Recruit Intel's national ranking edition dated October 5 moves The St. James of Springfield, Virginia, from No. 17 to No. 8, a nine-spot jump and the only new arrival in the top 10. Carrollton slips one place to No. 9. The other eight teams hold the positions they had in the previous edition.

The national top 10

  1. Sierra Canyon, California (6-0)
  2. De La Salle, California (6-0)
  3. IMG Academy, Florida (6-0)
  4. Baylor School, Tennessee (7-0)
  5. Santa Margarita Catholic, California (6-0)
  6. St. John Bosco, California (5-1)
  7. Trinity, Kentucky (6-1)
  8. The St. James, Virginia (4-1)
  9. Carrollton, Georgia (6-0)
  10. Thompson, Alabama (6-0)

Seven of the ten teams are unbeaten in the published records. St. John Bosco and Trinity each have one loss, as does The St. James. The list includes four California teams and one each from Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia and Alabama.

The database's latest finalized game date was October 4 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.