1-0
3. Grayson (GA) 2-0
4. Byrnes (SC) 2-0
5. Santa Margarita (CA) 2-0
6. John Curtis (LA) 1-0
7. Plant (FL) 1-0
8. Booker T. Washington (FL) 1-0
9. Bellevue (WA) 1-0
10. Cass Tech (MI) 2-0
11. Bishop Gorman (NV) 2-0
12. Archbishop Moeller (OH) 2-0
13. Trinity (KY) 2-0
14. Union (OK) 1-0
15. Katy (TX) 1-0
16. Eden Prairie (MN) 1-0
17. Lake Travis (TX) 1-0
18. Camden County (GA) 2-0
19. Good Counsel (MD) 1-1
20. Vista Murrieta (CA) 1-0
21. Central Dauphin (PA) 1-0
22. Butler (NC) 2-0
23. Goose Creek (SC) 2-0
24. Allen (TX) 1-0
25. Miami Central (FL) 0-1

MaxPreps Xcellent 25

1. Manatee (FL) 1-0, LW: #1
2. Grayson (GA) 2-0, LW: #2
3. Skyline (TX) 1-0, LW: #3
4. Santa Margarita (CA) 2-0, LW: #4
5. Bellevue (WA) 1-0, LW: #5
6. Byrnes (SC) 2-0, LW: #7
7. De La Salle (CA) 1-0, LW: #9
8. John Curtis (LA) 1-0, LW: #6
9. Booker T. Washington (FL) 1-0, LW: #11
10. Plant (FL) 1-0, LW: #12
11. Lake Travis (TX) 1-0, LW: #14
12. Bishop Gorman (NV) 2-0, LW: #10
13. Vista Murrieta (CA) 1-0, LW: #13
14. Bergen Catholic (NJ) 0-0, LW: #15
15. Trinity (KY) 2-0, LW: #16
16. St. Ignatius (OH) 2-0, LW: #20
17. Archbishop Moeller (OH) 2-0, LW: #17
18. Don Bosco Prep (NJ) 0-0, LW: #18
19. Butler (NC) 2-0, LW: #19
20. Ensworth (TN) 3-0, LW: #21
21. Hoover (AL) 1-0, LW: #22
22. Camden County (GA) 2-0, LW: #23
23. Oaks Christian (CA) 2-0, LW: #24
24. St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 1-0, LW: NR
25. Northwestern (SC) 3-0, LW: NR