USA TODAY Sports has divided up the country into regions — Florida, Texas, California, Southeast, Midwest, East, Plains and West — and has ranked the high school football teams within them. These are the rankings for Oct. 27, 2020.
Teams that are not playing this fall have been removed from rankings for the fall season.
Keep up with USA TODAY Sports for updated rankings throughout the season and hit us up on Twitter @USATODAYSports to let us know what you think or if there's a team we might be overlooking.
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FLORIDA
1. IMG Academy (Bradenton)
Record: 6-0; Last result: Idle.
2. Northwestern (Miami)
Record: 1-0; Last result: def. Miami Central, 21-14.
3. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)
Record: 3-0; Last result: def. St. Thomas Aquinas, 17-10.
4. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)
Record: 1-1; Last result: lost to Cardinal Gibbons, 17-10.
5. Orlando Jones
Record: 5-0; Last result: def. Edgewater, 31-13.
6. Central (Miami)
Record: 0-1; Last result: Miami Northwestern, 21-14.
7. Deerfield Beach
Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.
8. Palmetto (Miami)
Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.
9. American Heritage (Plantation)
Record: 4-1; Last result: def. Venice, 41-26.
10. Booker T. Washington (Miami)
Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.
Also receiving votes: Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna (4-1), Christopher Columbus (1-0), Tampa Jesuit (8-0), Seminole (6-0), Jacksonville Trinity Christian (5-1)
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TEXAS
1. North Shore (Galena Park)
Record: 5-0; Last result: def. West Brook (Beaumont), 55-14.
2. Duncanville
Record: 2-1; Last result: def. Waco, 59-6.
3. Ryan (Denton)
Record: 5-0; Last result: def. Summit (Mansfield), 63-26.
4. DeSoto
Record: 3-0; Last result: def. Waxahachie, 42-6.
5. Katy
Record: 5-0; Last result: def. Cinco Ranch (Katy), 41-0.
6. Westlake (Austin)
Record: 4-0; Last result: Idle.
7. Allen
Record: 2-0; Last result: Idle.
8. Lake Travis
Record: 5-0; Last result: def. Austin (Austin), 62-20.
9. Guyer (Denton)
Record: 4-1; Last result: def. McKinney, 55-35.
10. Carthage
Record: 6-0; Last result: def. Rusk, 51-7.
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SOUTHEAST
(Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee)
1. Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)
Record: 6-0; Last result: Idle.
2. Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.)
Record: 5-0; Last result: Idle.
3. Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
Record: 10-0; Last result: def. Hoover, 39-33.
4. Trinity (Louisville, Ky.)
Record: 5-0; Last result: def. Eastern, 48-3.
5. Dutch Fork (Irmo, S.C.)
Record: 5-0; Result: def. Spring Valley, 21-0.
6. Oakland (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Record: 10-0; Last result: def. Coffee County Central, 22-3.
7. Brother Martin (New Orleans)
Record: 4-0; Last result: def. Archbishop Rummel, 26-23.
8. Hoover (Ala.)
Record: 9-1; Last result: lost to Thompson, 39-33.
9. Colquitt County (Norman Park, Ga.)
Record: 4-0; Last result: Idle.
10. Lee County (Leesburg, Ga.)
Record: 5-1; Last result: Idle.
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MIDWEST
(Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia, Wisconsin)
1. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)
Record: 9-0; Last result: Idle.
2. De Smet Jesuit (St. Louis)
Record: 2-0; Last result: Idle.
3. Pickerington Central (Pickerington, Ohio)
Record: 9-0; Last result: def. Hilliard Bradley, 34-7.
4. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio)
Record: 7-0; Last result: def. Mayfield, 42-0.
5. Cathedral (Indianapolis)
Record: 8-1; Last result: Idle.
6. Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill, Iowa)
Record: 7-0; Last result: def. Ames, 48-0.
7. Mentor (Ohio)
Record: 8-1; Last result: def. Brunswick, 37-21.
8. Belleville (Mich.)
Record: 6-0; Last result: def. Churchill, 35-14.
9. Lakeville South (Minn.)
Record: 3-0; Last result: def. Prior Lake, 49-35.
10. Muskego (Wisc.)
Record: 5-0; Last result: def. Mukwonago, 28-7.
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EAST
(Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont)
1. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia)
Record: 2-0; Last result: Idle.
2. St. Peter’s Prep (Jersey City, N.J.)
Record: 4-0; Last result: def. Paramus Catholic, 25-7.
3. Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)
Record: 4-0; Last result: def. DePaul Catholic, 34-10.
4. Pine-Richland (Gibsonia, Pa.)
Record: 6-0; Last result: def. Kiski Area, 58-14.
5. North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.)
Record: 5-0; Last result: Idle.
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PLAINS
(Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota)
1. Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.)
Record: 3-0; Last result: def. Grandview, 37-0.
2. Bixby (Okla.)
Record: 6-0; Last result: Idle.
3. Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
Record: 3-0; Last result: def. Mountain Vista, 46-0.
4. Owasso (Okla.)
Record: 8-0; Last result: def. Mustang, 43-14.
5. Bellevue West (Neb.)
Record: 5-0; Last result: Idle.
6. Palmer Ridge (Monument, Colo.)
Record: 3-0; Last result: Grand Junction Central, 55-0.
7. Jenks (Okla.)
Record: 6-1; Last result: def. Yukon, 38-7.
8. Omaha Westside (Neb.)
Record: 8-0; Last result: Idle.
9. Bridgewater/Emery/Ethan (S.D.)
Record: 9-0; Last result: def. Lead-Deadwood, 53-0.
10. Stillwater (Okla.)
Record: 5-0; Last result: Idle.
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WEST
(Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming)
1. Chandler (Ariz.)
Record: 4-0; Last result: def. Higley, 63-7.
2. Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)
Record: 10-0; Result: Idle.
3. Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.)
Record: 3-0; Last result: def. Saguaro, 13-7.
4. Lone Peak (Highland, Utah)
Record: 9-1; Last result: Idle.
5. Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Record: 2-1; Last result: lost to Hamilton, 13-7.
States not playing fall football: California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C.
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