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Seventeen of the Power 100 Lost, and Eleven of Them Lost to Teams That Are Not on the Board

Seventy-five wins, seventeen losses, eight idle, and seventeen shutouts in a week that mostly went to form

SPIN Power 100 Scoreboard header for Week 5 of the 2026 high school football season.

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Seventy-five of the SPIN Power 100 won this week. Seventeen lost. Eight did not play at all. That is the whole weekend in three numbers, and the middle one is the only one worth arguing about.

Eleven of those seventeen losses came against teams that are not on this board. Only six of them happened inside the family, and those six were the games everybody had circled anyway.

The six games where both teams were ranked

WinnerLoserScore
No. 13 Mater Dei (CA)No. 10 Centennial, Corona (CA)10-9
No. 5 Buford (GA)No. 24 Miami Central (FL)18-7
No. 9 Allen (TX)No. 60 Southlake Carroll (TX)56-35
No. 6 Baylor School (TN)No. 31 Trinity (KY)35-27
No. 42 Waxahachie (TX)No. 85 Guyer (TX)44-30
No. 41 West Boca Raton (FL)No. 100 Cardinal Newman (FL)24-7

Mater Dei and Centennial was decided by a point, and it was the only game all weekend in which the two best teams on the field were both inside the top fifteen. Everything else on that list was a higher rank beating a lower one, which is what the board is supposed to predict and what it usually does.

Eleven losses came from outside the board

Bergen Catholic held No. 30 St. Joseph's Prep to a field goal and won 33-3. Pinnacle beat No. 39 Basha 40-7. Archbishop Spalding put 45 on No. 48 Good Counsel. Rock Hill beat No. 89 South Pointe 26-3, Highlands beat No. 91 Boyle County 41-21, and Milton beat No. 56 Battle Ground Academy 42-21. Hawthorne beat No. 32 Miami Northwestern by four. Imhotep Charter beat No. 87 Malvern Prep by six. Ensworth beat No. 43 McCallie by three. Roman Catholic beat No. 38 DeMatha 14-7. And DeSoto beat No. 35 Duncanville 21-20.

Six of those eleven were double-digit losses. The other five were decided by a single score. There is a difference between the two groups and the board will reflect it Monday.

Seventeen shutouts

The same number as the losses, which is a coincidence and nothing more, but it is the number that explains the rest of the weekend. Venice beat Lehigh 69-0 for the widest margin on the board. St. John's College, Mission Viejo, Sandy Creek, Edna Karr, Cass Tech, Lowndes, Elder, Hewitt-Trussville, Sierra Canyon, Mililani, The First Academy, Washington of Massillon, Orange Lutheran, Don Bosco Prep, St. Thomas Aquinas and Santa Margarita all did the same thing on a smaller scale.

Three teams won by one point

Mater Dei over Centennial 10-9. DeSoto over Duncanville 21-20. Oakland over Pearl-Cohn 29-28. North Shore needed a two-point margin against South Oak Cliff and St. Edward needed three against Archbishop Hoban. That is five of the eighty-six games this board played that could have gone the other way on one play.

Eight teams were idle

No. 3 IMG Academy and No. 12 Bishop Gorman are the two that matter most, because both sit high enough that an idle week costs them ground against teams that played and won. The other six were No. 40 Miami Carol City, No. 49 The St. James Academy, No. 70 Grimsley, No. 71 Randle, No. 77 Northwestern of Rock Hill, and No. 97 Bentonville.

The full board

SPIN Power 100 scoreboard card, ranks 1 through 10, showing each ranked team's Week 5 opponent and score.
SPIN Power 100 Scoreboard, ranks 1 through 10.
#TeamRec.Week 5 result
1St. Frances Academy (MD)3-0def. Bryant (AR), 40-7
2Santa Margarita (CA)4-0def. Inderkum (CA), 41-0
3IMG Academy (FL)3-0Idle
4St. Thomas Aquinas (FL)4-0def. Dillard (FL), 49-0
5Buford (GA)3-0def. Miami Central (FL), 18-7
6Baylor School (TN)4-0def. Trinity (KY), 35-27
7Columbus (FL)3-1def. Miami Palmetto (FL), 34-7
8Sierra Canyon (CA)3-0def. Saint Louis (HI), 52-0
9Allen (TX)3-0def. Southlake Carroll (TX), 56-35
10Centennial (Corona) (CA)1-2lost to Mater Dei (CA), 9-10
SPIN Power 100 scoreboard card, ranks 11 through 25, showing each ranked team's Week 5 opponent and score.
SPIN Power 100 Scoreboard, ranks 11 through 25.
#TeamRec.Week 5 result
11Thompson (AL)4-0def. Spain Park (AL), 48-14
12Bishop Gorman (NV)3-1Idle
13Mater Dei (CA)4-0def. Centennial (Corona) (CA), 10-9
14St. John Bosco (CA)3-1def. Kahuku (HI), 49-13
15Carrollton (GA)4-0def. Hapeville Charter (GA), 63-7
16Hough (NC)4-0def. Mooresville (NC), 49-10
17North Crowley (TX)3-0def. Summer Creek (TX), 41-20
18North Shore (TX)3-0def. South Oak Cliff (TX), 23-21
19Brownsburg (IN)4-0def. Avon (IN), 49-7
20Hamilton (AZ)3-0def. Perry (AZ), 30-22
21Liberty (Peoria) (AZ)3-0def. Highland (AZ), 41-7
22De La Salle (CA)3-0def. Saint Francis (CA), 54-10
23North Gwinnett (GA)4-0def. Mill Creek (GA), 45-13
24Miami Central (FL)2-1lost to Buford (GA), 7-18
25Don Bosco Prep (NJ)3-0def. Pope John XXIII (NJ), 42-0
SPIN Power 100 scoreboard card, ranks 26 through 50, showing each ranked team's Week 5 opponent and score.
SPIN Power 100 Scoreboard, ranks 26 through 50.
#TeamRec.Week 5 result
26Thomas County Central (GA)3-0def. Lithonia (GA), 35-7
27Folsom (CA)3-0def. Sacred Heart Cathedral (CA), 49-24
28Corner Canyon (UT)4-1def. Eastwood (TX), 52-7
29Lee County (GA)4-0def. Colquitt County (GA), 48-30
30St. Joseph's Prep (PA)1-1lost to Bergen Catholic (NJ), 3-33
31Trinity (KY)3-1lost to Baylor School (TN), 27-35
32Miami Northwestern (FL)3-1lost to Hawthorne (FL), 12-16
33Orange Lutheran (CA)3-1def. Serra (Gardena) (CA), 35-0
34Washington (Massillon) (OH)4-0def. Canisius (NY), 42-0
35Duncanville (TX)1-2lost to DeSoto (TX), 20-21
36Chaminade-Madonna (FL)3-1def. True North Classical (FL), 42-30
37Bixby (OK)3-0def. Jenks (OK), 13-6
38DeMatha (MD)2-1lost to Roman Catholic (PA), 7-14
39Basha (AZ)1-2lost to Pinnacle (AZ), 7-40
40Miami Carol City (FL)1-2Idle
41West Boca Raton (FL)3-0def. Cardinal Newman (FL), 24-7
42Waxahachie (TX)3-0def. Guyer (TX), 44-30
43McCallie (TN)3-1lost to Ensworth (TN), 25-28
44Edna Karr (LA)2-0def. Huntington (LA), 50-0
45Cherry Creek (CO)3-0def. Legend (CO), 34-28
46St. Edward (OH)4-0def. Archbishop Hoban (OH), 17-14
47Centennial (Peoria) (AZ)3-0def. Mountain View (Mesa) (AZ), 27-3
48Good Counsel (MD)1-2lost to Archbishop Spalding (MD), 20-45
49The St. James Academy (VA)2-0Idle
50Mililani (HI)5-0def. Leilehua (HI), 43-0
SPIN Power 100 scoreboard card, ranks 51 through 75, showing each ranked team's Week 5 opponent and score.
SPIN Power 100 Scoreboard, ranks 51 through 75.
#TeamRec.Week 5 result
51Mountain Ridge (UT)5-0def. Copper Hills (UT), 43-7
52Creekside (GA)2-1def. Newnan (GA), 56-24
53East St. Louis (IL)3-1def. O'Fallon (IL), 64-6
54Mission Viejo (CA)3-1def. Lincoln (San Diego) (CA), 56-0
55Chicago Mount Carmel (IL)3-1def. Marist (IL), 56-26
56Battle Ground Academy (TN)3-1lost to Milton (GA), 21-42
57Oakland (TN)3-1def. Pearl-Cohn (TN), 29-28
58Raines (FL)4-0def. Terry Parker (FL), 43-8
59Chandler (AZ)2-1def. Salpointe Catholic (AZ), 42-10
60Southlake Carroll (TX)1-2lost to Allen (TX), 35-56
61Brentwood Academy (TN)2-2def. Lift for Life Acad. (MO), 45-6
62Clay-Chalkville (AL)3-1def. Southside-Gadsden (AL), 55-3
63Iona Prep (NY)2-0def. Paramus Catholic (NJ), 63-20
64Venice (FL)4-0def. Lehigh (FL), 69-0
65Sandy Creek (GA)4-0def. Fayette County (GA), 51-0
66Catholic Central (MI)3-0def. Holy Names (ON), 56-14
67Central Catholic (PA)3-0def. Pine-Richland (PA), 48-24
68Alcoa (TN)4-0def. West (TN), 56-7
69Newton (GA)4-0def. Warner Robins (GA), 70-14
70Grimsley (NC)3-0Idle
71Randle (TX)2-0Idle
72Ridge Point (TX)3-0def. Bridgeland (TX), 56-35
73The First Academy (FL)4-0def. South Lake (FL), 42-0
74Bishop Watterson (OH)4-0def. Glenville (OH), 35-13
75Skyridge (UT)4-1def. Skyline (UT), 42-7
SPIN Power 100 scoreboard card, ranks 76 through 100, showing each ranked team's Week 5 opponent and score.
SPIN Power 100 Scoreboard, ranks 76 through 100.
#TeamRec.Week 5 result
76Central (Phenix City) (AL)3-1def. Opelika (AL), 31-24
77Northwestern (SC)2-1Idle
78Hewitt-Trussville (AL)3-1def. Tuscaloosa County (AL), 49-0
79Elder (OH)4-0def. La Salle (OH), 35-0
80Cass Tech (MI)3-0def. Southeastern (MI), 46-0
81Lowndes (GA)4-0def. Blanche Ely (FL), 42-0
82Providence Day (NC)3-1def. Butler (NC), 49-7
83Millard South (NE)3-0def. Elkhorn South (NE), 49-17
84St. John's College (DC)3-0def. Bennett Co-op (NY), 55-0
85Guyer (TX)2-1lost to Waxahachie (TX), 30-44
86Blessed Trinity (GA)4-0def. Lambert (GA), 55-33
87Malvern Prep (PA)1-1lost to Imhotep Charter (PA), 21-27
88Lakeland (FL)2-1def. Osceola (FL), 40-6
89South Pointe (SC)2-1lost to Rock Hill (SC), 3-26
90Serra (San Mateo) (CA)2-1def. St. Mary's (Stockton) (CA), 21-7
91Boyle County (KY)3-1lost to Highlands (KY), 21-41
92Puyallup (WA)2-0def. Bellevue (WA), 32-14
93Prosper (TX)3-0def. Westlake (TX), 49-40
94Dutch Fork (SC)3-0def. Lucy Beckham (SC), 35-7
95Grayson (GA)2-2def. Brunswick (GA), 44-31
96Central East (Fresno) (CA)3-0def. Turlock (CA), 56-7
97Bentonville (AR)2-0Idle
98Oxford (MS)3-0def. New Hope (MS), 38-14
99St. Peter's Prep (NJ)3-0def. St. Anthony's (NY), 45-24
100Cardinal Newman (FL)3-1lost to West Boca Raton (FL), 7-24

Records are through games of Saturday, September 12. Opponent states are shown where the opponent is from outside the ranked team's own state. The Power 100 updates Monday.

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