Tennessee high school football computer rankings (10/14/2024)

Check out SBLive's custom rankings formula for every classification of Tennessee high school football ahead of Week 9

Robin Erickson | 6 Hours Ago

Sevier County remains the No. 1 team in the latest Class 5A computer rankings. / Hannah Mattix/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK

Week 8 of the 2024 Tennessee high school football season is in the books, and High School on SI has published its fourth computer rankings of the season in the state.

The Class 6A computer rankings shows a new No. 1 team in the state, the Maryville Rebels, who remained undefeated Friday and moved to 7-0. Close behind in the No. 2 spot are the Collierville Dragons, who are coming off a dominant 42-0 win against White Station.

Sevier County remains the No.1 team in the latest Class 5A computer rankings, while a one-loss Beech team rises to the No. 2 spot.

SBLive's formula was created using its 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 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.