USA TODAY Sports Super 25 recap: Wild weekend for Texas playoffs; St. John Bosco dominates in Cali
What a weekend!
There’s no other way to describe it (without making it a novel), as multiple teams in the Super 25 rankings lost, including a trio of Texas teams —Katy, Guyer and Westlake.
Carrollton’s rush toward Georgia football dominance hit a wall, too, with Mill Creek making its case for Peach State supremacy with a 70-35 blowout win.
And out west, it was Basha with a statement win in Arizona over a tough Saguaro team. While St. John Bosco closed any arguments for its place in the 2022 hierarchy, throttling Serra (San Mateo) 45-0.
Super 25 Scores: Dec. 8-10, 2022
1. St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)
Record: 13-1 | Last Result: def. Serra (Calif.) 45-0
2. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Record: 12-1 | Season complete
3. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Record: 13-1 | Season complete
4. Central (Miami, Fla.)
Record: 13-0 | vs. American Heritage (Fla.) on 12/16
5. IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
Record: 8-1 | Season complete
6. Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.)
Record: 13-0 | Last Result: def. Clearwater Central Catholic (Fla.) 48-14
7. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Record: 13-0 | vs. Homestead (Fla.) on 12/15
8. Westlake (Austin, Texas)
Record: 14-1 | Last Result: lost to North Shore (Texas) 49-34
9. Duncanville (Texas)
Record: 14-0 | Last Result: def. Prosper (Texas) 41-0
10. North Shore (Houston, Texas)
Record: 15-0 | Last Result: def. Westlake (Texas) 49-34
11. St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)
Record: 8-1 | Season complete
12. Guyer (Denton, Texas)
Record: 14-1 | Last Result: lost to DeSoto (Texas) 47-28
13. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
Record: 13-1 | vs. Central (Fla.) on 12/16
14. Lipscomb Academy (Nashville, Tenn.)
Record: 13-0 | Season complete
15. Katy (Texas)
Record: 14-1 | Last Result: lost to Vandegrift (Texas) 38-35
16. Lakeland (Fla.)
Record: 13-0 | vs. Venice (Fla.) on 12/17
17. Langston Hughes (Fairburn, Ga.)
Record: 15-0 | Last Result: def. Gainesville (Ga.) 35-28
18. Basha (Chandler, Ariz.)
Record: 12-1 | Last Result: def. Saguaro (Ariz.) 28-21
19. Serra (San Mateo, Calif.)
Record: 12-1 | Last Result: lost to St. John Bosco (Calif.) 45-0
20. Carrollton (Ga.)
Record: 14-1 | Last Result: lost to Mill Creek (Ga.) 70-35
21. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)
Record: 15-1 | Season complete
22. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Record: 12-1 | Last result: def. Harrisburg (Pa.) 42-7
23. Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.)
Record: 11-1 | Season complete
24. Mill Creek (Hoschton, Ga.)
Record: 14-1 | Last Result: def. Carrollton (Ga.) 70-35
25. Liberty (Peoria, Ariz.)
Record: 11-1 | Season complete