Blitz 5 Top 25: Final Rankings

It was wire-to-wire for St. Xavier. From start to finish this season the Bombers never relinquished the top spot in the Blitz 5 Top 25 powered by TriStateFootball.com, despite two losses by one and seven points to out of area teams. St. Xavier took care of business locally beating #2, #3, #6, #7 and #8 in the final poll by an average margin of victory of 31.6 points.

Finishing the regular season unbeaten in Southwest Ohio were Badin, Kings and Wyoming (for a fifth straight year). Colerain ran into some tough luck with all five of their losses being to the #1, #2, #4, #5 and #7 squads in the final rankings.

Teams were not about to give up their real estate in the poll. Only 32 teams made their way into the rankings in 2021. There were 19 schools that stayed in the Top 25 all season long.

Here is a look at the 2021 Final Blitz 5 Top 25:

1. St. Xavier (8-2, 3-0) – LAST WEEK: beat Eagles Landing Christian Academy (GA) (2-6)., 44-14; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, HAMILTON (2-6).
2. Lakota West (8-1, 7-0) – LAST WEEK: beat then #6 Lakota East (7-3, 6-2), 34-7; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, WEST CLERMONT (2-8).
3. Moeller (7-3, 1-2) – LAST WEEK: – lost at Martin Luther King, Jr. (MI) (8-1), 39-29, OT; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, OAK HILLS (0-10).
4. Princeton (9-1, 6-1) – LAST WEEK: beat #8 Colerain (5-5, 5-3), 13-12; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, WALNUT HILLS (2-8).
5. Lakota East (7-3, 6-2) – LAST WEEK: lost at #2 Lakota West (8-1, 7-0), 34-7; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs SYCAMORE (5-5).
6. Elder (5-5, 2-1) – LAST WEEK: WON at then #5 La Salle (5-4, 0-3); 28-21; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, COLERAIN (5-5).
7. La Salle (5-4, 0-3) – LAST WEEK: lost to then #7 Elder (5-5, 2-1), 28-21; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, HARRISON (4-5).
8. Colerain (5-5, 5-3) – LAST WEEK: at #4 Princeton (9-1, 6-1), 13-12; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, at Elder (5-5).
9. Kings (10-0, 8-0) – LAST WEEK: won at Little Miami (4-6, 2-6), 28-10; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, LIMA SENIOR (3-6).
10. East Central (8-2) – LAST WEEK: beat GREENWOOD (2-8), 44-14; NEXT UP: 10/29 –IHSAA Playoffs, at Mooresville (8-2).
11. Fairfield (5-4, 5-3) – LAST WEEK: beat Middletown (1-8, 1-6), 23-0; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, MASON (4-6).
12. Beechwood (9-0, 3-0) – LAST WEEK: beat Newport (3-7, 1-2), 54-0; NEXT UP: 10/29 –NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC (7-2).
13. Covington Catholic (6-3, 4-0) – LAST WEEK: won at Conner (5-4, 2-2), 27-7; NEXT UP: 10/29 – RYLE (7-2).
14. Anderson (8-2, 7-1) – LAST WEEK: at #19 Turpin (6-4, 4-4), 21-14: NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, XENIA (5-4).
15. Winton Woods (7-3, 6-2) – LAST WEEK: won at Loveland (2-8, 2-6), 19-13, OT; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, TURPIN (6-4).
16. Badin (9-0, 4-0) – LAST WEEK: won at #24 McNicholas (8-1, 3-1), 48-21; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, BUTLER (3-6).
17. Mason (4-6, 3-5) – LAST WEEK: won Hamilton (2-7, 1-7), 28-21; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, at Fairfield (5-4).
18. Sycamore (5-5, 4-4) – LAST WEEK: won at Oak Hills (0-10, 0-8), 42-20; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, at Lakota East (7-3).
19. Turpin (6-4, 4-4) – LAST WEEK: lost to #14 ANDERSON (8-2, 7-1), 21-14; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, at Winton Woods (7-3).
20. Wyoming (10-0, 7-0) – LAST WEEK: beat Madeira (4-6, 1-6), 38-7; NEXT UP: 10/29 –WAYNESVILLE (5-5).
21. Ryle (7-2, 3-0) – LAST WEEK: beat Simon Kenton (2-7, 1-2), 47-22; NEXT UP: 10/29 – at Covington Catholic (6-3).
22. Edgewood (7-2, 5-0) – LAST WEEK: won at Harrison (4-5, 3-2), 48-13; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, SIDNEY (5-5).
23. Lawrenceburg (9-1) – LAST WEEK: beat Franklin County (6-4), 49-14; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, IHSAA Playoffs, at Greensburg (4-4).
24. McNicholas (8-1, 3-1) – LAST WEEK: lost to then #18 Badin (9-0, 4-0), 48-21; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE (4-5).
25. Clinton-Massie (8-1, 5-0) – LAST WEEK: won at Wilmington (3-7, 2-3), 25-0; NEXT UP: 10/29 – OHSAA Playoffs, NORTHRIDGE (7-3).

DROPPED OUT: #23 Hamilton

KNOCKING ON THE DOOR: Hughes, Roger Bacon, Ross, Taft & Withrow.

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