Rankings roundup: Catholic Central No. 1 as Clarkston, Oxford climb

Novi's Detroit Catholic Central is the top-ranked high school football team in two statewide rankings released after Week 7, and four other Oakland County teams are ranked in both.

Detroit Free Press Super 25

The Free Press moved Catholic Central (7-0) up from No. 2 to No. 1 in its Super 25, published Sunday, Oct. 11. Detroit Cass Tech dropped from No. 1 to No. 2. Catholic Central beat Orchard Lake St. Mary's 27-20 on Friday, Oct. 9, rallying from 14 points down in the fourth quarter, according to MHSAA.com.

Oakland County teams in the Super 25:

• No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central (7-0), up from No. 2
• No. 5 Clarkston (7-0), up from No. 6
• No. 10 Orchard Lake St. Mary's (5-2), down from No. 5
• No. 14 Oxford (6-1), up from No. 17
• No. 22 Birmingham Brother Rice (5-2), down from No. 14

Brother Rice lost 49-27 to Toledo Central Catholic in Week 7, and Oxford beat West Bloomfield 51-7.

WDIV/STATE CHAMPS! Top 20

WDIV-TV's ClickOnDetroit and STATE CHAMPS! released their Top 20 on Tuesday, Oct. 13, ahead of Week 8. It is a power poll from WDIV and STATE CHAMPS!, not a media poll. The same five Oakland County teams are ranked:

• No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central (7-0)
• No. 5 Orchard Lake St. Mary's (5-2)
• No. 7 Clarkston (7-0)
• No. 12 Oxford (6-1)
• No. 17 Brother Rice (5-2)

MaxPreps

MaxPreps' Michigan rankings, as shown on its Week 8 scoreboard, also list Catholic Central No. 1 and St. Mary's No. 2. Clarkston is No. 3, Oxford No. 6 and Brother Rice No. 11.

Ranked teams in Week 8

All five play Friday, Oct. 16. Catholic Central plays at Toledo St. Francis de Sales, and St. Mary's plays at Toledo Central Catholic. Clarkston travels to Harper Woods, Oxford plays at Birmingham Groves, and Brother Rice hosts Toledo St. John's Jesuit, according to MaxPreps.

This story uses rankings from the Detroit Free Press (via Yahoo Sports), WDIV/ClickOnDetroit and STATE CHAMPS!, and MaxPreps, plus reporting from MHSAA.com.