Latest RPI rankings for SC high school football teams. See who went up, down
With the high school football season in the final month of the regular season, it is time to take a look at where teams stack up in Class 4A and both divisions in Class 5A.
The MaxPreps RPI system is used to determine seeding and in some instances who makes the playoffs for at-large berths. This is the second year the state is using the MaxPreps’ RPI system.
This year, the RPI is based 40% on your winning percentage, 30% on your opponents’ winning percentage and 30% on your opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage.
Using the RPI rankings, region champions will be seeded first in the playoffs followed by second-place finishers. The rest of the seeding will be based on RPI but you won’t be able to leap frog teams in your own region.
There will be 24 teams in each of the Class 5A Division I and II brackets. The top four seeds in the upper and lower state will get byes.
For the Class 4A playoffs, there will be 16 teams in the upper state and 16 in the lower state. With the use of RPI, there will be no predetermined home and away teams in the Class 4A and 5A playoff brackets, which most coaches are glad to see go away. The highest remaining seed will host. Because of the seeding criteria, region teams could face each other in the first round of the postseason.
——Class 5A Division I ——
Upper State
Dutch Fork, 5-1, 0.72529 (Up 1 spot)
Ridge View, 5-2, 0.65989 (Up 1 spot)
Dorman, 5-2, 0.64959 (Down 2 spots)
Rock Hill, 5-3, 0.60990 (Up 1 spot)
Spartanburg, 4-3, 0.58503 (Up 2 spots)
Byrnes, 4-3, 0.58280 (Down 2 spots)
Clover, 4-3, 0.57577 (Down 1 spot)
Boiling Springs, 4-3, 0.51704
Mauldin, 3-4, 0.50394
Blythewood, 3-5, 0.42765
Spring Valley, 2-6, 0.38537
JL Mann, 1-6, 0.37391
Wade Hampton, 0-7, 0.25793
Lower State
Carolina Forest, 6-1, 0.69659 (Up 1 spot)
Stratford, 6-1, 0.68627 (Up 1 spot)
Summerville, 6-1, 0.67609 (Up 2 spots)
James Island, 6-1, 0.67378 (Down 3 spots)
Sumter, 6-1, 0.65506 (Down 1 spot)
Ashley Ridge, 4-3, 0.55150 (Up 1 spot)
Lexington, 3-4, 0.51700 (Up 2 spots)
River Bluff, 3-4, 0.51456
Fort Dorchester, 3-4, 0.48914 (Up 1 spot)
Wando, 4-3, 0.48141 (Down 4 spots)
Cane Bay, 2-5, 0.44375
Stall, 1-6, 0.38385
West Ashley, 1-5, 0.36891
—— Class 5A Division II ——
Upper State
Northwestern, 7-1, 0.74860
Indian Land, 7-0, 0.71558 (Up 1 spot)
T.L. Hanna, 6-1, 0.71184 (Down 1 spot)
Greenwood, 6-1, 0.71064
Gaffney, 5-2, 0.62969 (Up 2 spots)
Greenville, 5-2, 0.61423 (Down 1 spot)
Catawba Ridge, 4-3, 0.57154 (Down 1 spot)
Hillcrest, 4-3, 0.55691 (Up 1 spot)
Fort Mill, 4-4, 0.52113 (Down 1 spot)
Nation Ford, 3-4, 0.48843
Eastside, 3-4, 0.46456 (Up 3 spots)
Woodmont, 2-5, 0.44842 (Down 1 spot)
Riverside, 2-5, 0.44769
Easley, 3-4, 0.42910
Lower State
Irmo, 7-0, 0.79844
White Knoll, 5-2, 0.63241
Myrtle Beach, 5-2, 0.62262 (Up 1 spot)
Lucy Beckham, 4-2, 0.61595 (Down 1 spot)
Berkeley, 5-2, 0.60182
Westwood, 5-2, 0.53815 (Up 1 spot)
Lugoff-Elgin, 4-4, 0.52339 (Down 1 spot)
West Florence, 3-4, 0.46067 (Up 1 spot)
North Myrtle Beach, 3-4, 0.46237 (Up 2 spots)
St. James, 2-5, 0.44641 (Down 2 spots)
Conway, 2-4, 0.43881
Socastee, 1-6, 0.37289
Chapin, 0-7, 0.34894
Goose Creek, 0-7, 0.29878
——Class 4A ——
Upper State
South Pointe, 6-1, 0.76502
Seneca, 7-1, 0.64935
Daniel, 6-1, 0.64174
Wren, 5-2, 0.63251 (Up 2 spots)
Camden, 5-2, 0.62984 (Down 1 spot)
AC Flora, 7-1, 0.62908
Fountain Inn, 4-3, 0.53134
Westside, 3-4, 0.49650 (Up 2 spots)
Emerald, 3-4, 0.49616 (Down 1 spot)
Greer, 4-4, 0.43925 (Up 1 spot)
Blue Ridge, 4-2, 0.52464
York, 2-5, 0.44233
Lancaster, 2-5, 0.41317 (Up 2 spots)
Travelers Rest, 2-5, 0.38373 (Up 1 spot)
Dreher, 3-5, 0.38338 (Down 1 spot)
Laurens, 1-6, 0.35430 (Up 1 spot)
Pickens, 2-5, 0.34155 (Down 1 spot)
Berea, 1-6, 0.29087
Richland Northeast, 0-8, 0.26650
Southside, 0-7, 0.22449
Lower State
South Florence, 6-1, 0.68344
North Augusta, 6-1, 0.67962 (Up 1 spot)
Hilton Head Island, 6-1, 0.67063 (Down 1 spot)
Gray Collegiate, 5-2, 0.65142
Bluffton, 5-2, 0.62582 (Up 2 spots)
May River, 6-1, 0.58958 (Up 3 spots)
Hartsville, 4-3, 0.58743 (Up 3 spots)
Bishop England, 5-2, 0.58242 (Down 3 spots)
Midland Valley, 5-2, 0.56425 (Down 3 spots)
Wilson, 5-3, 0.55022 (Down 2 spots)
Lower Richland, 5-3, 0.54363 (Up 1 spot)
Crestwood, 4-4, 0.52428 (Down 1 spot)
South Aiken, 4-3, 0.49488
Gilbert, 3-4, 0.47722 (Up 1 spot)
Darlington, 3-4, 0.47626 (Down 1 spot)
Beaufort, 3-4, 0.45571 (Up 1 spot)
Brookland-Cayce, 2-5, 0.42802 (Up 1 spot)
Aiken, 2-5, 0.40313 (Down 1 spot)
Colleton County, 1-6, 0.36142
Lakewood, 0-7, 0.31405
Airport, 0-7, 0.30671
This story was originally published October 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM with the headline "Latest RPI rankings for SC high school football teams. See who went up, down."
