Blitz 5 Top 25: Early-season shakeups

The 2020 campaign had quite the eventful first full weekend of action. Of the 20 teams in the Blitz 5 Top 25 presented by TriStateFootball.com that played only 10 of them came away with victories. Week 2 promises to be just as topsy-turvy. 

Top-ranked La Salle won a highly entertaining 53-52 double-overtime shootout at Elder. The two teams combined for 887 yards and 14 touchdowns.

On the other end of the spectrum, Colerain saw its 83-game GMC winning streak snapped by its former head coach, Tom Bolden, and his Lakota West Firebirds. The Cardinals fell four spots in the rankings from second to sixth in the rankings as a result.

This Friday night will feature five battles between teams ranked in the Top 15. With one game under their belts, expect play to be more crisp as squads settle into this season.

Here’s a complete look at this week’s rankings:

1. La Salle (1-0) – LAST WEEK: defeated then #4 Elder (0-1), 53-52, 2 OT; NEXT UP: 9/04 – #2 ST. XAVIER (0-1).
2. St. Xavier (0-1) – LAST WEEK: lost at Brownsburg (IN) (2-0), 30-24 OT; NEXT UP: 9/04 – at #1 La Salle (1-0).
3. Elder (0-1) – LAST WEEK: lost to #1 La Salle (1-0), 53-52, 2 OT; NEXT UP: 9/04 – FLOYD CENTRAL (IN) (2-0).
4. Lakota West (1-0) – LAST WEEK: won at the #2 Colerain, 10-0; NEXT UP: 9/04 – #14 HAMILTON (0-1).
5. Winton Woods (1-0) – LAST WEEK: won at Edgewood (0-1), 34-0; NEXT UP: 9/04 – LEBANON (1-0)
6. Colerain (0-1) – LAST WEEK: lost to then #6 Lakota West (1-0), 10-0; NEXT UP: 9/04 – at Oak Hills (0-1).
7. Covington Catholic (0-0) – LAST WEEK: not in action; NEXT UP: 9/11 – at Dixie Heights (0-0).
8. Moeller (1-0) – LAST WEEK: won at Bishop Hartley (0-1), 34-17; NEXT UP: 9/04 – at #13 East Central (1-1).
9. Princeton (1-0) – LAST WEEK: won at then #10 Hamilton (0-1), 33-28; NEXT UP: 9/04 – #11 SYCAMORE (1-0).
10. Mason (1-0) – LAST WEEK: defeated THEN #7 Fairfield (0-1), 24-12; NEXT UP: 9/04 – at #15 Lakota East (0-1).
11. Sycamore (1-0) – LAST WEEK: defeated then # 12 Lakota East (0-1), 34-31; NEXT UP: 9/04 – at #9 Princeton (1-0).
12. Fairfield (0-1) – LAST WEEK: lost at then #14 Mason, 24-12; NEXT UP: 9/04 – #24 MIDDLETOWN (0-0). 
13. East Central (1-1) – LAST WEEK: lost at Bishop Chatard (2-0); NEXT UP: 9/04 – #8 MOELLER (1-0).
14. Hamilton (0-1) – LAST WEEK: lost to #9 Princeton, 33-28; NEXT UP: 9/04 – #4 LAKOTA WEST (1-0).
15. Lakota East (0-1) – LAST WEEK: lost at then #15 Sycamore (1-0), 34-31; NEXT UP: 9/04 – #10 Mason (1-0).
16. Simon Kenton (0-0) – LAST WEEK: not in action; NEXT UP: 9/11 – at #21 Highlands (0-0).
17. Anderson (1-0) – LAST WEEK: won at Little Miami (0-1), 50-40; NEXT UP: 9/05 – KINGS (0-0).
18. Turpin (1-0) – LAST WEEK: won at Loveland (0-1), 30-0; NEXT UP: 9/04 – MILFORD (1-0).
19. Harrison (0-1) – LAST WEEK: lost at Chaminade Julienne (1-0), 21-7; NEXT UP: 9/04 – TALAWANDA (1-0).
20. Badin (1-0) – LAST WEEK: won at then #17 Ross (0-1), 41-7; NEXT UP: 9/04 – at Alter (0-1).
21. Highlands (0-0) – LAST WEEK: not in action; NEXT UP: 9/11 – SIMON KENTON (0-0).
22. Wyoming (1-0) – LAST WEEK: beat Reading (0-1), 21-0; NEXT UP: 9/04 – MARIEMONT (1-0).
23. Ross (0-1) – LAST WEEK: lost to Badin (1-0), 41-7; NEXT UP: 9/04 – at Northwest (0-1).
24. Middletown (0-0) – LAST WEEK: not in action; NEXT UP: 9/04 – at # 12 Fairfield (0-1).
25. Walnut Hills (0-0) – LAST WEEK: not in action; UP: N/A

Knocking on the Door: Lebanon, Talawanda, Clinton-Massie, Indian Hill, Kings, Roger Bacon 

Dropped Out: #23 Mount Healthy

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