The latest RPI rankings for SC high school football teams. See who went up, down
The latest MaxPreps RPI rankings in South Carolina has the same teams saw some movement after Friday and Saturday games.
Class 4A saw the biggest movement with Bishop England taking over top spot in Lower State, moving up two spots. In Class 5A Division II, West Florence moved up to No. 2 in the lower state and Berkeley also moved up two spots to No. 6.
The RPI is based 50% on your winning percentage, 40% on your opponents’ winning percentage and 10% on your opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage. Using the RPI rankings, region champions will be seeded first in the playoffs followed by second-, third- and fourth-place finishers. All non-automatic qualifiers would make up the rest of the bracket based on MaxPreps’ RPI standings.
For the Class 4A playoffs, there will be 16 teams in the upper state and 16 in the lower state. As an example, the region champions in Upper and Lower State will be seeded based on RPI. The same goes for second place and so on. Class 4A used 1-16 seeding the past two years but didn’t use an RPI formula.
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.
MaxPreps RPI rankings
Rankings are as of Sunday, Oct. 27 (1:31 p.m.)
The > indicates if moved up from last week and the > indicates if moved down.
Teams in bold haven’t updated their records in the system.
——Class 5A Division I ——
Upper State
Dutch Fork, 7-0, 0.86230
Spartanburg, 6-1, 0.76799
River Bluff, 7-1, 0.71766
JL Mann, 6-2, 0.69060
Lexington, 5-3, 0.64505
Boiling Springs, 5-2, 0.61839 ↑1
Clover, 6-3, 0.60427 ↓ 1
Dorman, 5-3, 0.60012 ↑ 1
Blythewood, 6-3, 0.56370
Rock Hill, 5-5, 0.55063 ↓ 1
Byrnes, 3-5, 0.50899
Mauldin, 2-6, 0.36005
Wade Hampton, 0-7, 0.18146
Lower State
Summerville, 9-0, 0.79045
Sumter, 8-0, 0.74792
Ridge View, 5-3, 0.64150
James Island, 6-3, 0.61407 ↑ 1
Ashley Ridge, 6-3, 0.59774 ↓ 1
Carolina Forest, 4-3-1, 0.56675
Fort Dorchester, 5-4, 0.52885
West Ashley, 4-5, 0.47636
Stratford, 4-5, 0.46697 ↑ 1
Wando, 4-5, 0.43045 ↓ 1
Cane Bay, 1-7, 0.30064
Spring Valley, 0-9, 0.29078
Stall, 0-8, 0.24091
—— Class 5A Division II ——
Upper State
Northwestern, 9-0, 0.82032
Gaffney, 6-1, 0.72599
TL Hanna, 6-2, 0.66066
Hillcrest, 7-1, 0.65533
Greenwood, 6-2, 0.61888
Catawba Ridge, 7-2, 0.61365 ↑ 1
Riverside, 4-3, 0.54554 ↓ 1
Indian Land, 5-4, 0.48251
Eastside, 4-3, 0.46149
Woodmont, 2-6 ,0.41322
Nation Ford, 1-8, 0.36377
Greenville, 1-7, 0.34569
Fort Mill, 1-7, 0.32326
Easley, 1-7, 0.32369
Lower State
Irmo, 8-0, 0.81999
West Florence, 6-3, 0.60689 ↑ 2
Chapin, 4-4, 0.60022 ↓ 1
White Knoll, 4-4, 0.58711 ↓ 1
Goose Creek, 5-3, 0.58686
Berkeley, 5-4, 0.53913 ↑ 2
Westwood, 5-4, 0.52112 ↓ 1
Myrtle Beach, 4-4, 0.49774 ↓ 1
Lugoff-Elgin, 4-6, 0.45234 ↑ 1
Lucy Beckham, 4-5, 0.44693 ↓ 1
Socastee, 3-5, 0.43563
North Myrtle Beach, 3-4, 0.40963
Conway, 1-7, 0.30356
St. James, 0-8, 0.22422
——Class 4A ——
Upper State
Westside, 7-0, 0.82969
Daniel, 7-1, 0.68015
Seneca, 7-1, 0.66951 ↑ 2
South Pointe, 7-2, 0.66785 ↓ 1
Wren, 6-1, 0.63970 ↓ 1
AC Flora. 7-2, 0.63292
Greer 5-3, 0.61752 ↑ 1
Camden, 6-3, 0.61114
Richland Northeast, 7-2, 0.60490 ↓ 2
Fountain Inn, 4-4, 0.54313
Emerald, 4-4, 0.49819 ↑ 1
Pickens, 3-5, 0.46884 ↓ 1
Lancaster, 3-6, 0.43224
Berea, 3-5, 0.42235 ↑ 2
Dreher, 3-6, 0.41426
Blue Ridge, 3-5, 0.40326
Laurens, 1-7, 0.39287
York, 2-7, 0.36981
Travelers Rest, 1-6, 0.28879
Southside, 0-8, 0.20753
Lower State
Bishop England, 7-2, 0.69644 ↑ 2
South Florence, 6-2, 0.67987 ↑ 2
Hartsville, 7-1-1, 0.67469 ↓ 1
North Augusta. 7-1, 0.67052 ↓ 2
May River, 7-1, 0.65960
Gray Collegiate, 6-2, 0.63513
Hilton Head Island, 6-2, 0.60638
Bluffton, 5-3, 0.54004
Crestwood. 4-5, 0.52664 ↑ 2
Darlington. 4-5, 0.49769 ↓ 1
Gilbert, 4-4, 0.48336 ↓ 1
Lower Richland, 5-5, 0.47485
South Aiken. 3-5, 0.47140 ↑ 1
Midland Valley, 4-5, 0.44881 ↑ 1
Beaufort, 2-7, 0.39461 ↓ 1
Lakewood, 2-7, 0.38327
Brookland-Cayce, 2-7, 0.38143
Airport, 1-7, 0.33141
Wilson, 1-8, 0.30641
Colleton County, 1-8, 0.30598
Aiken, 0-8, 0.22463
This story was originally published October 26, 2024 at 10:42 AM with the headline "The latest RPI rankings for SC high school football teams. See who went up, down."
