This was a very weird HS Club Rankings week.
While the top six remain unchanged because they all performed as expected, and perhaps even a bit better than expected, the rest of the Top 50 got a shakeup for a number of reasons:
1. Teams that have been idle a relatively long time lose traction.
2. After the Florida final we went back through the results with a little more context and some of the teams from the Sunshine State dropped down.
3. We found out (just imagine our surprise) that two rankable teams that we thought were single-school were, in fact, HS clubs. That would be Layton Christian and St. Charles Prep.
4. We reevaluated the San Diego Mustangs after they almost beat Thunder, and we reevaluated Pendleton after they barely beat Westfield.
5. West Houston, SFGG, Downingtown, and Belmont Shore all had high-profile games and all won, most in impressive fashion, and that was a springboard result to move them up anywhere from 11 places to 21 places.
6. We bunched San Diego, Thunder, and Tempe together after San Diego almost beat Thunder, losing in the end 26-20.
Power Second Half Sees Aspetuck Past Xavier
Top Utah Teams Flex Muscles as Playoffs Loom
Comebacks Highlight SoCal Return
Program Spotlight: West Houston Wins a Big One
Liberty, HSE, Tampa, Rock, and Menlo-Atherton all drop out, mostly because they were ranked relatively low anyway and we haven't seen much from them lately. M-A just lost ... but they will have a chance to move up.
> Goff Rugby Report Boys HS Club Rankings Week 9 2021 | |||
| Rank | Prev | Team | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Charlotte Tigers (NC) | Beat Richmond Strikers |
| 2 | 2 | Genesis (UT) | Beat Snow Canyon (33) |
| 3 | 3 | Royal Irish (IN) | Beat Bishop Dwenger (S9) |
| 4 | 4 | West Valley Warriors (UT) | Beat SLV Rhinos (13) |
| 5 | 5 | Aspetuck (CT) | Beat Xavier (S44) |
| 6 | 6 | Woodlands (TX) | Beat Katy (25) |
| 7 | 10 | Thunder Rugby (CA) | Beat San Diego Mustangs (24) |
| 8 | 24 | San Diego Mustangs (CA) | Lost to Thunder (10) 26-20 |
| 9 | 8 | Tempe (AZ) | Beat Tucson |
| 10 | 11 | SOC Raptors (CA) | Beat San Clemente (S28) |
| 11 | 9 | Red Mountain (AZ) | Beat United (26) |
| 12 | 13 | SLV Rhinos (UT) | Lost to West Valley (4) |
| 13 | 7 | Naples (FL) | Lost to Cardinal Gibbons (S12) |
| 14 | 12 | Berks (PA) | Lost to Cumberland Valley |
| 15 | 15 | Allen (TX) | |
| 16 | 27 | West Houston (TX) | Beat Strake Jesuit (S3) |
| 17 | 14 | Harpeth (TN) | |
| 18 | 16 | Phoenix Alpharetta (GA) | |
| 19 | 17 | Germantown (TN) | |
| 20 | 19 | Boca Raton (FL) | |
| 21 | 20 | Jacksonville (FL) | |
| 22 | 21 | Raleigh Redhawks (NC) | |
| 23 | 28 | F5 (OK) | Beat Jenks (S29) |
| 24 | 38 | Downingtown (PA) | Beat Doylestown (31) |
| 25 | 26 | United (UT) | Lost to Red Mountain (9) |
| 26 | 47 | SFGG (CA) | Beat Menlo-Atherton (48) |
| 27 | 45 | Belmont Shore (CA) | Beat Back Bay |
| 28 | 29 | Fairfield (CT) | |
| 29 | 23 | West Shore Utd (PA) | Lost to Gregory the Great (S13) |
| 30 | 31 | Doylestown (PA) | Lost to Downingtown (38) |
| 31 | 30 | Okapi (FL) | |
| 32 | 18 | Pendleton (IN) | Beat Westfield |
| 33 | 33 | Snow Canyon (UT) | Lost to Genesis (2) |
| 34 | 34 | Kansas City Jr. Blues (MO) | Beat Liberty North |
| 35 | Unr | Westfield (IN) | Lost 15-14 to Pendleton (18) |
| 36 | 22 | Raptors (TN) | Beat BRRS |
| 37 | Unr | St. Charles (OH) | Beat Hilliard |
| 38 | 25 | Katy (TX) | Lost to Woodlands (6) |
| 39 | 35 | Brighton (UT) | Beat Cache |
| 40 | 36 | Key Biscayne (FL) | |
| 41 | 37 | S. Greenville (SC) | |
| 42 | 44 | Dayton Northern Force (OH) | Beat Walnut Hills |
| 43 | Unr | Layton Christian (UT) | Beat Genesis 2 |
| 44 | 32 | Edmond (OK) | Lost to Bixby (S4) |
| 45 | Unr | Morris (NJ) | Beat Union |
| 46 | 46 | Danville (CA) | |
| 47 | 42 | Wellington (FL) | |
| 48 | Unr. | Maryland Exiles (MD) | Beat Diamondbacks/Frederick |
| 49 | 49 | Granite Bay (CA) | |
| 50 | 50 | Elsie Allen (CA) | |
