National Prep Poll
October 22, 2007
National Prep Football Poll - Week 11
By Jamie DeMoney

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For the fourth consecutive week, zero teams in the National Prep Poll Top 25 lost to an unranked team. In fact, in the Week 11 rankings released Monday morning, the entire Top 25 remained completely unchanged from the prior week.

We are about halfway through the season, so let's take a look at the National Prep Poll's mid-term report card.

Through 10 weeks of the season, only five of the Prep Poll's preseason Top 25 teams have lost to teams that are not currently ranked nationally or regionally.

In the regional rankings, only 31 teams that have been ranked this season have lost to currently unranked teams. With 70 regionally ranked teams through 10 weeks, that is about 500-600 games (not all teams have played 10 games) for the regionally ranked teams. Only 31 losses out of approximately 600 opportunities to lose to an unranked team is a pretty impressive batting average.

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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 expanded regional Top 25's follow with won-loss-tie records:

# School Record Note LW
1. Miami, Fla., Northwestern 7-0-0 winning streak at 22
2. Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Xavier 9-0-0 beat St. Ignatius, 17-14, in 3 OT's
3. Concord, Calif., De La Salle 6-0-0 average win margin is 47-11
4. Katy, Texas 7-0-0 seeks fifth undefeated regular season in 10 years
5. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei 7-0-0 DE Cameron Meredith headed to Nebraska
6. Southlake, Texas, Carroll 6-1-0 only loss to No. 1 Northwestern
7. Batesville, Miss., South Panola 8-0-0 led by Mississippi-bound RB Darius Barksdale
8. Warner Robins, Ga., Northside 8-0-0 erased 14-point deficit to get 23rd straight win
9. Prattville, Ala. 8-0-0 blanked state-ranked Stanhope Elmore, 24-0
10. Cincinnati, Ohio, Colerain 9-0-0 got 57th consecutive league win 10 
11. Youngstown, Ohio, Mooney 9-0-0 LBs Brandon Beachum and Mike Zordich will play at Penn St. 11 
12. Tulsa, Okla., Union 8-0-0 five district wins by an average of 30 points 12 
13. Pahokee, Fla. 6-0-0 game versus John Carroll ppd. to Monday (weather) 13 
14. Chandler, Ariz., Hamilton 8-0-0 seeks fourth state title since school opened in '98 14 
15. Corona, Calif., Centennial 7-1-0 averaging 46 points per contest 15 
16. Miami, Fla., Booker T. Washington 6-0-0 four shutouts last five games 16 
17. Littleton, Colo., Columbine 8-0-0 three straight wins over state-ranked foes 17 
18. Jenks, Okla. 7-1-0 Alonzo Adams 205 receiving yards in 50-0 rout of Tahlequah 18 
19. Maryville, Tenn. 8-0-0 53-game win streak is currently fourth longest in U.S. 19 
20. Chantilly, Va., Westfield 8-0-0 only 43 points allowed this season 20 
21. Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha 7-1-0 six Washington Catholic titles in seven years 21 
22. Wexford, Pa., North Allegheny 8-0-0 no opponent has scored in the 20s this year 22 
23. Louisville, Ky., St. Xavier 8-0-0 DL Matthew Smith committed to Kentucky 23 
24. Lakeland, Fla. 7-0-0 52 consecutive wins tied state record 24 
25. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco Prep 6-0-0 nationally or regionally ranked for 100 straight weeks 25 

Northeast Region
1. Wexford, Pa., North Allegheny (8-0-0) (1)
2. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco Prep (6-0-0) (2)
3. Everett, Mass. (7-0-0) (3)
4. Pittsburgh, Pa., Central Catholic (8-0-0) (4)
5. Warrington, Pa., Central Bucks South (8-0-0) --
6. Jersey City, N.J., St. Peter's (6-0-0) (6)
7. Wayne, N.J., Wayne Hills (7-0-0) (7)
8. Langhorne, Pa., Neshaminy (7-1-0) --
9. Oradell, N.J., Bergen Catholic (6-0-0) (9)
10. Monroeville, Pa., Gateway (7-1-0) (10)

East Coast Region
1. Chantilly, Va., Westfield (8-0-0) (1)
2. Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha (7-1-0) (2)
3. Duncan, S.C., Byrnes (9-0-0) (3)
4. Fort Washington, Md., Friendly (7-0-0) (4)
5. Chesapeake, Va., Oscar Smith (8-0-0) (5)
6. Virginia Beach, Va., Salem (8-0-0) (6)
7. Charlotte, N.C., Independence (8-1-0) (7)
8. Roebuck, S.C., Dorman (8-1-0) (8)
9. Gaithersburg, Md., Quince Orchard (7-0-0) (9)
10. Greenwood, S.C. (8-1-0) (10)

Southeast Region
1. Miami, Fla., Northwestern (7-0-0) (1)
2. Batesville, Miss., South Panola (8-0-0) (2)
3. Warner Robins, Ga., Northside (8-0-0) (3)
4. Prattville, Ala. (8-0-0) (4)
5. Pahokee, Fla. (6-0-0) (5)
6. Miami, Fla., Booker T. Washington (6-0-0) (6)
7. Maryville, Tenn. (8-0-0) (7)
8. Lakeland, Fla. (7-0-0) (8)
9. West Monroe, La. (7-0-0) (10)
10. Hoover, Ala. (6-1-0) (9)

Midwest Region
1. Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Xavier (9-0-0) (1)
2. Cincinnati, Ohio, Colerain (9-0-0) (2)
3. Youngstown, Ohio, Mooney (9-0-0) (3)
4. Louisville, Ky., St. Xavier (8-0-0) (4)
5. Wheaton, Ill., Wheaton-Warrenville South (9-0-0) --
6. Louisville, Ky., Trinity (6-2-0) (7)
7. Chicago, Ill., Mount Carmel (9-0-0) (8)
8. Joliet, Ill., Joliet Catholic (8-1-0) (9)
9. Dublin, Ohio, Coffman (9-0-0) (10)
10. Naperville, Ill., North (8-1-0) (5)

Midlands Region
1. Littleton, Colo., Columbine (8-0-0) (1)
2. Eden Prairie, Minn. (8-0-0) (2)
3. Blue Springs, Mo., South (8-0-0) (3)
4. Denver, Colo., Mullen (8-0-0) (4)
5. St. Paul, Minn., Cretin-Derham Hall (8-0-0) (5)
6. Kansas City, Mo., Rockhurst (8-0-0) (6)
7. Hutchinson, Kan. (8-0-0) (7)
8. Kearney, Neb. (9-0-0) (8)
9. South Jordan, Utah, Bingham (9-1-0) (9)
10. Edina, Minn. (8-0-0) --

Southwest Region
1. Katy, Texas (7-0-0) (1)
2. Southlake, Texas, Carroll (6-1-0) (2)
3. Tulsa, Okla., Union (8-0-0) (3)
4. Chandler, Ariz., Hamilton (8-0-0) (4)
5. Jenks, Okla. (7-1-0) (5)
6. Odessa, Texas, Permian (7-0-0) (6)
7. Allen, Texas (7-0-0) (7)
8. Arlington, Texas, Bowie (7-0-0) (8)
9. Las Vegas, Nev., Bishop Gorman (8-0-0) (9)
10. Stephenville, Texas (7-0-0) (10)

West Coast Region
1. Concord, Calif., De La Salle (6-0-0) (1)
2. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei (7-0-0) (2)
3. Corona, Calif., Centennial (7-1-0) (3)
4. Lake Balboa, Calif., Birmingham (6-1-0) (5)
5. Sherman Oaks, Calif., Notre Dame (6-1-0) (6)
6. Lakewood, Wash., Lakes (8-0-0) (7)
7. Honolulu, Hawaii, St. Louis (8-0-0) (8)
8. Newhall, Calif., Hart (7-0-0) (9)
9. Redlands, Calif., Redlands East Valley (7-0-0) --
10. Lake Oswego, Ore. (8-0-0) (10)

Dropped out: Northeast: No. 5 Lansdale, Pa., North Penn (7-1-0), No. 8 Folsom, Pa., Ridley (8-0-0). Midwest: No. 6 Muskegon, Mich. (8-1-0). Midlands: No. 10 Plymouth, Minn., Wayzata (7-1-1). West Coast: No. 4 Orange, Calif., Lutheran (6-1-0).

FEATS OF THE WEEK: Stephen, Minn., Stephen-Argyle, a 9-man team, won its state-record 61st consecutive game. The Storm, who have the third longest active streak in the nation, blanked Newfolden, Northern Freeze, 48-0. No. 7 Batesville, Miss., South Panola has the longest current winning streak with 68 followed by Shattuck, Okla., an 8-man team, with 63 . . . Kaheen Gist of Canandaigua, N.Y., ran for 449 yards and seven touchdowns on 37 carries in a Section V Class AA 56-39 playoff win over Hilton. The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported the rushing total is a new section record . . . Regionally ranked Long Beach, Calif., Poly throttled Wilson, 45-6, for its 70th consecutive league win. The streak set a new state record, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram . . . Indianapolis, Warren Central topped Lawrence North, 49-28, in the opening round of Indiana's Class 5A state playoffs. It was the state-record 25th consecutive postseason victory for the Warriors, who have won four straight state titles . . . In a battle of regionally ranked conference rivals, Wheaton, Ill., Wheaton-Warrenville South outlasted Naperville, North, 42-41, in triple-overtime. The game, which was played at Red Grange Field in Wheaton, was decided when Wheaton-Warrenville South quarterback Mike Piatkowski scored a two-point conversion to close the game.

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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 high school football and boys basketball poll to released in the preseason and during each week of the regular season. Criteria considered for the National Prep Poll rankings are strength of schedule, the ability to accomplish the ultimate goal on a team's schedule (i.e. winning a championship), impact players and performers, a team's coaching and recent tradition.

Jamie DeMoney has covered high school sports and been involved with prep recruiting and evaluation for nearly 15 years. He has compiled the National Prep Poll for World Features Syndicate and the Associated Press since 1999. He is former managing editor of American Football Monthly, the premier trade publication in America for football coaches. DeMoney is also a full-time staff member of Forbes Recruit Evaluation, a football scouting service subscribed to by more than 300 college coaching staffs. Each football season, DeMoney evaluates thousands of high school football players and teams in person and on tape. DeMoney maintains a library of more than 3,000 high school game tapes from the last three seasons. It isn't likely that any other national high school rankings compiler watches even 10 percent as much game tape of the teams he considers for rankings as DeMoney does. DeMoney's other credits include serving on the selection panel for the Old Spice Red Zone Player of the Year, as editor of Gridiron Greats recruiting yearbook (1995-99), Associate Editor of Hawkeye Nation magazine, contributor to NFLHS.com and doing play-by-play high school sports for KCJJ-AM in Iowa City, Iowa, during the mid-90s. DeMoney is a 1994 graduate of the University of Iowa School of Journalism, a member of the Football Writers Association of America and the United States Basketball Writers Association.

Note: Jamie DeMoney also compiled the preseason Power 50 national and regional rankings for the GRIDIRON Magazine, published by RISE. The publication includes in-depth capsules on all 50 nationally ranked and 100 regionally ranked teams, including key players, strengths, weaknesses and overall outlook.