Week 11 HS football rankings

Down go last week's No. 1 and No. 3 teams after road losses.

Maybe more significant than the movement of the teams in the top 7 (I imagine there will be plenty of debate about which teams are where), is the fact that I have finally put Tucson High – TUCSON HIGH – into the poll. A team which ended a 25-game losing streak in September, a team that has a 20-year playoff drought, a team nobody has given much love to in years has rightfully earned its opportunity to be considered one of the top 10 teams in southern Arizona.

Foothills is coming off a win, but I felt I had to drop them out of the top 10 this week because I was more impressed with Tucson High's road win in which it went up 35-0 at Casa Grande, than I was with Foothills solid, but not dominating win over Pueblo.

The fact Tucson High is even in the conversation is quite possibly the story of the year. The Badgers have a shot at winning a region title at Salpointe on Friday night. Who would have ever guessed that?

Rank. Team (record, this week's opponent)

1. Salpointe (8-1, host Tucson High)
2. Canyon del Oro (8-1, at Pueblo)
   
3. Cienega (7-2, at Nogales)
4. Sunnyside (7-2, hosts Ironwood Ridge)
5. Ironwood Ridge (7-2, host Mountain View)
   
6. Palo Verde (9-1, bye week)
7. Santa Rita (8-1, at Catalina)
   
8. Sabino (7-2, at Sahuaro)
9. Amphi (5-4, host Douglas)
10. Tucson High (5-4, at Salpointe)
    

Others knocking on the door: Catalina Foothills (5-4).

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Last week's rankings (link to Week 10 rankings)

1. Ironwood Ridge
2. Salpointe
3. Santa Rita
4. Canyon del Oro
5. Cienega
6. Sunnyside
7. Palo Verde
8. Sabino
9. Amphi
10. Catalina Foothills

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And your top 10 is?