The School team season is a bit hotter than the HS Club season so far, and that's generally been the trend the last few years.
What with the single-school leagues in SoCal and North Carolina that finish up in February, and Texas's new single-school league, and the fact that these teams can get moving a little faster than HS clubs can, we just have more results to track.
So expect a little more movement in the school rankings for a while. And expect, also, for some of the teams that play only in the winter to move up as they play, and then get overtaken as other teams play. As always, teams that play more outside their immediate region, or are in a position for there to be a connection with teams outside their region (they play a team that plays elsewhere) will have more data in the rankings and usually move up as a result.
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