DMV Top-30 Power Rankings: Week 8
St. Frances takes the top spot for the first time this season. The Panthers are currently on a 5 game win streak and look quite formidable at the moment. The Bullis Bulldogs are arguably the hottest team in the area right now and continue to move up the rankings as a result. They check in this week at #14, but a tough test awaits at #9 Episcopal this week. McNamara outlasted Landstown to avoid a letdown after upsetting Paul VI on their home court. The Mustangs, who’ve moved up to #16, are playing some good ball at the moment. Oxon Hill and South County are the debutants this week. Both the Clippers and Stallions have yet to lose a game this season.
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RANK | SCHOOL | PREVIOUS RANK | RECORD | STREAK | KEY WINS | LOSSES | UPCOMING GAMES |
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1 | ST. FRANCES (MD) | 3 | 16-1 | W5 | Riverdale, Coolidge, Boys’ Latin, Simeon, Pallotti, @ Goretti, Spalding, Gilman | Sunrise Christian | 1/6 vs. Mt. Carmel, 1/8 @ Calvert Hall, 1/11 @ IMG Academy |
2 | ST. JOHN’S (DC) | 1 | 13-1 | W2 | Carroll, McNamara, Bullis, Rock Creek, Morgan Park, Poly, LuHi, @ Ireton, vs. Good Counsel | Dorman | 1/7 @ The Heights, 1/9 vs. DeMatha, 1/11 vs. DJO |
3 | DEMATHA (MD) | 4 | 9-2 | W4 | MSJ, @ Carroll, Eleanor Roosevelt, Canterbury, Charlotte Christian, SSSAS, Mater Dei | Sunrise Christian, @ Montverde | 1/7 @ Gonzaga, 1/9 @ St. John’s, 1/11 vs. McNamara |
4 | POLY (MD) | 5 | 6-1 | W1 | Wilson, Lake Clifton, Harvard Westlake | St. John’s | 1/6 vs. Patterson, 1/7 vs. Southwestern |
5 | GONZAGA (DC) | 7 | 10-3 | W2 | McNamara, Loyola, @ Ireton, @ Carroll, Gonzaga Prep, Knoxville Catholic, SSSAS, O’Dea, McEachern, @ O’Connell | @ Good Counsel, Sunrise Christian, IMG Academy | 1/7 vs. DeMatha, 1/9 @ PVI, 1/11 vs. The Heights |
6 | ST. STEPHEN’S ST. AGNES (VA) | 8 | 11-2 | W2 | @ Ireton, STAB, Bishop Sullivan, Hargrave, @ Goretti, Imhotep, Gray Collegiate, Riverdale, Flint Hill | @ Gonzaga, @ DeMatha | 1/7 vs. Landon, 1/10 vs. Episcopal |
7 | NATIONAL CHRISTIAN (MD) | 6 | 7-2 | L2 | First Love, Cardinal Newman, Orangeville Prep, Northwood Temple, Mt. Zion | Gill St. Bernard’s, Westtown | 1/7 vs. Capital Christian, 1/8 vs. Veritas, 1/10 @ Riverdale Baptist |
8 | MIDDLEBURG (VA) | 9 | 10-2 | W7 | Life Christian, Episcopal, @ Flint Hill, Fairfax Christian, Friendship Tech, St. Charles, Western Branch, Peninsula Catholic | @ Life Christian, @ Blue Ridge | 1/7 @ Fairfax Christian, 1/10 @ Nansemond-Suffolk, 1/11 @ Veritas |
9 | EPISCOPAL (VA) | 10 | 7-1 | W6 | Dunbar, @ Potomac School, @ St. Albans, Sidwell Friends, Bishop Ireton | Middleburg | 1/8 vs. Bullis, 1/10 @ SSSAS |
10 | PAUL VI (VA) | 2 | 7-3 | L3 | @ Carroll, IMG, Word of God, @ Ireton, @ Archbishop Wood | Archbishop Stepinac, McNamara, Wasatch Academy | 1/7 @ Good Counsel, 1/9 vs. Gonzaga, 1/11 @ Ryken |
11 | ST. ANDREW’S (MD) | 11 | 12-2 | W1 | McDonogh, Georgetown Prep, @ Potomac School, @ Sidwell, Bergen Catholic, Freedom Christian, Landon | @ Goretti, Moeller | 1/7 @ Maret, 1/9 @ Flint Hill |
12 | ROCK CREEK CHRISTIAN (MD) | 15 | 11-3 | W3 | Thurgood Marshall, Glenelg Country, First Love, Fairfax Christian, Core4 Academy, St. Benedict’s, Beckley Prep, South Shore | St. John’s, Our Saviour Lutheran, Immaculate Conception | 1/6 @ Arundel Christian, 1/9 vs. Lake Clifton, 1/10 vs. Edmonson, 1/11 vs. Carroll |
13 | ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (MD) | 16 | 5-2 | W2 | @ South River, Northern, Flowers, Dover, @ Wise | @ DeMatha, Albany Academy | 1/10 @ Bladensburg |
14 | BULLIS (MD) | 18 | 10-3 | W10 | St. Albans, SJCP, Pallotti, John Carroll, @ Salesianum, @ Haverford, VES, STAB, @ Benedictine, Potomac School | Riverdale Baptist, @ Flint Hill, St. John’s | 1/8 @ Episcopal, 1/10 @ Georgetown Prep |
15 | GOOD COUNSEL (MD) | 12 | 10-4 | L1 | @ Ireton, Gonzaga, Landon, McNamara, Spalding, Pine Crest, Miami Northland | Xaverian, John Carroll, Westminister, @ SJC | 1/7 vs. PVI, 1/9 @ The Heights |
16 | ST. CHARLES (MD) | 19 | 7-1 | W2 | Huntingtown, Chopticon, @ O’Connell, Leonardtown, Wise, Gaithersburg, Gwynn Park | Middleburg | 1/8 @ Stone, 1/10 @ Northern |
17 | THEODORE ROOSEVELT (DC) | 20 | 14-0 | W14 | @ IDEA, North Point, Patterson, Wilson, @ Dunbar, Cardozo, Loudoun Valley, Coolidge, Anacostia, HD Woodson, Gwynn Park, Curley, Arcadia, Fairfax Christian | – | 1/6 vs. Phelps, 1/8 @ Ballou, 1/10 @ School Without Walls, 1/11 vs. Potomac (MD) |
18 | BISHOP MCNAMARA (MD) | 22 | 8-4 | W6 | Ireton, Piedmont Classical, Seton Hall Prep, @ PVI, Landstown | @ Gonzaga, @ St. John’s, @ Good Counsel, Liberty Heights | 1/7 vs. Carroll, 1/9 @ Ryken, 1/11 @ DeMatha |
19 | SIDWELL FRIENDS (DC) | 13 | 12-2 | L1 | Potomac School, St. Albans (x2), Sandy Spring, Maret, St. Peter’s, Pallotti | St. Andrew’s, Episcopal | 1/7 vs. Flint Hill |
20 | BISHOP WALSH (MD) | 14 | 8-5 | L2 | Coolidge, Takoma Academy, @ St. Mary’s, Chaminade, New Hope, Landon, James Island, Greater Atlanta Christian | Word of God, @ De La Salle, Bartow, Mater Dei, ISA Osborne | 1/10 vs. Oak Hill |
21 | WOODROW WILSON (DC) | 26 | 9-3 | W2 | Oxford, @ HD Woodson, Loyola, @ Phelps, Ballou, Riverwood, New Manchester, @ Bell, Riverdale Baptist | Poly, @ Theodore Roosevelt, Campbell | 1/6 vs. Eastern, 1/8 @ Ron Brown, 1/10 @ Banneker |
22 | MOUNT ST. JOSEPH (MD) | 21 | 12-3 | W1 | St. James, SJCP, @ Pallotti, GCS, Mt. Carmel, @ Calvert Hall, North Miami, Mt. Lebanon, Mater Academy, John Carroll | DeMatha, @ McDonogh, @ Boys’ Latin | 1/8 @ Loyola, 1/10 @ Spalding |
23 | RIVERDALE BAPTIST (MD) | 17 | 8-7 | L3 | Bullis, Coolidge, @ Gwynn Park, Marion, JL Mann | St. Frances, Sheldon, Skyridge, Putnam City West, SSSAS, Charlotte Christian, Wilson | 1/7 @ New Hope, 1/10 vs. National Christian |
24 | CITY (MD) | 28 | 10-0 | W10 | @ Mervo, @ Broadneck, Old Mill, Curley, NAF, Patterson, Woodlawn, Randallstown, Edmonson, Gilman | – | 1/10 vs. Milford Mill, 1/11 vs. St. Georges Tech |
25 | POTOMAC (MD) | 29 | 6-0 | W6 | @ Flowers, Northwestern, Potomac (VA), Dunbar (DC), Flint Hill, Douglass | – | 1/7 @ Friendly, 1/10 vs. Fairmont Heights, 1/11 vs. Theodore Roosevelt |
26 | JOHN CARROLL (MD) | 25 | 9-3 | L1 | Good Counsel, Mt. Carmel, Landon, Prince Avenue, @ Pinecrest, @ McDonogh | @ Bullis, Bishop Ireton, @ MSJ | 1/6 vs. Rock Ridge, 1/8 @ Spalding, 1/10 @ Goretti |
27 | ST. MARIA GORETTI (MD) | 27 | 6-4 | W1 | Boys’ Latin, South Lake Christian, St. Andrew’s, Thomas Johnson, Calvert Hall | @ Mercersburg, SSSAS, SFA, @ Loyola | 1/8 vs. Mt. Carmel, 1/10 vs. John Carroll |
28 | YORKTOWN (VA) | 30 | 11-0 | W11 | Robinson, Lee, Annandale, @ WS, Justice, Mason, @ Jefferson, Battlefield, Seton, Potomac School, Madison | – | 1/7 @ Mt. Vernon, 1/9 vs. W-L |
29 | OXON HILL (MD) | HM | 5-0 | W5 | Bedford Academy, John Paul, Fairfax Christian, Dominion, Friendly | – | 1/7 vs. Surrattsville, 1/10 vs. Douglass |
30 | SOUTH COUNTY (VA) | HM | 10-0 | W10 | Osbourn Park, @ Hayfield, @ Eastern, West Potomac, Battlefield, Patriot, Langley, Colonial Forge, Wakefield, @ Oakton | – | 1/10 @ WT Woodson |
HONORABLE MENTION (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY)
ARCHBISHOP CARROLL (DC)
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING (MD)
BISHOP IRETON (VA)
DOUGLASS (MD)
FLINT HILL (VA)
GLENELG COUNTRY (MD)
HIGHLAND (VA)
LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD (MD)
MARET (DC)
SPRINGBROOK (MD)