The second College Football Playoff Rankings were revealed on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Georgia football returned to the top of the rankings following a win over Ole Miss and a loss by previously unbeaten Miami.
While the second CFP rankings showed major changes, including some corrections from the first reveal, fans were still left upset about a couple of rankings.
Following a week in which many of the top teams in the USA TODAY Sports Super 25 rankings were idle while other favorites won big, there was not much change in the rankings.
While we don't actually have a national playoff for high school football, we can use the Super 25 to make a hypothetical playoff bracket.
We could see major changes with bigger games this week on tap, including a matchup
between No. 7 IMG Academy and No. 10 The St. James Academy. Both teams enter the week as potential playoff teams.
Here's a look at what a bracket for a potential high school playoff would look like, based on the latest Super 25 rankings.
USA TODAY Sports Super 25 rankings playoff bracket
As with last week's first rankings, the top five seeds would go to the top teams in each region in the Super 15 rankings.
Once again, Brownsburg (IN) earned the No. 14 ranking in the Super 25. However, as the top-ranked team in the Midwest Super 15, the Bulldogs leapfrog into the playoffs, knocking out No. 12 Baylor (Chattanooga, TN) from a playoff spot entirely.
Top five seeds:
- West: No. 1 Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA), 10-0
- Southeast: No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, FL), 10-0
- Southwest: No. 4 Allen (TX), 10-0
- East: No. 10 The St. James Academy (Springfield, VA), 8-1
- Midwest: No. 14 Brownsburg (IN), 11-0
In the hypothetical high school football playoff, the top four seeds earn a first-round bye and advance to the quarterfinals, as in the CFP. So while Brownsburg earns a playoff berth, it would still have to play in the first round.
First-round byes:
- Santa Margarita (CA)
- St. Thomas Aquinas (FL)
- Allen (TX)
- The St. James Academy (VA)
This sets the stage for our first-round matchups:
- No. 5 Brownsburg vs. No. 12 Carrollton (GA)
- No. 6 Buford (GA) vs. No. 11 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, CA)
- No. 7 Columbus (Miami, FL) vs. No. 10 North Crowley (Fort Worth, TX)
- No. 8 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV) vs. No. 9 IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL)
Now we get to the controversial part, which can make fans angry and spark debate: the snubs.
These teams definitely have a case for the playoffs, but a 12-team bracket limits who gets in and who is left out. The exercise would look different in the 2027-28 season when the 24-team bracket goes into effect.
Here are the next four teams left out of our 12-team bracket:
- No. 12 Baylor (Chattanooga, TN), 10-0
- No. 13 Thomas County Central (Thomasville, GA), 10-0
- No. 15 De La Salle (Concord, CA), 10-0
- No. 16 Hough (Cornelius, NC), 10-0
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 4 unbeaten teams snubbed in latest hypothetical Super 25 high school football playoff
