SPIN Media National Game of the Week graphic for No. 30 Thomas County Central at No. 27 Lee County, high school football, Friday September 25 2026, Leesburg, Georgia.

Thomas County Central, 30th on the SPIN Power 100, goes to Lee County, 27th, on Friday at 7:30 PM Eastern in Leesburg, Georgia. Both teams are 4-0. Three places separate them, and only one ranked pairing on our board this week is closer.

SPIN Media National Game of the Week card: No. 27 Lee County and No. 30 Thomas County Central, Georgia high school football, September 25 2026.

Both play in Region 2-6A. Per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the winner of this game has won the region each of the last four years, and Thomas County Central has won three of the last four meetings. The last one went to Thomas County Central 35-21.

The AJC reports that Thomas County Central has won two state titles in the last three years. Its coach, Justin Rogers, told the paper it is "a semifinal or championship game atmosphere."

Thomas County Central won 69-0 at Brooks County last week. Lee County did not play. Both held their places on our board.

Neither has lost, and nothing either one has done in September has pulled it clear of the other. That is how two teams end up three places apart.

The loser takes its first loss, to a team in our top thirty. The winner takes a win over one, and the inside track in a region that has gone the same way four years running.

Kickoff is 7:30 PM Eastern, 5:30 PM Mountain.

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No. 30 Thomas County Central goes to No. 27 Lee County on Friday night in Leesburg, Georgia, three places apart on the SPIN Power 100.

Thomas County Central and Lee County Are Both 4-0 and Three Places Apart. Last Year It Was 35-21.

SPIN Media Out West Game of the Week graphic for No. 20 Centennial of Corona vs No. 18 De La Salle, high school football, Saturday September 26 2026, California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley.

Two places separate these teams on the SPIN Power 100. Nothing else on our board this week is that close.

Centennial of Corona, our 20th, plays De La Salle of Concord, our 18th, on Saturday at 2:00 PM Pacific at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. It is a neutral site. De La Salle is the designated home team, and neither campus is involved.

SPIN Media Out West Game of the Week card: No. 18 De La Salle and No. 20 Centennial of Corona, California high school football, September 26 2026.

De La Salle is 4-0 and first on our NorCal board. It won 44-7 at St. Mary's of Stockton last week. It is fifth on our Out West board, which puts it behind four teams and ahead of every other Northern California team in the footprint.

## Centennial has lost twice, by two points total

Centennial is 2-2. Both losses were by a single point, 21-20 to Santa Margarita and 10-9 at Mater Dei. Santa Margarita is second on our national board and Mater Dei is 19th. Two games against teams we have in our top twenty, and Centennial lost them by a combined two points.

It beat Rancho Cucamonga 41-7 last week. It is fifth on our SoCal board and seventh Out West.

The record says De La Salle. The losses say Centennial has been within a point of two of the best teams on our board. One of those readings is going to be wrong by Saturday night.

A Centennial win gives a 3-2 team a result over the NorCal No. 1 on a neutral field. A De La Salle win makes it 5-0 with a result over a team that has lost twice this season, both times by a point, both times to our top twenty.

Kickoff is 2:00 PM in California, Nevada and Arizona, and 3:00 PM in Utah.

No. 20 Centennial of Corona and No. 18 De La Salle meet Saturday afternoon at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, the closest ranked pairing on the SPIN Power 100 this week.

De La Salle and Centennial Are Two Places Apart. They Are Settling It at Cal.

SPIN Media The Rotation, Week 7 top regional matchups graphic: No. 25 Corner Canyon and No. 70 Skyridge, No. 29 Miami Central vs No. 63 Miami Northwestern, No. 48 St. John's College vs No. 42 St. Edward, and Del Oro vs Oak Ridge on the regional rankings.

The Rotation is our pick of the top game in each region outside our two Games of the Week. This week it has four.

SPIN Media The Rotation card, Week 7 high school football: Corner Canyon at Skyridge, Miami Central at Miami Northwestern, St. John's College at St. Edward, Del Oro at Oak Ridge.

| Region | Game | Kickoff |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | No. 25 Corner Canyon at No. 70 Skyridge | Friday, 7:00 PM MT, Lehi |
| Florida | No. 29 Miami Central at No. 63 Miami Northwestern | Friday, 7:30 PM ET, Miami |
| Midwest | No. 48 St. John's College at No. 42 St. Edward | Saturday, 1:00 PM ET, Lakewood, Ohio |
| NorCal | No. 6 Del Oro at No. 8 Oak Ridge, NorCal board | Friday, 7:00 PM PT, El Dorado Hills |

The Utah, Florida and Midwest games are between two teams on the SPIN Power 100, and those numbers are national. The NorCal game is between two teams on our NorCal board, and those numbers are regional.

Our two Games of the Week are separate: Thomas County Central at Lee County nationally, and Centennial of Corona against De La Salle Out West.

Corner Canyon at Skyridge in Utah, Miami Central at Miami Northwestern in Florida, St. John's College at St. Edward in Ohio, and Del Oro at Oak Ridge in Northern California.

The Rotation, Week 7: Top Regional Matchups

SPIN Out West Top 25, Week 6 high school football rankings card, September 23, 2026

Mater Dei was third on this board a week ago. Bishop Gorman was fourth. On Friday night Gorman went to Santa Ana and beat Mater Dei 25-8, and the two teams traded places in the only way that should ever count. Gorman is third. Mater Dei is sixth.

That is the top of the Week 6 board. The bottom of it is stranger.

SPIN Out West Top 25 board for Week 6. Santa Margarita first, Sierra Canyon second, Bishop Gorman third, Orem twenty fifth.

| # | Team | State | Natl | Record | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Margarita | CA | 2 | 5-0 | hold |
| 2 | Sierra Canyon | CA | 7 | 4-0 | hold |
| 3 | Bishop Gorman | NV | 10 | 4-1 | up 1 |
| 4 | St. John Bosco | CA | 12 | 4-1 | up 1 |
| 5 | De La Salle | CA | 18 | 4-0 | up 1 |
| 6 | Mater Dei | CA | 19 | 4-1 | down 3 |
| 7 | Centennial (Corona) | CA | 20 | 2-2 | hold |
| 8 | Hamilton | AZ | 21 | 4-0 | hold |
| 9 | Folsom | CA | 24 | 4-0 | up 1 |
| 10 | Corner Canyon | UT | 25 | 5-1 | up 1 |
| 11 | Liberty (Peoria) | AZ | 31 | 3-1 | down 2 |
| 12 | Cherry Creek | CO | 32 | 3-1 | up 2 |
| 13 | Mountain Ridge | UT | 36 | 6-0 | up 2 |
| 14 | Orange Lutheran | CA | 37 | 3-2 | down 2 |
| 15 | Mission Viejo | CA | 39 | 4-1 | up 1 |
| 16 | Mililani | HI | 46 | 6-0 | up 1 |
| 17 | Chandler | AZ | 50 | 3-1 | up 1 |
| 18 | Skyridge | UT | 70 | 5-1 | up 1 |
| 19 | Pinnacle | AZ | 75 | 3-1 | up 1 |
| 20 | Central East | CA | 84 | 4-0 | up 2 |
| 21 | Serra (San Mateo) | CA | 85 | 2-1 | hold |
| 22 | Puyallup | WA | 89 | 3-0 | up 1 |
| 23 | Centennial (Peoria) | AZ | 90 | 4-0 | down 10 |
| 24 | West Linn | OR | NR | 3-0 | up 1 |
| 25 | Orem | UT | NR | 3-2 | down 1 |

## The same twenty five teams, in a different order

Nobody came on and nobody came off. Twenty five teams played or sat out a week, and every one of them is still inside the footprint's share of the national hundred, or in one of the two editorial seats at the bottom.

The order moved, though, and it moved for the reason it is supposed to. Out West is extracted from the SPIN Power 100 in national order. When Gorman went from 12th to 10th nationally and Mater Dei went from 10th to 19th, the two swapped here before anybody at this desk had a say in it. De La Salle, which beat St. Mary's of Stockton 44-7, is 18th nationally and fifth here, up one. St. John Bosco, which went to Honolulu and beat St. Louis 63-21, is 12th nationally and fourth here, up one.

Centennial of Peoria beat Mesa 20-7 on Friday. It is 4-0. It fell from 13th on this board to 23rd.

That is not a misprint and it is not a punishment for winning. Centennial dropped to 90th on the Power 100, and 90th in the country is 23rd in this footprint, ahead of only the two editorial seats. The Arizona board has the full argument, and the short version is that the desk priced Chandler and Pinnacle, both 3-1, above a Centennial team whose best win is over a Mountain View of Mesa side that came off the Arizona board this week. Chandler is 17th here and Pinnacle is 19th. Both are ahead of Centennial for the first time on this board.

## The record that changed on a Monday night

Cherry Creek beat Valor Christian 16-15 on Friday night in Highlands Ranch. It was 4-0 on Saturday morning.

It is 3-1 on this board, and the loss is not to Valor. On Monday night the Colorado High School Activities Association ruled that Cherry Creek must forfeit its season opening win over Chatfield, and the school's appeal was denied. The news broke Tuesday. The 28-15 win over Chatfield is a loss in the standings now, and the streak that was reported at 31 on Friday night is recorded as having ended at 27.

Cherry Creek moves up two here anyway, to 12th, because the Power 100 moved it from 39th to 32nd on the results through Saturday, and this board follows the Power 100. Our Power 100 still carries the 4-0. It will be corrected. The forfeit does not change what happened at Valor Stadium, and it does not change where the desk has the team. It changes the number in the record column, and that column is fixed here.

## Utah's unbeaten one is 13th and Utah's best is 10th

Mountain Ridge is 6-0 after going to Temecula and scoring 54 on Chaparral. It is 36th nationally and 13th here, up two. Corner Canyon, which beat Lone Peak 37-14 and carries a loss to Liberty of Peoria, is 25th nationally and 10th here, up one.

That is the Utah board's order too, Corner Canyon first and Mountain Ridge second. Corner Canyon's loss is to a team that sits 11th on this board. Mountain Ridge's best win is a 41-26 over Skyridge in its August opener, and Skyridge is 18th here. Both cards hold up. The two teams sit where they sit until they play each other.

Mililani beat Kahuku 28-6 on Saturday night at home, is 6-0, and moves up one to 16th at 46th nationally. It is the only Hawaii team on the board, and Kahuku is not a small win in Hawaii.

Puyallup went to Lake Stevens and won 43-42 in overtime on a two point conversion. It is 3-0, 89th nationally and 22nd here, up one. West Linn beat Wilsonville 49-20 and is 3-0. The two editorial seats swapped this week: West Linn is 24th and Orem, which did not play and is 3-2, is 25th.

Those three teams have played twelve games between them, and Mililani has played six of them by itself. The calendar problem this board wrote about last week is still a calendar problem. Nobody is being ranked on it.

Rows one through twenty three are the SPIN Power 100, filtered to Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington, in national order. The desk does not hand adjust them. Rows twenty four and twenty five are editorial picks, because the footprint has twenty three teams inside the national hundred and the board has twenty five seats. Orem and West Linn are those two picks, and they are marked NR in the national column so nobody mistakes them for extraction.

If you want to argue with row six, or row twenty three, the argument is with the Power 100. That is where it was had.

*Rankings are compiled by the SPIN desk from verified results through September 19, 2026, with the Cherry Creek forfeit applied as ruled by CHSAA on September 21. The Out West board is derived from the national Power 100 by extraction, in national order, except where noted.*

SPIN Out West Top 25, Week 6. Bishop Gorman moves up to third after winning at Mater Dei, Mater Dei falls three, Centennial of Peoria wins by 13 and falls ten, and Cherry Creek's record changed this week without a game being played.

Thomas County Central and Lee County Are Both 4-0 and Three Places Apart. Last Year It Was 35-21.

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