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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:

Northeast Region
1. Pittsburgh, Pa., Central Catholic (1-0-0) (1)
2. Jersey City, N.J., St. Peter's (0-0-0) (2)
3. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco Prep (0-0-0) (3)
4. Lansdale, Pa., North Penn (1-0-0) --
5. McKeesport, Pa. (1-0-0) --
6. Easton, Pa. (1-0-0) (9)
7. Everett, Mass. (0-0-0) (6)
8. Melville, N.Y., St. Anthony's (0-0-0) (7)
9. Wayne, N.J., Wayne Hills (0-0-0) (8)
10. Upper St. Clair, Pa. (1-0-0) (10)

East Coast Region
1. Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha (0-1-0) (1)
2. Virginia Beach, Va., Salem (2-0-0) (3)
3. Duncan, S.C., Byrnes (2-0-0) (7)
4. Matthews, N.C., Butler (2-0-0) (5)
5. Chantilly, Va., Westfield (1-0-0) (6)
6. Charlotte, N.C., Independence (1-1-0) (2)
7. Chesapeake, Va., Oscar Smith (1-0-0) (8)
8. Roebuck, S.C., Dorman (2-0-0) (9)
9. Chantilly, Va. (1-0-0) --
10. Olney, Md., Good Counsel (1-0-0) (10)

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

Midwest Region
1. Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Xavier (2-0-0) (1)
2. Cincinnati, Ohio, Colerain (2-0-0) (3)
3. Youngstown, Ohio, Mooney (2-0-0) (5)
4. Chicago, Ill., St. Rita (2-0-0) (2)
5. Muskegon, Mich. (2-0-0) (4)
6. Cleveland, Ohio, St. Ignatius (2-0-0) --
7. Cincinnati, Ohio, Elder (2-0-0) --
8. Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Brother Rice (2-0-0) --
9. Naperville, Ill., North (2-0-0) --
10. Louisville, Ky., Trinity (1-0-0) (7)

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

Southwest Region
1. Southlake, Texas, Carroll (0-0-0) (1)
2. Katy, Texas (1-0-0) (2)
3. Chandler, Ariz., Hamilton (2-0-0) (3)
4. Jenks, Okla. (1-0-0) (4)
5. Tulsa, Okla., Union (1-0-0) (6)
6. Euless, Texas, Trinity (0-0-0) (5)
7. Abilene, Texas (1-0-0) --
8. DeSoto, Texas (0-0-0) (8)
9. Peoria, Ariz., Centennial (1-0-0) (10)
10. Cedar Hill, Texas (1-0-0) (7)

West Coast Region
1. Long Beach, Calif., Poly (1-0-0) (1)
2. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei (0-0-0) (2)
3. Sherman Oaks, Calif., Notre Dame (0-0-0) (3)
4. Mission Viejo, Calif. (1-0-0) (5)
5. Corona, Calif., Centennial (1-0-0) (10)
6. Ventura, Calif., St. Bonaventure (1-0-0) (4)
7. Concord, Calif., De La Salle (0-0-0) (8)
8. Honolulu, Hawaii, St. Louis (3-0-0) (9)
9. Portland, Ore., Jesuit (1-0-0) --
10. Lakewood, Wash., Lakes (1-0-0) --

Dropped out: Northeast: No. 4 Bethlehem, Pa., Liberty (1-0-0), No. 5 Philadelphia, St. Joseph's Prep (0-1-0); East Coast: No. 4 Gaffney, S.C. (1-1-0); Southeast: No. 10 Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Aquinas (1-0-0); Midwest: No. 6 Frankfort, Ill., Lincoln-Way East (2-0-0), No. 8 Cleveland, Glenville (1-1-0), No. 9 Strongsville, Ohio (1-1-0), No. 10 Carmel, Ind. (2-1-0); Midlands: No. 9 Lincoln, Neb., Southwest (1-1-0); Southwest: No. 9 Phoenix, Brophy Prep (1-1-0); West Coast: No. 6 Lake Balboa, Calif., Birmingham (0-1-0), No. 7 Bellevue, Wash. (0-1-0).

FEATS OF THE WEEK: The second longest winning streak in prep football history is over. Regionally ranked Charlotte, N.C., Independence had won 109 straight games, dating back to the 2000 season, before falling 41-34, in overtime, to regionally ranked Cincinnati, Elder. The matchup was one of 11 in the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge in Cincinnati and Canton. The nation's longest current win streak now belongs to No. 6 Batesville, Miss., South Panola (61) . . . In other Herbstreit action, top-ranked Cincinnati, St. Xavier stymied No. 13 Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha, 28-7. The game was televised by ESPN . . . No. 5 Long Beach, Calif., Poly battled past then-regionally ranked Cleveland, Glenville, 21-13 . . . Mark Tabar's 42-yard field goal in overtime lifted No. 17 Cincinnati, Colerain over regionally ranked Hoover, Ala., 20-17 . . . No. 18 Pittsburgh, Central Catholic routed Clayton, Ohio, Northmont, 34-6, in an ESPNU-televised contest . . . Notre Dame-bound quarterback Dan McCarthy scored three touchdowns as No. 20 Youngstown, Ohio, Mooney thumped Monroeville, Pa., Gateway, 27-6 . . . Regionally ranked Tulsa, Okla., Union blasted host Canton, McKinley, 31-0, in the debut of their head coach, Kirk Fridrich . . . The assortment of teams from across the USA combined to beat the host Ohio schools by a margin of seven wins to four. Approximately 41,000 fans attended the three sessions of games at the two sites.

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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.