DMV Top-30 Power Rankings: Week 15
Newly-minted MIAA Champion Mount St. Joseph, currently ranked fourth, cracks into the top-five after knocking off previously top-ranked St. Frances for the second time this season. MAC Champion St. Andrew’s enters the top-10 for the first time this season, checking in at #9. Oxon Hill is this week’s biggest riser. The Clippers have shot up 12 spots to #17 after defeating Potomac again. New Town, winner of 20 straight, debuts at #30.
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RANK | SCHOOL | PREVIOUS RANK | RECORD | KEY WINS | LOSSES | STREAK | UPCOMING GAMES |
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1 | DEMATHA (MD) | 2 | 28-3 | MSJ, Carroll (x2), Eleanor Roosevelt, Canterbury, Charlotte Christian, SSSAS, Mater Dei, SJC (x3), McNamara (x2), Gonzaga (x2), Simeon, Rancho Christian, Paul VI, GC (x2) | Sunrise Christian, @ Montverde, @ PVI | W3 | 2/24 WCAC Championship vs. Paul VI |
2 | ST. STEPHEN’S ST. AGNES (VA) | 3 | 24-3 | @ Ireton, STAB, Bishop Sullivan, Hargrave, @ Goretti, Imhotep, Gray Collegiate, Riverdale, Flint Hill (x2), Episcopal (x3), Bullis (x2) | @ Gonzaga, @ DeMatha, St. Benedict’s | W6 | 2/26 VISAA Quarterfinals vs. TBD |
3 | PAUL VI (VA) | 5 | 24-7 | Carroll (x3), IMG, Word of God, Ireton (x2), @ Archbishop Wood, Gonzaga (x2), GC (x2), Greenwood, Washington, Sierra Canyon, SJC (x2), DJO (x2), DeMatha | Archbishop Stepinac, McNamara (x2), Wasatch Academy, Oak Hill, @ DeMatha, @ Gonzaga | W4 | 2/24 WCAC Championship vs. DeMatha, 2/26 VISAA Quarterfinals vs. TBD |
4 | MOUNT ST. JOSEPH (MD) | 8 | 27-5 | Pallotti (x2), GCS, Mt. Carmel (x2), North Miami, Mt. Lebanon, Mater Academy, John Carroll (x2), Loyola (x2), Spalding (x2), Goretti (x2), SFA (x2), @ Gilman | DeMatha, @ McDonogh, @ Boys’ Latin, Spalding, @ SFA | W3 | 2/26 BCL Quarterfinals vs. Goretti |
5 | ST. FRANCES (MD) | 1 | 35-4 | Riverdale, Coolidge, Boys’ Latin, Simeon, Pallotti, Goretti (x2), Spalding (x2), West Oaks, Salesanium, Gilman, Mt. Carmel (x2), Imhotep, Loyola (x2), GCS (x2), JC (x3), Poly, Oak Hill, MSJ | Sunrise Christian, @ IMG, MSJ (x2) | L1 | 2/26 BCL Quarterfinals vs. Calvert Hall |
6 | POLY (MD) | 4 | 17-2 | Digital Harbor, Wilson, Franklin, Lake Clifton, Harvard Westlake, Patterson, Bishop Walsh, Chester, Edmonson, @ City, IMG | St. John’s, SFA | W6 | 2/25 City Championship @ Morgan State vs. Lake Clifton |
7 | GONZAGA (DC) | 6 | 22-10 | McNamara (x3), Loyola, Ireton (x2), Carroll (x2), Gonzaga Prep, Knoxville Catholic, SSSAS, O’Dea, McEachern, @ SJC, GC, DJO, PVI | @ GC, Sunrise Christian, IMG Academy, PVI (x2), DeMatha (x2), La Lumiere, Rancho Christian, SJC | L1 | 2/26 DCSAA Quarterfinals vs. TBD |
8 | ST. JOHN’S (DC) | 7 | 24-8 | Carroll, McNamara (x2), Bullis, Rock Creek, Morgan Park, Poly, LuHi, Ireton (x2), GC (x3), @ Gonzaga | Dorman, DeMatha (x3), Carroll, PVI (x2), Gonzaga | L1 | 2/26 DCSAA Quarterfinals vs. TBD |
9 | ST. ANDREW’S (MD) | 15 | 24-4 | McDonogh, Potomac School (x2), Sidwell (x3), Bergen Catholic, Freedom Christian, @ McNamara, Maret (x2), Flint Hill | @ Goretti, Moeller, Flint Hill (x2) | W6 | – |
10 | ST. CHARLES (MD) | 9 | 21-1 | Huntingtown, @ O’Connell, Leonardtown, Wise, Gaithersburg, Riverdale, Westlake (x2) | Middleburg | W16 | 2/26 SMAC Championship vs. Huntingtown |
11 | NATIONAL CHRISTIAN (MD) | 11 | 20-5 | First Love, Cardinal Newman, Orangeville Prep, Northwood Temple, Mt. Zion, Teays Valley, Rock Creek, Legacy | Gill St. Bernard’s, Westtown, @ Riverdale, MCSCS, Montverde Academy | W6 | 2/24 @ Rock Creek |
12 | ROCK CREEK CHRISTIAN (MD) | 12 | 23-6 | Thurgood Marshall, Glenelg Country, First Love, Fairfax Christian, Core4 Academy, St. Benedict’s, Beckley Prep, South Shore, Lake Clifton, Edmonson, Carroll, Constitution, Riverdale (x2) | St. John’s, Our Saviour Lutheran, Immaculate Conception, Norcross, @NCA, Wasatch Academy | W4 | 2/24 vs. NCA |
13 | THEODORE ROOSEVELT (DC) | 14 | 29-1 | Patterson, Wilson (x2), Loudoun Valley, Coolidge, Fairfax Christian, Friendship Tech, SEED, @ TMA, McKinley Tech (x2), Dunbar | Potomac (MD) | W12 | 2/26 DCSAA Quarterfinals vs. TBD |
14 | GOOD COUNSEL (MD) | 10 | 19-12 | Gonzaga, McNamara (x2), Spalding, Pine Crest, Miami Northland, Ireton (x2), DJO (x2), @ Carroll | Xaverian, John Carroll, Westminister, SJC (x3), PVI (x2), Gonzaga, DeMatha (x2), Carroll | L2 | – |
15 | ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (MD) | 16 | 18-3 | @ South River, Northern, Flowers (x2), Dover, @ Wise, @ Bladensburg, @ High Point, Bowie (x2), @ DuVal | @ DeMatha, Albany, Potomac | W2 | 2/26 PG County Championshp @ Wise vs. Oxon Hill |
16 | LAKE CLIFTON (MD) | 26 | 16-4 | Oxon Hill, @ Mervo, @ City, Edmonson, Dunbar | @ Poly, @ Sanford, Albany, Rock Creek | W11 | 2/25 City Championship @ Morgan State vs. Poly |
17 | OXON HILL (MD) | 29 | 19-3 | Bedford Academy, Fairfax Christian, Douglass (x2), @ Potomac (x2), @ Fairmont Heights, DuVal | Lake Clifton, @ Largo, Fairmont Heights | W10 | 2/26 PG County Championshp @ Wise vs. Eleanor Roosevelt |
18 | POTOMAC (MD) | 13 | 20-2 | Potomac (VA), Flint Hill, Douglass (x2), Fairmont Heights (x2), Theodore Roosevelt, Largo, Eleanor Roosevelt | Oxon Hill (x2) | L1 | MPSSAA Tournament TBA |
19 | MIDDLEBURG (VA) | 17 | 21-4 | Life Christian (x2), Episcopal, @ Flint Hill, Fairfax Christian, Friendship Tech, St. Charles, Western Branch, Peninsula Catholic, @ Christ Chapel, @ Miller, Takoma Academy, VES, Goretti | @ Life Christian, @ Blue Ridge, Nansemond-Suffolk, @ Carmel | W2 | 2/26 VISAA Quarterfinals vs. Steward/VES, 2/28 VISAA Semifinals vs. TBD, 2/29 VISAA Championship vs. TBD |
20 | BISHOP MCNAMARA (MD) | 18 | 19-12 | Ireton (x2), Seton Hall Prep, PVI (x2), Landstown, DJO (x2), Carroll (x2), Ryken (x2) | Gonzaga (x3), St. John’s (x2), GC (x2), Liberty Heights, @ Ryken, @ DeMatha (x2), St. Andrew’s, Riverdale | L1 | TBA |
21 | EPISCOPAL (VA) | 19 | 17-6 | @ Potomac School, Sidwell Friends, Bishop Ireton, Flint Hill, Bullis (x2), Trinity Episcopal | Middleburg, SSSAS (x3), Bullis, @ John Paul | L1 | 2/26 VISAA Quarterfinals vs. TBD |
22 | BULLIS (MD) | 20 | 19-7 | Pallotti, John Carroll, @ Salesianum, @ Haverford, VES, STAB, @ Benedictine, Potomac School, @ Episcopal, Carroll | Riverdale Baptist, @ Flint Hill, St. John’s, SSSAS (x2), Episcopal (x2) | W1 | 2/26 MD Ind. State Quarterfinals vs. TBA |
23 | WOODROW WILSON (DC) | 21 | 20-4 | Loyola, Riverwood, New Manchester, Riverdale Baptist, Ron Brown (x2), Norfolk Collegiate, Dunbar, HD Woodson | Poly, Theodore Roosevelt (x2), Campbell | L1 | 2/26 DCSAA Quarterfinals vs. TBD |
24 | BISHOP WALSH (MD) | 22 | 13-11 | Coolidge, Chaminade, James Island, Greater Atlanta Christian, Riverdale Baptist (x2), @ New Hope | Word of God, @ De La Salle, Bartow, Mater Dei, ISA Osborne, Oak Hill, Poly, Carolina Academy, La Lumiere, Wasatch Academy, Sunrise Christian | W1 | MD Ind. State Tournament TBA |
25 | CITY (MD) | 28 | 19-2 | @ Mervo, @ Broadneck, Old Mill, Patterson, Edmonson, Gilman, Milford Mill, @ Dunbar | Lake Clifton, Poly | W2 | MPSSAA Tournament TBA |
26 | ARCHBISHOP SPALDING (MD) | 24 | 18-11 | Pallotti, McDonogh, Mt. Carmel, John Carroll, Goretti (x2), @ Loyola, @ Potomac School, @ MSJ, Boys’ Latin, @ Gilman | Gilman, Carroll, Good Counsel, SFA (x2), Loyola, @ GCS, MSJ (x2), @ JC, Mt. Carmel | L1 | 2/26 BCL Quarterfinals vs. Mt. Carmel |
27 | GILMAN (MD) | 23 | 16-9 | Boys’ Latin (x2), Eagle Academy, Loyola, McDonogh (x2), Spalding, GCS, Pallotti, @JC, AACS | Mervo, @ Mt. Carmel, @ GCS, SFA, @ City, Pallotti, MSJ, Reservoir, Spalding | L1 | – |
28 | JOHN CARROLL (MD) | 27 | 21-11 | Good Counsel, Mt. Carmel, @ McDonogh, @ Goretti, Pallotti, @ Loyola, @ Mt. Carmel, Spalding, Boys’ Latin (x2), GCS | @ Bullis, Ireton, MSJ (x2), Spalding, SFA (x3), Goretti, Gilman, Loyola | L1 | 2/26 BCL Quarterfinals vs. Loyola |
29 | HIGHLAND (VA) | 30 | 27-2 | @ Peninsula Catholic, Maret, STAB, St. Albans, St. Peter’s, Benedictine, Carmel, Hargrave, @ VES, Veritas | Carmel, Pallotti | W18 | 2/26 VISAA Quarterfinals vs. TBD |
30 | NEW TOWN (MD) | NR | 20-1 | Wise, Milford Mill, Dulaney, @ Parkville | Edmonson | W20 | 2/25 County Championship @ Towson vs. Woodlawn |
HONORABLE MENTION (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY)
ARCHBISHOP CARROLL (DC)
BISHOP IRETON (VA)
BOYS’ LATIN (MD)
DOUGLASS (MD)
FLINT HILL (VA)
LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD (MD)
MARET (DC)
PALLOTTI (MD)
RIVERDALE BAPTIST (MD)
SIDWELL FRIENDS (DC)