It’s time to take a look at what the country’s elite high school football teams will be up against this weekend with Week 8 in the books.
Week 9 is primed to be one of the best weekends of the season yet. No. 1 Mater Dei and No. 7 Servite will do battle in a matchup that will have major implications on the Trinity League race, while No. 4 Thompson will take on a red-hot undefeated Hoover team. The title of best team in Alabama will be on the line when those two take the field on Friday night.
No. 6 Bergen Catholic, No. 12 Chandler and No. 15 St. Thomas Aquinas are also in for serious challenges, with Bergen Catholic playing a 6-1 Seton Hall Prep team, Chandler taking on undefeated Queen Creek and St. Thomas Aquinas meeting with 7-0 Dillard. No. 22 Dutch Fork gets 6-1 Lexington and No. 23 St. John’s takes on a deep and talented DeMatha team.
With that being said, let’s see what’s in store for each team in USA TODAY Sports’ Super 25 during the ninth weekend of the 2021 high school football season.
No. 1 Mater Dei (Calif.) vs. No. 7 Servite (Calif.)
Photo by Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Staff
Mater Dei Record: 6-0
Servite Record: 8-0
No. 2 IMG Academy (Fla.) vs. East St. Louis (Ill.)
Syndication: The Tennessean
East St. Louis Record: 7-1
No. 3 Westlake (Texas) vs. Akins (Texas)
Syndication: Austin American-Statesman
Akins Record: 4-3
No. 4 Thompson (Ala.) vs. Hoover (Ala.)
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Hoover Record: 9-0
No. 5 St. John Bosco (Calif.) vs. Santa Margarita (Calif.)
Photo: David Chisholm/1550 Sports
Santa Margarita Record: 5-3
No. 6 Bergen Catholic (N.J.) vs. Seton Hall Prep (N.J.)
Syndication: The Record
Seton Hall Prep Record: 6-1
No. 8 Collins Hill (Ga.) vs. Mountain View (Ga.)
Photo: Rusty Mansell, 247Sports
Mountain View Record: 3-4
No. 9 Center Grove (Ind.) — Idle
Syndication: Indianapolis
No. 10 Katy (Texas) — Idle
Photo: Collin Kennedy, 247Sports
No. 11 Centennial (Calif.) vs. Roosevelt (Calif.)
Photo: USA TODAY Sports
Roosevelt Record: 6-2
No. 12 Chandler (Ariz.) vs. Queen Creek (Ariz.)
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Queen Creek: 6-0
No. 13 Southlake Carroll (Texas) vs. V.R. Eaton (Texas)
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V.R. Eaton Record: 7-1
No. 14 Jesuit (Fla.) vs. Blake (Fla.)
Photo: Jesuit High School
Blake Record: 1-5
No. 15 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) vs. Dillard (Fla.)
Chuck Bethel/Football Hotbed
Dillard Record: 7-0
No. 16 St. Frances Academy (Md.) — Idle
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No. 17 Hamilton (Ariz.) — Idle
Photo: Arizona Republic
No. 18 Bishop Gorman (Nev.) vs. Foothill (Nev.)
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Foothill Record: 4-1
No. 19 Bixby (Okla.) vs. Muskogee (Okla.)
Syndication: Tulsa
Muskogee Record: 2-6
No. 20 Duncanville (Texas) vs. Cedar Hill (Texas)
Photo courtesy of Clifford Reed/Duncanville High School
Cedar Hill Record: 4-3
No. 21 Catholic (La.) vs. St. Amant (La.)
Photo via Twitter/@curdog_recruits
St. Amant Record: 5-1
No. 22 Dutch Fork (S.C.) vs. Lexington (S.C.)
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Lexington Record: 6-1
No. 23 St. John's (Washington D.C.) vs. DeMatha (Md.)
Photo: Larry French/St. Johns College
DeMatha Record: 6-1
No. 24 North Cobb (Ga.) vs. Hillgrove (Ga.)
Photo: North Cobb Football
No. 25 Oakland (Tenn.) vs. South Pittsburg (Tenn.)
Photo: The Tennessean
