Baltimore Metro High School Football Top 10 Rankings - Sept. 8, 2025

St. Mary's earns a spot in this week's Top 10 with a win over Broadneck; McDonogh edges past Archbishop Spalding for No. 2

No. 5 Mount St. Joseph is off to a 3-0 start after topping St. Mary's Ryken in their annual rivalry battle. / MSJ Gaels Football

After a forgettable 2024 campaign, Saint Mary’s has gotten 2025 off to a promising start. The Saints are No. 24 in the latest High School on SI Baltimore area Top 10 poll.

The Annapolis (Md.) private school opened with a 21-6 victory over perennial Maryland Class 4A public stronghold and then-No. 8 Broadneck last Friday. The Saints went 0-11 last season, including 0-8 in their first season back as a member of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) A Conference. 

St. Mary’s won six MIAA B championships between 2007 and 2022. Saint Frances Academy, which fell to California powerhouse Saint John Bosco, ranked No. 2 in High School on SI’s National Top 25, remains No. 1 in Baltimore. 

The rest of the Top 5 features McDonogh School, Archbishop Spalding, Loyola Blakefield and Mount St. Joseph. McDonogh and Spalding, who played in the last two MIAA A title games, open the 2025 MIAA A slate Friday evening in Owings Mills. 

Loyola Blakefield, which posted an impressive win at Georgetown Prep in a Maryland Top 25 match last weekend, hosts Gonzaga College, the No. 1 in team in High School on SI’s District of Columbia rankings, Saturday afternoon. No. 6 Milford Mill Academy makes its 2025 debut at Broadneck in arguably the premier public school matchup of the weekend. 

No. 9 Paul Laurence Dunbar will trek from East Baltimore to Western Maryland for a non-league matchup with four-time reigning Maryland Class 1A state champ Fort Hill. No. 8 Arundel, the defending Class 3A champ, opens Anne Arundel County (Md.) league play at Severn Run. 

Here’s the entire High School on SI Baltimore Top 10:

1. SAINT FRANCES ACADEMY

Previous rank: No. 1 

Record: 1-1

Last week: Lost to St. John’s Bosco (Calif.), 21-14

This week: at St. Joseph’s Prep (Pa.), Sept. 13

2. MCDONOGH SCHOOL

Previous rank: No. 3

Record: 2-0

Last week: Did not play

This week: vs. No. 3 Archbishop Spalding, Sept. 12

3. ARCHBISHOP SPALDING 

Previous rank: No. 2 

Record: 1-2

Last week: Lost to Hun School (N.J.) 35-28

This week: at No. 3 McDonogh School, Sept. 12

4. LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD

Previous rank: No. 4

Record: 2-0

Last week: Defeated Georgetown Prep, 20-7

This week: vs. Gonzaga College (D.C.), Sept. 13

5. MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH

Previous rank: No. 5

Record: 3-0

Last week: Defeated St. Mary’s Ryken, 24-21

This week: vs. Dundalk, Sept. 12

6. MILFORD MILL ACADEMY

Previous rank: No. 6

Record: 0-0

Last week: Did not play

This week: at Broadneck, Sept. 12

7. CALVERT HALL COLLEGE 

Previous rank: No. 7

Record: 2-0

Last week: Defeated Archbishop Curley, 42-0

This week: at La Salle College (Pa.), Sept. 13

8. ARUNDEL

Previous rank: No. 10

Record: 1-0

Last week: Defeated River Hill, 42-28

This week: at Severn Run, Sept. 12

9. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

Previous rank: No. 9

Record: 0-1

Last week: Lost to Stone Bridge (Va.),7-6

This week: at Fort Hill, Sept. 12

10. SAINT MARY’S

Previous rank: Not ranked

Record: 1-0

Last week: Defeated then-No. 8 Broadneck, 21-6

This week: Off (next game - at Gilman School, Sept. 19)