South Carolina High School Football Top 25 State Rankings - Oct. 19, 2025

Ashley Ridge stuns No. 3 Summerville; Woodruff, Carolina Forest and Abbeville join this week's rankings

Woodruff Wolverines Aiden Gibson (32) reacts after getting a first down Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 during the SCHSL football game against the Woodmont Wildcats at Woodmont High School in Piedmont, South Carolina. | Alex Martin/Greenville News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The South Carolina High School Top 25 State Rankings experienced a big shake up when No. 3 Summerville was upset, 42-19, by unranked Ashley Ridge. There are three new teams - Woodruff, Carolina Forest and Abbeville - in the poll with two weeks remaining in the regular season.

At the top of the poll, No. 1 Irmo remained undefeated.

1. Irmo (8-0)

Previous rank: 1

Defeated then-No. 25 White Knoll 14-3; next at Chapin

2. South Pointe (7-1)

Previous rank: 2

Defeated Lancaster 48-7; next vs. Dreher

3. Northwestern (8-1)

Previous rank: 4

Defeated Rock Hill 45-14; next idle

4. Dutch Fork (6-1)

Previous rank: 5

Defeated Lexington 49-0; next vs. River Bluff

5. Belton-Honea Path (8-0)

Previous rank: 6

Defeated Crescent 55-28; next vs. Pendleton

6. Loris (8-0)

Previous rank: 7

Defeated Georgetown 63-18; next vs. Marlboro County

7. Newberry (8-0)

Previous rank: 8

Idle; next at Keenan

8. Sumter (7-1)

Previous rank: 9

Defeated Blythewood 47-34; next vs. No. 10 Ridge View

9. South Florence (7-1)

Previous rank: 10

Defeated Wilson 35-7; next at Lower Richland

10. Ridge View (6-2)

Previous rank: 11

Defeated West Florence 29-7; next at No. 8 Sumter

11. James Island (7-1)

Previous rank: 12

Defeated Fort Dorchester 48-7; next at Ashley Ridge

12. Gaffney (6-2)

Previous rank: 13

Defeated Riverside 49-20; next at Dorman

13. Gray Collegiate Academy (6-2)

Previous rank: 14

Defeated South Aiken 44-7; next at Aiken

14. North Augusta (7-1)

Previous rank: 15

Defeated Airport 56-7; next at Brookland-Cayce

15. Oceanside Collegiate Academy (7-2)

Previous rank: 16

Defeated Battery Creek 45-0; next idle

16. Stratford (7-1)

Previous rank: 17

Defeated Cane Bay 38-24; next at Wando

17. Daniel (7-1)

Previous rank: 18

Defeated Pickens 52-7; next vs, Blue Ridge

18. Summerville (6-2)

Previous rank: 3

Lost 42-19 to Ashley Ridge; next ar West Ashley

19. T.L. Hanna (7-1)

Previous rank: 20

Defeated J.L. Mann 55-17; next vs. Easley

20. Camden (6-2)

Previous rank: 22

Defeated York 57-7; next vs. Lancaster

21. Dorman (6-2)

Previous rank: 23

Defeated Wade Hampton 52-7; next vs. No. 12 Gaffney

22. Carolina Forest (7-1)

Previous rank: unranked

Defeated North Myrtle Beach 49-7; next vs. Myrtle Beach

23. Woodruff (7-1)

Previous rank: unranked

Defeated then-No. 19 Mountain View Prep 49-28; next vs. Chapman

24. Spartanburg (5-3)

Previous rank: 24

Defeated Boiling Springs 21-7; next at James F. Byrnes

25. Abbeville (6-2)

Previous rank: unranked

Defeated Whitmire 57-8; next vs. Dixie