PrepNation.com: Week 12 National Prep Football Poll released

WAUKEE, Iowa -- The Week 12 National Prep Poll includes the return of a pair of squads that were ranked in the Top 10 earlier this season. St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City, N.J.), which is riding a four-game winning streak, returns to the poll at No. 21. Former No. 1 St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) is back in at No. 22 after closing the regular season with a 41-10 rout of arch rival St. Ignatius (Cleveland).

^National Prep Football Poll – Week 12=^By Jamie DeMoney=

The National Prep Football Poll is compiled by Jamie DeMoney of XOS Digital with input from sportswriters, experts, and coaches. The national Top 25 and regional Top 10's follow with won-loss records:

#1. Las Vegas, Bishop Gorman (10-0), 63-3 average win margin against Nev. opponents

#2. Concord, Calif., De La Salle (9-0), all wins by at least 23 points

#3. Moultrie, Ga., Colquitt County (9-0), clinched 6A Region 1 crown

#4. Allen, Texas (9-0), averaging 53 points per game

#5. Miami, Booker T. Washington (10-0), favored to win third straight 4A state title

#6. Paramus, N.J., Paramus Catholic (8-0), thumped state-ranked DePaul, 41-20

#7. Bellevue, Wash. (9-0), only 24 points allowed in last six games

#8. Bellflower, Calif., St. John Bosco (8-1), pounded state-ranked Servite, 49-26

#9. Manvel, Texas (9-0), crushed Pasadena Memorial, 70-0

#10. Buford, Ga. (9-0), state-best 37-game winning streak

#11. South Jordan, Utah, Bingham (10-1), shut out Weber, 30-0, to open 5A playoffs

#12. Starkville, Miss. (10-0), rallied to defeat state-ranked Warren Central, 27-17

#13. Miami, Central (9-1), only loss to No. 5 Booker T. Washington

#14. Pinson, Ala., Clay-Chalkville (10-0), state-record 57 straight games scoring 20-plus points

#15. Folsom, Calif. (9-0), 30 consecutive regular-season wins

#16. Daytona Beach, Fla., Mainland (9-0), captured 6A District 9 title

#17. Metairie, La., Archbishop Rummel (9-0), led by Oklahoma-bound sr. DT Tyrell Jacobs

#18. Dallas, Skyline (9-0), locked up District 9-6A championship

#19. Honolulu, Punahou (7-0), sr. DE Canton Kaumatule an Oregon commit

#20. Southlake, Texas, Carroll (9-0), Prep Poll champ in 2004 and 2005

#21. Jersey City, N.J., St. Peter’s Prep (7-1), sr. QB Brandon Wimbush headed to Notre Dame

#22. Lakewood, Ohio, St. Edward (8-2), clobbered arch rival St. Ignatius, 41-10

#23. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco (5-2), 2-2 against ranked teams

#24. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., St. Thomas Aquinas (8-1), only loss to No. 23 Don Bosco

#25. Carmel, Ind. (11-0), edged Fishers, 14-7, in second-round playoff game

^Northeast=

#1. Paramus, N.J., Catholic, 8-0

#2. Jersey City, N.J., St. Peter's Prep, 7-1

#3. Ramsey, N.J., Don Bosco, 5-2

#4. Oradell, N.J., Bergen Catholic, 6-2

#5. Gibsonia, Pa., Pine-Richland, 10-0

#6. Buffalo, N.Y., Canisius, 9-0

#7. Montvale, N.J., St. Joseph Regional, 5-2

#8. Philadelphia, St. Joseph’s Prep, 5-3

#9. Wyndmoor, Pa., La Salle, 7-2

#10. Warminster, Pa., Archbishop Wood, 8-1

^East Coast=

#1. Duncan, S.C., Byrnes, 9-1

#2. Virginia Beach, Va., Ocean Lakes, 9-0

#3. Irmo, S.C., Dutch Fork, 8-2

#4. Chesapeake, Va., Oscar Smith, 8-1

#5. Charlotte, N.C., Independence, 10-0

#6. Rockingham, N.C., Richmond, 10-0

#7. Goose Creek, S.C., 8-1

#8. Baltimore, Gilman, 8-2

#9. Charleston, W.Va., Capital, 8-0

#10. Frederick, Md., Linganore, 9-0

^Southeast=

#1. Moultrie, Ga., Colquitt County, 9-0

#2. Miami, Booker T. Washington, 10-0

#3. Buford, Ga., 9-0

#4. Starkville, Miss., 10-0

#5. Miami, Central, 9-1

#6. Pinson, Ala., Clay-Chalkville, 10-0

#7. Daytona Beach, Fla., Mainland, 9-0

#8. Metairie, La., Archbishop Rummel, 9-0

#9. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., St. Thomas Aquinas, 8-1

#10. Hoover, Ala., 8-2

^Midwest=

#1. Lakewood, Ohio, St. Edward, 8-2

#2. Carmel, Ind., 11-0

#3. Hudson, Ohio, 10-0

#4. Louisville, Ky., Male, 10-0

#5. Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Brother Rice, 10-0

#6. Cincinnati, St. Xavier, 8-2

#7. Centerville, Ohio, 10-0

#8. Lincolnshire, Ill., Stevenson, 10-0

#9. Kimberly, Wis., 11-0

#10. Cincinnati, La Salle, 9-1

^Midlands=

#1. South Jordan, Utah, Bingham, 10-1

#2. Webb City, Mo., 11-0

#3. Omaha, Neb., North, 10-0

#4. Independence, Mo., Fort Osage, 10-0

#5. Aurora, Colo., Grandview, 10-0

#6. Prairie Village, Kan., Shawnee Mission East, 9-0

#7. Provo, Utah, Timpview, 11-0

#8. St. Louis, Christian Brothers, 11-0

#9. Olathe, Kan., North, 9-0

#10. Eden Prairie, Minn., 10-0

^Southwest=

#1. Las Vegas, Bishop Gorman, 10-0

#2. Allen, Texas, 9-0

#3. Manvel, Texas, 9-0

#4. Dallas, Skyline, 9-0

#5. Southlake, Texas, Carroll, 9-0

#6. Tulsa, Okla., Union, 8-1

#7. Waco, Texas, Midway, 9-0

#8. Chandler, Ariz., 9-1

#9. Denton, Texas, Guyer, 8-1

#10. San Antonio, Brennan, 9-0

^West Coast=

#1. Concord, Calif., De La Salle, 9-0

#2. Bellflower, Calif., St. John Bosco, 8-1

#3. Bellevue, Wash., 9-0

#4. Folsom, Calif., 9-0

#5. Honolulu, Punahou, 7-0

#6. San Juan Capistrano, Calif., JSerra, 8-1

#7. Santa Ana, Calif., Mater Dei, 7-2

#8. Corona, Calif., Centennial, 7-2

#9. Bothell, Wash., 9-0

#10. Long Beach, Calif., Poly, 8-1

FEATS OF THE WEEK: Jersey City, N.J., St. Peter’s Prep and Lakewood, Ohio, St. Edward -- a pair of Top 10 teams earlier this season -- re-entered the national poll after posting lopsided wins. St. Peter’s Prep is No. 21 this week following a 69-0 ambush of North Bergen, N.J. Senior quarterback Brandon Wimbush (a Notre Dame commit) accounted for three touchdowns for the Marauders, who have four blowout victories since a Sept. 26 loss at unranked Bradenton, Fla., IMG. ... St. Edward, which was ranked No. 1 before losing twice in September, is now No. 22 following a 41-10 rout of arch rival Cleveland, St. Ignatius. Senior receiver Shaun Crawford (Notre Dame) had three touchdowns including a 99-yard kickoff return. ... Tucker Israel (Clemson) of Orlando, Fla., Lake Nona set his third major state record of the season. The senior threw seven touchdown passes in a 53-7 blowout of Harmony, giving him a record-breaking 46 for the season. Israel became Florida’s career leader in passing yardage and touchdowns earlier this year. ... Senior Emanuel Gant (uncommitted) of Tempe, Ariz., became his state’s all-time leader in passing yardage. Gant threw for 216 yards in a 62-24 romp over Phoenix, Alhambra to up his career total to 9,833 yards. ... Massachusetts’ all-time leader in coaching victories is now Ken LaChapelle of Whitinsville, Mass., Northbridge. LaChapelle earned his 324^th career win in 39 seasons with his team’s 61-21 rout of Clinton, Mass.

Note to Eds: The preseason National Prep Basketball Poll will be released next Monday.

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 compiled the rankings from 1987 until 1999. Jamie DeMoney has compiled the poll since the start of the 1999 basketball season to the present.

PrepNation.com was originally launched August 1, 2001 by Jamie DeMoney for the purpose of creating a permanent online home for the National Prep Poll football and boys basketball rankings.

The National Prep Poll is the only high school poll distributed to newspapers and websites around the United States by the Associated Press.

Among the criteria used in the weekly compilation of 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.