Latest RPI rankings for SC high school football teams. See who moved up, down
The latest MaxPreps RPI rankings in South Carolina has the same teams at the top as last week, but others made moves after Friday’s games.
Lexington moved up one spot in Class 5A Division I Upper State after its come-from-behind win over Chapin.
In Class 5A Division II Lower State, Myrtle Beach moved up two spots following its win over Conway.
The RPI rankings will be used in South Carolina to help determine playoff seeding in Class 5A Division I and II and Class 4A.
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 four region champions in Upper and Lower State will be seeded 1-4 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. 13:
Class 5A Division I
Upper State
Dutch Fork, 6-0, 0.86524
Spartanburg, 4-1, 0.75374
River Bluff, 6-1, 0.72256
JL Mann, 5-1, 0.71269
Lexington, 5-2, 0.66769
Boiling Springs, 4-1, 0.61583
Rock Hill, 5-3, 0.58888
Clover, 4-3, 0.57660
Dorman, 3-3, 0.57589
Byrnes, 2-4, 0.45864
Mauldin, 1-4, 0.38256
Wade Hampton, 0-5, 0.13973
Lower State
Summerville, 7-0, 0.77683
Sumter, 7-0, 0.75007
Ashley Ridge, 6-1, 0.65189
Ridge View, 4-3, 0.60756
Blythewood, 6-2, 0.57352
Fort Dorchester, 4-3, 0.57040
Carolina Forest, 3-3, 0.53312
James Island, 4-3, 0.52593
Stratford, 3-4, 0.47903
Wando, 4-3, 0.47840
West Ashley, 3-4, 0.47011
Spring Valley, 0-8, 0.30090
Stall, 0-6, 0.26029
Cane Bay, 0-7, 0.25584
Class 5A Division II
Upper State
Northwestern, 8-0, 0.81883
Gaffney, 5-0, 0.81426
Greenwood, 4-1, 0.70299
TL Hanna, 3-2, 0.63636
Riverside, 4-1, 0.61087
Hillcrest, 4-1, 0.61056
Catawba Ridge, 5-2, 0.59433
Eastside, 3-2, 0.52277
Indian Land, 4-3, 0.50399
Greenville, 1-4, 0.41316
Woodmont, 1-4, 0.39286
Nation Ford, 1-6, 0.38737
Fort Mill, 1-6, 0.33857
Easley, 1-4, 0.30980
Lower State
Irmo, 7-0, 0.83028
West Florence, 5-2, 0.63209
Chapin, 4-3, 0.62781
White Knoll, 4-3, 0.60379
Goose Creek, 4-3, 0.55473
Westwood, 4-3, 0.53069
Myrtle Beach, 4-3, 0.52690
Lucy Beckham, 4-3, 0.48284
Berkeley, 3-4, 0.47813
Lugoff-Elgin, 3-5, 0.46733
Socastee, 2-5, 0.40210
North Myrtle Beach, 2-5, 0.38461
Conway, 1-6, 0.32548
St. James, 0-7, 0.22914
Class 4A
Upper State
Westside, 5-0, 0.84897
Seneca, 6-0, 0.71771
Wren, 4-1, 0.67658
South Pointe, 5-2, 0.66094
Daniel, 4-1, 0.65379
AC Flora. 6-2, 0.62929
Fountain Inn, 4-2, 0.62281
Richland Northeast, 6-2, 0.60463
Camden, 4-3, 0.59256
Greer. 3-3, 0.53585
Pickens, 3-2, 0.53074
Lancaster, 3-4 ,0.46341
Emerald, 2-4, 0.46045
Dreher, 3-4, 0.44157
Berea, 2-3, 0.43728
York, 2-5, 0.38231
Blue Ridge, 2-3, 0.37554
Laurens, 1-5, 0.36083
Travelers Rest. 1-4, 0.33317
Southside, 0-6, 0.18191
Lower State
May River, 6-0, 0.72701
North Augusta. 4-1, 0.72219
South Florence, 5-2, 0.69622
Bishop England, 5-2, 0.67824
Hartsville, 5-1-1, 0.65647
Gray Collegiate, 3-2, 0.60877
Bluffton, 4-2, 0.56887
Darlington. 4-3, 0.54090
Hilton Head Island, 4-2, 0.53354
South Aiken. 2-3, 0.49285
Crestwood. 3-5, 0.48592
Lower Richland, 4-4, 0.46738
Gilbert, 2-3, 0.46492
Lakewood, 2-5, 0.41933
Beaufort, 2-5, 0.41203
Brookland-Cayce, 2-4, 0.40762
Airport, 1-4, 0.35824
Midland Valley, 1-5, 0.35612
Colleton County, 1-6, 0.31495
Wilson, 1-7, 0.28425
Aiken, 0-5, 0.17193
This story was originally published October 12, 2024 at 9:33 AM.
