Way-Too-Early Rivals Top 25 National Composite Football Rankings – June 15

The ‘Way-Too-Early’ set of Rivals National High School Football Composite Rankings ahead of the 2026 season are out today and prepare to be rage baited, depending on what part of the country you are out of.

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Taking the No. 1 spot in these Top 25 rankings are last year’s UIL Class 6A-Division II state champion DeSoto Eagles, which return Texas Tech running back commitment SaRod Baker. The Eagles will start off the season down in South Florida against unranked Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas in a showdown of premier programs. Going down the line, you see begin to see many of the familiar programs from a year ago.

2025 Overtime Nationals champion Baltimore (Md.) St. Frances Academy checks in at no. 2 behind DeSoto, followed in order by Mater Dei, Duncanville and Buford. Which other 20 teams make their way in this way early set of preseason Top 25 rankings?

Below are the top-25 teams in the Rivals National High School Football Composite Rankings, a proprietary algorithm that compiles rankings listed in the public domain by respected media and data companies. It includes Massey, MaxPreps, ESPN and SI, creating the industry’s most comprehensive and geographically balanced ranking.

Eagles (TX)

Starting off the rankings at the top spot are the defending 2025 UIL Class 6A-Division II state champion DeSoto Eagles, which went 13-3 on their way to a title. For what the team graduated at some of the most key positions on the field, including at quarterback in Legend Howell (2,455 yards, 27 touchdowns) and one of their top wide receivers with Boobie Feaster (100 catches, 1,777 yards). On its face without Howell and Feaster, it would seem like this would be difficult to see the Eagles at the top of this list. A big reason, however, is the return of Texas Tech running back commit SaRod Baker, who rushed for 3,081 yards and scored 41 touchdowns last season. What will be tall telling of how good this DeSoto team really is, is early season matchups against St. Thomas Aquinas of Florida and Duncanville, which sits at no. 4 on this list. If the Eagles beat both of those teams, this No. 1 ranking is validated and then some.

The 2025 Overtime Nationals champion St. Frances Academy Panthers are back in the mix towards and top and for plenty of reasons. One is that Panthers’ head coach Messay Hailemariam has a bundle of talent he already had slated to come back and several more have transferred in, bolstering this talented roster. The defense remains a very scary unit as it will be anchored by EDGE rushers Anthony Sweeney (Texas Tech commit), Jermaine Smith and Jayden Travers (Nebraska commit). Dual-threat quarterback Denari Hill is one of multiple options behind center for the Panthers in 2026 as the passer transferred in from Woodbridge High School (Va.) and threw for over 1,600 yards as a sophomore in 2024. The offense has a myriad of talent with running back Sa’Nir Brooks and wide receivers Samir Edwards, James Branch slated to all return. To think this group won’t be right there at the end is a mistake.

Mater Dei is coming 2025 season in which the program lost the most games since 2015. That doesn;t exactly scream a return to dominance, but this is the Monarchs we’re talking about. We did a recent 2026 season prediction for Mater Dei, projecting the program to lose its most contests since the 2011 campaign. Now with a number of transfers coming in and out of the program, the Monarchs are tasked with bringing it back to prominence facing one of the country’s most difficult schedules. Head coach Raul Lara and the Monarchs will have to make a tough call on who will run the offense as multiple passers are vying for the job. Class of 2028 three-star quarterback Russell Sekona left Leuzinger and enrolled at Mater Dei, with last year’s backup Furian Inferrera (Minnesota commit) bolting for Mission Hills for his senior season. Sekona could possibly be the guy, but there’s others competing for the job as well.

We see our second team hailing from the Lone Star State in the fourth position here as Duncanville is looking to close out the legendary career of head coach Reginald Samples with a proverbial bang. Heading into the summer off-season, the Panthers have pieces to the puzzle that one would like, especially on the offensive side of the ball. Leading the way is Purdue wide receiver commitment Trenton Yancey, who totaled over 1,100 all-purpose yards and nearly 20 touchdowns in 2025. How 2027 quarterback Maximus The Great Denson (1,157 yards, 17 touchdowns in 2025) plays this fall is crucial to the Panthers’ overall success.

Buford ended the 2025 campaign as the No. 1 team in the country, according to the final 2025 Rivals Composite High School Football Rankings. The Wolves came away with their 15th state championship and could be in prime position to capture another one. To reach the GHSA Class 6A mountain top once again, Buford test their mettle with a strong 2026 regular season slate of games they have put together, with a road trip to North Carolina power Mallard Creek in Charlotte on Sep. 4 and a home date against Florida’s vaunted Miami Central Rockets at home on Sep. 11. The defensive side of the ball took a big hit with graduations and the offense will have new starter behind center. If head coach Bryant Appling can have all the pieces meshing well together ahead of their ESPN primetime matchup with Gainesville (Ga.) on Aug. 22, the argument for them to win another state championship will only grow louder.

6. Bixby (OK)
7. IMG Academy (FL)
8. Southlake Carroll (TX)
9. Corner Canyon (UT)
10. St. John Bosco (CA)

11. Thompson (AL)
12. Carrollton (GA)
13. North Shore (TX)
14. Edna Karr (LA)
15. Thomas County Central (GA)

16. Bishop Gorman (NV)
17. Santa Margarita Catholic (CA)
18. Brownsburg (IN)
19. Allen (TX)
20. Liberty (AZ)

21. Don Bosco Prep (N.J.)
22. Grayson (GA)
23. North Crowley (TX)
24. Bergen Catholic (N.J.)
25. Centennial (CA)

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