North Carolina High School Football Top 25 State Rankings - Sept. 1, 2025

Then-No. 21 Myers Park knocked off then No. 2 Weddington; other upsets resulted in five new teams joining this week's NC high school football Top 25

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There was one major upset in the North Carolina Top 25 when second-ranked Weddington fell 28-18 to No, 21 Myers Park. Other losses led to more reshuffling, resulting in five new teams cracking the Top 25.

Here is this week's

1. Grimsley (2-0)

Previous rank: 1

Defeated West Forsyth 31-17; next vs. East Forsyth

2. East Forsyth (2-0)

Previous rank: 3

Defeated Northern Guilford 33-10; next at Grimsley

3. Cardinal Gibbons (2-0)

Previous rank: 4

Defeated Maury (Va.) 24-20; next vs. Southern Durham

4. Providence Day (2-0)

Previous rank: 5

Defeated Rolesville 38-10; next vs. Charlotte Catholic

5. Hough (2-0)

Previous rank: 6

Defeated Independence 35-0; next at Highland Springs (Va.)

6. Mallard Creek (2-0)

Previous rank: 5

Defeated Warwick (Va.) 3-0; next at Grayson (Ga.)

7. West Charlotte (1-1)

Previous rank: 10

Defeated Monroe 47-0; next at South Pointe (S.C.)

8. Cleveland (2-0)

Previous rank: 11

Defeated Corinth Holders 52-13; next vs. Northern Nash

9. Myers Park (2-0)

Previous rank: 21

Defeated Weddington 28-18,; next vs. Providence

10. Jacksonville (2-0)

Previous rank: 12

Defeated Northside-Jacksonville 48-27; next vs. Topsail on Sept. 12

11. Weddington (1-1)

Previous rank: 2

Lost 28-18 to Myers Park; next at Monroe

12. Hoggard (2-0)

Previous rank: 13

Defeated Jack Britt 44-40; next vs. Clayton

13. Millbrook (2-0)

Previous rank: 14

Defeated Heritage 36-0; next at Wake Forest

14. Clayton (2-0)

Previous rank: 16

Defeated Southern Nash 49-14; next at Hoggard

15. Tarboro (2-0)

Previous rank: 17

Defeated Hunt 34-17; next at Havelock

16. Charlotte Catholic (2-0)

Previous rank: 18

Defeated Charlotte Christian 16-7; next at Providence Day

17. Seventy-First (1-1)

Previous rank: 22

Defeated Cape Fear 22-8; next at Pine Forest

18. South Point (1-0)

Previous rank: 23

Idle; next at T.C, Roberson

19. Monroe (1-1)

Previous rank: 9

Lost to West Charlotte 47-0; next vs. Weddington

20. Independence (1-1)

Previous rank: 8

Lost 35-0 to Hough; next vs. Charlotte Christian

21. Freedom (2-0)

Previous rank: unranked

Defeated Draughn 68-0; next at East Burke

22. South Garner (2-0)

Previous rank: unranked

Defeated Southern Lee 69-19; next at Corinth Holders

23. Crest (2-0)

Previous rank: unranked

Defeated Shelby 31-24; next vs. Asheville

24. Southeast Raleigh (2-0)

Previous rank: unranked

Defeated Dudley 31-6; next vs. East Wake

25. Mount Airy (2-0)

Previous rank: unranked

Defeated East Wilkes 23-16; next at Watauga