South Carolina high school football computer rankings (9/24/2024)

Check out SBLive's custom rankings formula for every classification of South Carolina high school football through Week 5

The Spartanburg Vikings played the Dutch Fork Silver Foxes in high school football at Spartanburg High School on Aug. 30, 2024. Spartanburg's Adrian Miller (6) fights Dutch Fork's Maurice Anderson (30) on a play. / ALEX HICKS JR./SPARTANBURG HERALD-JOURNAL / USA TODAY NETWORK

Ahead of week 6 of the South Carolina high school football season, High School on SI is launching its debut computer rankings for this season.

South Carolina High School League (SCHSL) Class AAAAA has a tight race for the top seed as Northwestern lands at number 1 ahead of Dutch Fork. The top 8 teams are all undefeated and will all be looking to take that top spot as the season rolls on.

Class AAAA sees Westside on top of the Computer Rankings after a 4-0 start and a big 49-41 win over Prince Avenue Christian last week.

SBLive's formula was created using its own linear algebra-based ranking algorithm inspired by the Colley Bias-Free Ranking Method. Colley’s Method was created by Wes Colley, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. He devised his algorithm in order to help address the subjectivity and controversy regarding BCS college football selections in the 1990s and early 2000s, using a method that used no subjective variables.

• FAQ: SBLive High School Football Computer Rankings

Our computer rankings, released weekly, run parallel to SBLive's human power rankings — the statewide top 25 — released early each week.

Here are SBLive's latest South Carolina football computer rankings, as of September 24, 2024:

SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RANKINGS

CLASS AAAAA

CLASS AAAA | CLASS AAA

CLASS AA | CLASS A

CLASS 8 MAN | CLASS SCISA 8 MAN

CLASS SCISA AAAA | CLASS SCISA AAA

CLASS SCISA AA | CLASS SCISA A

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