Recruit Intel's national ranking edition dated October 12 moves Santa Margarita Catholic of Rancho Santa Margarita, California, from No. 6 to No. 4, the largest climb in the top 10. Bishop Gorman slips from No. 4 to No. 5 and Mater Dei from No. 5 to No. 6, while The St. James and St. John Bosco trade places at No. 9 and No. 10. De La Salle, Sierra Canyon, Folsom, Centennial and IMG Academy hold the positions they had in the previous edition, and no team is new to the top 10.

The national top 10

  1. De La Salle, California (6-0)
  2. Sierra Canyon, California (7-0)
  3. Folsom, California (7-0)
  4. Santa Margarita Catholic, California (7-0)
  5. Bishop Gorman, Nevada (6-1)
  6. Mater Dei, California (5-2)
  7. Centennial, California (4-3)
  8. IMG Academy, Florida (7-0)
  9. The St. James, Virginia (5-1)
  10. St. John Bosco, California (6-1)

Five of the ten teams are unbeaten in the published records: De La Salle, Sierra Canyon, Folsom, Santa Margarita Catholic and IMG Academy. Bishop Gorman, The St. James and St. John Bosco each have one loss. The list includes seven California teams and one each from Nevada, Florida and Virginia.

The database's latest finalized game date was October 11 at capture time. The ranking run does not expose which finalized games it included, so that date is not presented as the run's game cutoff. Treat this as a dated ranking snapshot, not a projection.