Playoff berths, first-round byes, home games – they are all up for grabs in this final week of regular-season high school football. Six Rapides Parish teams are in the thick of the chase.
Here are this week’s LHSAA top 25 power rankings, which produce the seedings for each of the four division brackets to be set Sunday for the LHSAA playoffs. All parish schools are classified in the Select division, where the brackets are 24 deep.
| Select Division I | ||
|---|---|---|
| Team | PR | SF |
| 1. Edna Karr (8-0) | 14.44 | 7.75 |
| 2. Captain Shreve (8-1) | 14.14 | 8.78 |
| 3. Holy Cross (7-2) | 13.99 | 9.44 |
| 4. Carencro (8-1) | 13.58 | 9.22 |
| 5. Brother Martin (6-3) | 13.43 | 10.56 |
| 6. St. Paul’s (8-1) | 13.33 | 8.56 |
| 7. Acadiana (7-2) | 13.06 | 9.56 |
| 8. Catholic – B.R. (7-2) | 12.92 | 8.67 |
| 9. Tioga (7-2) | 12.72 | 8.11 |
| 10. John Curtis (6-2) | 12.64 | 9.63 |
| 11. McKinley (6-3) | 12.28 | 8.78 |
| 12. Huntington (6-3) | 11.85 | 8.56 |
| 13. Alexandria (5-4) | 11.11 | 9.56 |
| 14. Rummel (4-5) | 10.94 | 9.22 |
| 15. Northwood – Shr. (5-4) | 10.62 | 8.67 |
| 16. John Ehret (5-4) | 10.46 | 7.67 |
| 17. Byrd (3-6) | 10.12 | 10.56 |
| 18. Jesuit (3-6) | 9.83 | 10.44 |
| 19. Woodlawn – B.R. (2-7) | 9.17 | 10.33 |
| 20. Bonnabel (4-5) | 8.77 | 7.78 |
| 21. Pineville (2-7) | 8.64 | 9.67 |
| 22. Scotlandville (1-8) | 8.40 | 11.11 |
| 23. Lafayette (3-6) | 8.40 | 9.33 |
| 24. Liberty (2-7) | 7.95 | 7.89 |
| 25. St. Augustine (3-6) | 7.18 | 8.67 |
| Select Division II | ||
| Team | PR | SF |
| 1. St. Thomas More (9-0) | 16.03 | 8.78 |
| 2. Lafayette Chr. (8-1) | 14.94 | 8.67 |
| 3. E.D. White (9-0) | 14.63 | 7.44 |
| 4. John F. Kennedy (8-1) | 14.39 | 8.00 |
| 5. Teurlings Cath. (6-3) | 13.43 | 9.22 |
| 6. Shaw (7-2) | 13.38 | 7.89 |
| 7. St. Louis Cath. (7-2) | 13.04 | 7.67 |
| 8. St. Michael (7-2) | 12.87 | 8.11 |
| 9. Madison Prep (6-3) | 12.43 | 7.78 |
| 10. Livingston Coll. (6-3) | 12.30 | 7.78 |
| 11. Peabody (6-3) | 12.20 | 7.11 |
| 12. Evangel (5-4) | 11.75 | 8.56 |
| 13. McDonogh #35 (5-3) | 11.66 | 7.75 |
| 14. Vandebilt Cath. (5-4) | 11.58 | 8.44 |
| 15. De La Salle (3-6) | 10.84 | 9.56 |
| 16. Northside (4-5) | 10.72 | 9.33 |
| 17. Istrouma (5-4) | 10.44 | 7.89 |
| 18. BTW – N.O. (4-5) | 10.01 | 8.11 |
| 19. Buckeye (5-4) | 9.72 | 6.22 |
| 20. Woodlawn – Shr. (4-5) | 9.41 | 7.67 |
| 21. Frederick Douglass (4-5) | 9.11 | 7.22 |
| 22. L.B. Landry (2-6) | 9.06 | 8.88 |
| 23. Belaire (2-7) | 8.67 | 9.33 |
| 24. BTW – Shr. (3-6) | 8.22 | 7.56 |
| 25. Hannan (0-9) | 7.02 | 9.00 |
| Select Division III | ||
| Team | PR | SF |
| 1. Calvary (9-0) | 17.34 | 8.00 |
| 2. St. Charles (9-0) | 16.37 | 6.00 |
| 3. Newman (8-0) | 16.36 | 6.38 |
| 4. University Lab (8-1) | 14.26 | 7.11 |
| 5. Catholic – N.I. (7-2) | 14.12 | 7.67 |
| 6. Dunham (7-2) | 13.93 | 7.22 |
| 7. D’Arbonne Woods (7-2) | 13.52 | 6.00 |
| 8. Bunkie (8-1) | 13.44 | 6.11 |
| 9. Parkview Baptist (8-1) | 13.37 | 6.33 |
| 10. Notre Dame (6-3) | 12.67 | 7.22 |
| 11. Episcopal (7-2) | 12.62 | 6.33 |
| 12. Northlake Chr. (6-2) | 12.42 | 6.00 |
| 13. Pope John Paul II (7-2) | 12.32 | 4.67 |
| 14. Patrick Taylor (7-2) | 12.14 | 5.89 |
| 15. Ascension Epis. (6-3) | 11.83 | 6.56 |
| 16. Loyola (4-4) | 11.57 | 7.63 |
| 17. Sophie B. Wright (5-4) | 11.26 | 5.78 |
| 18. Menard (6-3) | 11.23 | |