The High School Football Huddle
The top four teams held their ground in the latest National Prep Football Poll released by PrepNation.com, but look for some changes next week as #1 and #2 is heading for a showdown.
Defending national champ St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) has run-the-table so far during the 2009 season, but Friday night the Raiders (3-0) will be tested by Byrnes (Duncan, SC), which was last season's pre-season #1 choice and has a 5-0 record this year...outscoring opponents by over 50-points a game.
As far as this week's poll, Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ) and Lakeland (FL) make strong moves on the heels of very good road wins this past weekend. DBP moves into the Top 5 on the heels of its 35-24 road victory over three-time 6A Alabama champ Prattville on Friday. The Ironmen are now 2-0 with wins (De La Salle & Prattville) over two pre-season nationally-ranked teams.
Lakeland needed overtime to beat De La Salle (Concord, CA), but a win at 1:30 on its Florida clock in California moves the Dreadnaughts from #14 to #9.
Edison (Huntington, CA) beat last week's #6 Servite to move into the poll at #15. Defending Illinois 8A champ Maine South is the other newcomer into this week's rankings.
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 3-0, LW: #1
2. Byrnes (SC) 5-0, LW: #2
3. Northwestern (FL) 3-0, LW: #3
4. Lowndes (GA) 5-0, LW; #4
5. Don Bosco Prep (NJ) 2-0, LW: #7
6. St. Ignatius (OH) 5-0, LW: #5
7. Cedar Hill (TX) 4-0, LW: #8
8. Miami Central (FL) 4-0, LW: #12
9. Lakeland (FL) 3-0, LW: #14
10. St. Bonaventure (CA) 4-0, LW: #10
11. Oaks Christian (CA) 3-0, LW: #11
12. Elder (OH) 5-0, LW: #15
13. Centennial (AZ) 5-0, LW: #16
14. Skyline (TX) 4-0, LW: #18
15. Edison (CA) 4-0, LW: NR
16. Stony Point (TX) 4-0, LW: #21
17. DeMatha (MD) 4-0, LW: #19
18. Grayson (GA) 5-0, LW: #17
19. Oscar Smith (VA) 4-0, LW: #9
20. Jenks (OK) 4-0, LW: #20
21. John Curtis (LA) 3-0, LW: #22
22. Independence (NC) 6-0, LW: #23
23. Phoebus (VA) 4-0, LW: #24
24. Maine South (IL) 5-0, LW: NR
25. Mullen (CO) 4-0, LW: 25
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