The National Prep Football Poll is compiled by high school sports experts Jamie DeMoney and Jeremy Plowman and a panel of sportswriters. The national Top 25 and regional Top 10's follow with 2003 won-loss-tie records.

Northeast Region
1. Pittsburgh, Pa., Central Catholic (13-2-0)  
2. Oradell, N.J., Bergen Catholic (10-2-0)  
3. Philadelphia, Pa., St. Joseph's Prep (12-0-0)  
4. Lansdale, Pa., North Penn (15-0-0)  
5. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco Prep (11-0-0)  
6. Everett, Mass. (11-0-0)  
7. Montvale, N.J., St. Joseph Regional (10-2-0)  
8. Harrisburg, Pa. (8-2-0)  
9. New Rochelle, N.Y. (12-1-0)  
10. New Britain, Conn. (13-0-0)  

East Coast Region
1. Charlotte, N.C., Independence (16-0-0)  
2. Duncan, S.C., Byrnes (15-0-0)  
3. Hampton, Va., Phoebus (10-2-0)  
4. Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha (12-0-0)  
5. Shelby, N.C., Crest (12-3-0)  
6. Gaffney, S.C. (14-1-0)  
7. Summerville, S.C. (13-1-0)  
8. Frederick, Md., Linganore (13-1-0)  
9. Richmond, Va., Varina (10-2-0)  
10. Durham, N.C., Southern (13-2-0)  

Southeast Region
1. Orlando, Fla., Edgewater (11-4-0)  
2. Daytona Beach, Fla., Mainland (13-1-0)  
3. Shreveport, La., Evangel Christian (10-4-0)  
4. Newnan, Ga. (12-2-0)  
5. Hoover, Ala. (14-1-0)  
6. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Riverdale (12-3-0)  
7. Naples, Fla. (13-2-0)  
8. Kingsland, Ga., Camden County (15-0-0)  
9. Miami, Fla., Northwestern (12-1-0)  
10. Lafayette, La., Carencro (12-2-0)  

Midwest Region
1. Cincinnati, Ohio, Colerain (12-1-0)  
2. Lockport, Ill. (12-2-0)  
3. Joliet, Ill., Joliet Catholic (13-1-0)  
4. Lakewood, Ohio, St. Edward (11-4-0)  
5. Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Xavier (6-3-0)  
6. Park Ridge, Ill., Maine South (13-1-0)  
7. Cleveland, Ohio, St. Ignatius (9-4-0)  
8. Indianapolis, Ind., Bishop Chatard (14-1-0)  
9. Hartland, Wis., Arrowhead (11-3-0)  
10. Grandville, Mich. (9-4-0)  

Midlands Region
1. Blue Springs, Mo. (13-0-0)  
2. Denver, Colo., Mullen (12-1-0)  
3. St. Paul, Minn., Cretin-Derham Hall (10-2-0)  
4. Kansas City, Mo., Rockhurst (8-3-0)  
5. Omaha, Neb., Creighton Prep (12-1-0)  
6. Bettendorf, Iowa (9-2-0)  
7. Olathe, Kan., North (10-3-0)  
8. Eden Prairie, Minn. (10-2-0)  
9. Columbia, Mo., Hickman (8-4-0)  
10. West Valley, Utah, Hunter (14-0-0)  

Southwest Region
1. Jenks, Okla. (12-2-0)  
2. Southlake, Texas, Carroll (15-1-0)  
3. Katy, Texas (15-1-0)  
4. Longview, Texas (7-4-0)  
5. Denton, Texas, Ryan (14-2-0)  
6. Lufkin, Texas (9-2-0)  
7. Tulsa, Okla., Union (12-1-0)  
8. Humble, Texas (7-5-0)  
9. Chandler, Ariz., Hamilton (13-1-0)  
10. Little Rock, Ark., Central (14-0-0)  

West Coast Region
1. Concord, Calif., De La Salle (13-0-0)  
2. Mission Viejo, Calif. (13-1-0)  
3. Los Angeles, Calif., Loyola (11-3-0)  
4. Bellevue, Wash. (13-1-0)  
5. Long Beach, Calif., Poly (11-3-0)  
6. Pasco, Wash. (13-1-0)  
7. Los Alamitos, Calif. (11-2-0)  
8. Sherman Oaks, Calif., Notre Dame (12-2-0)  
9. Oceanside, Calif. (9-3-0)  
10. Fresno, Calif., Clovis West (11-1-0)  

FEATS OF THE WEEK: Four-time defending National Prep Poll champion Concord, Calif., De La Salle puts its national-record 151-game winning streak on the line with a 2004 schedule that includes a trip to Seattle to face No. 17 Bellevue, Wash., at Seahawks Stadium, and home matchups with No. 6 Mission Viejo and regionally ranked Clovis West. The top-ranked Spartans are the only team to win four consecutive Prep Poll titles and are shooting for their seventh national crown overall. Coach Bob Ladouceur takes a 287-14-1 career record into a season in which De La Salle will also be heavily favored to capture an unprecedented 13th straight CIF-NCS Class 4A championship. The top returning players include QB Kevin Lopina (an Oregon State recruit), WR/S Anthony Gutierrez, G/LB Zac McNally and WR/S Danny Ladouceur . . . Past National Prep Poll champs, with record and coach: 1987--Fontana, Calif. (14-0-0), Dick Bruich; 1988--Prichard, Ala., Vigor (13-0-0), Harold Clark; 1989--Odessa, Texas, Permian (16-0-0), Gary Gaines; 1990--Aldine, Texas (15-0-0), Bill Smith; 1991--Indianapolis, Ben Davis (14-0-0), Dick Dullaghan; 1992--Valdosta, Ga. (14-0-0), Nick Hyder; 1993--Cleveland, St. Ignatius (14-0-0), Chuck Kyle; 1994--Concord, Calif., De La Salle (13-0-0), Bob Ladouceur; 1995--Cleveland, St. Ignatius (14-0-0), Chuck Kyle; 1996--Hampton, Va. (14-0-0), Mike Smith; 1997--Hampton, Va. (13-0-0), Mike Smith; 1998--Concord, Calif., De La Salle (12-0-0), Bob Ladouceur; 1999--Shreveport, La., Evangel (15-0-0), Dennis Dunn; 2000--Concord, Calif., De La Salle (13-0-0), Bob Ladouceur, 2001--Concord, Calif., De La Salle (12-0-0), Bob Ladouceur; 2002--Concord, Calif., De La Salle (13-0-0), Bob Ladouceur, and 2003--Concord, Calif., De La Salle (13-0-0), Bob Ladouceur.

Copyright 2004 World Features Syndicate, Inc.

Compiled weekly since 1987 and a property of World Features Syndicate, the National Prep Poll is the nation's second oldest weekly high school sports rankings and are the only high school rankings distributed to newspapers around the United States by the Associated Press national wire service.

The National Prep Poll is the first poll released every preseason and the first poll released each and every week throughout the regular season.

Final determinations of rankings and team selection is formulated by DeMoney, Plowman and the pollsters viewing all ranked teams either in person or on tape before and during the season. DeMoney accumulates a library of more than 750 game tapes (provided by the high school coaches) throughout the course of the season. Questions and comments regarding the National Prep Poll should be directed to PrepPoll@aol.com.

The National Prep Poll is the first of the three major high school football/boys basketball polls to released each week during the season, and can be read in many of the nation's top newspapers, including: The Dallas Morning News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, San Antonio Express-News, Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger, Cincinnati Enquirer, Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Naples (Fla.) News and Olympia (Wash.) Olympian.

DeMoney, 32, is a 1994 graduate of the University of Iowa School of Journalism, a member of the Football Writers Association of America, and has been involved with prep recruiting and evaluation for nearly a decade.

In addition to producing the National Prep Poll rankings for World Features Syndicate and the Associated Press since 1999, DeMoney is former managing editor of American Football Monthly. Jamie still contributes high school content and rankings to AFM as well as American Basketball Quarterly. Prior to that, DeMoney worked with USA Today Super 25 rankings originator Dave Krider as Assistant National Editor for All-Stater Sports magazine and HighWired Sports.

In August of 2003, DeMoney produced the nation's first-ever seperate preseason Public and Private Top 25 High School Football Rankings for American Football Monthly.

DeMoney is also a full-time staff member of Forbes Recruit Evaluation. Each football season, DeMoney evaluates thousands of high school football players and teams in person and on tape while helping produce The Forbes Report, a football recruiting report to which more than 100 Division I-A schools subscribe.

DeMoney has offered his views and insight on high school sports and recruiting to a variety of media outlets over the years.

DeMoney's other credits include serving as editor of Gridiron Greats recruiting yearbook (1995-99), Associate Editor of Hawkeye Nation magazine (2003-current), contributor to NFLHS.com and doing play-by-play high school sports for KCJJ-AM in Iowa City, Iowa, during the mid-90s.

Plowman, 35, is one of the nation's most knowledgeable evaluators of high school basketball teams and individual talent.

Plowman holds a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Iowa, and is currently a professional educator and high school basketball coach in the Kansas City metro area. His experience includes running high school basketball exposure camps (Midwest Basketball Showcase and High 5), working for a college recruiting company, and freelancing for HighWired Sports/All-Stater Sports.

DeMoney and Plowman have been co-producing the National Prep Poll for World Features Syndicate and the Associated Press since 1999, the second-longest stint of anyone currently compiling national football and boys basketball rankings other than Doug Huff and Mark Tennis of Student Sports, Inc.

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