Temp’s Top 25 (After Week 6)

[temptation]

1. Brownsburg
2. Center Grove
3. Carmel 
4. New Palestine
5. Westfield 
6. Lawrence North
7. Fishers 
8. Crown Point
9. Warren Central
10. Indianapolis Cathedral
11. Bishop Chatard
12. Decatur Central
13. Lafayette Jefferson
14. Hamilton Southeastern
15. Avon
16. Lawrence Central
17. East Noble
18. Penn
19. Franklin Central
20. Roncalli
21. Merrillville
22. Gibson Southern
23. Heritage Hills
24. Fort Wayne Northrop
25. Fort Wayne Dwenger

[Rodney]

thoughts on bloomington south?


I've heard their good, but I've heard that before only for them to completely fall apart when running into average competition.

[Bears62]

14 minutes ago, Rodney said:

thoughts on bloomington south?


I've heard their good, but I've heard that before only for them to completely fall apart when running into average competition.

They are no doubt at least a top 6-10 5a team, but it's pretty hard to figure out how good they are with having played absolutely no one of note through 6 weeks, although they have blew out almost everyone so far to their credit. They play Columbus North next week which should tell a lot. Regardless, they have a pretty easy path to semi-state where they would run into New Pal/Cathedral

[Lysander]

1 hour ago, Rodney said:

thoughts on bloomington south?


I've heard their good, but I've heard that before only for them to completely fall apart when running into average competition.

Paper tiger.

[temptation]

6 hours ago, Rodney said:

thoughts on bloomington south?


I've heard they’re good, but I've heard that before only for them to completely fall apart when running into average competition.

Got em at 31.  Next three weeks (CN and CG) should reveal a lot.

Teams 17-32 separated by razor thin margins IMO.

[23andCounting]

I'd like to see Carroll in that #15 spot. Maybe dump Warren Central down to #16. 

[temptation]

3 hours ago, 23andCounting said:

I'd like to see Carroll in that #15 spot. Maybe dump Warren Central down to #16. 

Zero quality wins but two opportunities coming up.

[23andCounting]

1 hour ago, temptation said:

Zero quality wins but two opportunities coming up.

Fair.

[Komets2727]

7 hours ago, 23andCounting said:

I'd like to see Carroll in that #15 spot. Maybe dump Warren Central down to #16. 

Thank goodness you aren’t pleading Dwenger’s case. Wait, Dwenger beat Carroll in that “field goal thriller” 9-6. Surely, if you want Carroll at 15 where does that put Dwenger???

Edited September 27, 2025 by Komets2727

[23andCounting]

1 hour ago, Komets2727 said:

Thank goodness you aren’t pleading Dwenger’s case. Wait, Dwenger beat Carroll in that “field goal thriller” 9-6. Surely, if you want Carroll at 15 where does that put Dwenger???

That gets messy. Where do you put Northrop? They beat Dwenger but lost to Homestead. No thanks. I think Carroll has enough firepower on offense to contend with some of 6A's best. Dwenger has an ELITE 6A defense, but I'd call the offense average 5A. 

[temptation]

26 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

That gets messy. Where do you put Northrop? They beat Dwenger but lost to Homestead. No thanks. I think Carroll has enough firepower on offense to contend with some of 6A's best. Dwenger has an ELITE 6A defense, but I'd call the offense average 5A. 

Full transparency, I have the aforementioned teams ranked 24-27, lol.

Edited September 27, 2025 by temptation

[23andCounting]

12 hours ago, temptation said:

Got em at 31.  Next three weeks (CN and CG) should reveal a lot.

Teams 17-32 separated by razor thin margins IMO.

I still like Dwenger and Carroll as the SAC's top two teams. All the stars aligned for Northrop to pull off the upset last night. The Bruins lost to Homestead, who got hammered by Westfield, who got hammered by Carmel. I'll roll with Homestead and Northrop being 5A good for now. 

[BDGiant93]

3 hours ago, temptation said:

Full transparency, I have the aforementioned teams ranked 24-27, lol.

How far do you rank teams? Just wondering.

[Komets2727]

3 minutes ago, BDGiant93 said:

How far do you rank teams? Just wondering.

Snider is #288

[BDGiant93]

6 minutes ago, Komets2727 said:

Snider is #288

These squads aren't down for long. They'll be back.

[First_Backer_Inside]

Disappointed to pull up this thread and not see any comments saying there should be 5 more teams from the region inside the top 25. Best part of visiting this thread every week and listening to the reasoning behind it.

[Gipper]

9 minutes ago, First_Backer_Inside said:

Disappointed to pull up this thread and not see any comments saying there should be 5 more teams from the region inside the top 25. Best part of visiting this thread every week and listening to the reasoning behind it.

As a Region Resident (not Rat because I bathe), I am in complete agreement.   In addition to Crown Point; Merrillville, Chesterton, Michigan City, Lowell, Hobart, Andrean all have quality programs. There are more I missed, but sports up here are a big deal.

Edited September 28, 2025 by Gipper

[temptation]

1 hour ago, BDGiant93 said:

How far do you rank teams? Just wondering.

50

[Gipper]

Just now, temptation said:

50

And what matrixes/criteria do you use?

[temptation]

Just now, Gipper said:

And what matrixes/criteria do you use?

Eh, the usual.  Strength of schedule, margin of victory, quality wins.

[Gipper]

9 minutes ago, temptation said:

Eh, the usual.  Strength of schedule, margin of victory, quality wins.

Noted.

[Komets2727]

1 hour ago, BDGiant93 said:

These squads aren't down for long. They'll be back.

The whole incident that occurred before the season completely derailed the season. No excuse, but 19 players, many of them starters is just too much to overcome. No doubt that Snider will bounce back, but it is a rough watch right now

[Gipper]

On 9/26/2025 at 10:59 PM, temptation said:

 

1. Brownsburg
2. Center Grove
3. Carmel 
4. New Palestine
5. Westfield 
6. Lawrence North
7. Fishers 
8. Crown Point
9. Warren Central
10. Indianapolis Cathedral
11. Bishop Chatard
12. Decatur Central
13. Lafayette Jefferson
14. Hamilton Southeastern
15. Avon
16. Lawrence Central
17. East Noble
18. Penn
19. Franklin Central
20. Roncalli
21. Merrillville
22. Gibson Southern
23. Heritage Hills
24. Fort Wayne Northrop
25. Fort Wayne Dwenger

16 of 25 from the Indianapolis area.  
 

Got it…

[temptation]

7 hours ago, Gipper said:

16 of 25 from the Indianapolis area.  
 

Got it…

Ball don’t lie.

[Gipper]

1 hour ago, temptation said:

Ball don’t lie.

Nope…