Top 30 Rankings — Sept. 12, 2017 (Week 1)

Flower Mound (TX) performs at the 2016 San Antonio Super Regional. The group was named super regional champion. // Photo by Jeremiah Wooten

This is our preseason poll, so it's more or less a re-examining of last year's results with a little bit of speculation from extremely premature videos. But there are a few things we know.

We know the top four groups will all be competing at Grand Nats. That means for the first time in many years, all groups in contention for the national champion title will be at Grand Nats. There still might be controversy about who the judge select as national champion, but at least the judges will have all the options available to make the wrong decision.

The previous week's rankings are in parenthesis. Read about how we determine rankings.

1. Flower Mound H.S., TX (1)
2. Broken Arrow H.S., OK (2)
3. Avon H.S., IN (4)
4. Carmel H.S., IN (3)
5. Tarpon Springs H.S., FL (7)
6. The Woodlands H.S., TX (5)
7. Hebron H.S., TX (10)
8. Cedar Park H.S., TX (8)
9. Leander H.S., TX (9)
10. William Mason H.S., OH (6)
11. Marcus H.S., TX (11)
12. Ronald Reagan H.S., TX (12)
13. Claudia Taylor Johnson H.S., TX (14)
14. Vandegrift H.S., TX (15)
15. Wando H.S., SC (13)
16. Castle H.S., IN (16)
17. Blue Springs H.S., MO (17)
18. Homestead H.S., IN (18)
19. Round Rock H.S., TX (19)
20. Marian Catholic H.S., IL (20)
21. Dobyns-Bennett H.S., TN (21)
22. Vista Murrieta H.S., CA (22)
23. Winston Churchill H.S., TX (25)
24. Union H.S., OK (24)
25. Owasso H.S., OK (23)
26. Keller H.S., TX (unranked)
27. Harrison H.S., GA (26)
28. Hendrickson H.S., TX (27)
29. Park Vista H.S., FL (28)
30. Franklin H.S., TN (29)

Next 10, in alphabetical order: Ayala (CA), Bellevue West (NE), Cedar Ridge (TX), Coppell (TX), Cypress Falls (TX), Duncanville (TX), James Bowie (TX), LD Bell (TX), North Shore (TX), O'Fallon Township (IL).

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