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URBANDALE, Iowa -- The Week 15 National Prep Poll includes Washington-area power Good Counsel (Olney, Md.), a team that's no stranger to the rankings but one that had been unable to get over the hump during the postseason. All that changed Saturday when the Falcons defeated nemesis DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) -- then ranked No. 14 -- 14-7 for their first Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title.

Good Counsel is No. 18 in this week's poll. It is the second time the Falcons have been nationally ranked this season.

There is another Maryland squad in the Top 25 this week as Linganore (Ijamsville) entered the national rankings for the first time. The No. 21 Lancers moved into the Class 3A state semifinals with a 19-0 shutout at then-regionally ranked Quince Orchard (Gaithersburg).

Northeast Region
1. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco Prep (10-0) (1)
2. Lansdale, Pa., North Penn (12-0) (2)
3. Monroeville, Pa., Gateway (12-0) (3)
4. Harrisburg, Pa., Bishop McDevitt (11-0) (4)
5. Wyndmoor, Pa., La Salle (10-1) --
6. Pittsburgh, Pa., Woodland Hills (11-1) (9)
7. New Rochelle, N.Y. (11-0) (6)
8. Philadelphia, Pa., St. Joseph's Prep (9-2) (5)
9. Jersey City, N.J., St. Peter's (8-2) (7)
10. Westwood, Mass., Xaverian (10-0) (10)

East Coast Region
1. Duncan, S.C., Byrnes (12-1) (1)
2. Chesapeake, Va., Oscar Smith (12-0) (2)
3. Olney, Md., Good Counsel (11-1) (10)
4. Matthews, N.C., Butler (12-0) (4)
5. Frederick, Md., Linganore (12-0) (8)
6. Hampton, Va., Phoebus (12-0) (5)
7. Charlotte, N.C., Independence (12-1) (6)
8. Roebuck, S.C., Dorman (12-1) --
9. Clarksville, Md., River Hill (12-0) --
10. Haymarket, Va., Battlefield (11-0) --

Southeast Region
1. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., St. Thomas Aquinas (11-0) (1)
2. Miami, Fla., Northwestern (10-1) (4)
3. Madison, Miss., Madison Central (13-0) (5)
4. Lakeland, Fla. (11-0) (2)
5. Loganville, Ga., Grayson (12-0) (3)
6. Memphis, Tenn., Memphis University (12-0) (6)
7. Miami, Fla., Central (10-1) (8)
8. Suwanee, Ga., North Gwinnett (12-0) (10)
9. Lutcher, La. (12-0) (7)
10. West Monroe, La. (12-0) (9)

Midwest Region
1. Cleveland, Ohio, Glenville (12-1) (1)
2. Park Ridge, Ill., Maine South (13-0) (2)
3. Fort Thomas, Ky., Highlands (13-0) (3)
4. Cleveland, Ohio, St. Ignatius (11-1) (4)
5. Cincinnati, Ohio, Elder (10-2) (6)
6. Youngstown, Ohio, Mooney (13-0) --
7. Novi, Mich., Detroit Catholic Central (13-0) (8)
8. Evansville, Ind., Reitz (14-0) --
9. Sterling Heights, Mich., Stevenson (13-0) (10)
10. Milwaukee, Wis., Marquette (14-0) --

Midlands Region
1. Denver, Colo., Mullen (12-0) (1)
2. Hutchinson, Kan. (12-0) (2)
3. South Jordan, Utah, Bingham (13-1) (3)
4. Eden Prairie, Minn. (12-0) (4)
5. Omaha, Neb., Millard South (12-0) (5)
6. Blue Springs, Mo. (12-1) --
7. Iowa City, Iowa, City High (14-0) (6)
8. Webster Groves, Mo. (12-0) (7)
9. Boulder, Colo., Fairview (12-0) (10)
10. Olathe, Kan., North (12-0) (8)

Southwest Region
1. Cedar Hill, Texas (12-0) (1)
2. Dallas, Texas, Skyline (12-0) (2)
3. Peoria, Ariz., Centennial (13-0) (3)
4. Jenks, Okla. (12-0) (4)
5. Katy, Texas (11-1) (6)
6. Tulsa, Okla., Union (11-1) (7)
7. Chandler, Ariz., Hamilton (12-0) (8)
8. Austin, Texas, Lake Travis (12-0) (9)
9. Las Vegas, Nev., Bishop Gorman (13-0) (10)
10. Spring, Texas, Klein Collins (12-0) --

West Coast Region
1. Huntington Beach, Calif., Edison (11-0) (1)
2. Westlake Village, Calif., Oaks Christian (11-0) (2)
3. Mission Viejo, Calif. (11-0) (3)
4. Anaheim, Calif., Servite (10-1) (4)
5. Sacramento, Calif., Grant (11-0) (5)
6. Oceanside, Calif. (10-0) (6)
7. Los Angeles, Calif., Crenshaw (11-0) (7)
8. Kahuku, Hawaii (11-0) (8)
9. Bothell, Wash. (12-0) (9)
10. Stockton, Calif., St. Mary's (11-0) (10)

Dropped out: No. 14 Hyattsville, Md., DeMatha (11-1); No. 21 The Woodlands, Texas (11-1). Northeast: No. 8 Oradell, N.J., Bergen Catholic (8-3). East Coast: No. 7 Gambrills, Md., Arundel (11-1); No. 9 Gaithersburg, Md., Quince Orchard (11-1). Midwest: No. 5 Cincinnati, Anderson (12-1); No. 7 Cincinnati, St. Xavier (9-3); No. 9 Indianapolis, Cathedral (12-2). Midlands: No. 9 Creve Coeur, Mo., DeSmet (12-1).

FEATS OF THE WEEK: Senior K.P. Parks of Mount Ulla, West Rowan became North Carolina's all-time leading rusher during a 38-0 playoff shutout of Rutherfordton, Rutherfordton-Spindale Central. Parks (Virginia) had 244 yards in the game, raising his career total to 10,253. He is now third on the nation's all-time list, according to the National High School Sports Record Book . . . Two weeks after breaking the national record for consecutive wins by an 8-man team, Shattuck, Okla., was beaten, 16-12, by Lamont, Deer Creek-Lamont. The Indians had won 93 straight, dating back to 2003. Meanwhile, Plymouth, N.H., which owns the nation's second-longest active streak (55) captured its fifth straight Division IV title with a 38-0 blowout of Laconia . . . Helena, Mont., Capital fell short in its attempt to win four consecutive state championships. The Bruins, who had a state-record 33-game winning streak, were beaten, 28-14, by Great Falls, Russell in the Class AA final in Helena. It was Russell's 13th state title in 37 years under legendary coach Jack Johnson . . . No. 18 Olney, Md., Good Counsel beat then-No. 14 Hyattsville, DeMatha, 14-7, in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. It is the first WCAC title for the Falcons, who had lost five previous championship games to DeMatha.

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This is Jamie DeMoney's 10th year compiling the World Features Syndicate/Associated Press National Prep Poll. He has covered high school sports and recruiting for more than 15 years and compiled the National Prep Poll since 1999. DeMoney has also compiled high school football and basketball rankings for Sporting News, School Sports, 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.

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 ESPN RISE 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.

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