Top 25 Alabama high school football rankings (10/24/2024)

Auburn stands as the state's No. 1 team for the fourth straight week

Saraland's Karle Lacey, Jr., (9) throws an early touchdown pass against Clay-Chalkville during the AHSAA Class 6A football state championship game at Bryant Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Friday December 8, 2023. / Mickey Welsh / USA TODAY NETWORK

It’s that time of the year, everyone. High school football games continued throughout the state of Alabama Oct. 14-19 and there was plenty of great action taking place.

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The No. 1 team in the Yellowhammer State remains Auburn after upending Central-Phenix City, who comes in few weeks ago, and then followed by the Saraland Spartans and Oxford. As you'll see throughout our rankings things have begun to get shaken up a bit as we are now at the officially past the midway point of the season.

Here’s the complete breakdown of Alabama's elite high school football teams, heading into Week 9 of the 2024 season, as we see it.

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1. Auburn (8-0)

Auburn High School s Ean Nation (9) carries against Lee during their game at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday September 15, 2022. / Mickey Welsh / Advertiser / USA TODAY NETWORK

It's time that Auburn rises to the No. 1 spot after what they did a few weeks ago against Phenix City Central, defeating the Red Devils in a thilling 38-33. Great victory for the Tigers and making them deserving of the top ranking.

2. Saraland (8-0)

Saraland's KJ Lacey looks to pass against Mountain Brook during the AHSAA Class 6A State Football Championship Game at Jordan Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., on Friday December 2, 2022. / Mickey Welsh/Montgomery Advertiser / USA TODAY NETWORK

Saraland is coming off a 64-7 rout of Murphy last week. KJ Lacey this season has thrown for 1,493 yards and 21 touchdowns.

3. Oxford (8-0)

The Yellow Jackets moves up the list after picking up a strong 21-10 win over Clay-Chalkville. Oxford has Huffman, Florence and Buckhorn left on the schedule.

4. Opelika (8-1)

Only loss of the season came against No. 1 Auburn, but vault themselves up this list after a upset victory over Phenix City Central, 23-14.

5. Phenix City Central (6-2)

Central Phenix City's Andrew Alford (13) celebrates with his team as Central Phenix City faces Thompson in the Class 7A football state championship at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Central Phenix City defeated Thompson 21-19. / Jake Crandall / USA TODAY NETWORK

From being No. 1 for all those weeks, now the Red Devils have begun to free fall a little bit. First a loss to Auburn was followed by losing to Opelika.

6. Clay-Chalkville (7-1)

The Cougars suffered their first loss of the season to Oxford last week, 21-10. Clay-Chalkville will look to bounce back against Pinson Valley.

7. Parker (8-1)

The Thundering Herd pulled off a 27-17 victory over Homewood. They'll take on Woodlawn on the road this week before they head home versus Cullman the following week.

8. Hoover (6-2)

Hoover Buccaneers head into the classic under interim head coach Chip English /

Hoover continued its turnaround season under Chip English as they narrowly defeated Thompson, 27-26. The Buccaneers have been an impressive group this fall.

9. Thompson (6-3)

Got to feel for the Warriors as they've lost all three of their games by one point this season. Ouch.

10. Montgomery Catholic (8-0)

Catholic's Kingston Preyear (1) hands the ball off at Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School in Montgomery, Ala., on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. Catholic leads Charles Henderson 28-6 at halftime. / Jake Crandall/ Advertiser / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Knights came with their minds focused and it showed in a 53-14 rout of Greenville. Montgomery Catholic takes on Andalusia on the road this week.

11. Carver Montgomery (5-2)

The Wolverines did fall 31-26 against Phenix City Central and then fall by two scores to No. 1 Auburn ahead. It's definitely a tough stretch of games for these guys, but we won't drop them far down because of that.

12. Hewitt-Trussville (7-2)

We can't drop Hewitt-Trussville too far down the list because of a 15-10 loss to Thompson a few weeks ago. The Huskies trounced Oak Mountain handily, 63-0.

13. Mary G. Montgomery (8-1)

The Vikings kept the good times rolling when they pulled off a 35-31 victory over a ranked Baker crew. This week Mary G. Montgomery faces Davidson on the road.

14. Spain Park (8-0)

Not many teams can lay the claim to playing as well as Spain Park right now. The Jaguars remained undefeated after a 42-7 win over Calera.

15. Jackson (8-1)

The Aggies left no doubt out on the field when they cruised to a 48-0 victory over W.S. Neal.

16. Baker (6-2)

The Hornets dropped their second game of the season when they narrowly lost, 35-31, to Mary G. Montgomery.

17. T.R. Miller (8-0)

If you thought T.R. Miller was going to slow down at all, you would've been dead wrong. The Tigers remained undefeated after a 35-0 win over Excel over a week ago.

18. Enterprise (5-3)

The Wildcats bounced back from a 30-13 loss to Opelika with a 42-0 rout of JAG last week. This week Enterprise takes on Smiths Station.

19. Central of Clay County (9-0)

The Volunteers made sure they kept the undefeated record intact with a 46-22 win over Beauregard. Another solid win in the books for Central of Clay County.

20. Spanish Fort (7-1)

Impressive win after impressive win for the Toros and they added another under their belt with a 31-15 victory over Gulf Shores a couple weeks ago.

21. Vigor (8-0)

The Wolves entered last week's rankings after a 48-7 shellacking of Faith Academy. Vigor followed it up with a 19-2 win against Williamson last week.

22. Mountain Brook (6-3)

All three losses have come to teams that are ranked on this list: Clay-Chalkville, Oxford and Parker.

23. Austin (8-0)

Quarterback JL Davis has played really well this season, completing 95-of-158 passes for 1,563 yards and 17 touchdowns to just two interceptions.

24. St. Paul's Episcopal (7-1)

Not many times you can lose a game and vault yourself into the rankings, but falling 19-14 to No. 3 Saraland did the trick a couple weeks ago.

25. Daphne (6-3)

Daphne's Cameron Long (9) breaks up a pass intended for Carver's Marquan Jamerson (4)vduring their game at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday evening August 25, 2022. Carver17 / Mickey Welsh / Advertiser / USA TODAY NETWORK

We know the Trojans have some losses and now re-enter this list. Daphne's three have all come against teams on this list, including Baker, Mary G. Montgomery and Spanish Fort.

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