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SPIN Media graphic announcing the STRANOVA official high school football rankings

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Five boards open with the regular season in the books

The first SPIN player rankings of 2026 arrive for CNFL, NTX, OK, SFL and STX at the end of the regular season, dated November 10, with 29,691 players rated at seven positions.

Opening week. No old board to argue with, no arrows, no movement. Just a starting line and 29,691 rated players standing on it.

North Crowley had the loudest day in NTX. Antonio Smith sits No. 1 at defensive lineman in NTX at 99 SPIN, Generational, the top number anyone put up anywhere this week. Damarion Mays is No. 1 at wide receiver in NTX at 98 SPIN, Elite National, and Braylen Cunningham is No. 1 at defensive back in NTX at 96 SPIN, Elite National, from the same building.

SFL is small and mean. It rated 1,951 players and produced two of the three Generational numbers on the slate. Jonah Julien of Piper is No. 1 at defensive back in SFL at 99 SPIN and Wyatt Smith of St. Thomas Aquinas is No. 1 at defensive lineman in SFL at 99 SPIN.

CNFL belongs to Nease on the catch side. Tyshawn Ford is No. 1 at wide receiver in CNFL at 93 SPIN, Elite, and Chase Phifer is No. 1 at tight end in CNFL at 96 SPIN, Elite National. The headline defender is Carl Jones Jr. of Tampa Catholic, No. 1 at defensive back in CNFL at 97 SPIN, Elite National, on a board holding 2,297 rated players.

OK is the smallest file here at 2,459 players, and Bixby took a third of its top spots. Isaiah Butcher IV is No. 1 at running back in OK at 91 SPIN, Elite. Kaiden Flowers is No. 1 at defensive back in OK at 95 SPIN, Elite National, with Connor Arant No. 1 at defensive lineman in OK at 94 SPIN, Elite.

STX stacked the deepest secondary on the slate, 2,496 rated defensive backs, and CJ Rogers of Cedar Park cleared all of them at 97 SPIN, Elite National. Brody Bartee of Ridge Point is No. 1 at quarterback in STX at 92 SPIN, Elite, out of 484 rated.

Allen got both Ty Snell at No. 1 quarterback in NTX and Raiden Johnson at No. 1 linebacker in NTX. That is a fun thing to own in November.

Nobody has anything to defend yet. Check back and we will see who still likes their number.

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