Baltimore Metro High School Football Top 10 Rankings

Another topsy-turvy weekend in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) A Conference brings change in the latest High School on SI Baltimore area football Top 10 poll.

Gilman School enters at No. 8 after a road victory at then-No. 5 Calvert Hall College. Nationally-ranked Saint Frances Academy remains No. 1.

The Panthers will play an up-and-coming The Saint James Performance Academy program from Northern Virginia Saturday afternoon at Under Armour Stadium in South Baltimore before a showdown at IMG Academy (Fla.) the following weekend that will have huge implications nationally.

Three-time defending MIAA A champion Archbishop Spalding, which has secured the No. 1 seed in the league playoffs, is No. 2 followed by Milford Mill Academy, McDonogh School and St. Mary’s. McDonogh and St. Mary’s have clinched MIAA A playoff spots.

The second 5 features Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Gilman, Calvert Hall and Mount St. Joseph. Gilman, Calvert Hall and Mount St. Joseph is in play for the final MIAA A postseason spot.

Here’s this week’s High School on SI Baltimore area football Top 10:

1. SAINT FRANCES ACADEMY

Previous rank: No. 1

Record: 6-1

Last week: Did not play

This week: vs. The Saint James Performance Academy (Va.) at Under Armour Stadium, Nov. 1

2. ARCHBISHOP SPALDING

Previous rank: No. 2

Record: 7-2

Last week: Defeated then-No. 8 Loyola Blakefield, 56-6

This week: vs. No. 10 Mount Saint Joseph, Oct. 31

3. MILFORD MILL ACADEMY

Previous rank: No. 3

Record: 7-0

Last week: Defeated Randallstown, 48-12

This week: vs. Owings Mills, Oct. 31

4. MCDONOGH SCHOOL

Previous rank: No. 6

Record: 6-2

Last week: Defeated Concordia Prep, 25-0

This week: vs. No. 8 Gilman School, Nov. 1

5. SAINT MARY’S

Previous rank: No. 4

Record: 6-3

Last week: Defeated then-No. 7 Mount Saint Joseph, 20-7

This week: vs. Severn School, Oct. 31

6. MERGENTHALER VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL

Previous rank: No. 9

Record: 7-1

Last week: Defeated Forest Park, 42-0

This week: vs. Digital Harbor, Oct. 31

7. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

Previous rank: No. 10

Record: 6-1

Last week: Defeated Digital Harbor, 50-6

This week: at Patterson, Oct. 31

8. GILMAN SCHOOL

Previous rank: Not ranked

Record: 4-4

Last week: Defeated then-No. 5 Calvert Hall College, 13-7

This week: at No. 4 McDonogh School, Nov. 1

9. CALVERT HALL COLLEGE

Previous rank: No. 5

Record: 4-4

Last week: Lost to Gilman School, 13-7

This week: at Concordia Prep, Nov. 1

10. MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH

Previous rank: No. 7

Record: 6-4

Last week: Lost to then-No. 4 Saint Mary’s, 20-7

This week: at No. 2 Archbishop Spalding, Oct. 31