Alabama high school football Super 25 rankings: Where teams stand heading into Week 8
The Alabama high school football season is heading into Week 8 and it's time for our Super 25 state rankings.
Sports writers Maxwell Donaldson, Anna Snyder and Jerry Humphrey III of the USA Today Network vote for who they think are the best 25 teams in the state of Alabama across all classifications. First-place votes are in parentheses. Teams were rewarded 25 points for first place, 24 points for second place and so on.
1. Saraland (3) - 75 points
Record: 8-0. Previous ranking: 1. Last week: Won 56-7 win over Baldwin County. This week: Idle
2. Thompson - 72 points
Record: 6-1 Previous ranking: 2. Last week: Won 68-7 over Oak Mountain. This week: vs. Tuscaloosa County
3. Central-Phenix City - 69 points
Record: 6-0. Previous ranking: 3. Last week: Won 35-6 vs. Percy Julian. This week: at Auburn
4. Enterprise - 66 points
Record: 6-1. Previous ranking: 5. Last week: Won 49-17 vs. Prattville. This week: vs. Dothan.
5. Clay-Chalkville - 63 points
Record: 7-0. Previous ranking: 4. Last week: 72-0 win of Huffman. This week: at Oxford
6. Hewitt-Trussville - 60 points
Record: 6-2. Previous ranking: 12. Last week: Won 55-27 over Vestavia Hills. This week: vs. Spain Park
7. Auburn - 57 points
Record: 6-1. Previous ranking: 7. Last week: Idle. This week: at Central-Phenix City.
8. Hillcrest Tuscaloosa - 53 points
Record: 7-0. Previous ranking: 9. Last week: Won 28-0 over Bessemer City. This week: vs. Paul Bryant
9. Mary G. Montgomery - 50 points
Record: 7-0. Previous ranking: 8. Last week: Won 35-14 vs. Baker. This week: vs. Daphne
10. Andalusia - 47 points
Record: 8-0. Previous ranking: 11. Last week: Won 42-6 over Slocomb. This week: at B.T. Washington
11. Cherokee County - 46 points
Record: 7-0. Previous ranking: 10 Last week: Won 35-0 vs. Fultondale. This week: at Etowah
14. Montgomery Catholic- 41 points
Record: 7-0. Previous ranking: 14. Last week: Won 38-0 at Bullock County This week: at Dale County
13. Muscle Shoals - 39 points
Record: 7-0. Previous ranking: 13. Last week: Won 56-3 vs. Decatur. This week: at Cullman
t-14. Vestavia Hills - 34 points
Record: 5-2. Previous ranking: 6. Last week: Loss 55-27 to Hewitt-Trussville. This week: vs. Oak Mountain
t- 14 Pleasant Grove - 34 points
Record: 5-1. Previous ranking: 15. Last week: Won 37-12 vs. John Carroll. This week: vs. Fairfield.
16. Gulf Shores - 31 points
Record: 6-0. Previous ranking: t-16. Last week: Won 55-7 vs. Elberta. This week: Idle
17. Faith Academy - 27 points
Record: 4-3. Previous ranking: 19. Last week: Idle. This week: Williamson
18. Handley - 26 points
Record: 7-1. Previous ranking: 20. Last week: Won 51-13 over Talladega. This week: vs. Cleburne County.
19. Austin - 22points
Record: 5-2. Previous ranking: 21. Last week: Won 28-7 vs. James Clemens. This week: at Bob Jones
20. Parker - 18 points
Record: 7-1. Previous Ranking: NR. Last Week: 13-10 win over Mountain Brook. This week: vs. Minor
21. Baker - 25 points
Record: 6-1. Previous ranking: 18. Last week: Loss 35-14 to Mary Montgomery This week: at Idle.
22. Charles Henderson - 12 points
Record: 4-3. Previous ranking: 22. Last week: Won 51-31 vs. Eufaula. This week: Headland
23. Ramsay - 6 points
Record: 5-2. Previous ranking: 23. Last week: Won 28-0 vs. John Carroll. This week: vs. Hayden.
24. Moody - 5 points
Record: 6-1. Previous ranking: 24. Last week: Won 60-0 St. Clair County. This week: vs. at Leeds
25. Central-Clay County - 2 points
Record: 65-0. Previous ranking: 25. Last week: Won 48-0 vs. Sylacauga. This week: vs. at Beauregard.
This article originally appeared on The Gadsden Times: Alabama high school football Super 25 rankings heading into Week 8
