National Prep Poll: The FIRST national rankings released in the preseason and each week during the regular season.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Only five of the 70 teams ranked in last week's National Prep Poll were defeated, but there was still some movement in the Week 8 poll released Monday morning.

Arguably, no team in Pennsylvania has played better this season than North Allegheny (Wexford). That is why the Tigers entered the national rankings at No. 22, replacing fellow WPIAL power Pittsburgh Central Catholic. The Vikings remain unbeaten, but have lost five starters to injury since the start of the season.

Another connection between North Allegheny and Central Catholic is coach Art Walker Jr., who left Central Catholic after leading the Vikings to a 16-0 record and No. 5 national ranking in 2004.

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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. Wexford, Pa., North Allegheny (5-0-0) (6)
2. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco Prep (3-0-0) (2)
3. Pittsburgh, Pa., Central Catholic (5-0-0) (1)
4. Everett, Mass. (4-0-0) (3)
5. Lansdale, Pa., North Penn (5-0-0) (4)
6. Jersey City, N.J., St. Peter's (3-0-0) (5)
7. Wayne, N.J., Wayne Hills (4-0-0) (7)
8. Bethlehem, Pa., Liberty (5-0-0) (9)
9. Philadelphia, Pa., Roman Catholic (5-0-0) (8)
10. Oradell, N.J., Bergen Catholic (3-0-0) (10)

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

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

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

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

Southwest Region
1. Katy, Texas (4-0-0) (2)
2. Southlake, Texas, Carroll (3-1-0) (1)
3. Tulsa, Okla., Union (5-0-0) (3)
4. Chandler, Ariz., Hamilton (6-0-0) (4)
5. Jenks, Okla. (4-1-0) (5)
6. Odessa, Texas, Permian (5-0-0) --
7. San Antonio, Texas, Madison (5-0-0) --
8. Allen, Texas (4-0-0) --
9. Copperas Cove, Texas (5-0-0) (9)
10. Phoenix, Ariz., Brophy (4-1-0) (10)

West Coast Region
1. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei (4-0-0) (1)
2. Corona, Calif., Centennial (5-0-0) (2)
3. Concord, Calif., De La Salle (3-0-0) (3)
4. Orange, Calif., Lutheran (5-0-0) (5)
5. Encino, Calif., Crespi (3-1-0) (8)
6. Honolulu, Hawaii, St. Louis (5-0-0) (6)
7. Carlsbad, Calif. (4-0-0) (7)
8. Lakewood, Wash., Lakes (5-0-0) (9)
9. Lake Balboa, Calif., Birmingham (4-1-0) --
10. Lake Oswego, Ore. (5-0-0) (10)

Dropped out: Midwest: No. 6 Mentor, Ohio (4-2-0), No. 10 Chicago, St. Rita (4-2-0). Southwest: No. 6 Abilene, Texas (5-0-0), No. 7 Spring Branch, Texas, Smithson Valley (3-1-0), No. 8 Cedar Hill, Texas (3-1-0). West Coast: No. 4 Ventura, Calif., St. Bonaventure (4-1-0).

FEATS OF THE WEEK: One of the top rivalries in prep football was renewed when regionally ranked Louisville, Ky., St. Xavier defeated regionally ranked Louisville, Trinity, 24-15. A Papa John's Cardinal Stadium crowd of 37,550 watched the Tigers end Trinity's 26-game win streak against in-state opponents. Junior running back Deuce Finch had 182 rushing yards on 19 carries to lead St. Xavier . . . Senior running back Alex Thomas of Ansonia, Conn., ran for a state-record 518 yards on 44 carries in a 62-35 rout of Beacon Falls, Woodland. Thomas had seven touchdowns, three coming from 50 yards or longer . . . Reed Marko of Fort Washington, Pa., Germantown Academy set a Philadelphia-area single-game rushing record. Marko ran for 453 yards on 37 carries with five touchdowns in a 48-26 defeat of Enola, East Pennsboro . . . Oak Lawn, Ill., Richards defeated Evergreen Park, 44-0, giving coach Gary Korhonen his 301st victory. Korhonen, who is 301-90 in his 36th season, now holds the record for most coaching wins in state history . . . Jace Johnson of Bethel, Okla., threw eight touchdown passes in a 54-14 rout of Wellston, tying a single-game state record according to the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman.

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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.