Recruit Intel's national ranking edition dated September 24 moves De La Salle of Concord, California, from No. 12 to No. 8. It is the only team in the top 10 that sat outside it in the previous edition. Allen climbs one spot to No. 3 and St. Thomas Aquinas slips to No. 4. Santa Margarita Catholic and Mater Dei each fall one place, to Nos. 9 and 10.

The national top 10

  1. Sierra Canyon, California (4-0)
  2. IMG Academy, Florida (4-0)
  3. Allen, Texas (4-0)
  4. St. Thomas Aquinas, Florida (5-0)
  5. St. Frances Academy, Maryland (4-0)
  6. Bishop Gorman, Nevada (4-1)
  7. Carrollton, Georgia (5-0)
  8. De La Salle, California (4-0)
  9. Santa Margarita Catholic, California (5-0)
  10. Mater Dei, California (4-1)

Sierra Canyon, IMG Academy, St. Frances Academy, Bishop Gorman and Carrollton hold the same positions as in the previous edition. The list includes four California teams and two from Florida. Texas, Maryland, Nevada and Georgia each place one. Eight teams have no loss in the published records, while Bishop Gorman and Mater Dei are 4-1.

The database's latest finalized game date was September 22 at capture time. The ranking run does not expose which finalized games it included, so that date is not presented as the run's game cutoff. Treat this as a dated ranking snapshot, not a projection.