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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Week 8 National Prep Football Poll features a pair of teams making their season Top 25 debuts.

No. 15 Louisville (Ky.) St. Xavier entered the national rankings for the first time since last season. The Tigers beat arch rival Louisville Trinity, 30-6, in front over 38,000 fans at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. Trinity, the defending 6A champion, was ranked No. 13 in last week's poll.

No. 21 Olney (Md.) Good Counsel also moved into the Top 25 after beating its main rival. The Falcons defeated DeMatha, 42-21, in a game televised by ESPN2. DeMatha has won five consecutive Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships, with four of the championship game wins coming against Good Counsel.

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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 (6-0) (1)
2. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco Prep (3-1-0) (2)
3. Lansdale, Pa., North Penn (6-0-0) (4)
4. Montvale, N.J., St. Joseph Regional (3-0-0) (5)
5. Rochester, N.Y., Aquinas (5-0-0) (6)
6. Philadelphia, Pa., Cardinal O'Hara (6-0-0) (7)
7. Somerville, N.J., Immaculata (4-0-0) (8)
8. Bethel Park, Pa. (6-0-0) (9)
9. Oradell, N.J., Bergen Catholic (4-0-0) (10)
10. Harrisburg, Pa., Bishop McDevitt (6-0-0) --

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

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

Midwest Region
1. Cleveland, Ohio, Glenville (7-0) (1)
2. Louisville, Ky., St. Xavier (5-0-0) --
3. Cleveland, Ohio, St. Ignatius (6-1-0) (4)
4. Carmel, Ind. (7-0-0) (5)
5. Park Ridge, Ill., Maine South (6-0-0) (6)
6. Cincinnati, Ohio, Elder (6-1-0) (7)
7. Greenwood, Ind., Center Grove (6-1-0) (8)
8. Hartland, Wis., Arrowhead (6-0-0) (9)
9. Grand Rapids, Mich., East Grand Rapids (6-0-0) --
10. Wheaton, Ill., Wheaton-Warrenville South (6-0-0) --

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

Southwest Region
1. Euless, Texas, Trinity (5-0) (1)
2. Houston, Texas, North Shore (3-0-0) (2)
3. Plano, Texas (6-0-0) (3)
4. Abilene, Texas (6-0-0) (5)
5. Southlake, Texas, Carroll (4-0-0) (6)
6. The Woodlands, Texas (4-0-0) (9)
7. Allen, Texas (4-1-0) (7)
8. Peoria, Ariz., Centennial (5-0-0) (4)
9. Norman, Okla., North (5-0-0) (8)
10. Reno, Nev., McQueen (5-0-0) --

West Coast Region
1. Corona, Calif., Centennial (4-0) (1)
2. Long Beach, Calif., Poly (4-0-0) (2)
3. Sammamish, Wash., Skyline (5-0-0) (3)
4. Ventura, Calif., St. Bonaventure (4-0-0) (4)
5. Mission Viejo, Calif. (5-0-0) (5)
6. San Jose, Calif., Bellarmine Prep (4-0-0) (6)
7. Encino, Calif., Crespi (3-1-0) (8)
8. Oceanside, Calif. (4-0-0) (9)
9. Bellevue, Wash. (5-0-0) (10)
10. Lake Oswego, Ore. (5-0-0) --

Dropped out: Top 25: No. 13 Louisville, Ky., Trinity (4-1-0); No. 19 Cincinnati, Colerain (6-1-0). Northeast: No. 3 Everett, Mass. (4-1-0). East Coast: No. 10 Rock Hill, S.C., Northwestern (5-1-0). Southeast: No. 9 Warner Robins, Ga., Northside (5-1-0); No. 10 Apopka, Fla. (4-1-0). Midwest: No. 10 Chicago, St. Rita (5-1-0). Southwest: No. 10 Broken Arrow, Okla. (4-1-0). West Coast: No. 7 Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei (3-2-0).

FEATS OF THE WEEK: No. 11 Houston, North Shore set a new Texas record by winning its 73rd consecutive regular season game. The Mustangs beat Lufkin, 28-21, in the first game played since having their season delayed three weeks due to the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. In the process, North Shore stopped Lufkin's 27-game home winning streak . . . Nick Finger of Millbrook, N.Y., ran 41 times for 485 yards and set a new single-game state record for points scored. The senior running back had eight touchdowns and added five two-point conversions for a total of 58 points in a 66-57 defeat of Grahamsville, Tri-Valley . . . According to the Arizona Republic, Jeremiah Cornist of Avondale, La Joya set a Class 5A state single-game rushing record in a 42-41 defeat of Surprise, Valley Vista. The senior quarterback had 380 rushing yards on 24 carries with five rushing touchdowns and another score through the air . . . Regionally ranked Provo, Timpview set a Utah record with its 29th consecutive win. The Thunderbirds walloped Tooele, 40-7, in their 22nd win by 20 points or greater during the streak . . . A crowd of 38,872 at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium watched Louisville, Ky., St. Xavier upset then-No. 13 Louisville, Trinity, 30-6, in one of America's top rivalry games. Senior running back Deuce Finch led the Tigers with 152 rushing yards and one touchdown.

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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.