DMV Top-30 Power Rankings: Week 4
There several significant changes to take note of in this week’s update. First, Paul VI is our new #1 after an impressive showing at the National Hoop Fest. Good Counsel pulled off the biggest upset of the week by knocking off Gonzaga and have shot up to #14 result. #13 John Carroll is a young team but off to a solid start with their signature win coming over Good Counsel. Middleburg proved they were for real at the Flint Hill Tip-Off and make their debut at #19. Loyola Blakefield picked up a good win over Glenelg Country and enter the rankings for the first time at #20. The other debutants are Potomac School at #26 and Pallotti at #28.
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RANK | SCHOOL | PREVIOUS RANK | RECORD | KEY WINS | LOSSES | UPCOMING GAMES |
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1 | PAUL VI (VA) | 4 | 4-0 | @ Carroll, DJO, IMG, Word of God | – | 12/10 @ Ireton, 12/14 @ Archbhishop Wood |
2 | ST. FRANCES (MD) | 3 | 7-0 | Scotland Campus, International Sports Academy, Curley, Riverdale, Coolidge, Boys’ Latin, Simeon | – | 12/9 @ Annapolis Area, 12/11 vs. Pallotti, 12/13 @ Goretti |
3 | DEMATHA (MD) | 2 | 3-1 | MSJ, Ryken, @ Carroll | Sunrise Christian | 12/10 vs. O’Connell, 12/10 @ Montverde |
4 | POLY (MD) | 5 | 2-0 | Digital Harbor, Wilson | – | 12/10 vs. Ben Franklin, 12/16 vs. Lake Clifton |
5 | ST. STEPHEN’S ST. AGNES (VA) | 6 | 4-0 | @ Ireton, STAB, Bishop Sullivan, Hargrave | – | 12/10 @ Goretti, 12/13 vs. Imhotep, 12/14 & 12/15 vs. TBD |
6 | ST. JOHN’S (DC) | 7 | 4-0 | Calvert Hall, Carroll, McNamara, Bullis | – | 12/10 @ Ryken |
7 | ROCK CREEK CHRISTIAN (MD) | 9 | 5-0 | Severn, Thurgood Marshall, Glenelg Country, Northwestern, First Love | – | 12/20 vs. Fairfax Christian, 12/21 vs. St. John’s, 12/22 vs. TBD |
8 | MOUNT ST. JOSEPH (MD) | 10 | 4-1 | Chapelgate, St. James, SJCP, @ Pallotti | DeMatha | 12/9 @ McDonogh, 12/11 vs. Glenelg Country, 12/14 @ Catonsville |
9 | SIDWELL FRIENDS (DC) | 11 | 5-0 | Potomac School, Gerstell, Arundel Christian, KIPP, ST. Albans | – | 12/10 vs. St. James, 12/12 vs. Sandy Spring, 12/14 & 12/15 vs. TBD |
10 | RIVERDALE BAPTIST (MD) | 12 | 4-1 | @ Lanham Christian, Bullis, Flowers, Coolidge | St. Frances | 12/10 @ Gwynn Park |
11 | ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (MD) | 17 | 1-0 | @ South River | 12/14 vs. Northern (@ Trinity) | |
12 | NATIONAL CHRISTIAN (MD) | 18 | 2-0 | New Hope, First Love | – | 12/10 @ Largo, 12/14 vs. Cardinal Newman |
13 | JOHN CARROLL (MD) | 29 | 3-0 | St. John’s College Prep, Good Counsel, Mt. Carmel | – | 12/13, 12/14 & 12/15 Bullis Holiday Classic |
14 | GOOD COUNSEL (MD) | 30 | 4-1 | @ Ireton, Gonzaga, Georgetown Day, Landon | Xaverian | 12/10 vs. McNamara, 12/13 vs. Blake, 12/10 vs. Spalding |
15 | GONZAGA (DC) | 1 | 3-2 | McNamara, Loyola, @ Ireton | @ Good Counsel, Sunrise Christian | 12/10 @ Carroll, 12/13 vs. Gonzaga Prep, 12/14 & 12/15 vs. TBD |
16 | BISHOP WALSH (MD) | 8 | 2-1 | Coolidge, Takoma Academy | Word of God | 12/12 @ St. Mary’s (CA), 12/13 & 12/14 vs. TBD |
17 | ST. MARIA GORETTI (MD) | 14 | 5-1 | New Hope, Boys’ Latin, South Lake Christian, St. Andrew’s, Thomas Johnson | @ Mercersburg | 12/10 vs. SSSAS, 12/13 vs. SFA |
18 | ST. ANDREW’S (MD) | 22 | 4-1 | McDonogh, Georgetown Prep, Covenant Life, Lanham Christian | @ Goretti | 12/10 vs. GDS |
19 | MIDDLEBURG (VA) | NR | 5-2 | Life Christian, Veritas, Lanham Christian, Episcopal, @ Flint Hill | @ Life Christian, @ Blue Ridge | 12/10 vs. Fairfax Christian, 12/13 @ Christ Chapel |
20 | LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD (MD) | NR | 3-1 | St. Mary’s, St. Paul’s, Glenelg Country | Gonzaga | 12/9 @ Gilman, 12/11 vs. Gerstell, 12/13 @ Mt. Carmel |
21 | EPISCOPAL (VA) | 16 | 2-1 | Hayfield, Dunbar | Middleburg | 12/11 @ Potomac School, 12/14 vs. Woodberry Forest |
22 | FLINT HILL (VA) | 19 | 2-1 | Bullis, Dunbar | Middleburg | 12/10 @ Georgetown Prep, 12/12 @ Maret, 12/14 @ Potomac School |
23 | WOODROW WILSON (DC) | 20 | 1-1 | Oxford | Poly | 12/9 @ Theodore Roosevelt, 12/11 @ HD Woodson, 12/14 vs. Loyola Blakefield |
24 | BISHOP MCNAMARA (MD) | 21 | 1-2 | Takoma Academy | @ Gonzaga, @ St. John’s | 12/10 @ Good Counsel |
25 | ARCHBISHOP CARROLL (DC) | 23 | 2-3 | Spalding, Thurgood Marshall | Paul VI, @ St. John’s, DeMatha | 12/10 vs. Gonzaga |
26 | POTOMAC SCHOOL (VA) | HM | 2-1 | Sandy Spring, John Paul the Great | @ Sidwell | 12/11 vs. Episcopal, 12/14 vs. Flint Hill |
27 | ST. MARY’S RYKEN (MD) | 25 | 1-1 | Grace Brethren | @ DeMatha | 12/10 vs. St. John’s, 12/11 @ The Heights |
28 | PALLOTTI (MD) | HM | 2-1 | Takoma Academy, Laurel | MSJ | 12/9 @ Spalding, 12/11 @ SFA, 12/13 vs. Benedictine, 12/14 & 12/15 vs. TBD |
29 | COOLIDGE (DC) | 24 | 0-3 | – | Bishop Walsh, @ St. Frances, Riverdale Baptist | 12/9 vs. Dunbar, 12/11 vs. Cardozo, 12/13 @ Anacostia |
30 | BISHOP IRETON (VA) | 28 | 0-3 | – | SSSAS, Good Counsel, Gonzaga | 12/10 vs. Paul VI, 12/13 vs. The Heights, 12/14 vs. TC Wil |
HONORABLE MENTION (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY)
BULLIS (MD)
CITY (MD)
GEORGETOWN PREP (MD)
GLENELG COUNTRY (MD)
JOHN PAUL THE GREAT (VA)
MERVO (MD)
OXON HILL (MD)
SOUTH COUNTY (VA)
ST. CHARLES (MD)
TAKOMA ACADEMY (MD)