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High school football: Top 25

Are these last years rankings, or did anyone even attempt to take a risk and change it up? Half of these teams won't even be in the top 25, Layton included (or not included if you will).

These rankings mean nothing. Give it three weeks and let's see how things look.

Your previews had them picked third in the region, but these rankings have them above Orem. Doesn't make sense.

Why would you want to worry about preseason rankings that Aragon puts out. This is now the Region 6 paper. Hard to see any other teams. Don't worry just have your boys play hard and leave it all on the field.. Don't worry about AA.

i know preseason dont matter but alta and bingham being ahead of Timpview??? thats just reduculous...noone in the state can beat timpview NOONE timpview should be a top 25 team in the country

Newspaper Theory 101

1) Of COURSE these are preseason rankings, they are a semi-educated guess at best (similar to College)

2) NO one agrees with EVERY prediction, therefore we then discuss it in a manner of "did you see where the Deseret News ranked so and so" (that is desireable for the Deseret News BTW)

3)These rankings DON'T matter at all, (unlike College) they don't determine seedings for the State playoffs or limit which teams actually make said playoffs. They are a tool to generate excitement and focus the casual reader on games that should/may be more important or more interesting. (see Cottonwood vs. Pineview week 3)

4) Finally AA makes up this list on his own about about much as I get to decide what I do in a normal day. (My wife thinks I should do this, the kids all have their input, that minor detail of a job has its' requirements, followed by the dog needs to go for a walk and we need this or that at the grocery store before dinner) Get it? A group project

i like reading the outlook for the bingham miners you read it and it says how dominate they are......so why are they listed 2nd hahaha will just see how everyone performs in a few weeks tho

schedule a game between Alta and Timpview! I'm really getting tired of hearing it! let's get it settled. But then, no matter the outcome, it'd be "well that was only one game and the Ref's cheated, lets go best of 7"

All three High-Schools from Cache Valley are in the top 15. I guess we know to coach winning high-school football here just not at the college ranks. I think Mtn. Crest might have a shot against USU

Hey Anonymous lets see timpview play bingham if noone can beat them i seem to recall down at camp Bingham took it to timpview. TIMPVIEW= OVERATED

I have to agree with Anonymous 8:13, Timpview really should be at the top of the ranking. Granted, they are 4A rather than 5A (as are Alta and Bingham) but with the machine that they have going and the significant number of kids with experience, they really deserve the top spot until they rack up a loss.

That is just mean, of COURSE MC would have a shot against USU....... ;-)

watch out for Orem this year. You will all be surprised at what they will do.

Hey FYI to all the Timp lovers--- Alta tried to schedule a game with them this year and Timpview wanted nothing to do with it. Thats a fact. They didnt want to schedule it--- so until they are willing to play the big boys--- let the sit at what could be.

Hey BHS, you must not have talked to the Bingham players about the Price Camp this summer in which Timpview scored and Bingham did not!

Unless Timp plays in 5-A they should not be # 1 ever. They stay in 4 A to try to keep a winning streak. They would get beat more in 5-A where the competition is much tougher and bigger.

Timpview should NOT be #1. 5A is much tougher. Consider this, 4A v 5A all star games have been absolute blowouts. I don�t think any of the D1 guys play for either team, either way 4A has not even scored the last few years. The 5A teams absolutely smoke the 4A teams when the play. Timpview is as good as the 5A teams, they went 3-0 last year. They beat PG 14-0 in a pretty tight game. PG was an average 5A team that was blown out by 20+ by both AF and Davis. Timpview beat Lone Peak 27-6, but Lone Peak was 2-9. Did you see what Bingham did to Davis and Lone Peak? BLOW OUT. Timpview�s closest game of the season was against another average 5A 6-6 Spanish Fork team 30-28. Alta killed SF 44-7 without Shakerin. Spanish Fork scored when the Alta starters were already in street clothes. I saw the playoff game they had against Layton. Not even close, 42-7. SF looked like they were in a different league. Keep in mind Layton barely crossed midfield against Alta in the 5A title game. This after Alta won the real championship the week before. Alta #1

I love Timp. We are king of the 4A, but Bingham and Alta scare us to death. Why would we schedule them when we know we would get beat? That is why we polietly declined.

WOW! An articulate person such as yourself, really knows how to impress us with your opinions. A very thought out and persuasive comment. Thanks!

Not sure how Timpview would do against Alta or Bingham this year; all I know is that after watching all 3 teams mulitiple times last year, Timpview was the best team and it wasn't even close. I'm not sure Alta or Bingham would have even scored on Timpviews D last year, maybe a long Sorenson FG but that would have been about it.