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URBANDALE, Iowa -- A weekend filled with playoff upsets ushered six teams into this week's National Prep Poll's Top 25 rankings.

Miami Central tops the list of squads new to the rankings. The Rockets re-entered the national poll at No. 6 after they defeated then-No. 11 Miami Northwestern, 29-16, and avenged their only loss of the year.

Abilene (Texas) makes its debut appearance of the season in the poll at No. 17. The Eagles stunned then-No. 3 Cedar Hill, 41-17, in the third round of the 5A/II playoffs over the weekend.

Newnan (Ga.) is No. 19 after edging then-No. 15 Grayson (Logansville), 9-7, in the 5A quarterfinals.

No. 20 South Panola (Batesville, Miss.) is back in the national rankings for the first time since its 89-game winning streak ended in last year's 5A championship game. The Tigers upset then-No. 12 Madison Central, 36-21, in this year's 6A semifinals.

Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown, Ohio) is ranked No. 21 this week after throttling Steubenville, 45-7, in the Division III semifinals.

Finally, two-time defending Texas 5A/II champion Katy is back in the poll at No. 24 after breezing to three playoff wins by an average margin of 36 points. The Tigers were ranked No. 4 in the nation to start the season.

Northeast Region
1. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco Prep (11-0) (1)
2. Lansdale, Pa., North Penn (13-0) (2)
3. Harrisburg, Pa., Bishop McDevitt (12-0) (4)
4. Pittsburgh, Pa., Woodland Hills (12-1) (6)
5. Easton, Pa. (13-1) --
6. Wyndmoor, Pa., La Salle (11-1) (5)
7. Jersey City, N.J., St. Peter's (9-2) (9)
8. North Tonawanda, N.Y. (13-0) --
9. Westwood, Mass., Xaverian (11-0) (10)
10. Selinsgrove, Pa. (13-0) --

East Coast Region
1. Duncan, S.C., Byrnes (13-1) (1)
2. Chesapeake, Va., Oscar Smith (13-0) (2)
3. Olney, Md., Good Counsel (11-1) (3)
4. Matthews, N.C., Butler (13-0) (4)
5. Frederick, Md., Linganore (13-0) (5)
6. Charlotte, N.C., Independence (13-1) (7)
7. Roebuck, S.C., Dorman (13-1) (8)
8. Haymarket, Va., Battlefield (12-0) (10)
9. Hampton, Va., Phoebus (13-0) (6)
10. Huntingtown, Md. (13-0) --

Southeast Region
1. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., St. Thomas Aquinas (12-0) (1)
2. Miami, Fla., Central (11-1) (7)
3. Lakeland, Fla. (12-0) (4)
4. Memphis, Tenn., Memphis University (12-0) (6)
5. Newnan, Ga. (13-0) --
6. Batesville, Miss., South Panola (13-1) --
7. Tampa, Fla., Plant (10-1) --
8. West Monroe, La. (13-0) (10)
9. River Ridge, La., John Curtis (12-0) --
10. Lutcher, La. (13-0) (9)

Midwest Region
1. Cleveland, Ohio, Glenville (13-1) (1)
2. Park Ridge, Ill., Maine South (14-0) (2)
3. Youngstown, Ohio, Mooney (14-0) (6)
4. Fort Thomas, Ky., Highlands (14-0) (3)
5. Novi, Mich., Detroit Catholic Central (14-0) (7)
6. Cleveland, Ohio, St. Ignatius (11-1) (4)
7. Evansville, Ind., Reitz (15-0) (8)
8. Milwaukee, Wis., Marquette (14-0) (10)
9. Hilliard, Ohio, Davidson (11-2) --
10. Wheaton, Ill., Wheaton-Warrenville South (13-1) --

Midlands Region
1. Denver, Colo., Mullen (13-0) (1)
2. Hutchinson, Kan. (13-0) (2)
3. South Jordan, Utah, Bingham (13-1) (3)
4. Omaha, Neb., Millard South (13-0) (5)
5. St. Paul, Minn., Cretin-Derham Hall (12-1) --
6. Iowa City, Iowa, City High (14-0) (7)
7. Webster Groves, Mo. (13-0) (8)
8. Florissant, Mo., Hazelwood Central (13-1) --
9. Olathe, Kan., North (13-0) (10)
10. Eden Prairie, Minn. (12-1) (4)

Southwest Region
1. Peoria, Ariz., Centennial (13-0) (3)
2. Jenks, Okla. (13-0) (4)
3. Abilene, Texas (12-0) --
4. Katy, Texas (12-1) (5)
5. Tulsa, Okla., Union (12-1) (6)
6. Chandler, Ariz., Hamilton (12-0) (7)
7. Austin, Texas, Lake Travis (13-0) (8)
8. Las Vegas, Nev., Bishop Gorman (14-0) (9)
9. Round Rock, Texas, Stony Point (12-1) --
10. Tyler, Texas, John Tyler (12-1) --

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

Dropped out: No. 3 Cedar Hill, Texas (12-1); No. 7 Dallas, Skyline (12-1); No. 11 Miami, Central (10-2); No. 12 Madison, Miss., Madison Central (13-1). Northeast: No. 7 New Rochelle, N.Y. (11-1); No. 8 Philadelphia, St. Joseph's Prep (9-3). East Coast: No. 9 Clarksville, Md., River Hill (12-1). Southeast: No. 8 Suwanee, Ga., North Gwinnett (12-1). Midwest: No. 5 Cincinnati, Elder (10-3); No. 9 Sterling Heights, Mich., Stevenson (13-1). Midlands: No. 6 Blue Springs, Mo. (12-2); No. 9 Boulder, Colo., Fairview (12-1). Southwest: Spring, Texas, Klein Collins (12-1). West Coast: No. 9 Bothell, Wash. (12-1); No. 10 Stockton, Calif., St. Mary's (11-1).

FEATS OF THE WEEK: The nation's longest active win streak now belongs to Plymouth, N.H. (55), after Smith Center, Kan., lost to Centralia, 20-12 in overtime, for the Class 2-1A state championship. The Redmen had won 79 straight games, the fourth longest winning streak in prep football history among 11-man teams . . . Elsewhere in Kansas, regionally ranked Hutchinson steamrolled Gardner, Gardner-Edgerton, 52-10, in the 5A championship game. It is the Salthawks' state-record sixth consecutive state title . . . Despite playing with an injured hand, thigh, and ankle, senior running back Matt Perez (Indiana) ran for a title-game record 316 yards and five touchdowns to lead No. 16 Park Ridge, Ill., Maine South past Chicago, Marist, 41-17, for its second straight 8A championship . . . Meanwhile, T.J. Stinde of Lexington, Ill., scored his state-record 46th touchdown on the season in a 14-7 loss to Tuscola in the 1A championship. Stinde also finished the year with a state-record 3,325 rushing yards . . . Senior running back Traylon Shead (Texas) of Cayuga, Texas scored his state record-setting 137th touchdown in a 38-29 Class A playoff win against Lovelady . . . Senior running JaRon Toney scored four touchdowns to lead Alcoa, Tenn., past Elizabethton, 34-7, in the 3A semifinals. Toney (uncommitted) now has a state-record 48 touchdowns this season.

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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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