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2026 Week 5 Top 100

Season 2026 / Released September 21, 2026

The top five remain in place, while Week 5 results reshaped the next tier. Massillon Washington climbs 11 spots to #14 after beating St. Edward 23-21, and Edna Karr reaches #25 after beating Ruston 21-14. West Boca Raton falls nine spots after a 15-14 loss to St. John’s; Liberty falls to #40 after losing to Basha, which enters at #59 with its 40-7 loss to Pinnacle still weighing on the full résumé. Mililani, Warren Central and Prattville climb after significant wins. This is the T25PS national public-school Top 100 through games completed September 20.

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T25PS Week 5 National Public Schools Top 100 graphic with the unchanged top five: Thompson, Thomas County Central, Carrollton, Allen and North Crowley. — T25PS Graphic

Methodology Notes

Results through September 20, 2026. The order weighs the full season: quality wins, losses in context, head-to-head games, schedule strength and how teams performed. A single result matters, but it does not erase the rest of a team’s record.

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1

Thompson

5-0 • 6A • AL

Beat Clay-Chalkville and Central-Phenix City and routed Tuscaloosa County.

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2

Thomas County Central

4-0 • AAAAAA • GA

Beat Colquitt County 57-21 and Brooks County 69-0.

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3

Carrollton

5-0 • AAAAAAA • GA

Five wins by at least 28 points including a road win at Catholic-Baton Rouge.

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4

Allen

4-0 • 6A • TX

Beat Duncanville and DeSoto and Southlake Carroll and Prosper.

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5

North Crowley

4-0 • 6A • TX

Beat Duncanville 47-30 after wins over Aledo and Southlake Carroll and Summer Creek.

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6

Buford

4-0 • AAAAAAA • GA

Beat Miami Central and Gainesville and Grayson.

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7

Brownsburg

5-0 • 6A • IN

Beat Avon 49-7 and remains unbeaten.

+1

8

Hough

5-0 • 8A • NC

The road win at Northwestern leads a 5-0 start.

+2

9

Centennial (Corona)

2-2 • CA

Beat Servite on the road and lost to Mater Dei by one.

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10

North Shore

4-0 • 6A • TX

Won at John Curtis Christian and shut out Crosby 58-0.

+1

11

Venice

5-0 • 6A • FL

Won at Lakeland and Rabun Gap.

+1

12

Folsom

4-0 • CA

Beat Mission Viejo 35-21 and shut out Inderkum 56-0.

+1

13

Waxahachie

4-0 • 6A • TX

Won at Denton Guyer 44-30 and beat Lake Ridge 63-27.

+2

14

Massillon Washington

5-0 • Division II • OH

Beat St. Edward 23-21 after wins over Glenville and NFL Academy.

+11

15

Clay-Chalkville

4-1 • 5A • AL

Won at Creekside and lost only to Thompson.

+1

16

West Boca Raton

3-1 • 5A • FL

Beat American Heritage and Cardinal Newman before a 15-14 loss to St. Johns.

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17

Creekside

3-1 • 6A • GA

Won at St. Joseph Regional and lost to Clay-Chalkville.

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18

Miami Central

3-1 • 3A • FL

Won at Orange Lutheran and lost only to Buford.

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19

Cherry Creek

4-0 • 5A • CO

Beat Valor Christian 16-15 to stay unbeaten.

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20

Lee County

4-0 • AAAAAA • GA

Beat Colquitt County and Miami Carol City.

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21

Grimsley

4-0 • 7A • NC

Won at East Forsyth and remains unbeaten.

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22

East St. Louis

4-1 • 7A • IL

Beat Chicago Mt. Carmel and Gainesville.

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23

North Gwinnett

5-0 • 7A • GA

Beat Grayson and Walton and Mill Creek.

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24

Northwestern

3-1 • 5A • SC

Lost by five to Hough and won three other games decisively.

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25

Edna Karr

3-0 • 5A • LA

Beat Ruston 21-14 to reach the top 25.

+5

26

Bixby

3-0 • 6A Division I • OK

Beat Jenks and Owasso and Stillwater.

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27

Milton

3-1 • AAAAAA • GA

Won at Battle Ground Academy 42-21.

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28

Dutch Fork

4-0 • 5A • SC

Shut out Sumter 13-0 after winning at Spartanburg.

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29

Alexandria

3-0 • 5A • LA

Beat Bryant 44-20 and Lafayette Christian Academy 45-0.

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30

Mission Viejo

4-1 • CA

Beat Pittsburg 42-35 after a loss at Folsom.

+2

31

Corner Canyon

5-1 • 6A • UT

Beat Timpview 40-7 and Lone Peak 37-14 after the road loss at Liberty.

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32

Lakeland

3-1 • 5A • FL

Beat American Heritage 21-16 after a close loss to Venice.

+1

33

Raines

5-0 • 3A • FL

Beat Mandarin 31-13 to reach 5-0.

+4

34

Central-Phenix City

4-1 • 6A • AL

Beat Auburn 42-10 and Opelika with the only loss to Thompson.

+1

35

Oakland

4-1 • 6A • TN

Routed Siegel 55-6 but has a one-point Smyrna loss and one-point Pearl-Cohn win.

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36

Gainesville

2-2 • AAAAAA • GA

Won at Oceanside Collegiate after losses to Buford and East St. Louis.

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37

Cass Tech

4-0 • Division 1 • MI

Shut out Mumford 52-0 and won at Grandville 48-21.

+1

38

Hamilton

4-0 • 6A • AZ

Beat Casteel 44-25 and remains unbeaten.

+1

39

Valdosta

4-0 • AAAAAAA • GA

Won four games by at least 38 points including 52-14 at Jones County.

+1

40

Liberty

3-1 • 6A • AZ

Beat Corner Canyon 38-24 before a loss at Basha.

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41

Richmond Randle

3-0 • 5A Division I • TX

The South Oak Cliff win leads an unbeaten start.

+1

42

Smithson Valley

3-0 • 5A Division I • TX

The Rangers scored 79 against Manor and have 189 points in three games.

+1

43

Armwood

4-1 • 5A • FL

Beat Sumner 43-6 after a competitive loss to Don Bosco Prep.

+1

44

Martinsburg

3-0 • 4A • WV

Won at Bridgeport and Canisius in a tested unbeaten start.

+1

45

Quince Orchard

3-0 • 4A • MD

Beat Stone Bridge 20-6 after opening with two shutouts.

+1

46

Brookwood

5-0 • AAAAAAA • GA

Beat Mill Creek and Marist and Duluth.

+2

47

Newton

5-0 • AAAAAAA • GA

Beat Roswell 42-15 and shut out Thomson 49-0.

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48

Lowndes

5-0 • AAAAAAA • GA

Beat Long County 53-0 and has allowed only 14 points through five games.

+1

49

Weddington

5-0 • 7A • NC

Beat Charlotte Catholic 37-7 to reach 5-0.

+1

50

DeSoto

2-2 • 5A Division I • TX

Beat Duncanville head-to-head and held Centennial to three points.

+2

51

Ruston

2-1 • 5A • LA

Beat Longview 36-22 and lost 21-14 at Edna Karr.

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52

Prosper

3-1 • 6A • TX

Beat Austin Westlake 49-40 before a 51-21 loss to Allen.

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53

Rock Hill

4-0 • 5A • SC

The South Pointe win leads a 4-0 start after an idle week.

+1

54

Millard South

4-0 • A • NE

Won at Elkhorn South and scored 55 at Cardinal Ritter.

+1

55

Imhotep Charter

3-1 • 5A • PA

Beat Camden and Malvern Prep and lost to DeMatha by one.

+1

56

West Linn

3-0 • OR

Beat Central Catholic 45-20 and Wilsonville 49-20.

+1

57

Carthage

3-0 • 4A Division II • TX

Scored 157 points in three wins.

+1

58

Cypress Ranch

3-0 • 6A • TX

Beat C.E. King head-to-head to lead this Texas group.

+1

59

Basha

2-2 • 6A • AZ

Beat Liberty and Chandler but lost 40-7 at Pinnacle.

60

Sandy Creek

5-0 • AAAA • GA

Beat Grayson and shut out Riverdale 42-0.

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61

Westfield

5-0 • 6A • IN

Beat Hamilton Southeastern 36-7 ahead of the Brownsburg test.

+2

62

Chandler

3-1 • 6A • AZ

The Basha loss is the lone defeat after a road win at Salpointe Catholic.

-1

63

Lake Oswego

4-0 • 6A • OR

Beat Central Catholic 42-6 and Sherwood 51-16 with a win over Casteel between them.

+1

64

Mililani

6-0 • Open Division • HI

Beat Kahuku 28-6 and won at Foothill 34-3.

+9

65

Buchholz

5-0 • 5A • FL

Won at Jesuit 20-17 after an earlier win at Vanguard.

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66

Alcoa

5-0 • 4A • TN

The road win at Maryville anchors a 5-0 start.

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67

Mountain Ridge

6-0 • 6A • UT

Beat Lehi 42-0 and Chaparral 54-41 to remain unbeaten.

+1

68

Gulf Shores

5-0 • 5A • AL

Beat Saraland and shut out Murphy after a close overtime win over Blount.

+3

69

C.E. King

3-1 • 6A • TX

Scored 63 against Kingwood after a three-point loss to Cypress Ranch.

+3

70

Southlake Carroll

2-2 • 6A • TX

Beat Jenks and lost only to Allen and North Crowley before a 35-17 win.

+4

71

Jenks

1-2 • 6A Division I • OK

Lost by one at Southlake Carroll and seven at Bixby and was idle this week.

+4

72

Miami Carol City

2-2 • 2A • FL

Shut out Norland 43-0 and lost by three to Lee County.

+4

73

Warren Central

5-0 • 6A • IN

Won at Center Grove and beat Ben Davis to reach 5-0.

+9

74

Longview

3-1 • 6A • TX

Beat North Forney 49-13 and lost only at Ruston.

+3

75

DeLand

3-1 • 6A • FL

Shut out Lake Mary and Deltona; the lone loss came against St. Frances Academy.

+3

76

Denton Guyer

2-1 • TX

Beat Melissa and Rockwall-Heath before the loss to Waxahachie.

+4

77

Puyallup

3-0 • 4A • WA

Won 43-42 in overtime at Lake Stevens after decisive wins over Bellevue and Rocky Mountain.

+4

78

Lake Stevens

2-1 • 4A • WA

Beat Graham-Kapowsin before a one-point overtime loss to Puyallup.

+1

79

Grayson

2-3 • GA

Beat Langston Hughes and Brunswick and stayed within 10 of Buford.

-10

80

Mandarin

3-1 • 5A • FL

Started 3-0 before a 31-13 loss to Raines.

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81

Langston Hughes

3-1 • GA

Shut out Northside 53-0 with the only loss to Grayson.

+2

82

Prattville

5-0 • 6A • AL

Beat Hewitt-Trussville 63-30 after wins at Niceville and Hoover.

+10

83

Centennial (Peoria)

4-0 • 6A • AZ

Won at Servite and beat Mountain View 27-3.

+1

84

Pacifica (Oxnard)

4-0 • CA

Won at Hart and has three other wins by at least 25 points.

+1

85

Central East

4-0 • CA

Won at Oak Ridge and beat Liberty of Bakersfield 54-6.

+1

86

Katy

4-0 • 6A • TX

Beat Atascocita and routed Jordan 56-10.

+1

87

Columbia

5-0 • 4A • FL

Won at Bolles and Trinity Christian Academy and beat Lakewood.

88

West Orange

5-0 • FL

Beat Lake Mary 36-13 and won at Archbishop Hoban.

89

Saraland

3-1 • 5A • AL

Shut out Baldwin County 28-0 with the only loss to Gulf Shores.

-1

90

Ridge Point

4-0 • 6A • TX

Beat Shadow Creek and Bridgeland and Strake Jesuit.

-1

91

South Oak Cliff

1-2 • 5A Division II • TX

Lost close games to North Shore and Richmond Randle before a 55-0 win.

-1

92

Austin Westlake

2-1 • 6A • TX

Was idle after two wins and a nine-point loss at Prosper.

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93

Pittsburg

2-2 • CA

Lost by seven to Mission Viejo after two decisive wins.

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94

Washington Township

4-0 • NJ

Beat Pope John and Millville and Williamstown before a narrow Atlantic City win.

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95

Cleveland

4-0 • 7A • NC

Beat New Bern 50-21 before an idle week.

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96

Big Walnut

5-0 • Division II • OH

Beat Westerville South 45-14 to reach 5-0.

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97

Lincoln-Way East

5-0 • 8A • IL

Beat Brother Rice and Sandburg to stay unbeaten.

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98

Toombs County

4-0 • 3A • GA

Won at Benedictine and beat Beach 76-7.

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99

Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa

5-0 • 5A • AL

Won at Hewitt-Trussville and beat Northridge 43-7.

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100

Princeton

5-0 • Division I • OH

Beat Moeller and Lakota West to reach 5-0.

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