LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Another undefeated week kept California’s Norco the clear No. 1 team in the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll.
The (23-0) Cougars dispatched Santiago, which had won five straight, 6-1, on Tuesday and rolled past King, 10-2, last Thursday. Over its last 10 games, Norco has outscored its opponents 51-8.
The Highlanders have now won 34 of their last 35 contests, with the lone loss during that stretch being an 1-0 loss to Mater Dei in the CIF Southern Section playoffs to close the 2016 season.
Every team in the top seven went undefeated last week, with No. 2 Pinnacle (28-1), No. 6 Coral Springs (21-1) and No. 7 La Cueva (19-0) joining Norco in each winning twice. Fourth-ranked Bishop O’Connell (16-0), meanwhile, was idle.
Four teams — Woodinville (11-0), Bentonville (22-1), South Granville (15-0) and Hendrickson (24-1) — all moved up a poll-best two places apiece while each going 2-0.
Unbeaten Lakewood (11-0), Oak Park-River Forest (9-0) and Penn (9-0), plus one-loss North Augusta (18-1-1) lead six newcomers to the rankings. Two-loss Florida schools Oakleaf (22-2) and West Orange (20-2) are the others.
State rankings submitted by NFCA member coaches are used to compile the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25.
USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll – April 20, 2017
| Rank | Team | 2017 Record | Previous |
| 1 | Norco (Calif.) | 23-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Pinnacle (Ariz.) | 28-1 | 2 |
| 3 | Cape Fear (N.C.) | 17-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Bishop O’Connell (Va.) | 16-0 | 4 |
| 5 | Los Alamitos (Calif.) | 18-3 | 5 |
| 6 | Coral Springs Charter (Fla.) | 21-1 | 6 |
| 7 | La Cueva (N.M.) | 19-0 | 8 |
| 8 | Woodinville (Wash.) | 11-0 | 10 |
| 9 | Bentonville (Ark.) | 22-1 | 11 |
| 10 | Stockdale (Calif.) | 17-0 | 9 |
| 11 | South Granville (N.C.) | 15-0 | 13 |
| 12 | Lakewood (Ohio) | 11-0 | NR |
| 13 | Deer Park (Texas) | 26-4 | 14 |
| 14 | Gahr (Calif.) | 17-0 | 15 |
| 15 | Oak Park-River Forest (Ill.) | 9-0 | NR |
| 16 | Oakleaf (Fla.) | 22-2 | NR |
| 17 | West Orange (Fla.) | 20-2 | NR |
| 18 | Westminster Christian (Ala.) | 34-2-1 | 18 |
| 19 | Lexington (Tenn.) | 31-2 | 19 |
| 20 | Cibola (Ariz.) | 29-0 | 20 |
| 21 | Ballard (Ky.) | 17-1 | 21 |
| 22 | Carroll (Texas) | 27-2-1 | 22 |
| 23 | Hendrickson (Texas) | 24-1 | 25 |
| 24 | Penn (Ind.) | 9-0 | NR |
| 25 | North Augusta (S.C.) | 18-1-1 | NR |
Dropped out: Desert Ridge (Ariz.), Johnson (Texas), Kingwood (Texas), Orange (N.C.) and Willis (Texas).
