High school football: RPI rankings Week 9 update, shake-up at the top with new No. 1s in 6A, 5A, 2A and 1A

Brighton and Alta compete in a Week 8 football showdown at Alta High in Sandy on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
Brighton and Alta compete in a Week 8 football showdown at Alta High in Sandy on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News

There was some significant movement at the top of the RPI rankings in four of the state’s classifications following an exciting slate of Week 8 games last weekend.

American Fork (6A), Timpview (5A), San Juan (2A) and Duchesne (1A) each jumped a spot or two to overtake No. 1 in their respective classifications.

Only Timpview’s move was related to a loss by previous 5A No. 1 Box Elder. The others were related to a change in the opponents’ winning percentage calculations.

The RPI rankings are used to seed the playoffs after Week 10, and are based 45% on winning percentage, 45% on opponents’ winning percentage, and 10% on opponents’ opponents winning percentage.

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American Fork enjoyed an impressive 31-10 win over Pleasant Grove in Week 8 to jump two places from No. 3 to No. 1. Former top-ranked Corner Canyon dropped to No. 2 despite beating Copper Hills 49-7.

Timpview overtook the top spot in 5A after beating Wasatch 44-7, and then Box Elder losing to Bountiful 34-28.

In 2A, San Juan leapt over South Summit for the top spot, while Duchesne moved into the No. 1 spot in 1A, with former top-ranked Beaver dropping to third despite winning. Beaver’s win came against winless Parowan, which certainly hurt its opponents’ winning percentage stat.

Sky View (4A), Richfield (3A), Rich (1A 8-player) all stayed at No. 1 in their respective classifications with wins in Week 8.

Here’s a look at some of the most notable movement across classifications.

  • Alta jumped from No. 17 to No. 12 in 5A with its 24-10 upset of Brighton.

  • Hunter made a big drop from No. 11 to No. 18 with its 36-7 loss to Kearns.

  • Timpanogos and Desert Hills each made big moves in 4A jumping to Nos. 7 and 12, respectively.

Here’s a full breakdown of each classification.

Rank

School

RPI

WP

OWP

OOWP

W-L

Change

1

American Fork

0.748

0.875

0.658

0.582

7-1

2

2

Corner Canyon

0.719

0.875

0.592

0.584

7-1

-1

3

Skyridge

0.713

1.000

0.440

0.652

8-0

-1

4

Mountain Ridge

0.694

0.857

0.551

0.604

6-1

1

5

Lehi

0.685

0.750

0.655

0.530

6-2

-1

6

Pleasant Grove

0.648

0.875

0.432

0.599

7-1

0

7

Lone Peak

0.598

0.375

0.829

0.564

3-5

0

8

Davis

0.596

0.875

0.321

0.580

7-1

1

9

Bingham

0.580

0.500

0.661

0.572

4-4

-1

10

Syracuse

0.573

0.750

0.396

0.569

6-2

0

11

Weber

0.526

0.500

0.557

0.501

4-4

0

12

Herriman

0.503

0.500

0.493

0.561

4-4

0

13

Copper Hills

0.456

0.500

0.399

0.519

4-4

0

14

Fremont

0.439

0.250

0.622

0.470

2-6

0

15

Farmington

0.396

0.143

0.633

0.469

1-6

0

16

Riverton

0.372

0.000

0.714

0.507

0-7

0

17

Westlake

0.370

0.125

0.589

0.484

1-7

0

18

Layton

0.247

0.000

0.445

0.473

0-7

0

Rank

School

RPI

WP

OWP

OOWP

W-L

Change

1

Timpview

0.662

0.750

0.593

0.575

6-2

1

2

Box Elder

0.654

0.875

0.464

0.516

7-1

-1

3

Roy

0.633

0.750

0.536

0.546

6-2

0

4

Springville

0.633

0.750

0.536

0.544

6-2

1

5

Olympus

0.587

0.571

0.622

0.498

4-3

2

6

Brighton

0.586

0.750

0.432

0.538

6-2

-2

7

Bonneville

0.582

0.625

0.554

0.516

5-3

-1

8

West Jordan

0.560

0.500

0.652

0.420

4-4

0

9

West

0.534

0.571

0.501

0.519

4-3

3

10

Woods Cross

0.530

0.625

0.432

0.540

5-3

3

11

Granger

0.527

0.625

0.429

0.531

5-3

-2

12

Alta

0.526

0.625

0.429

0.514

5-3

5

13

Bountiful

0.525

0.625

0.423

0.532

5-3

1

14

Maple Mountain

0.500

0.500

0.491

0.535

4-4

-4

15

East

0.486

0.429

0.545

0.478

3-4

1

16

Kearns

0.467

0.375

0.565

0.436

3-5

3

17

Wasatch

0.465

0.250

0.673

0.498

2-6

-2

18

Hunter

0.457

0.571

0.327

0.530

4-3

-7

19

Orem

0.441

0.375

0.479

0.570

3-5

3

20

Highland

0.433

0.429

0.425

0.487

3-4

-2

21

Northridge

0.400

0.375

0.411

0.467

3-5

-1

22

Cedar Valley

0.376

0.250

0.470

0.521

2-6

-1

23

Viewmont

0.360

0.250

0.446

0.463

2-6

0

24

Cyprus

0.334

0.250

0.390

0.464

2-6

0

25

Clearfield

0.328

0.000

0.634

0.432

0-8

0

26

Taylorsville

0.274

0.000

0.511

0.441

0-8

1

27

Skyline

0.268

0.000

0.496

0.444

0-8

-1

Rank

School

RPI

WP

OWP

OOWP

W-L

Change

1

Sky View

0.765

1.000

0.571

0.581

8-0

0

2

Crimson Cliffs

0.697

0.875

0.545

0.586

7-1

0

3

Provo

0.694

0.750

0.674

0.535

6-2

0

4

Ridgeline

0.693

0.875

0.536

0.582

7-1

0

5

Park City

0.663

1.000

0.363

0.500

8-0

0

6

Green Canyon

0.631

0.625

0.664

0.516

5-3

0

7

Timpanogos

0.602

0.750

0.488

0.453

6-2

3

8

Salem Hills

0.601

0.750

0.473

0.504

6-2

0

9

Mountain Crest

0.596

0.625

0.577

0.554

5-3

0

10

Snow Canyon

0.585

0.625

0.556

0.531

5-3

-3

11

Dixie

0.565

0.500

0.640

0.518

4-4

2

12

Desert Hills

0.551

0.429

0.680

0.518

3-4

3

13

Stansbury

0.525

0.500

0.560

0.487

4-4

-1

14

Cedar

0.498

0.375

0.616

0.519

3-5

-3

15

Bear River

0.463

0.375

0.536

0.536

3-5

-1

16

Spanish Fork

0.460

0.429

0.480

0.516

3-4

1

17

Payson

0.451

0.375

0.518

0.490

3-5

-1

18

Pine View

0.432

0.429

0.415

0.521

3-4

0

19

Logan

0.409

0.250

0.548

0.503

2-6

0

20

Tooele

0.377

0.500

0.244

0.418

4-4

1

21

Mountain View

0.362

0.250

0.452

0.464

2-6

-1

22

Jordan

0.355

0.286

0.408

0.423

2-5

0

23

Uintah

0.345

0.250

0.417

0.453

2-6

0

24

Hurricane

0.328

0.125

0.482

0.546

1-7

0

25

Murray

0.277

0.125

0.405

0.383

1-7

0

26

Hillcrest

0.276

0.125

0.393

0.426

1-7

0

27

Cottonwood

0.235

0.000

0.432

0.408

0-8

0

Rank

School

RPI

WP

OWP

OOWP

W-L

Change

1

Richfield

0.743

1.000

0.539

0.504

8-0

0

2

Canyon View

0.639

0.875

0.438

0.480

7-1

1

3

Manti

0.637

0.750

0.557

0.495

6-2

-1

4

Morgan

0.605

0.625

0.595

0.557

5-3

1

5

Grantsville

0.550

0.500

0.607

0.523

4-4

-1

6

Juab

0.521

0.500

0.539

0.533

4-4

0

7

Ben Lomond

0.485

0.500

0.467

0.499

4-4

1

8

Ogden

0.434

0.500

0.348

0.522

4-4

-1

9

Juan Diego

0.400

0.286

0.500

0.461

2-5

0

10

North Sanpete

0.342

0.250

0.402

0.484

2-6

0

11

Union

0.302

0.143

0.422

0.474

1-6

1

12

Carbon

0.284

0.125

0.402

0.467

1-7

-1

Rank

School

RPI

WP

OWP

OOWP

W-L

Change

1

San Juan

0.658

1.000

0.333

0.578

8-0

1

2

South Summit

0.657

0.750

0.598

0.502

6-2

-1

3

Layton Christian

0.573

0.429

0.742

0.466

3-4

1

4

Summit Acad.

0.534

0.625

0.449

0.503

5-3

1

5

Providence Hall

0.530

0.750

0.295

0.596

6-2

-2

6

Emery

0.525

0.571

0.493

0.456

4-3

0

7

Delta

0.446

0.625

0.250

0.518

5-3

0

8

Judge

0.409

0.143

0.673

0.416

1-6

0

9

South Sevier

0.365

0.125

0.598

0.399

1-7

0

10

ALA

0.334

0.125

0.527

0.409

1-7

0

11

Grand

0.308

0.125

0.469

0.404

1-7

0

Rank

School

RPI

WP

OWP

OOWP

W-L

Change

1

Duchesne

0.726

0.875

0.637

0.460

7-1

1

2

Enterprise

0.724

1.000

0.479

0.580

8-0

1

3

Beaver

0.722

0.875

0.598

0.591

7-1

-2

4

Kanab

0.583

0.625

0.550

0.546

5-3

0

5

North Summit

0.572

0.750

0.405

0.522

6-2

0

6

Millard

0.509

0.375

0.643

0.512

3-5

0

7

Milford

0.497

0.500

0.509

0.425

4-4

0

8

Gunnison

0.429

0.571

0.265

0.527

4-3

0

9

North Sevier

0.348

0.125

0.536

0.509

1-7

0

10

Parowan

0.288

0.000

0.545

0.425

0-8

0

Rank

School

RPI

WP

OWP

OOWP

W-L

Change

1

Rich

0.645

0.714

0.600

0.531

5-2

0

2

Altamont

0.570

0.667

0.494

0.476

4-2

0

3

Monticello

0.508

0.429

0.583

0.523

3-4

0

4

Whitehorse

0.458

0.500

0.425

0.418

3-3

1

5

Water Canyon

0.446

0.429

0.462

0.458

3-4

-1

6

St. Joseph

0.332

0.286

0.333

0.536

2-5

1

7

Monument Valley

0.304

0.167

0.417

0.419

1-5

-1

8

UDB

0.282

0.000

0.525

0.457

0-4

0