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

Massachusetts high school football season has entered the second half of the regular season and has seen little change has occurred at the top of the state Top 25 rankings.

St. John’s Preparatory School remains Massachusetts high school football’s No. 1 team, with Tabor Academy and Catholic Memorial following in at the No. 2-3 spots, respectively. Which other teams, though, join the three aforementioned teams when it comes to the latest Massachusetts high school football Top 25 rankings?

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 Massachusetts high school football Top 25 rankings, according to Massey as of Oct. 21.

1. St. John’s Preparatory School Eagles

The Eagles (6-0) are the reigning No. 1 team out of Massachusetts and there’s plenty to like about this team, especially after a 53-19 win over St John’s. St. John’s boasts having one of the best sophomore quarterbacks in the country in Christopher Vargas, who is coming off a solid freshman campaign. Vargas last season threw for 1,311 yards, 17 touchdowns and only three mere interceptions.

St. John’s Prep defeated Rhode Island’s previous No. 1 La Salle Academy in a 53-20 decision back on Sep. 27. The Eagles goes on the road this week to take on Malden Catholic (3-3).

2. Tabor Academy Seawolves 

Making a move up to the No. 2 spot in this week’s rankings is the Tabor Academy Seawolves (5-0), whom feature one of the state’s most talented rosters bar none. The Seawolves have a bevy of Division I talent, which includes players like junior quarterback Peter Bourque (Michigan commit), Amahn Williams (UCF commit) and a pair of UCLA defensive linemen commitments in Carter Gooden and Marcus Almada, respectively.

Tabor Academy was impressive in their regular season opener, a 37-6 rout of The Williston Northampton School, following it up with a dominating outing over The Governors Academy in a 46-6 rout and then taking care of business against Milton Academy in a 51-26 win. Last week, the Seawolves cruised to a 34-0 victory over winless Belmont Hill School (0-5).

The Seawolves return to action this week against St. Paul’s School.

3. Catholic Memorial Knights

Catholic Memorial (4-1) are once again loaded with Power 4 talent, with a handful that’ll be making the short trip over to Boston College after their time with the Knights. Among the myriad of Boston College commitments are 2026 three-star linemen Marcelino Antunes, Mac Fitzgerald, 2027 safety Jackson Tucker and 2028 athlete Ramar Thomas.

The Knights are always in the mix when it comes to MIAA’s Division 2 classification and their most impressive victory of the season was a 56-32 romp over St. Francis (N.Y.) several weeks ago. The Knights dropped their first game of the season last week against Xaverian Brothers with New England Patriots’ quarterback Drake Maye in attendance, 25-22.

Catholic Memorial looks to bounce back this week against St John’s (3-3).

4. King Phillip Regional Warriors

King Philip Reg (5-0) moves up a spot in this week’s rankings after defeating Taunton last Friday, 35-7.

The Warriors are coming off another strong season in the MIAA’s Division II classification, in which they went 12-1 and reached the state championship game, losing to Catholic Memorial. With an advantageous schedule that mimics last year’s, the road back to the title game looks clear once again for the Warriors.

King Phillip aims for win No. 7 on the season when they take on Milford (4-2).

5. Springfield Central Golden Eagles

The Golden Eagles (5-1) have been an interesting team through the first five games of the season, as this group could easily be 4-0 after losing their opener by one point to St. John’s Preparatory School, 36-35.

Since then, Springfield Central has bounced back with five straight quality victories against East Longmeadow, Longmeadow, Mansfield, Westfield and Xaverian Brothers, with the latter coming against a state championship winning team from a year ago.

Springfield Central will look to make it six straight wins when they return home to take on Minnechaug Reg.

Massachusetts High School Football Rankings: Nos. 6 – 25

6. Xaverian Brothers (4-2)
7. Dexter School (6-0) 
8. Milton Academy (3-1)
9. The Williston Northampton School (4-2)
10. Tewksbury Memorial (6-0)

11. Methuen (5-1)
12. Buckingham Browne & Nichols School (3-1)
13. Natick (5-1)
14. Scituate (5-1)
15. North Attleboro (5-1)

16. Central Catholic (3-3)
17. Foxborough (4-1)
18. Barnstable (6-0)
19. Andover (5-1)
20. Bishop Feehan (4-1)

21. Milton (6-1)
22. Marblehead (6-0)
23. Hingham (5-1)
24. Mansfield (4-2)
25. Winchester (6-0)

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