Maine High School Football Rankings: Top 25 Teams - Oct. 21

The Maine high school football season has just couple weeks left in the regular season before the Maine Principal’s Association (MPA) playoffs kick off.

Top-ranked Thornton Academy remains the No. 1 team in the state, after a 56-13 beatdown of Sanford last week. Bonny Eagle remains No. 2 after recently defeating No. 3 Portland, 34-7. Who else should be in the Top 25 Maine high school football rankings mix out of the Pine Tree State this week?

The 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.

Here is the latest Maine high school football Top 25 rankings, according to Massey as of Oct. 21.

1. Thornton Academy Golden Trojans

The Thornton Academy Golden Trojans (6-1) finished with a 10-3 record last season, with two of their three losses were against the Portland Bulldogs. The Trojans made easy work of the Bulldogs a couple weeks ago in a 36-0 romp, a rematch of last year’s Class A state championship game, which the Trojans are on a mission to avenge this fall.

The Trojans kicked off the season with a dominating 44-0 victory over Scarborough, but dropped their first game in a 26-14 loss to Bedford (New Hampshire). Thornton Academy had themselves an easy 56-13 win over Sanford last week and this Friday face off against No. 2 Bonny Eagle, easily the state’s game of the week.

2. Bonny Eagle Scots

There’s no more questions on this one: Bonny Eagle (7-0) is so back after finishing below .500 last fall. That has been backed up with four straight victories over Windham, Noble, Oxford Hills Comprehensive and most notably Portland in the last few weeks. In 2024, the Scots had more wins than losses, with their campaign ending in a defeat to Noble in the Maine high school football Class A state quarterfinals. It’s been a half dozen years since Bonny Eagle last won a state title and they’re off to a good start in attempting to snap the streak.

Quarterback Colin Moran has been playing well behind center, throwing for 827 yards and 11 touchdowns this season. Bonny Eagle has their toughest test of the season this week when they take center stage in Maine when they have a home showdown against No. 1 ranked Thornton Academy on Friday night.

3. Portland Bulldogs

The Portland Bulldogs (4-2) lost two straight games after a 34-7 loss to No. 2 Bonny Eagle and then falling to Thornton Academy, the very team they defeated for the Class A title last fall, in a 36-0 loss a couple weeks ago. Bulldogs finally got off the snide when they soundly beat Lewiston, 45-0.

The Bulldogs feature on offense arguably one of the top players in the state in Maine commit Cordell Jones (1,138 all-purpose yards, 14 touchdowns), who accounted for 1,216 all-purpose yards and 18 touchdowns offensively last fall and has transitioned more to the quarterback position for the Bulldogs. 

Portland looks to make it two in a row when they square off versus Exeter (5-2) this week.

4. Noble Knights

Noble (5-1) dropped their first game of the season when they fell in a 18-0 decision against No. 3 Bonny Eagle a couple weeks ago.

The Knights had been on a three-game winning streak to start the season, before losing their first game of 2025 to Bonny Eagle. Noble ended up bouncing back at home when they defeated Marshwood, 35-27. The Knights to make it four in a row when they take on Scarborough.

5. Kennebunk Rams

Boasting a 9-1 record after the 2024 regular season play, the Kennebunk Rams looked like a good bet heading into last season’s Maine high school football Class B state championship game to win it all. The Rams were not able to seal the deal in a 26-13 loss to Falmouth. 

Kennebunk (6-1) was able to exact a little bit of revenge in the opening week of the season when they defeated Falmouth at home in a 14-10 victory. The Rams looked impressive in last week’s 54-21 win over Marshwood and aim to finish strong against Biddeford (1-7) this Friday.

Maine High School Football Rankings: Nos. 6 – 25

6. Cony (7-0)
7. Greely (7-0)
8. South Portland (4-3)
9. Westbrook (6-1)
10. Oxford Hills Comprehensive (3-4)

11. Bangor (4-3)
12. Falmouth (4-3)
13. Marshwood (5-2)
14. Mt Ararat (5-1)
15. Old Orchard Beach (7-0)

16. Cheverus (4-3)
17. Leavitt Area (5-2)
18. Hermon (7-0)
19. Deering (3-4)
20. Windham (2-5)

21. Massabesic (2-5)
22. Winthrop (8-0)
23. Gardiner Area (6-1)
24. Yarmouth (5-1)
25. Scarborough (3-4)

How to Follow Maine High School Football

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