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USA TODAY Sports has divided up the country into regions — Florida, Texas, California, Southeast, Midwest, East, Plains and West — and has ranked the high school football teams within them. These are the rankings for Sept. 22, 2020. 

Teams that are not playing this fall have been removed from rankings for the fall season.

Keep up with USA TODAY Sports for updated rankings throughout the season and hit us up on Twitter @USATODAYSports to let us know what you think or if there’s a team we might be overlooking. 

SUPER 25: The 25 best high school football teams in the country

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FLORIDA

1. IMG Academy (Bradenton): 

Record: 3-0; Last result: def. Ravenwood (Tenn.), 45-14.

2. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

3. Central (Miami)

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

4. Northwestern (Miami)

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

5. American Heritage (Plantation)

Record: 2-0; Last result: def. Clearwater, 24-0.

6. Edgewater (Orlando)

Record: 1-1; Last result: lost to Winter Park, 36-6.

7. Deerfield Beach

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

8. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood)

Record: 2-1; Last result: def. Bishop Verot, 21-6.

9. Palmetto

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

10. Booker T. Washington (Miami)

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

Also receiving votes:  Apopka (2-0), Christopher Columbus (0-0), Lakeland (1-0), Seminole (2-0)

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TEXAS

1. Duncanville

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

2. Galena North Shore

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

3. Austin Westlake

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

4. Katy

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

5. Alvin Shadow Creek

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

6. Allen

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

7. Denton Guyer

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

8. Southlake Carroll

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

9. Denton Ryan

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

10. DeSoto

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

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SOUTHEAST

(Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee)

1. Grayson (Loganville, Ga.)

Record: 4-0; Last result: def. Archer, 26-7.

2. Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.)

Record: 4-0; Last result: def. Lee County, 38-13.

3. Trinity (Louisville, Ky.)

Record: 2-0; Last result: def. Male, 43-14.

4. Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)

Record: 6-0; Last result: def. Mountain Brook, 31-0.

5. Dutch Fork (Irmo, S.C.)

Record: 1-0; Last result: def. White Knoll, 66-0.

6. Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, La.)

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

7. Hoover (Ala.)

Record: 6-0; Last result: def. Prattville, 28-6.

8. Oakland (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)

Record: 6-0; Last result: def. Rockvale, 56-7.

9. Colquitt County (Norman Park, Ga.)

Record: 2-0; Last result: def. Valdosta, 24-10.

10. Lovejoy

Record: 3-1; Last result: lost to Lovejoy, 19-7.

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MIDWEST

(Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia, Wisconsin)

1. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)

Record: 6-0; Last result: def. Lawrence Central, 66-0.

2. De Smet Jesuit (St. Louis)

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

3. Pickerington Central (Pickerington, Ohio)

Record: 5-0; Last result: def. Lancaster, 35-0.

4. Cathedral (Indianapolis)

Record: 6-0; Last result: def. La Salle (Ohio), 37-28.

5. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio)

Record: 4-0; Last result: def. St. Vincent-St. Mary, 36-9.

6. Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill, Iowa)

Record: 4-0; Last result: def. Valley, 34-7.

7. Mentor (Ohio)

Record: 4-1; Last result: def. Elyria, 45-21.

8. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)

Record: 4-1; Last result: def. Bishop Sycamore, 35-8.

9. Liberty (Mo.)

Record: 5-0; Last result: def. Blue Springs South, 42-13.

10. Belleville (Mich.)

Record: 2-0; Last result: def. Fordson, 69-0.

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EAST

(Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont)

1. St. Peter’s Prep (Jersey City, N.J.)

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

2. Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

3. St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.)

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

4. Pine-Richland (Gibsonia, Pa.)

Record: 2-0; Last result: def. Upper St. Clair, 34-13.

5. North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.)

Record: 2-0; Last result: def. Central Catholic, 35-21.

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PLAINS

(Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota)

1. Bixby (Okla.)

Record: 4-0; Last result: def. Bartlesville, 74-7.

2. Owasso (Okla.)

Record: 4-0; Last result: def. Tulsa Union, 34-14.

3. Bellevue West (Neb.)

Record: 3-0; Last result: def. Kearney, 49-14.

4. Jenks (Okla.)

Record: 3-1; Last result: def. Enid, 6-0.

5. Carl Albert (Okla.)

Record: 3-0; Last result: def. Guymon, 63-0.

6. Omaha Westside (Neb.)

Record: 5-0; Last result: def. Grand Island, 42-0.

7. Bridgewater/Emery/Ethan (S.D.)

Record: 5-0; Last result: def. Flandreau, 50-7.

8. Stillwater (Okla.)

Record: 3-0; Last result: def. Deer Creek, 62-16.

9. Broken Arrow (Okla.)

Record: 2-1; Last result: lost to Owasso, 32-6.

10. Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.)

Record: 3-0; Last result: def. Raytown (Mo.), 28-14.

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WEST

(Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming)

1. Chandler (Ariz.)

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

2. Corner Canyon (Draper, Utah)

Record: 7-0; Last result: def. Lone Peak, 35-25.

3. Saguaro (Ariz.)

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

4. Lone Peak (Highland, Utah)

Record: 6-1; Last result: lost to Corner Canyon, 35-25.

5. Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.)

Record: 0-0; Last result: N/A.

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States not playing fall football: California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C.