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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- After last week's nationally and regionally ranked teams combined to go 66-4 last week -- with two of the losses coming to higher-ranked teams -- there still is a new addition to the Week 12 National Prep Poll Top 25.

West Texas power Abilene entered the national list at No. 22. The Eagles gained more than 540 yards in a 48-28 defeat of previously unbeaten Richland last week. For the season, they are outscoring foes by an average score of 52-13.

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

Northeast Region
1. Monroeville, Pa., Gateway (10-0) (1)
2. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco Prep (6-1-0) (2)
3. Lansdale, Pa., North Penn (10-0-0) (3)
4. Montvale, N.J., St. Joseph Regional (7-0-0) (4)
5. McKeesport, Pa. (8-2-0) (5)
6. West Lawn, Pa., Wilson (10-0-0) --
7. Bethel Park, Pa. (10-0-0) (8)
8. State College, Pa. (10-0-0) (6)
9. Rochester, N.Y., Aquinas (9-0-0) (7)
10. Medford, N.J., Shawnee (7-0-0) (10)

East Coast Region
1. Roebuck, S.C., Dorman (10-0) (1)
2. Chesapeake, Va., Oscar Smith (10-0-0) (2)
3. Duncan, S.C., Byrnes (9-1-0) (3)
4. Olney, Md., Good Counsel (9-0-0) (4)
5. Ashburn, Va., Stone Bridge (10-0-0) (5)
6. Sandy Spring, Md., Sherwood (9-0-0) (6)
7. Hampton, Va., Phoebus (10-0-0) (7)
8. Charlotte, N.C., Independence (9-0-0) (8)
9. Rock Hill, S.C., South Pointe (10-0-0) (9)
10. Matthews, N.C., Butler (10-0-0) (10)

Southeast Region
1. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., St. Thomas Aquinas (8-0) (1)
2. Valdosta, Ga., Lowndes (9-0-0) (2)
3. Batesville, Miss., South Panola (10-0-0) (3)
4. Seffner, Fla., Armwood (9-0-0) (4)
5. Kingsland, Ga., Camden County (9-0-0) (5)
6. Lakeland, Fla. (8-0-0) (6)
7. Maryville, Tenn. (10-0-0) (7)
8. Destrehan, La. (8-0-0) (9)
9. Newnan, Ga. (9-0-0) (10)
10. Prattville, Ala. (8-1-0) --

Midwest Region
1. Cleveland, Ohio, Glenville (11-0) (1)
2. Louisville, Ky., St. Xavier (8-0-0) (2)
3. Cleveland, Ohio, St. Ignatius (10-1-0) (3)
4. Cincinnati, Ohio, Elder (10-1-0) (4)
5. Park Ridge, Ill., Maine South (10-0-0) (5)
6. Greenwood, Ind., Center Grove (10-1-0) (6)
7. Pickerington, Ohio, Central (11-0-0) (7)
8. Lowell, Mich. (10-0-0) (8)
9. Hartland, Wis., Arrowhead (10-0-0) (9)
10. Naperville, Ill., North (10-0-0) (10)

Midlands Region
1. Provo, Utah, Timpview (10-0) (1)
2. Kansas City, Mo., Rockhurst (9-1-0) (2)
3. Aurora, Colo., Grandview (10-0-0) (3)
4. West Des Moines, Iowa, Valley (10-0-0) (4)
5. Eden Prairie, Minn. (11-0-0) (5)
6. Plymouth, Minn., Wayzata (10-0-0) (6)
7. Omaha, Neb., Creighton Prep (10-0-0) (7)
8. Murray, Utah, Cottonwood (11-0-0) (8)
9. Olathe, Kan., East (9-0-0) --
10. Sandy, Utah, Alta (10-1-0) (10)

Southwest Region
1. Euless, Texas, Trinity (9-0) (1)
2. Houston, Texas, North Shore (7-0-0) (2)
3. Allen, Texas (8-1-0) (3)
4. Abilene, Texas (9-0-0) (4)
5. Peoria, Ariz., Centennial (9-0-0) (6)
6. Pearland, Texas (8-0-0) (7)
7. Midwest City, Okla. (9-0-0) (8)
8. Tulsa, Okla., Union (8-1-0) (9)
9. Austin, Texas, Lake Travis (9-0-0) --
10. Reno, Nev., McQueen (9-0-0) (10)

West Coast Region
1. Corona, Calif., Centennial (8-0) (1)
2. Long Beach, Calif., Poly (8-0-0) (2)
3. Sammamish, Wash., Skyline (9-0-0) (3)
4. Ventura, Calif., St. Bonaventure (7-1-0) (4)
5. Sherman Oaks, Calif., Notre Dame (8-0-0) (5)
6. Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Tesoro (8-0-0) (6)
7. Oceanside, Calif. (8-0-0) (8)
8. Bellevue, Wash. (9-0-0) (9)
9. Westlake Village, Calif., Oaks Christian (8-0-0) --
10. Lake Oswego, Ore. (9-0-0) --

Dropped out: Northeast: No. 9 Oradell, N.J., Bergen Catholic (7-1-0). Southeast: No. 8 River Ridge, La., John Curtis (9-1-0). Southwest: No. 5 The Woodlands, Texas (7-1-0). West Coast: No. 7 Encino, Calif., Crespi (6-2-0); No. 10 Los Alamitos, Calif. (7-1-0).

FEATS OF THE WEEK: Kirby Moore, a senior receiver from Prosser, Wash., broke the national record for career touchdown receptions in his team's 48-17 blowout of Ephrata. Moore (Boise St.) caught three touchdown passes in the game, giving him 86 for his career . . . Dylan Favre, a junior quarterback at Bay St. Louis, Miss., St. Stanislaus and nephew of NFL star Brett Favre, set a state record for touchdown passes in a season. According to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, Favre had five touchdown throws in a 42-28 defeat of Poplarville, giving him 43 for the year . . . 9-man power Stephen, Minn., Stephen-Argyle saw its state-record 76-game winning streak come to an end with a 7-0 playoff loss to Hallock, Kittson Central. It was the longest win streak in history for 9-man teams and seventh longest ever among all classifications of prep football. The nation's longest current win streak belongs to No. 5 Batesville, Miss., South Panola, which has won 85 straight . . . The opening weekend of the Illinois 5A playoffs was highlighted by Huntley's 70-63 shootout victory over Batavia. Huntley ran for a state-record 702 yards on 53 attempts in the game and the two teams' combined 133 points is second most in state history.

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About the National Prep Poll: Compiled weekly weekly since 1987 and distributed by World Features Syndicate and the Associated Press, the National Prep Poll is the nation's second oldest weekly high school sports rankings. Doug Huff of Student Sports compiled the rankings from 1987 until 1999. Jamie DeMoney has compiled the poll since the start of the 1999 basketball season. The National Prep Poll is the only high school poll 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 recruiting for more than 15 years. He has compiled the National Prep Poll for World Features Syndicate and the Associated Press since 1999 and has also compiled high school rankings for Sporting News and RISE. DeMoney was managing editor of American Football Monthly and assistant national editor of All-Stater Sports/Highwired Sports. DeMoney is a graduate of the University of Iowa School of Journalism, and a member of the Football Writers Association of America and the United States Basketball Writers Association.