Monday, October 13, 2008

Week 9 National Prep Football Poll released

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- After a week that saw only one out of 70 nationally or regionally ranked teams lose to an unranked opponent, there is just one new entry into the National Prep Football Poll.

Greater Catholic League power Cincinnati Elder enters this week's national rankings at No. 20. It is the first Top 25 appearance for the Panthers since the end of the 2003 season when they won their second straight Division I state title.

Elder has outscored opponents 230-74 since its only loss of the season, a 35-24 setback to national No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas in Week 2.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

The amazing thing about Euless Trinity this year is the quality of opponets they've played. Those teams have a record of 26-10, but that might be a little misleading. Five of the teams would be undefeated if they hadn't played Trinity. Drop the record of the weakest opponet and the losses to Trinity, and they are an amazing 25-0! Not only that, those teams have played tough opponets from Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Ohio, California and even Mexico! Is there any other team in America that can match that kind of schedule?

Anonymous said...

Trinity is a great team with a tuff season, but..............
There is only one #1 team in the Nation and that is BYRNES REBELS Of South Carolina per USATODAY.
Season standings as of week 9
Byrnes is 7-0 and no looking back.

2008 Team to Watch: Byrnes

PrepNation.com continues to look ahead to the 2008 high school football season. We're still a few months away from the start of our expanded preseason national rankings release, but it's not too soon to wet your appetite with mini-previews of teams that are likely to figure very prominently on the national scene this season.
Of all the teams we have looked at so far early this preseason, perhaps no team has a better looking resume for the preseason No. 1 National ranking than South Carolina power Byrnes.

In his debut season as head coach, Chris Miller led the Rebels to their fifth state champion in six years. It was a perfect 15-0 season capped off by a convincing 48-9 rout of once nationally ranked Summerville in the 4A/Division I final.

Seventeen starters return (9 offense, 8 defense) from that team including all five offensive linemen and the team's top offensive playmakers. Senior receiver Ricco Sanders has sub-4.5 speed and caught 58 passes for over 900 yards with 13 touchdowns. Marcus Lattimore might be the nation's top running back recruit next season. He ran for more than 1,800 yards, had over 400 receiving yards, and scored 30 touchdowns as a sophomore. Junior quarterback Chas Dodd returns under center after passing for 3,208 yards and 32 touchdowns in his rookie season.

Byrnes will continue its tradition of playing a fantastic out-of-state schedule. The Rebels face Florida powers Pahokee (on ESPN) and Tallahassee Lincoln along with traveling to last year's Georgia 5A runner-up North Gwinnett (Suwanee).

Byrnes Rebels (Duncan, S.C.)
Coach: Chris Miller (15-0, 1 year at Byrnes)

2007: 15-0, Class 4A/I state champion, No. 10 National Prep Poll ranking

Top returning players: WR Ricco Sanders (6-0, 175, 58 receptions for 908 yards, 13 TDs), RB Marcus Lattimore (6-0, 209, Jr., 2,229 combined rushing/receiving yards, 30 TDs), CB Riyahd Richardson (5-9, 165, 6 INTs)

Key losses: DL Everett Dawkins (Florida St.), DB Cartier Rice (Kentucky), WR Randall Hawkins (South Carolina St.)

All systems go: Overall experience, offensive line, defensive line

Toughest games: @North Gwinnett, Ga. (Aug. 29), vs. Tallahassee, Fla., Lincoln (Sept. 19), @Gaffney (Sept. 26), vs. Pahokee, Fla. on ESPN (Oct. 3), @Dorman (Oct. 24).

Anonymous said...

there is no way corona centennial should be ranked above long beach poly!!! even though st. bonaventure is better than c.c. i might b able to understand why s.b. is below c.c., due to the fact they lost to l.b. poly 12-7 (even though s.b. would definitely beat corona centennial) in one of the most exciting games i have ever seen. in my opinion those two teams (l.b. poly & s.b.) are the best in california. if those teams play each other 10 times, they go 5-5, maybe...maybe 6-4. they are so evenly matched. while i am not saying corona centennial is not an elite team, they would not be able to beat lb and sb. they play in a weak division and even the "tough" games for them are against teams having a down year (i.e. mater dei). lb poly should without a doubt be the highest ranked team out of the western region.

Anonymous said...

why does a team drop from # 1 when they didn't lose? This poll is just like any other.... flawed. I guess you have to beat every team 52 to zip. Pathetic!

Anonymous said...

THE BYRNES REBELS ARE #1 FOR GOO REASON. PLAYING THREE OUT OF STATE TEAMS AND BEATING THEM SOUNDLY!! WHO CAN STOP THE REBELS? TEXAS? WE WILL SEE! WE ARE GONNA DO THAT NEXT YEAR AT THE NEW COWBOYS STADIUM. UMM ANOTHER ROAD TRIP, T-SHIRT AND A WIN! GO REBEBLS

Anonymous said...

Good point about playing three out of state teams. There's not anybody in SC worth playing.

Anonymous said...

TESORO VS MISSION GAME TO WATCH!!

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