Well the HS Club rankings gut turned around drastically this week, and that is often what happens come playoff time.
Several highly-ranked teams lost games. Others showed that perhaps they are deserving of a slightly better ranking. Here are the highlights:
Coastal Dragons won two playoff games and beat #15 San Diego and they move up to #7 from #13. That is, in part, because #6, #9, #10, and #11 all lost. United lost to unranked Genesis. Here's a weird on. Genesis is undefeated, but their games have not been against some of the strongest teams in Utah. With United looking ahead to the NIT and not playing in the state playoffs, they could also have been testing out a different lineup. It's tough to evaluate, as United has done this before - lost in-state and then performed brilliantly at the NIT.
So ... United drops down, but no horrible, and Genesis moves into the Top 60, just ahead of United. Also dropping down in Santa Monica, which lost to the San Diego Young Aztecs, a team we wanted to rank last week but couldn't find room for. The Young Aztecs come in at #16. Doylestown keeps beating ranked teams by massive amounts. It's time to bump them up - they move up 25 spots.
Also coming into the Top 60 are Northside (beat previously undefeated Polk County in Oregon), and Harpeth after Harpeth beat South Doyle. The Hampton Heat are in at #51 as they just keep winning. The Terrors is a DII team in Colorado, but their results have been really, really good. Orca U18s out of SoCal are another team we were looking at. They lost in the playoffs, but only 25-20 to the Mustangs, and that seems enough.
So we had to make room. Two of the lower-finishing Hawaii teams drop out. We're not doing anything personal against Hawaii (oh wait, Californian team Hawaiian Gardens is out, too ... uncomfortable coincidence) ... it's just that they weren't blowing us away and someone else finally did. Albuquerque Eagles also drop out, as does West Valley and Raleigh. The reason? Other teams are logging impressive results against well-regarded teams, simple as that..
| Goff Rugby Report Boys HS Club Rankings 2016 #12 | |||
| Rank | Prev | Team | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Danville Oaks (Calif.) | Idle |
| 2 | 2 | Royal Irish (Ind.) | Defeated Penn (SS4) |
| 3 | 3 | Granite Bay (Calif.) | Idle |
| 4 | 4 | Red Mountain (Ariz.) | Idle |
| 5 | 5 | Peninsula Green (Calif.) | Idle |
| 6 | 8 | Fort Hunt (Va.) | Defeated NOVA |
| 7 | 13 | Coastal Dragons (Calif.) | Defeated Belmont Shore, SD Mustangs (15) |
| 8 | 7 | Kansas City Jr. Blues (Mo.) | Park Hill South |
| 9 | 12 | Fairfield (Conn.) | Defeated Darien |
| 10 | 16 | Orlando (Fla.) | Defeated Tampa (11) |
| 11 | 14 | South Greenville (SC) | Idle |
| 12 | 11 | Tampa (Fla.) | Lost to Orlando (16) |
| 13 | Unr | Genesis (Utah) | Defeated United (5) |
| 14 | 6 | United (Utah) | Lost to Genesis |
| 15 | 19 | Back Bay (Calif.) | Defeated Los Angeles |
| 16 | Unr | SD Young Aztecs (Calif.) | Defeated Santa Monica (9) |
| 17 | 9 | Santa Monica (Calif.) | Lost to SD Young Aztecs |
| 18 | 15 | San Diego Mustangs (Calif.) | Defeated Orca, Lost to Dragons (13) |
| 19 | 10 | Woodlands (Texas) | Lost to Lake Travis (SS14) |
| 20 | 18 | Bayou Hurricanes (La.) | Postponed |
| 21 | 30 | West Valley Warriors (Utah) | Defeated West Jordan |
| 22 | 29 | Liberty (Wash.) | Defeated Chuckanut (41) |
| 23 | 20 | Lassiter Trojans (Ga.) | Idle |
| 24 | 17 | Jupiter (Fla.) | Idle |
| 25 | 21 | Little Rock (Ark) | Idle |
| 26 | 23 | Colorado Springs (Colo.) | Defeated Chaparral |
| 27 | 52 | Doylestown (Pa.) | Defeated West Shore (35) |
| 28 | 22 | Chapel Hill Highlanders (NC) | Bulldogs |
| 29 | 25 | Phoenix (Ga.) | Idle |
| 30 | 36 | Rainier (Wash.) | Defeated Seattle |
| 31 | 39 | Eastside (Wash.) | Defeated Budd Bay (37) |
| 32 | 31 | Rock Rugby (Texas) | Idle |
| 33 | 26 | Katy (Texas) | Lost to Westlake (SS12) |
| 34 | 24 | Key Biscayne (Fla.) | Defeated Cape Pirates (44) |
| 35 | 27 | Tempe (Ariz.) | Idle |
| 36 | 28 | Blackbirds (Ariz.) | Idle |
| 37 | 32 | Solo Falcons (Calif.) | Idle |
| 38 | Unr | Northside (Ore.) | Defeated Polk County (37) |
| 40 | 38 | CK McClatchy (Calif.) | Idle |
| 41 | 34 | University City (Calif.) | Idle |
| 42 | Unr | Harpeth (Tenn.) | Defeated South Doyle (SS36) |
| 43 | 37 | Budd Bay (Wash.) | Lost to Eastside (39) |
| 44 | 47 | Union County Lions (NC) | Defeated Copperheads |
| 45 | 48 | Chargers (Wisc.) | Defeated Marquette U HS |
| 46 | 54 | Duluth (Minn) | Defeated Eden Prairie |
| 47 | 41 | Chuckanut (Wash.) | Lost to Liberty (29) |
| 48 | 43 | West Carroll (Md.) | Idle |
| 49 | 44 | Cape Pirates (Fla.) | Lost to Key Biscayne (24) |
| 50 | 33 | West End (Va.) | Lost to Prince William |
| 50 | 45 | Maryland Exiles (Md.) | Idle |
| 51 | Unr | Heat (Va.) | Defeated Newport News |
| 52 | 46 | Beaverton (Ore.) | Clark County |
| 53 | 49 | Charlotte Tigers (NC) | Idle |
| 54 | 35 | West Shore United (Pa.) | Lost to Doylestown (52) |
| 55 | 40 | Polk County (Ore.) | Lost to Northside |
| 56 | 50 | Desert Vista (Ariz.) | Idle |
| 57 | 51 | Union County (NJ) | - |
| 58 | 58 | La Cueva (NM) | Defeated Jr. Varks |
| 59 | Unr | Terrors (Colo.) | Defeated Westside |
| 60 | Unr | Orca (Calif.) | Lost 25-20 to SD Mustangs (15) |
