South Carolina High School Football Top 25 State Rankings - Nov. 3, 2025

The 2025 South Carolina high school football regular season is complete and there was a major shakeup at the top of the poll after then-No. 4 Dutch Fork toppled then-No. 1 Irmo 28-21. The result cleared the way for South Pointe to ascend to the No. 1 ranking, after it moved to 9-1 with a 70-0 romp over Beaufort.
There is one new team in poll as Berkeley, which improved to 8-2, joined at No. 24.
1. South Pointe (9-1)
Previous rank: 2
Defeated Richland Northeast 70-0; next vs. Beaufort
2. Northwestern (9-1)
Previous rank: 3
Defeated Indian Land 51-13; next idle
3. Dutch Fork (8-1)
Previous rank: 4
Defeated then-No. 1 Irmo 28-21; next idle
4. Irmo (9-1)
Previous rank: 1
Lost 28-21 to then-No. 4 Dutch Fork; next idle
5. Belton-Honea Path (10-0)
Previous rank: 5
Defeated Walhalla 62-7; next vs, Palmetto
6. Loris (10-0)
Previous rank: 6
Defeated Aynor 54-0; next vs. Battery Creek
7. Newberry (10-0)
Previous rank: 7
Defeated Swansa 43-0; next vs. Aynor
8. Sumter (9-1)
Previous rank: 8
Defeated Westwood 52-27; next idle
9. South Florence (9-1)
Previous rank: 9
Defeated Hartsville 51-23; next vs. Darlington
10. James Island (9-1)
Previous rank: 10
Defeated Stall 55-0; next vs. Wando
11. Gray Collegiate Academy (8-2)
Previous rank: 11
Defeated Gilbert 49-0; next vs. Brookland-Cayce
12. North Augusta (9-1)
Previous rank: 12
Defeated Midland Valley 42-29; next vs. Midland Valley
13. Oceanside Collegiate Academy (8-2)
Previous rank: 13
Defeated Orangeburg-Wilkinson 49-13; next vs. Georgetown
14. Stratford (9-1)
Previous rank: 14
Defeated Goose Creek 48-0; next idle
15. Daniel (9-1)
Previous rank: 15
Defeated Greer 33-7; next vs. Dreher
16. Summerville (8-2)
Previous rank: 16
Defeated Fort Dorchester 37-14; vs. West Ashley
17. T.L. Hanna (9-1)
Previous rank: 17
Defeated Greenville 27-24; next idle
18. Dorman (8-2)
Previous rank: 19
Defeated Eastside 49-12; next idle
19. Carolina Forest (9-1)
Previous rank: 20
Defeated Conway 49-0; next idle
20. Woodruff (9-1)
Previous rank: 21
Defeated Union County 43-6; next vs. West-Oak
21. Ridge View (7-3)
Previous rank: 22
Defeated Blythewood 39-7; next bye
22. A.C. Flora (9-1)
Previous rank: 23
Defeated then-No. 18 Camden 40-28; next vs. York
23. James F. Byrnes (7-3)
Previous rank: 25
Defeated Boiling Springs 42-14; next idle
24. Berkeley (8-2)
Previous rank: Not ranked
Defeated Cane Bay 35-7; next idle
25. Abbeville (9-1)
Previous rank: 24
Defeated Ware Shoals 37-16; next vs. McBee

Mike Duprez became a freelance sports journalist for Scorebooklive.com several months after retiring from the newspaper business. A native of Oakland, California, Duprez moved around as a child due to his father’s service in the United States Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. Duprez, who lives in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, had 30 years of experience in newspapers as well as other endeavors before retiring at the end of 2021. He covers stories in both North Carolina and South Carolina for Scorebooklive.com.