The Commercial Appeal

Tennessee Super 25 prep football rankings

- Tom Kreager Nashville Tennessean USA TODAY NETWORK – TENNESSEE

High-scoring Lipscomb Academy hosts Christ Presbyteri­an Academy in a rematch of the 2020 Division II-AA Bluecross Bowl and highlights a week featuring five games between teams in the Tennessee Super 25 high school football rankings.

The Mustangs, ranked fourth in the Super 25, can beat seventh-ranked CPA for the second consecutiv­e regular season and avenge a loss in the championsh­ip game.

Other high-profile games of interest include second-ranked Maryville hosting No. 17 Knoxville West, No. 13 Montgomery Bell Academy at ninth-ranked Chattanoog­a Baylor. Powell, ranked 11th in the state, hosts No. 23 Knoxville Catholic. And No. 12 Ravenwood hosts No. 18 Pope John Paul II.

A group of high school sports writers from the USA TODAY Network vote each week on the top 25 football programs in Tennessee this season.

First-place votes are in parenthese­s. 1. Oakland (7) 175 pts.

Record: 8-0. Last week: Ranked No. 1. This week: at South Pittsburg.

2. Maryville 164 pts.

Record: 8-0. Last week: Ranked No. 2. This week: vs. Knoxville West.

3. Summit 161 pts.

Record: 8-0. Last week: Ranked No. 3. This week: at Shelbyvill­e.

4. Lipscomb Academy 156 pts. Record: 7-1. Last week: Ranked No. 4.

This week: vs. CPA.

5. Mccallie 145 pts.

Record: 8-0. Last week: Ranked No. 5. This week: vs. Clearwater Academy (Florida).

6. Alcoa 137 pts.

Record: 7-1. Last week: Ranked No. 6. This week: vs. Tyner Academy.

7. Christ Presbyteri­an Academy 136 pts.

Record: 7-1. Last week: Ranked No. 7. This week: at Lipscomb Academy.

8. Briarcrest Christian 119 pts. Record: 8-0. Last week: Ranked No. 8. This week: at St. Benedict.

9. Baylor 114 pts.

Record: 6-2. Last week: Ranked No. 10. This week: vs. MBA.

10. Riverdale 107 pts.

Record: 7-1. Last week: Ranked No. 9. This week: vs. East Nashville.

11. Powell 103 pts.

Record: 7-1. Last week: Ranked No. 11. This week: vs. Knoxville Catholic.

12. Ravenwood 99 pts.

Record: 6-2. Last week: Ranked No. 12. This week: vs. Pope John Paul II.

13. Montgomery Bell Academy 75 pts.

Record: 5-3. Last week: Ranked No. 13. This week: at Baylor.

14. Ensworth 71 pts.

Record: 6-2. Last week: Ranked No. 16. This week: at Brentwood Academy. T-15. Colliervil­le 70 pts.

Record: 8-0. Last week: Ranked No. 15. This week: vs. Bartlett.

T-15. Greenevill­e 70 pts.

Record: 9-0. Last week: Ranked No. 17. This week: at Morristown East.

17. Knoxville West 66 pts.

Record: 7-1. Last week: Ranked No. 14. This week: at Maryville.

18. Pope John Paul II 62 pts.

Record: 6-2. Last week: Ranked No. 19. This week: at Ravenwood.

19. Pearl-cohn 39 pts.

Record: 8-1. Last week: Ranked No. 21. This week: Open.

20. Bradley Central 32 pts.

Record: 8-0. Last week: Ranked No. 23. This week: vs. Rhea County.

21. Lausanne 29 pts.

Record: 7-0. Last week: Ranked No. 18. This week: at South Gibson.

22. Tullahoma 26 pts.

Record: 8-0. Last week: Ranked No. 22. This week: vs. Greenbrier.

23. Knoxville Catholic 22 pts. Record: 4-3. Last week: Ranked No. 20. This week: at Powell.

24. Germantown 20 pts.

Record: 6-2. Last week: Ranked No. 24. This week: vs. White Station.

25. Elizabetht­on 18 pts.

Record: 7-1. Last week: Ranked No. 25. This week: Open.

Teams receiving 10 points or more: Page 17, Memphis Central 15, Mt. Juliet 10.

Reach Tom Kreager at tkreager@gannett.com and on Twitter @Kreager.

 ?? COBBERT/ COMMERCIAL APPEAL ARIEL ?? Colliervil­le Head Coach Joe Rocconi and players charge on to the field before taking on Houston at Colliervil­le High School on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021.
COBBERT/ COMMERCIAL APPEAL ARIEL Colliervil­le Head Coach Joe Rocconi and players charge on to the field before taking on Houston at Colliervil­le High School on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021.

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