Eye on the Tigers: Unbeaten Archer (Ga.), Katy (Texas) push their way into Super 25 football rankings

By Jim Halley, USA TODAY High School Sports | November 6, 2017 11:33 am ET

No. 23 Archer (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and No. 25 Katy, Texas, are the new teams this week in the Super 25 football rankings.

Archer’s Tigers roll into the playoffs at 10-0 after quarterback Carter Peevy threw four TD passes in a 49-0 win Friday at Shiloh (Snellville). Archer, which knocked Grayson (Loganville) out of the Super 25 a few weeks back, has allowed only 10 points in its last four games.

Katy is 7-0 and led by a stubborn defense that has allowed only 41 points. The Tigers, who have won six state titles, rolled to a 49-7 win over Strake Jesuit (Houston) on Thursday as running back Deondrick Glass ran for 209 yards and three touchdowns.

Two Super 25 teams dropped out with losses to non-ranked opponents. Then-No. 13 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) fell 44-27 Friday to Miramar and then-No. 16 Judson (Converse, Texas) lost 40-37 Friday vs. Smithson Valley (Spring Branch).

Top-ranked Mater Dei improved to 10-0 as quarterback J.T. Daniels completed 25 of 32 passes for 346 yards and five touchdowns in a 51-7 defeat Friday of Servite (Anaheim).

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