Alabama High School Football Rankings: Top 25 teams — Sept. 22

Week 5 of the Alabama high school football season is complete, and the state top-25 rankings have seen some significant shifts.

While the top seven teams remain the same as last week, the majority of the shakeup is lower in the rankings with a few programs being upset and others coming off big wins.

UPDATED SCORES FOR TOP 25 TEAMS IN ALABAMA

Below are the top 25 teams in Alabama, according to the On3 Massey Ratings.

The On3 Massey Ratings, officially used during the BCS era, is a model that ranks sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule and margin of victory. According to the model — four teams from Alabama rank inside the nationwide top 100.

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1. Phenix City Central

Previous: No. 1
The defending state champions continue to roll. After wins over Pinson, St. Louis (Mo.) Lutheran North, Smiths Station and Dothan, they handled a top-10 Enterprise tam 34-21 to move to 5-0. Their biggest test of the season comes this week when national powerhouse IMG Academy (Fla.) comes to Alabama for what should be an epic showdown.

2. Auburn

Previous: No. 2
The Tigers now sit at 5-0 after a 47-0 blowout over Jefferson Davis, adding another strong offensive performance to their resume after rolling over North Miami Beach (Fla.), Birmingham Vestavia Hills, Opelika and Enterprise.

3. Alabaster Thompson

Previous: No. 3 
After losing their season opener against Loganville (Ga.) Grayson, the 2023 7A state runners-up have reeled off four consecutive wins. First on the road against Nashville (Tenn.) Lipscomb Academy, then blitzing Tuscaloosa 47-7 , rolling past Oak Mountain 42-7 and beating top-25 Vestavia Hills 38-17 over the weekend.

4. Clay-Chalkville

Previous: No. 4 
The reigning 6A state champions began the defense of their title with a commanding 28-7 victory over Heuytown in Week 1. They followed that with a 62-7 romp over Birmingham Ramsey in Week 2 and a 45-0 obliteration of Pell City. The Cougars continued their dominant ways against Shades Valley (42-0) before hitting the bye week. Now they’ll face No. 3 Thompson to close the month.

5. Saraland

Previous: No. 5
The Spartans remained spotless after a convincing 34-12 win on the road against McGill-Toolen Catholic. Saraland has already faced one of the tougher schedules in the state, and it will only get more challenging with a home tilt against No. 11 Montgomery Catholic Prep on Friday night.

6. Hoover

Previous: No. 6
The Bucs have been on an early-season rollercoaster, beating Western to open the season, followed by a 39-37 loss to Spain Park the next week. They came back with a vengeance to beat a then-top-10 Hillcrest team 35-6. They won a defensive battle 8-7 over No. 4 Hewitt-Trussville before routing previously undefeated Prattville 40-6 over the weekend. A top-15 matchup with Parker looms on Friday night.

7. Hewitt-Trussville

Previous: No. 7 
Coming off a tough loss 8-7 loss to Hoover last weekend, the Huskies needed to get back on track. And they did exactly that with a commanding 37-16 win over Hillcrest to move to 4-1.

8. Spain Park

Previous: No. 10 (+2)
Another significant riser early in the season has been Spain Park, which opened the season with a 38-7 throttling of Sparkman before beating Hoover in a 39-37 thriller two weeks ago. They eked out a 28-26 squeaker against Helena last week, then rolled past Benjamin Russell 42-15 to move to 4-0 and up two spots.

9. Enterprise

Previous: No. 8 (-1)
Enterprise made easy work Andalusia in Week 1 with a 35-7 win and handled Pike Road 24-6, then dropped No. 11 Dothan 28-21. But they were dominated by No. 2 Auburn last weekend, and the schedule only got harder against No. 1 Central on Friday night. They put up a strong fight but ultimately fell 34-21.

10. Oxford

Previous: No. 14 (+4)
The Yellow Jackets moved to 5-0 and into the top 10 with a one-point win over Mountain Brook, a top-15 team coming into the game. They’ll look to keep things going on the road Friday night against Helena.

Teams 11-25 in latest Alabama High School Football rankings

11. Montgomery Catholic (+1)
12. Opelika (-1)
13. Montgomery Carver (+4)
14. Parker (-5)
15. Spanish Fort (-2)

16. Birmingham Vestavia Hills 
17. Mobile Baker (+8)
18. Mary G Montgomery (+4)
19. Central of Clay County (+1)
20. Jackson (+4)

21. Mountain Brook (-6)
22. St. Paul’s Episcopal (previously unranked)
23. Vigor (previously unranked)
24. Tuscaloosa Hillcrest (-1)
25. James Clemens (previously unranked)

Dropped out: #21 Daphne, #19 Dothan, #18 Prattville