2019 Missouri High School Football Ranking

There are only 32 teams in the largest class (6) and there are some good ones.  Rockhurst, Park Hill, Joplin, Marquette, Blue Springs and Rockbridge, CBC and, probably the best of the field, De Smet. Here's my ratings and first round predictions.  I had about 75% right in the first round last year. Take them with a grain of salt.  No bets please. I may not get the other classes calculated this week.  So be it. Class 6 District 1 DeSmet High School   152 Pattonville High School   94 Can anyone beat DeSmet?   Not the Pirates… Christian Brothers College High School   126 St. Louis University High School   109 CBC beats an improving SLUH team by 15 Francis Howell High School   121 Francis Howell Central High School   79 Vikings over Spartans by   40 Hazelwood West High School   97 Hazelwood

I toyed with Missouri Boys football ratings last year and developed a fairly good algorithm that predicted play-off winners.  I didn't bother this fall until this past week, when I started looking at the 220 or so boys eleven man football scores.  It's a tedious effort but I enjoy seeing how the kids perform to the ratings.  I have to remind myself they are 16- and 17-year-olds and don't often perform at their best.  You see that in the ratings by week where they might be a 100 rating but they have a 120 game rating one week and an 80 rating against a lesser team the week. So, with not a lot of fanfare, I am posting some of the classes, starting with class 5.  There are a few great teams including Staley, Fort Zumwalt North, Chaminade and Eureka but the class of the division is Jackson. I have boldened the favorite in each district and I will make some predictions next week.  For now, the favorite of teams that have to play in to the district this week are listed in eac