St. Frances Academy enters their ninth game of the season having had arguably the toughest schedule in the nation for high school football. The Panthers are 5-3, but all three of those losses have come at the hands of elite opponents like current No. 11 Orange Lutheran, No. 5 Duncanville and No. 1 Mater Dei.

IMG Academy, in spite of faltering in their first game of the season, has rattled off five consecutive wins, maintaining their position as one of the best high school football programs in the nation. The Ascnders are currently ranked No. 6 in HSFA's Top 300.

This week's High School Football America rankings look familiar at the top, but there is some shakeup throughout the top 100.

Two undefeated schools, Imhotep Charter and East St. Louis, will meet in a top-100 matchup on Saturday, September 14.

Duncanville high school football will welcome St. Frances Academy to Texas in a top-15-ranked matchup. Both teams are named the Panthers. We will refer to them by school name.

High school football rankings continue to be shaken up throughout the top 100. IMG Academy has recovered from an early loss, moving from No. 14 last week to No. 6 this week, they have a top 30 matchup against No. 28 East St. Louis on October 25 that will cap off the non-region high school football schedule.

East St. Louis high school football will welcome Newton football for a Friday night football clash in Illinois. East St. Louis, currently ranked No. 28 in the country by High School Football America, heads into the matchup 1-0 after defeating Loyola Academy on Sunday, 34-7.

Mallard Creek (NC) will welcome Grayson (GA) to Charlotte for a top high school football match.

Good Counsel football has moved from No. 16 to No. 10 in the country, according to High School Football America. The Falcons, from Maryland, defeated Columbus (FL) last week, 14-10. All the scoring took place in the first half, and on special teams, except for one offensive touchdown by GC on the first play of the game.

Mater Dei, Bishop Gorman, and St. John Bosco continue to lead the high school football rankings, while Good Counsel and DeSoto move up after strong wins. GC plays DePaul this week.

DeSoto High School football will play their first game of the season, when they host Creekside high school football out of Georgia. DeSoto, who is the undisputed best HS football team in Texas, has won back-to-back state championships and currently sits at No. 6 in the High School Football America 300.

St. Frances Academy football (Maryland) and St. Joseph Regional (New Jersey) will meet in one of the best nationally-ranked high school matchups of the week.

High School football is underway and some elite teams are already making a statement, while others are already getting knocked off. while No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams Mater Dei and Bishop Gorman won the next two teams faltered. Chaminade-Madonna lost to No. 5 St. John Bosco and IMG Academy lost to No. 35 Corner Canyon. IMG dropped to No. 10, while Chaminate-Madonna drops just two spots to No. 4.

Don Bosco Prep football will begin their season with a face-off against Hoban high school football in Akron, OH.

In a non-region clash between DC and Ohio, Gonzaga High School football will face Springfield football on August 30.