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South Carolina High School Football Top 25 State Rankings - Sept. 14, 2025

South Pointe tops Northwestern in Top 5 matchup; A.C. Flora and Stratford enter the Top 25

Mike Duprez

Woodruff Wolverines Kayden Barnaby (0) and Woodruff Wolverines Rhylan Renfrow (15) celebrate after a touchdown Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 during the SCHSL football game against the Woodmont Wildcats at Woodmont High School in Piedmont, South Carolina.
Woodruff Wolverines Kayden Barnaby (0) and Woodruff Wolverines Rhylan Renfrow (15) celebrate after a touchdown 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

There wasn't a lot of shakeup in the fourth. week of the 2025 season. We did see ac top five battle between Northwestern and South Pointe that produced a new No. 2 in Irmo. Two new additions to the Top 25 are A.C. Flora and Stratford.

1. Dutch Fork (3-0)

Previous rank: 1

Defeated Gray Collegiate 42-14; next at Oceanside Collegiate

2. Irmo (4-0)

Previous rank: 3

Defeated Carolina Forest 51-21; next at Myrtle Beach

3. South Pointe (3-1)

Previous rank: 4.

Defeated then-No. 2 Northwestern 27-23; next at No, 24 A.C. Flora

4. Summerville (3-1)

Previous rank: 5

Idle; next at Chapin

5. Northwestern (3-1)

Previous rank: 2

Lost 27-23 to then-No. 4 South Pointe

6. North Augusta (4-0)

Previous rank: 6

Defeated Strom Thurmond 37-13; next vs. Gilbert

7. Belton-Honea Path (4-0)

Previous rank: 7

Defeated Westside 42-6; next vs, Palmetto

8. Loris (4-0)

Previous rank: 8

Defeated North Myrtle Beach 53-14; next at Socastee

9. Woodruff (4-0)

Previous rank: 10

Defeated Woodmont 48-6; next vs. Chesnee

10. Greenwood (4-0)

Previous rank: 11

Defeated Lexington 36-30; next at T.L. Hanna

11. Newberry (4-0)

Previous rank: 12

Defeated Chapin 45-22; next vs. Fairfield Central

12. Saluda (3-0)

Previous rank: 13

Defeated Chester 34-14; next vs. Southside Christian

13. James Island (4-0)

Previous rank: 14

Defeated Cane Bay 34-14; next at St. James

14. Sumter (3-1)

Previous rank: 16

Defeated Crestwood 28-0; next vs. Spring Valley

15. Midland Valley (3-0)

Previous rank: 17

Idle; next vs. Gray Collegiate

16. South Florence (3-1)

Previous rank: 19

Defeated Fort Dorchester 65-7; next vs. Crestwood

17. Dorman (2-1)

Previous rank: 20

Idle; next vs. Riverside

18. Greenville (2-1)

Previous rank: 21

Idle; next at Woodmont

19. Ridge View (2-2)

Previous rank: 23

Defeated then-No. 9 Camden 56-13; next idle

20. White Knoll (2-1)

Previous rank: 22

Idle; next at Cane Bay

21. Gaffney (1-2)

Previous rank: 24

Idle; next vs. Boiling Springs

22. T.L. Hanna (2-1)

Previous rank: 25

Defeated Wren 40-27; next vs. Greenwood

23. Camden (3-1)

Previous rank: 9

Lost 56-13 to Ridge View; next at Richland Northeast

24. A.C. Flora (4-0)

Previous rank: unranked

Defeated Laurens 49-0; next vs. No. 3 South Pointe

25. Stratford (3-1)

Previous rank: unranked

Defeated Socastee 56-12; next vs. Colleton County

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Mike Duprez
MIKE DUPREZ

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.

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