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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The bottom fifth of this week's National Prep Poll Top 25 features a trio of new teams.

No. 23 Lakeland (Fla.), No. 24 Cincinnati Colerain, and No. 25 Carmel (Ind.) are no strangers to the national rankings, but each team is making its debut in the Top 25 this season.

Lakeland had the look of its 2006 Prep Poll championship team when it throttled defending Pennsylvania 4A champion Pittsburgh Central Catholic, 35-0, last Monday in Wheeling, W.Va. Colerain started the season with only four experienced starters, but it sure hasn't looked that way. The Cardinals have beaten three consecutive teams that started the season in one national poll or another. Defending 5A champion Carmel takes over the national ranking of Center Grove, the team the Greyhounds beat, 33-32, in thrilling, come-from-behind fashion over the weekend.

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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 (2-0-0) (1)
2. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco Prep (0-0-0) (2)
3. Jersey City, N.J., St. Peter's (0-0-0) (3)
4. Philadelphia, Pa., St. Joseph's Prep (2-0-0) (4)
5. Everett, Mass. (1-0-0) (5)
6. Lansdale, Pa., North Penn (2-0-0) (6)
7. Montvale, N.J., St. Joseph Regional (0-0-0) (7)
8. Altoona, Pa. (2-0-0) (8)
9. Mastic Beach, N.Y., Floyd (0-0-0) (9)
10. South Dartmouth, Mass., Dartmouth (0-0-0) (10)

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

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

Midwest Region
1. Cleveland, Ohio, Glenville (3-0) (1)
2. Louisville, Ky., Trinity (1-0-0) (2)
3. Chicago, Ill., Mount Carmel (2-0-0) (3)
4. Cincinnati, Ohio, Colerain (3-0-0) (6)
5. Carmel, Ind. (3-0-0) (7)
6. Cleveland, Ohio, St. Ignatius (2-1-0) (5)
7. Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Xavier (2-1-0) --
8. Greenwood, Ind., Center Grove (2-1-0) (4)
9. Park Ridge, Ill., Maine South (2-0-0) (8)
10. Hartland, Wis., Arrowhead (2-0-0) (9)

Midlands Region
1. Kansas City, Mo., Rockhurst (2-0-0) (1)
2. Provo, Utah, Timpview (3-0-0) (2)
3. Aurora, Colo., Grandview (2-0-0) (3)
4. Lakewood, Colo., Bear Creek (2-0-0) (4)
5. Omaha, Neb., Creighton Prep (2-0-0) (5)
6. Denver, Colo., Mullen (2-0-0) (6)
7. Eden Prairie, Minn. (2-0-0) (9)
8. Hutchinson, Kan. (0-1-0) (8)
9. West Des Moines, Iowa, Valley (2-0-0) (10)
10. Plymouth, Minn., Wayzata (2-0-0) --

Southwest Region
1. Euless, Texas, Trinity (1-0) (1)
2. Houston, Texas, North Shore (2-0-0) (2)
3. Jenks, Okla. (1-0-0) (3)
4. Chandler, Ariz., Hamilton (2-0-0) (10)
5. Plano, Texas (2-0-0) (4)
6. Allen, Texas (2-0-0) (7)
7. Southlake, Texas, Carroll (2-0-0) (8)
8. Arlington, Texas, Bowie (2-0-0) (9)
9. Abilene, Texas (2-0-0) --
10. Fayetteville, Ark. (1-0-0) --

West Coast Region
1. Concord, Calif., De La Salle (0-0-0) (1)
2. Corona, Calif., Centennial (0-0-0) (2)
3. Long Beach, Calif., Poly (1-0-0) (3)
4. Orange, Calif., Lutheran (1-0-0) (4)
5. Sammamish, Wash., Skyline (1-0-0) (5)
6. Mission Viejo, Calif. (1-0-0) (6)
7. Encino, Calif., Crespi (1-0-0) (9)
8. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei (1-0-0) (7)
9. Oceanside, Calif. (1-0-0) (8)
10. Honolulu, Hawaii, Punahou (2-0-0) (10)

Dropped out: Top 25: No. 24 Phoenix, Desert Vista (0-1-0). Southeast: No. 7 Tampa, Fla., Plant (0-1-0); No. 8 Naples, Fla. (0-1-0). Midwest: No. 10 Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Brother Rice (1-1-0). Midlands: No. 7 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Washington (1-1-0). Southwest: No. 6 Tulsa, Okla., Union (0-1-0).

FEATS OF THE WEEK: Louisville, Ky., Male whipped Hopkinsville, Christian County, 49-14, to give coach Bob Redman his 300th win. According to the National High School Sports Record Book, Redman, a 34-year veteran with a 300-107-1 record, is the 40th coach ever to reach the milestone . . . No. 10 Houston, North Shore tied a state-record with its 72nd consecutive regular season victory. North Shore, which beat Eisenhower 33-14, equaled a mark set by Southlake, Carroll in 1993 . . . Aaron Green, a sophomore running back at San Antonio, Madison, ran for 428 yards and scored nine touchdowns in a 69-56 defeat of Kerrville, Tivy. Green is the nephew of Gary Green, a former Pro Bowl defensive back for the Kansas City Chiefs . . . No. 19 Kansas City, Mo., Rockhurst defeated Hutchinson, Kan., 28-21, snapping the Salt Hawks' 36-game winning streak. Quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase (Illinois) accounted for all four of Rockhurst's touchdowns while rushing for 102 yards and passing for 197 yards . . . Carmel, Ind., erased a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat regionally ranked Greenwood, Center Grove. Quarterback Morgan Newton (Kentucky) had 232 rushing yards on 27 carries. The win put the Greyhounds at No. 25 in the national poll, where Center Grove was ranked last week . . . Broken Arrow, Okla., broke a 22-game losing streak to then-regionally ranked Tulsa, Union, with a 24-9 victory.

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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-State 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.