Latest SC HS football RPI rankings: Who moved up, down with playoffs coming
With the high school football season in the final week 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, 7-1, 0.71036
Dorman, 7-2, 0.64103 (Up 1 spot)
Ridge View, 6-3, 0.63230
Byrnes, 6-3, 0.60971 (Up 2 spots)
Rock Hill, 6-4, 0.60110 (Up 1 spot)
Clover, 5-4, 0.57479 (Up 1 spot)
Spartanburg, 5-4, 0.56096 (Down 1 spot)
Mauldin, 4-5, 0.50376 (Up 1 spot)
Boiling Springs, 4-5, 0.46403
Blythewood, 3-6, 0.42785 (Up 1 spot)
JL Mann, 1-8, 0.38858 (Down 1 spot)
Spring Valley, 2-7, 0.36756
Wade Hampton, 0-9, 0.27411
Lower State
Carolina Forest, 8-1, 0.70650
James Island, 8-1, 0.68427 (Up 1 spot)
Stratford, 8-1, 0.68369 (Down 1 spot)
Sumter, 8-1, 0.67157
Summerville, 7-2, 0.63234
Ashley Ridge, 5-3, 0.58677
River Bluff, 5-4, 0.51004
Fort Dorchester, 4-5, 0.49345 (Up 1 spot)
Lexington, 3-6, 0.48490 (Down 1 spot)
Wando, 4-5, 0.47583
Cane Bay, 3-6, 0.46038
West Ashley, 2-6, 0.40900
Stall, 1-8, 0.34323
—— Class 5A Division II ——
Upper State
Northwestern, 8-1, 0.73701
Indian Land, 9-0, 0.72188
T.L. Hanna, 7-2, 0.69311 (Up 1 spot)
Greenwood, 8-1, 0.68934 (Down 1 spot)
Gaffney, 6-3, 0.60271
Greenville, 6-3, 0.59033
Hillcrest, 6-3, 0.58791
Catawba Ridge, 4-5 0.50423
Fort Mill, 4-5, 0.50003 (Up 1 spot)
Nation Ford, 4-5, 0.49530 (Down 1 spot)
Riverside, 4-5, 0.48815
Eastside, 4-5, 0.43517 (Up 1 spot)
Woodmont, 2-7, 0.42933
Easley, 3-6, 0.42001
Lower State
Irmo, 9-0, 0.76985
Berkeley, 7-2, 0.63452 (Up 1 spot)
White Knoll, 6-3, 0.62046 (Up 1 spot)
Myrtle Beach, 6-3, 0.59975 (Down 1 spot)
Lucy Beckham, 5-3, 0.58727
Westwood, 6-3, 0.52585
Lugoff-Elgin, 5-5, 0.50601
West Florence, 4-5, 0.50459 (Up 1 spot)
St. James, 4-5, 0.50137 (Down 1 spot)
North Myrtle Beach, 3-6, 0.42879
Socastee, 2-7, 0.40988 (Up 1 spot)
Conway, 2-7, 0.38504 (Down 1 spot)
Chapin, 0-9, 0.34357
Goose Creek, 0-9, 0.30190
——Class 4A ——
Upper State
South Pointe, 8-1, 0.73454
Daniel, 8-1, 0.64745 (Up 1 spot)
Seneca, 9-1, 0.64637 (Down 1 spot)
Camden, 7-2, 0.63043
AC Flora, 8-1, 0.62516
Wren, 7-2, 0.61281
Westside, 5-4, 0.55524
Fountain Inn, 5-4, 0.52773 (Up 1 spot)
Emerald, 4-5, 0.48541 (Down 1 spot)
Blue Ridge, 5-4, 0.48339
Greer, 4-5, 0.47727
York, 3-6, 0.44410
Lancaster, 2-7, 0.41332
Dreher, 3-7, 0.39283
Pickens, 2-7, 0.36688 (Up 2 spots)
Laurens, 1-8, 0.36443 (Up 1 spot)
Travelers Rest, 2-7, 0.35217 (Down 2 spots)
Berea, 2-7, 0.32367
Richland Northeast, 0-9, 0.26848
Southside, 0-9, 0.25539
Lower State
South Florence, 8-1, 0.68808
Hilton Head Island, 8-1, 0.67120
North Augusta, 8-1, 0.66691
Gray Collegiate, 7-2, 0.64540
Bluffton, 7-2, 0.64384
Hartsville, 6-3, 0.60510
Midland Valley, 7-2, 0.57746 (Up 1 spot)
May River, 7-2, 0.57806 (Up 1 spot)
Bishop England, 6-3, 0.57331 (Down 2 spots)
Crestwood, 5-4, 0.54517 (Up 2 spots)
Wilson, 5-4, 0.53931 (Up 1 spot)
Lower Richland, 6-4, 0.53768 (Down 2 spots)
Gilbert, 4-4, 0.49730
South Aiken, 4-5, 0.47271
Darlington, 3-6, 0.44539
Beaufort, 3-6, 0.43129
Brookland-Cayce, 2-7, 0.41232
Aiken, 2-7, 0.39424
Colleton County, 1-8, 0.36786
Airport, 0-9, 0.31939
Lakewood, 0-9, 0.31862
This story was originally published October 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM with the headline "Latest SC HS football RPI rankings: Who moved up, down with playoffs coming."
