LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Katy kept up its winning ways and benefitted from Los Alamitos’ first loss of the season to take over the No. 1 spot in the latest USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll.
The (23-1) Tigers routed Seven Lakes, 12-1, on Friday to run its win streak to 13 straight. They have outscored their last seven opponents, 86-7, including a home-and-away sweep of Seven Lakes by a combined 25-5 margin.
Los Alamitos (17-1), meanwhile, dropped to 10th in the rankings despite four straight wins since being edged 3-2 by unranked Mater Dei Catholic last Thursday. The Griffins had been the top team the past eight weeks, including the last two rankings of 2017.
Keller (24-1-1) won twice to take over the No. 2 position, while unbeaten schools Hurricane (8-0), Johnson (24-0), Neshoba Central (21-0), Bishop O’Connell (11-0) and North Davidson (16-0) all jumped ahead of teams that lost last week.
Fellow California schools Orange Lutheran (18-2) and Norco (15-2) joined Los Alamitos in the middle of the pack of this week’s rankings at No. 11 and 12, respectively, following their second losses. Three wins each, meanwhile, advanced Hamilton (24-1) to eighth and Eagle (15-0-1) to ninth.
New Jersey’s Donovan Catholic (5-0) makes the rankings for the first time this season at No. 21 after an unbeaten start, and fellow unbeaten East Carter (11-0) debuts at 23rd, just ahead of the other poll newcomer Chiles (17-1). Immaculate Heart Academy, Land O’ Lakes and Pembroke Pines dropped out this week.
State rankings submitted by NFCA member coaches are used to compile the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25.
USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll – April 12, 2018
|
Rank |
Team |
2018 Record |
Previous |
|
1 |
Katy (Texas) |
23-1 |
2 |
|
2 |
Keller (Texas) |
24-1-1 |
3 |
|
3 |
Hurricane (W. Va.) |
8-0 |
6 |
|
4 |
Johnson (Texas) |
24-0 |
7 |
|
5 |
Neshoba Central (Miss.) |
21-0 |
8 |
|
6 |
Bishop O’Connell (Va.) |
11-0 |
9 |
|
7 |
North Davidson (N.C.) |
16-0 |
10 |
|
8 |
Hamilton (Ariz.) |
24-1 |
11 |
|
9 |
Eagle (Idaho) |
15-0-1 |
13 |
|
10 |
Los Alamitos (Calif.) |
17-1 |
1 |
|
11 |
Orange Lutheran (Calif.) |
18-2 |
4 |
|
12 |
Norco (Calif.) |
15-2 |
5 |
|
13 |
Cibola (Ariz.) |
25-1 |
16 |
|
14 |
Madison (Va.) |
7-0 |
18 |
|
15 |
Jackson (Wash.) |
10-0 |
19 |
|
16 |
Crown Point (Ind.) |
3-0 |
21 |
|
17 |
Siegel (Tenn.) |
23-1 |
22 |
|
18 |
Tualatin (Ore.) |
9-0 |
23 |
|
19 |
Spanish Fork (Utah) |
13-1 |
25 |
|
20 |
Clovis (Calif.) |
18-2 |
17 |
|
21 |
Donovan Catholic (N.J.) |
5-0 |
NR |
|
22 |
Huntingtown (Md.) |
5-0 |
20 |
|
23 |
East Carter (Ky.) |
11-0 |
NR |
|
24 |
Chiles (Fla.) |
17-1 |
NR |
|
25 |
Scott County (Ky.) |
6-1 |
24 |
Dropped out: Immaculate Heart Academy (Fla.), Land O’ Lakes (Fla.) and Pembroke Pines (Fla.).
