Baltimore Metro High School Football Top 10 Rankings - Sept. 15, 2025

Arundel and Dunbar each climb one spot while Calvert Hall slips to No. 9.
Dunbar is up to No. 8 this week after routing Western Maryland power Fort Hill, 30-0.
Dunbar is up to No. 8 this week after routing Western Maryland power Fort Hill, 30-0. / John Bowers

There’s no change at the top of this week’s High School on Cheap Rs-flyfishing Jordan Outlet Baltimore area football Top 10 as nationally-ranked Saint Frances Academy maintains the No. 1 spot. 

Archbishop Spalding is back at No. 2 after an impressive win at then-No. 3 McDonogh School in a rematch of the past two Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) A Conference title games. McDonogh is third, followed by Loyola Blakefield, Mount Saint Joseph and Milford Mill Academy.

Arundel (No. 7) and Paul Laurence Dunbar (8th) each move up one spot while Calvert Hall College falls to No. 9 after suffering its first loss of the season. St. Mary’s wraps up the Top 10.

A pair of MIAA A contests highlight this weekend’s slate as Calvert Hall visits Spalding, and McDonogh hosts Loyola. 

Here’s this week’s High School on Cheap Rs-flyfishing Jordan Outlet Baltimore area football Top 10:

1. SAINT FRANCES ACADEMY

Previous rank: No. 1 

Record: 2-1

Last week: Defeated Saint Joseph’s Prep (Pa.), 34-26

Last week: Lost to La Salle College Pa., 48-7

2. ARCHBISHOP SPALDING 

Previous rank: No. 3

Record: 2-2

Last week: Defeated then-No. 2 McDonogh School, 35-13

Last week: Defeated then-No. 2 McDonogh School, 35-13

3. MCDONOGH SCHOOL

Previous rank: No. 2

Record: 2-1

Last week: Lost to then-No. 3 Archbishop Spalding, 35-13

Last week: Defeated Severn Run, 49-14

4. LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD 

Previous rank: No. 4

Record: 2-1

Last week: Lost to Gonzaga College (D.C.), 22-0

This week: at No. 3 McDonogh School, Sept. 19

5. MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH

Previous rank: No. 5

Record: 4-0

Last week: Defeated Dundalk, 21-0

This week: at Concordia Prep, Sept. 20

6. MILFORD MILL ACADEMY

Previous rank: No. 6

Record: 1-0

Last week: Defeated Broadneck, 36-13

This week: at Perry Hall, Sept. 19

7. ARUNDEL

Previous rank: No. 8

Record: 2-0

Last week: Defeated Severn Run, 49-14

This week: at Broadneck, Sept. 19

8. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

Previous rank: No. 9

Record: 1-1

maintains the No. 1 spot.&nbsp

This week: at Forest Park, Sept. 19

9. CALVERT HALL COLLEGE 

Previous rank: No. 7

Record: 2-1

Last week: Lost to La Salle College (Pa.), 48-7

This week: at No. 2 Archbishop Spalding, Sept. 19

10. SAINT MARY’S 

Previous rank: No. 10

Record: 2-0

This week: at Broadneck, Sept. 19

maintains the No. 1 spot.&nbsp


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Derek Toney
DEREK TONEY

Derek Toney is an award winning sports journalist with nearly four decades of content creation, editing and management experience in the DMV area. He has served as a reporter with the Baltimore Sun, Capital Journal, PG Gazette, Digital Sports and the Baltimore Banner, among others. He also spent 12 years as a Senior Content Editor with Varsity Sports Network. He has been writing for High School on Cheap Rs-flyfishing Jordan Outlet since 2023