The National Prep Football Poll is compiled by high school sports journalist Jamie DeMoney with input from sportswriters, experts, and coaches. The national Top 25 and regional Top 10's follow with won-loss-tie records through October 8:

Northeast Region
1. Jersey City, N.J., St. Peter's (4-0-0) (1)
2. Harrisburg, Pa. (6-0-0) (3)
3. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco Prep (4-0-0) (2)
4. Upper St. Clair, Pa. (6-0-0) (5)
5. Pittsburgh, Pa., Woodland Hills (5-1-0) (6)
6. Allentown, Pa., Parkland (6-0-0) --
7. Philadelphia, Pa., St. Joseph's Prep (4-2-0) (7)
8. Phillipsburg, N.J. (5-0-0) (8)
9. Syracuse, N.Y., Christian Brothers (6-0-0) (9)
10. Brookhaven, N.Y., Bellport (4-0-0) (10)

East Coast Region
1. Charlotte, N.C., Independence (7-0-0) (1)
2. Duncan, S.C., Byrnes (7-0-0) (2)
3. Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha (6-0-0) (3)
4. Woodbridge, Va., Hylton (4-0-0) (4)
5. Gaffney, S.C. (7-0-0) (5)
6. Summerville, S.C. (7-0-0) (6)
7. Greenville, N.C., Rose (7-0-0) (7)
8. Chesapeake, Va., Oscar Smith (4-0-0) (8)
9. Olney, Md., Good Counsel (6-0-0) (9)
10. Chantilly, Va., Westfield (5-0-0) (10)

Southeast Region
1. Lakeland, Fla. (7-0-0) (1)
2. River Ridge, La., John Curtis (5-0-0) (2)
3. Batesville, Miss., South Panola (7-0-0) (3)
4. Miami, Fla., Northwestern (6-0-0) (4)
5. Hoover, Ala. (5-1-0) (5)
6. Hollywood, Fla., Chaminade-Madonna (5-1-0) (6)
7. Maryville, Tenn. (8-0-0) (7)
8. Warner Robins, Ga., Northside (6-0-0) (8)
9. West Monroe, La. (6-0-0) (10)
10. Bastrop, La. (6-0-0) --

Midwest Region
1. Indianapolis, Ind., Warren Central (8-0-0) (1)
2. Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Xavier (6-1-0) (2)
3. Chicago, Ill., Mount Carmel (7-0-0) (4)
4. Lakewood, Ohio, St. Edward (6-1-0) (3)
5. Cincinnati, Ohio, Colerain (7-0-0) (6)
6. Frankfort, Ill., Lincoln-Way East (7-0-0) (5)
7. Wheaton, Ill., Wheaton-Warrenville South (7-0-0) (8)
8. Canton, Ohio, McKinley (7-0-0) (9)
9. Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Brother Rice (7-0-0) (7)
10. Orchard Lake, Mich., St. Mary's (6-1-0) (10)

Midlands Region
1. Eden Prairie, Minn. (6-0-0) (1)
2. Castle Rock, Colo., Douglas County (6-0-0) (2)
3. Denver, Colo., Mullen (6-0-0) (3)
4. Blue Springs, Mo., South (6-0-0) (5)
5. Columbia, Mo., Rock Bridge (6-0-0) (6)
6. St. Paul, Minn., Cretin-Derham Hall (6-0-0) (4)
7. Lincoln, Neb., Southwest (7-0-0) (7)
8. South Jordan, Utah, Bingham (8-0-0) (8)
9. Stilwell, Kan., Blue Valley (6-0-0) (9)
10. Bettendorf, Iowa (6-0-0) (10)

Southwest Region
1. Southlake, Texas, Carroll (5-0-0) (2)
2. Lufkin, Texas (5-0-0) (1)
3. Houston, Texas, North Shore (5-0-0) (3)
4. Chandler, Ariz., Hamilton (5-1-0) (5)
5. Spring Branch, Texas, Smithson Valley (6-0-0) (6)
6. Katy, Texas (5-0-0) (7)
7. Cedar Hill, Texas (5-0-0) (8)
8. Tulsa, Okla., Washington (6-0-0) --
9. Fayetteville, Ark. (6-0-0) (9)
10. Las Vegas, Nev., Cimarron-Memorial (7-0-0) (10)

West Coast Region
1. Westlake Village, Calif., Oaks Christian (5-0-0) (1)
2. Concord, Calif., De La Salle (5-0-0) (2)
3. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei (5-0-0) (3)
4. Sacramento, Calif., Grant (6-0-0) (6)
5. Portland, Ore., Jesuit (5-0-0) (5)
6. Sherman Oaks, Calif., Notre Dame (5-0-0) (4)
7. Bellevue, Wash. (6-0-0) (8)
8. Ventura, Calif., St. Bonaventure (4-1-0) (9)
9. Burien, Wash., Kennedy (6-0-0) (10)
10. Mission Viejo, Calif. (3-2-0) (7)

Dropped out: Northeast: No. 4 Liberty (Bethlehem, Pa.); Southeast: No. 9 St. Augustine (Fla.); Southwest: No. 4 Muskogee (Okla.).

FEATS OF THE WEEK: Senior running backs Tim Maupin and Tillman Pugh (uncommitted) combined for 334 rushing yards and scored all five touchdowns in No. 5 Concord, Calif., De La Salle's 35-28 ESPNU-televised win over regionally ranked Mission Viejo. The Spartans committed four turnovers but were still able to build a 35-14 lead early into the fourth quarter. Mission Viejo was seeking to be the first team to defeat De La Salle three consecutive times in the 28 seasons with Bob Ladouceur as the Spartans' coach . . . Junior running back Devin Thomas ran 28 times for a city-record 487 yards and six touchdowns to lead San Antonio, Madison past San Antonio Reagan, 48-43. It was the seventh-best single-game rushing total in Texas history, according to the San Antonio Express-News . . . Tyson Butler (uncommitted), a senior running back from Fort Myers, Fla., Cypress Lake, ran 30 times for 430 yards and six touchdowns in a 56-13 rout of Cape Coral, Baker . . . In one of the season's most thrilling contests, Alexandria, Va., West Potomac defeated West Springfield, 81-74, in four overtimes. The teams, which finished regulation tied 53-53, combined for 1,356 yards of offense and each squad averaged almost exactly 8 yards per play.

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About the National Prep Poll: 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 and Web sites around the United States by the Associated Press national wire service. The National Prep Poll is the first of the three major high school football and boys basketball polls to released each week during the season.

Note: Jamie DeMoney also compiled the preseason Power 50 national and regional rankings (the very FIRST rankings to be released this season) for the School Sports/Sporting News 2006 High School Football Preview Magazine. The publication (available in bookstores and on newsstands NOW) includes an in-depth breakdown on all 50 nationally ranked and 100 regionally ranked teams, including key players, strengths, weaknesses and overall outlook.

Attention media, coaches and fans: We want your nominations for the PrepNation Regional Players and National Coach of the Week. Each Wednesday during the season, the online home of the National Prep Poll will honor the on-field achievements of one high school football player from each of the seven regions of the country, and one coach from across the nation. If you would like to nominate an individual for the weekly honor, please email the pertinent information on the player or coach and his accomplishments for that week to prepnation@aol.com (please include a player/coach photo when possible). Note: Only nominations received BEFORE 9 PM Central on Tuesday can be considered.