The Sporting News High School Football Spring Top 25, from IMG Academy to South Oak Cliff

The Sporting News High School Football Spring Top 25, from IMG Academy to South Oak Cliff originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The beginning of another high school football season is only about three months away in the earliest states, and that means it's a good time to take a look at where things stand in the spring.

The Buford [GA] Wolves will enter the 2026 season as the defending Sporting News High School Football National Champions. As things stand right now, they're still riding high at No. 3 in The Sporting News High School Football Spring Top 25.

The only two teams ranked above them are two teams that were scheduled to play last November in a game that would have played a big role in determining the national champion. The IMG Academy [Bradenton, FL] Ascenders are absolutely loaded as always, and they're coming off an undefeated 9-0 season in which they were ranked No. 1 headed into that scheduled matchup with the No.

2 St. Frances Academy [Baltimore, MD] Panthers. Due to the national championship ramifications surrounding that game, the two schools initially agreed to postpone their contest until early December, when the state championships would be well underway across the country.