Virginia High School Football Top 25 State Rankings - Sept. 15, 2025

Undefeated Dinwiddie cracks the Top 25 at No. 22; The Top 5 remains unchanged this week

Dinwiddie is off to a 3-0 start and has earned a spot in this week's Virginia High School Football Top 25 State Rankings. / Dinwiddie Football

Some wondered if Dinwiddie High would take a step back in 2025 after record-breaking quarterback Harry Dalton graduated. 

The Generals are doing just fine, off to a 3-0 start and a spot in this week’s High School on SI Virginia High School Football Top 25 state rankings. 

Dinwiddie enters at No. 22, thanks to a thrilling 28-21 overtime victory over then-No. 9 Highland Springs over the weekend. It was the Generals’ first win over their Richmond-area rival in five meetings dating back to 1980 (teams last played in 2012). 

Dinwiddie went 43-7 the previous four seasons - including the 2022 Virginia Class 4 state title - with Dalton, now a freshman running back at the University of Southern California (USC). Dalton shattered the Richmond-area career mark in total yardage (11,282) and accounted for 160 touchdowns. 

The Generals reached the Class 4B Region final, losing to eventual state finalist Varina. Their 3-0 start in 2025 is the first since their undefeated 2022 (15-0) state title campaign.

There’s no change in the Top 5 this week as Oscar Smith is No. 1, followed by Maury, Phoebus, Varina and Green Run. The second 5 features King’s Fork, Battlefield, Benedictine College Prep, Manchester and Stone Bridge.

After routing then-No. 18 Woodberry Forest, Trinity Episcopal leap from No. 22 to 16th. There’s one Top 25 match on this week’s docket as Oscar Smith, which had a bye last week, hosts No. 18 INDIAN RIVER in a Southeastern District contest.

Here’s this week’s High School on SI Virginia football Top 25:

1. OSCAR SMITH 

Previous rank: No. 1 

Record: 1-1

Last week: Did not play

This week: vs. No. 18 Indian River, Sept. 20

2. MAURY 

Previous rank: No. 2

Record: 2-1

Last week: Defeated Bishop McNamara (Md.), 38-35

This week: Off (next game - vs. Churchland, Sept. 26)

3. PHOEBUS

Previous rank: No. 3

Record: 1-0

Last week: Defeated Denbigh, 49-7

This week: vs. Kecoughtan, Sept. 18

4. VARINA 

Previous rank: No. 4

Record: 2-1

Last week:Defeated Norcom, 55-0

This week: at Hermitage, Sept. 19

5. GREEN RUN 

Previous rank: No. 5

Record: 2-0

Last week: Defeated Princess Anne, 74-0

This week: vs. Frank W. Cox, Sept. 19

6. KING’S FORK 

Previous rank: No. 6

Record: 2-0

Last week: Defeated Deep Creek, 34-0

This week: vs. Great Bridge, Sept. 19 

7. BATTLEFIELD 

Previous rank: No. 7

Record: 3-0

Last week: Defeated South Lakes, 20-16

This week: at Gar-Field, Sept. 19

8. BENEDICTINE COLLEGE PREP

Previous rank: No. 8

Record: 3-0

Last week: Defeated Blue Ridge, 62-0

This week: vs. Georgetown Prep (Md.), Sept. 20

9. MANCHESTER 

Previous rank: No. 10

Record: 3-0

Last week: Defeated James River Midlothian, 34-13

This week: vs. Clover Hill, Sept. 19

10. STONE BRIDGE

Previous rank: No. 11

Record: 2-0

Last week: Defeated John Champe, 35-7

This week: at Quince Orchard (Md.), Sept. 19

11. LAKE BRADDOCK 

Previous rank: No. 12

Record: 3-0

Last week: Defeated Forest Park, 28-22

This week: Off (next game - at James W. Robinson, Sept. 26)

12. SAINT CHRISTOPHER’S SCHOOL

Previous rank: 13

Record: 3-0

Last week: Defeated Bullis School (Md.), 17-0

This week: at Norfolk Academy, Sept. 19

13. SALEM-VIRGINIA BEACH

Previous rank: No. 14

Record: 2-0

Last week: Defeated Landstown, 28-14

This week: at Bayside, Sept. 19

14. NANSEMOND RIVER

Previous rank: No. 15 

Record: 2-0

Last week: Defeated Grassfield, 61-0

This week: at Western Branch, Sept. 19

15. LOUISA COUNTY

Previous rank: No. 16

Record: 2-0

Last week: Did not play

This week: at Matoaca, Sept. 19

16. TRINITY EPISCOPAL 

Previous rank: No. 22

Record: 3-0

Last week: Defeated then-No. 18 Woodberry Forest School, 40-7

This week: at Saint Michael the Archangel, Sept. 20

17. HUGUENOT

Previous rank: No. 17

Record: 1-1

Last week: Defeated Clover Hill, 58-0

This week: vs. Cosby, Sept. 19

18. INDIAN RIVER 

Previous rank: No. 19

Record: 2-0

Last week: Defeated Great Bridge, 28-7

This week: at No. 1 Oscar Smith, Sept. 20

19. LAFAYETTE 

Previous rank: No. 20

Record: 3-0

Last week: Defeated New Kent, 35-8

This week: vs. Bruton, Sept. 18

20. MIDLOTHIAN

Previous rank: No. 21

Record: 3-0

Last week: Defeated Powhatan, 31-7

This week: vs. Richmond School for the Arts, Sept. 18

21. ARMSTRONG

Previous rank: 23

Record: 3-0

Last week: Defeated Hertford County (N.C.), 52-0

This week: at Goochland, Sept. 19

22. DINWIDDIE

Previous rank: Not ranked

Record: 3-0

Last week: Defeated then-No, 9 Highland Springs, 28-21

This week: at Collegiate, Sept. 20

23. HIGHLAND SPRINGS

Previous rank: No. 9

Record: 1-2

Last week: Lost to Dinwiddie, 28-21

This week: vs. Salem, Sept. 19

24. WARWICK

Previous rank: No. 24

Record: 1-2

Last week: Defeated Bethel, 35-13

This week: vs.Heritage, Sept. 19

25. JAMES MADISON 

Previous rank: No. 25

Record: 1-2

Last week: Defeated West Springfield, 28-17

This week: at Hayfield, Sept. 19