Who moved up, down in latest SC high school football RPI rankings
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 of South Carolina 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 teams won’t be able to leap-frog other teams in their 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 won’t be any 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, 6-1, 0.71935
Ridge View, 6-2, 0.66492
Dorman, 6-2, 0.63237
Spartanburg, 5-3, 0.59490 (Up 1 spot)
Rock Hill, 5-4, 0.59295 (Down 1 spot)
Byrnes, 5-3, 0.58925
Clover, 4-4, 0.55491
Boiling Springs, 4-4, 0.49109
Mauldin, 3-5, 0.47679
JL Mann, 2-6, 0.43795 (Up 2 spots)
Blythewood, 3-6, 0.42960 (Down 1 spot)
Spring Valley, 2-6, 0.38455 (Down 1 spot)
Wade Hampton, 0-8, 0.28089
Lower State
Carolina Forest, 7-1, 0.70162
Stratford, 7-1, 0.68107
James Island, 7-1, 0.67679 (Up 1 spot)
Sumter, 7-1, 0.65009 (Up 1 spot)
Summerville, 6-2, 0.62860 (Down 2 spots)
Ashley Ridge, 5-3, 0.58677
River Bluff, 4-4, 0.52347 (Up 1 spot)
Lexington, 3-5, 0.50345 (Down 1 spot)
Fort Dorchester, 3-5, 0.47847
Wando, 4-4, 0.47596
Cane Bay, 2-6, 0.44568
West Ashley, 2-5, 0.40813 (Up 1 spot)
Stall, 1-7, 0.36192 (Down 1 spot)
—— Class 5A Division II ——
Upper State
Northwestern, 8-1, 0.74646
Indian Land, 8-0, 0.72188
Greenwood, 7-1, 0.69517 (Up 1 spot)
T.L. Hanna, 6-2, 0.64763 (Down 1 spot)
Gaffney, 6-2, 0.64015
Greenville, 6-2, 0.63022
Hillcrest, 5-3, 0.56045 (Up 1 spot)
Catawba Ridge, 4-4 0.53135 (Down 1 spot)
Nation Ford, 4-4, 0.51970 (Up 1 spot)
Fort Mill, 4-4, 0.52113 0.51428 (Down 1 spot)
Riverside, 3-5, 0.46936 (Up 2 spots)
Woodmont, 2-6, 0.45377
Eastside, 3-5, 0.42313 (Up 1 spot)
Easley, 3-5, 0.42282 (Down 1 spot)
Lower State
Irmo, 8-0, 0.79533
Myrtle Beach, 6-2, 0.61904 (Up 1 spot)
Berkeley, 6-2, 0.61273 (Up 2 spots)
White Knoll, 5-3, 0.61258 (Down 2 spots)
Lucy Beckham, 5-2, 0.61077 (Down 1 spot)
Westwood, 6-2, 0.56434
Lugoff-Elgin, 4-5, 0.49629
St. James, 3-5, 0.47837 (Up 2 spots)
West Florence, 3-5, 0.47214 (Down 1 spot)
North Myrtle Beach, 3-5, 0.44431 (Down 1 spot)
Conway, 2-6, 0.40305
Socastee, 1-7, 0.37321
Chapin, 0-8, 0.33327
Goose Creek, 0-8, 0.30577
——Class 4A ——
Upper State
South Pointe, 7-1, 0.74910
Seneca, 8-1, 0.65224
Daniel, 7-1, 0.64426
Camden, 6-2, 0.63054 (Up 1 spot)
AC Flora, 8-1, 0.62632 (Up 1 spot)
Wren, 6-2, 0..62201 (Down 2 spots)
Westside, 4-4, 0.53147 (Up 1 spot)
Emerald, 4-4, 0.50954 (Up 1 spot)
Fountain Inn, 4-4, 0.50020 (Down 2 spots)
Blue Ridge, 4-3, 0.49190 (Up 1 spot)
Greer, 4-5, 0.47330 (Down 1 spot)
York, 2-6, 0.43206
Lancaster, 2-6, 0.42236
Dreher, 3-6, 0.38509 (Up 1 spot)
Travelers Rest, 2-6, 0.37971 (Down 1 spot)
Laurens, 1-7, 0.35975
Pickens, 2-6, 0.34734
Berea, 1-7, 0.29511
Richland Northeast, 0-8, 0.27651
Southside, 0-8, 0.23402
Lower State
South Florence, 7-1, 0.68058
Hilton Head Island, 7-1, 0.67894 (Up 1 spot)
North Augusta, 7-1, 0.67104 (Down 1 spot)
Gray Collegiate, 6-2, 0.64734
Bluffton, 6-2, 0.62977
Hartsville 0.60226 (Up 1 spot)
Bishop England, 6-2, 0.59188 (Up 1 spots)
Midland Valley, 6-2, 0.57746 (Up 1 spots)
May River, 6-2, 0.57139 (Down 3 spots)
Lower Richland, 6-3, 0.54806 (Up 1 spots)
Wilson, 5-4, 0.53538 (Down 1 spot)
Crestwood, 4-4, 0.52538
Gilbert, 4-4, 0.49730 (Up 1 spot)
South Aiken, 4-4, 0.48607 (Down 1 spot)
Darlington, 3-5, 0.46132
Beaufort, 3-5, 0.44254
Brookland-Cayce, 2-6, 0.40943
Aiken, 2-6, 0.39139
Colleton County, 1-7, 0.35599
Airport, 0-8, 0.32456 (Up 1 spot)
Lakewood, 0-8, 0.31682 (Down 1 spot)
This story was originally published October 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM with the headline "Who moved up, down in latest SC high school football RPI rankings."
