Week 6 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 6 snapshot with the latest audited Week 5 snapshot (formula MFPI-3.2).

Biggest risers

Kemper County High School (2A, 5-1): State ranking: up 38 spots to No. 53 (from No. 91). MFPI rating: increased 11.9 points to 69.5. In the window it beat East Webster High School (currently No. 63) 45-20 at home on Oct 2.

Newton County High School (4A, 2-4): State ranking: up 32 spots to No. 87 (from No. 119). MFPI rating: increased 12.1 points to 60.4. In the window it beat Northeast Lauderdale High School (currently No. 168) 42-7 at home on Oct 2.

Independence High School (3A, 5-1): State ranking: up 30 spots to No. 101 (from No. 131). MFPI rating: increased 9.5 points to 53.7. In the window it beat Holly Springs High School (currently No. 177) 42-6 on the road on Oct 1.

Strayhorn High School (2A, 1-5): State ranking: up 25 spots to No. 187 (from No. 212). MFPI rating: increased 8.5 points to 24.1. In the window it beat Coffeeville High School (currently No. 194) 35-8 at home on Oct 1.

Scott Central Attendance Center (2A, 4-2): State ranking: up 24 spots to No. 62 (from No. 86). MFPI rating: increased 8.1 points to 67.3. In the window it beat Puckett Attendance Center (currently No. 156) 50-10 at home on Oct 1.

Houston High School (4A, 2-5): State ranking: up 24 spots to No. 72 (from No. 96). MFPI rating: increased 8.0 points to 63.7. In the window it beat Amory High School (currently No. 105) 21-20 on the road on Oct 1; it lost to Oak Grove High School (currently No. 16) 45-48 at home on Oct 2.

Morton High School (4A, 5-1): State ranking: up 23 spots to No. 29 (from No. 52). MFPI rating: increased 11.0 points to 80.0. In the window it beat Richland High School (currently No. 93) 49-20 on the road on Oct 2.

Coahoma County Jr/Sr High School (3A, 2-4): State ranking: up 21 spots to No. 176 (from No. 197). MFPI rating: increased 5.8 points to 27.4. In the window it lost to Leflore County High School (currently No. 76) 14-24 on the road on Oct 2.

Biggest fallers

Port Gibson High School (3A, 2-3): State ranking: down 35 spots to No. 150 (from No. 115). MFPI rating: decreased 12.0 points to 36.8. In the window it lost to Hazlehurst High School (currently No. 67) 24-48 at home on Oct 2.

Leflore County High School (1A, 5-0): State ranking: down 34 spots to No. 76 (from No. 42). MFPI rating: decreased 11.1 points to 62.5. In the window it beat Coahoma County Jr/Sr High School (currently No. 176) 24-14 at home on Oct 2.

Wilkinson County High (2A, 2-2): State ranking: down 33 spots to No. 126 (from No. 93). MFPI rating: decreased 12.7 points to 44.3. In the window it lost to Loyd Star School (currently No. 139) 28-38 at home on Oct 2.

Raymond High School (4A, 1-5): State ranking: down 28 spots to No. 214 (from No. 186). MFPI rating: decreased 10.9 points to 13.3. In the window it lost to Jim Hill High School (currently No. 204) 8-21 at home on Oct 2.

Coffeeville High School (1A, 2-4): State ranking: down 23 spots to No. 194 (from No. 171). MFPI rating: decreased 8.9 points to 22.3. In the window it lost to Strayhorn High School (currently No. 187) 8-35 on the road on Oct 1.

O’Bannon High School (3A, 5-1): State ranking: down 22 spots to No. 136 (from No. 114). MFPI rating: decreased 7.9 points to 41.0. In the window it lost to Thomas E. Edwards (currently No. 65) 6-24 on the road on Oct 2.

Terry High School (6A, 3-3): State ranking: down 20 spots to No. 73 (from No. 53). MFPI rating: decreased 5.1 points to 63.6. In the window it lost to Pearl High School (currently No. 57) 20-27 on the road on Oct 2.

Hatley High School (2A, 4-2): State ranking: down 20 spots to No. 181 (from No. 161). MFPI rating: decreased 7.0 points to 26.5. In the window it lost to Okolona High School (currently No. 164) 22-41 at home on Oct 2.

Rank and rating moving separately

Held their rank while the rating changed by at least a point: Tupelo High School (No. 1, +1.4); D'Iberville High School (No. 2, +1.0); Cleveland Central High School (No. 39, +3.3); New Hope High School (No. 40, +3.0); Booneville High School (No. 83, +1.1); Magee High School (No. 94, +2.1); West Lowndes High School (No. 223, -1.7).

Moved in the ranking with an unchanged displayed rating: Meridian High School (-5 to No. 27); Grenada High (-5 to No. 28); Natchez High School (-9 to No. 33); Itawamba Agricultural High School (-7 to No. 34); Ridgeland High School (-2 to No. 52); Picayune Memorial High School (-2 to No. 70); George County High School (-5 to No. 79); Laurel High School (-5 to No. 80).

Data notes and limitations

Snapshot generated October 6, 2026 at 11:22 AM Central with a cutoff of October 6 at 11:00 AM Central, formula MFPI-3.2.

663 of 675 game listings due by the cutoff had verified scores (98.2%); the rest count as unavailable, never as losses or 0-0 results.

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.