Week 5 risers and fallers in the MFPI

How to read these moves

Rank movement is last week's statewide rank minus this week's. Rating change is this week's displayed MFPI minus last week's. They are separate facts: in the middle of the table, where ratings are close together, a small rating change can move a team many places, and a team can hold its place while its rating changes.

Both compare the Week 5 snapshot with the latest audited Week 4 snapshot (formula MFPI-3.2).

Biggest risers

Wilkinson County High (2A, 2-1): State ranking: up 53 spots to No. 92 (from No. 145). MFPI rating: increased 17.2 points to 57.2. In the window it beat Sacred Heart (currently No. 169) 44-3 at home on Sep 25.

Nanih Waiya Attendance Center (1A, 4-1): State ranking: up 46 spots to No. 107 (from No. 153). MFPI rating: increased 14.4 points to 51.1. In the window it beat Water Valley High School (currently No. 100) 48-36 on the road on Sep 25.

Cleveland Central High School (5A, 3-1): State ranking: up 44 spots to No. 42 (from No. 86). MFPI rating: increased 15.5 points to 74.3. It had no verified result in the window; the move comes from other teams' results and re-solved opponent ratings.

Heidelberg High School (2A, 3-1): State ranking: up 41 spots to No. 36 (from No. 77). MFPI rating: increased 14.1 points to 76.4. In the window it beat Leake Central High School (currently No. 44) 47-0 on the road on Sep 25.

Bruce High School (2A, 5-0): State ranking: up 36 spots to No. 113 (from No. 149). MFPI rating: increased 9.5 points to 49.0. In the window it beat J Z George High School (currently No. 168) 46-18 on the road on Sep 25.

Hamilton High School (2A, 2-3): State ranking: up 34 spots to No. 155 (from No. 189). MFPI rating: increased 9.8 points to 36.0. In the window it beat Smithville High School (currently No. 200) 46-6 at home on Sep 25.

Myrtle Attendance Center (2A, 3-1): State ranking: up 32 spots to No. 108 (from No. 140). MFPI rating: increased 9.2 points to 51.0. In the window it beat Walnut Attendance Center (currently No. 179) 34-8 on the road on Sep 25.

South Jones High School (5A, 3-2): State ranking: up 30 spots to No. 89 (from No. 119). MFPI rating: increased 9.2 points to 58.0. In the window it beat Enterprise (Clarke) (currently No. 106) 37-20 at home on Sep 25.

Biggest fallers

Lake High School (2A, 2-2): State ranking: down 50 spots to No. 148 (from No. 98). MFPI rating: decreased 16.1 points to 37.7. In the window it lost to Union High School (currently No. 157) 12-35 on the road on Sep 25.

North Pontotoc High School (4A, 2-3): State ranking: down 36 spots to No. 147 (from No. 111). MFPI rating: decreased 12.1 points to 38.1. In the window it lost to Kossuth High School (currently No. 122) 21-35 at home on Sep 25.

Vancleave High School (5A, 2-3): State ranking: down 35 spots to No. 103 (from No. 68). MFPI rating: decreased 12.6 points to 52.8. In the window it lost to Moss Point High School (currently No. 152) 29-34 at home on Sep 25.

Biloxi High School (7A, 1-4): State ranking: down 32 spots to No. 123 (from No. 91). MFPI rating: decreased 10.0 points to 47.1. In the window it lost to Ocean Springs High School (currently No. 101) 14-21 at home on Sep 25.

Booneville High School (3A, 5-0): State ranking: down 31 spots to No. 84 (from No. 53). MFPI rating: decreased 9.4 points to 60.1. In the window it beat Ripley High School (currently No. 145) 31-21 on the road on Sep 25.

Sacred Heart (2A, 4-1): State ranking: down 31 spots to No. 169 (from No. 138). MFPI rating: decreased 10.7 points to 31.9. In the window it lost to Wilkinson County High (currently No. 92) 3-44 on the road on Sep 25.

Simmons High School (1A, 3-1): State ranking: down 30 spots to No. 72 (from No. 42). MFPI rating: decreased 8.5 points to 63.4. In the window it beat Leland High School (currently No. 214) 48-0 at home on Sep 25.

Nettleton High School (3A, 0-5): State ranking: down 29 spots to No. 209 (from No. 180). MFPI rating: decreased 10.7 points to 17.7. In the window it lost to Okolona High School (currently No. 178) 26-45 on the road on Sep 25.

Rank and rating moving separately

Moved in the ranking with an unchanged displayed rating: Bay Springs High School (-1 to No. 142); Coffeeville High School (-2 to No. 171).

Data notes and limitations

Snapshot generated September 29, 2026 at 1:41 PM Central with a cutoff of September 29 at 11:00 AM Central, formula MFPI-3.2.

567 of 578 game listings due by the cutoff had verified scores (98.1%); the rest count as unavailable, never as losses or 0-0 results.

No verified results were linked to Northside High School for this cutoff. Their ratings are provisional and rest on class, media and neutral inputs; their positions should not be read as the product of games.

Opponent ranks in this article are the opponent's rank in this snapshot, not its rank on the day the game was played, unless a sentence says otherwise.