DMV Top-30 Power Rankings: Week 5
It’s hard to remember a time when the rankings were this fluid. As we continue to learn more about the teams in this area, you will continue to see changes to this list. For right now, it makes sense to put a premium on key wins and strength of schedule. Gonzaga for example, won its holiday classic and beat a very good SSSAS team, but the Good Counsel loss still holds weight. The Biggest riser this week is Bullis, who knocked off a surging John Carroll team to win its holiday classic. St. Charles, Theodore Roosevelt, and City debut respectively while MSJ bows out for the time being as a result of their loss to McDonogh.
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RANK | SCHOOL | PREVIOUS RANK | RECORD | KEY WINS | LOSSES | UPCOMING GAMES |
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1 | PAUL VI (VA) | 1 | 6-0 | @ Carroll, DJO, IMG, Word of God, @ Ireton, @ Archbishop Wood | – | 12/20 @ The Heights |
2 | ST. FRANCES (MD) | 2 | 10-0 | Scotland Campus, International Sports Academy, Curley, Riverdale, Coolidge, Boys’ Latin, Simeon, @ AACS, Pallotti, @ Goretti | – | 12/18 vs. Spalding, 12/22 @ City of Palms |
3 | DEMATHA (MD) | 3 | 4-2 | MSJ, Ryken, @ Carroll, DJO | Sunrise Christian, @ Montverde | 12/17 vs. Eleanor Roosevelt |
4 | POLY (MD) | 4 | 3-0 | Digital Harbor, Wilson, Franklin | – | 12/16 vs. Lake Clifton |
5 | ST. JOHN’S (DC) | 6 | 6-0 | Calvert Hall, Carroll, McNamara, Bullis, @ Ryken, @ Reading | – | 12/21 vs. Rock Creek (@ North Point) |
6 | ROCK CREEK CHRISTIAN (MD) | 7 | 5-0 | Severn, Thurgood Marshall, Glenelg Country, Northwestern, First Love | – | 12/20 vs. Fairfax Christian, 12/21 vs. St. John’s, 12/22 vs. TBD |
7 | SIDWELL FRIENDS (DC) | 9 | 9-0 | Potomac School, Gerstell, Arundel Christian, KIPP, St. Albans (x2), St. James, Sandy Spring, Grace Brethren | – | 12/17 vs. Maret, 12/19 vs. St. Andrew’s |
8 | RIVERDALE BAPTIST (MD) | 10 | 5-1 | @ Lanham Christian, Bullis, Flowers, Coolidge, @ Gwynn Park | St. Frances | 12/16 vs. Lanham Christian, 12/18 vs. Sheldon |
9 | ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (MD) | 11 | 2-0 | @ South River, Northern | 12/17 @ DeMatha, 12/19 vs. Flowers | |
10 | NATIONAL CHRISTIAN (MD) | 12 | 4-0 | New Hope, First Love, @ Largo, Cardinal Newman | – | 12/29 vs. First Love (@ Slam Dunk to the Beach), 1/3 @ Capital Christian |
11 | MIDDLEBURG (VA) | 19 | 6-2 | Life Christian, Veritas, Lanham Christian, Episcopal, @ Flint Hill, Fairfax Christian | @ Life Christian, @ Blue Ridge | 12/21 vs. Friendship Tech (@ Maret) |
12 | EPISCOPAL (VA) | 21 | 4-1 | Hayfield, Dunbar, @ Potomac School, Woodberry Forest | Middleburg | 12/20 @ St. Albans |
13 | POTOMAC SCHOOL (VA) | 26 | 3-2 | Sandy Spring, John Paul the Great, Flint Hill | @ Sidwell, Episcopal | 12/17 vs. St. Andrew’s, 12/21 vs. Fairfax Christian (@ Maret) |
14 | FLINT HILL (VA) | 22 | 4-2 | Bullis, Dunbar, @ Georgetown Prep, @ Maret | Middleburg, @ Potomac School | 12/21 vs. Friendship Collegiate |
15 | BULLIS (MD) | HM | 4-3 | St. Albans, SJCP, Pallotti, John Carroll | Riverdale Baptist, @ Flint Hill, St. John’s | 12/19 @ Salesianum, 12/20 @ Haverford |
16 | JOHN CARROLL (MD) | 13 | 5-1 | St. John’s College Prep, Good Counsel, Mt. Carmel, Landon, Ryken | @ Bullis | 12/20 vs. Bishop Ireton, 12/21 & 12/22 @ Bethlehem Catholic Tournament |
17 | GOOD COUNSEL (MD) | 14 | 7-2 | @ Ireton, Gonzaga, Georgetown Day, Landon, McNamara, Blake, Spalding | Xaverian, John Carroll | 12/19, 12/20 & 12/21 @ Kreul Classic |
18 | GONZAGA (DC) | 15 | 7-2 | McNamara, Loyola, @ Ireton, @ Carroll, Gonzaga Prep, Knoxville Catholic, SSSAS | @ Good Counsel, Sunrise Christian | 12/20, 12/21 & 12/22 @ City of Palms |
19 | ST. STEPHEN’S ST. AGNES (VA) | 5 | 7-1 | @ Ireton, STAB, Bishop Sullivan, Hargrave, @ Goretti, Imhotep, Gray Collegiate | @ Gonzaga | 12/27, 12/28 & 12/29 @ DeMatha Christmas Tournament |
20 | BISHOP WALSH (MD) | 16 | 4-2 | Coolidge, Takoma Academy, @ St. Mary’s, Chaminade | Word of God, @ De La Salle | 12/19 vs. New Hope, 12/21 @ Landon |
21 | ST. MARIA GORETTI (MD) | 17 | 5-3 | New Hope, Boys’ Latin, South Lake Christian, St. Andrew’s, Thomas Johnson | @ Mercersburg, SSSAS, SFA | 12/20 vs. Calvert Hall, 12/22 @ Loyola |
22 | ST. ANDREW’S (MD) | 18 | 5-1 | McDonogh, Georgetown Prep, Covenant Life, Lanham Christian, GDS | @ Goretti | 12/17 @ Potomac School, 12/19 @ Sidwell, 12/21, 12/22 & 12/23 vs. TBD |
23 | ST. CHARLES (MD) | HM | 3-0 | Huntingtown, Chopticon, @ O’Connell | – | 12/18 vs. Leonardtown, 12/21 vs. Wise (@ North Point) |
24 | THEODORE ROOSEVELT (DC) | NR | 7-0 | @ IDEA, North Point, Patterson, Wilson, @ Dunbar, Cardozo, Loudoun Valley | – | 12/16 vs. Coolidge, 12/18 @ Anacostia, 12/20 vs. HD Woodson, 12/21 vs. Gwynn Park (@ North Point) |
25 | WOODROW WILSON (DC) | 23 | 3-2 | Oxford, @ HD Woodson, Loyola | Poly, @ Theodore Roosevelt | 12/16 @ Phelps, 12/18 @ Ballou |
26 | BISHOP MCNAMARA (MD) | 24 | 1-3 | Takoma Academy | @ Gonzaga, @ St. John’s, @ Good Counsel | 12/20 vs. O’Connell, 12/21 vs. Lanham Christian |
27 | ARCHBISHOP CARROLL (DC) | 25 | 2-4 | Spalding, Thurgood Marshall | Paul VI, @ St. John’s, DeMatha, vs. Gonzaga | 12/20 @ Arundel Christian |
28 | COOLIDGE (DC) | 29 | 3-3 | Dunbar, Cardozo, @ Anacostia | Bishop Walsh, @ St. Frances, Riverdale Baptist | 12/18 vs. HD Woodson, 12/20 vs. St. Benedict’s |
29 | BISHOP IRETON (VA) | 30 | 2-4 | The Heights, TC Williams | SSSAS, Good Counsel, Gonzaga, Paul VI | 12/20 vs. John Carroll, 12/21 & 12/22 @ Bethlehem Catholic Tournament |
30 | CITY (MD) | HM | 4-0 | @ Mervo, @ Broadneck, Old Mill, Curley | – | 12/16 @ NAF, 12/19 vs. Patterson |
HONORABLE MENTION (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY)
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING (MD)
GEORGETOWN PREP (MD)
GILMAN (MD)
GLENELG COUNTRY (MD)
HIGHLAND (VA)
JOHN PAUL THE GREAT (VA)
LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD (MD)
MCDONOGH (MD)
MERVO (MD)
MOUNT ST. JOSEPH (MD)
MT. CARMEL (MD)
OXON HILL (MD)
PALLOTTI (MD)
SOUTH COUNTY (VA)
ST. MARY’S RYKEN (MD)