Top 25 Indiana high school football rankings (11/10/2024)

Sectional championship weekend separated the contenders from the pretenders as the battle for IHSAA football state championship glory continued
Warsaw pulled off the biggest upset of the week in the Indiana state playoffs, knocking off previously undefeated and fifth-ranked Concord, 31-28.
Warsaw pulled off the biggest upset of the week in the Indiana state playoffs, knocking off previously undefeated and fifth-ranked Concord, 31-28. / GREG SWIERCZ / USA TODAY NETWORK

We've reached Regional Championship weekend in Indiana and some top powers have begun to fall. Perhaps the biggest surprise of all came with then No. 5 Concord being ousted from the Class 5A bracket with a 31-28 loss to previously unranked Warsaw.

Check out all of the changes in our latest Top 25 Indiana High School Football Rankings.

TOP 25 INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RANKINGS

1. Crown Point (11-0)

Previous rank: 1

Last week: def. No. 20 Penn, 35-0, 6A Section 1 Championship

Next week: vs. No. 9 Fort Wayne Carroll, 6A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

2. Lawrence North (11-0)

Previous rank: 2

Last week: def. No. 7 Cathedral, 24-7, 6A Section 6 Championship

Next week: vs. No. 5 Brownsburg, 6A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

3. Westfield (10-1)

Previous rank: 3

Last week: def. Zionsville, 35-13, 6A Section 3 Championship

Next week: vs. No. ? Fishers, 6A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

4. Warren Central (10-1)

Previous rank: 4

Last week: def. Perry Meridian, 48-3, 6A Section 7 Championship

Next week: vs. No. 11 Center Grove, 6A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

5. Brownsburg (10-1)

Previous rank: 6

Last week: def. Ben Davis, 38-35, 6A Section 5 Championship

Next week: vs. No. 2 Lawrence North, 6A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

6. Merrillville (10-1)

Previous rank: 8

Last week: def. Hammond Mortin, 55-14, 5A Section 9 Championship

Next game: vs. No. 20 Valparaiso, 5A Regional Championship, Nov. 18

7. New Palestine (11-0-1)

Previous rank: 9

Last week: def. Pendleton Heights, 41-7, 4A Section 21 Championship

Next game: vs. No. 9 Bishop Chatard, 4A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

8. Lafayette Jefferson (11-0)

Previous rank: 10

Last week: def. Kokomo, 45-14, 5A Section 12 Championship, Nov. 8

Next game: vs. No. 20 Warsaw, 5A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

9. Bishop Chatard (10-2)

Previous rank: 11

Last week: def. Roncalli, 28-24, 4A Section 22 Championship

Next game: vs. No. 7 New Palestine, 4A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

10. Fort Wayne Carroll (9-2)

Previous rank: 12

Last week: def. then-No. 13 Fort Wayne Snider, 21-10, 6A Section 2 Championship

Next week: vs. No. 1 Crown Point, 6A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

11. Center Grove (8-4)

Previous rank: 15

Last week: def. Franklin Central, 52-14, 6A Section 8 Championship

Next game: vs. No. 4 Warren Central, 6A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

12. Concord (10-1)

Previous rank: 5

Last week: lost to Warsaw, 31-28, 5A Section 11 Championship

Season complete

13. Martinsville (11-1)

Previous rank: 17

Last week: def. Greenwood, 35-31, 4A Section 23 Championship

Next game: vs. Reitz, 4A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

14. Fishers (7-4)

Previous rank: 21

Last week: def. then-19 Hamilton Southeastern, 44-41, 6A Section 4 Championship

Next game: vs. No. 3 Westfield, 6A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

15. Mishawaka (9-3)

Previous rank: 22

Last week: def. NorthWood, 4A Section 18 Championship

Next game: vs. No. 16 New Prairie, 4A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

16. New Prairie (8-3)

Previous rank: 25

Last week: def. Hanover Central, 35-23, 4A Section 17 Championship

Next game: vs. No. 15 Mishawaka, 4A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

17. Cathedral (6-4)

Previous rank: 7

Last week: lost to No. 2 Lawrence North, 24-17, 6A Section 6 Championship

Season complete

18. Fort Wayne Snider (8-3)

Previous rank: 13

Last week: lost to then-12 Fort Wayne Central, 21-10, 6A Section 2 Championship, Nov. 8

Season complete

19. Evansville Memorial (11-1)

Previous rank: 14

Last week: lost to Heritage Mills, 38-24, 3A Section 32 Championship, Nov. 8

Season complete

20. Valparaiso (8-3)

Previous rank: 23

Last week: def. Chestertown, 28-21, 5A Section 10 Championship

Next game: vs. No. 6 Merillville, 5A Regional Championship

21. Warsaw (8-3)

Previous rank: Not ranked

Last week: def. then No. 5 Concord, 5A Section 11 Championship

Next game: vs. No. 8 Lafayette Jefferson, 5A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

22. Decatur Central (8-2-1)

Previous rank: Not ranked

Last week: def. then No. 16 Plainfield, 35-7, 5A Central 13 Championship

Next game: vs. East Central, 5A Regional Championship, Nov. 15

23. Plainfield (9-2)

Previous rank: 16

Last week: lost to Decatur Central, 35-7, 5A Section 13 Championship

Season complete

24. Franklin Central (6-5)

Previous rank: 18

Last week: lost to then-No. 15 Center Grove, 52-14, 6A Section 8 Championship

Season complete

25. Hamilton Southeastern (7-4)

Previous rank: 19

Last week: lost to then-No. 21 Fishers, 44-41, 6A Section 4 Championship

Season complete


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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.