Week 7 MFPI analysis: Tupelo High School leads the statewide rankings

The top of the statewide rankings

Tupelo High School (7-0) is No. 1 for the 7th straight published week. MFPI rating: decreased 0.4 points to 96.7. In the latest window it beat Southaven High School (currently No. 64) 42-0 on the road on Oct 9.

No. 2 Warren Central High School (6-0, 6A): ranking up 1 spot to No. 2 (from No. 3); rating increased 1.7 points to 94.5. It beat Ridgeland High School (currently No. 45) 49-21 on the road on Oct 9.

No. 3 Gulfport High School (5-1, 7A): ranking up 5 spots to No. 3 (from No. 8); rating increased 4.6 points to 93.9. It beat St. Martin High School (currently No. 23) 42-14 on the road on Oct 8.

No. 4 D'Iberville High School (7-0, 7A): ranking down 2 spots to No. 4 (from No. 2); rating decreased 2.9 points to 92.7. It beat Ocean Springs High School (currently No. 80) 35-14 on the road on Oct 8.

No. 5 Brandon High School (5-1, 7A): ranking down 1 spot to No. 5 (from No. 4); rating unchanged at 91.7. It had no verified result in this window.

Classification leaders

Class ranks are the statewide order filtered to one classification; MFPI never recalculates a separate class rating.

Class 4A: Louisville High School replaced Poplarville Jr Sr High School at No. 1. Class 1A: Leflore County High School replaced Simmons High School at No. 1.

Results that raised ratings most

The largest rating increases among teams with a verified result in this window. A rating can also move without a game, because every opponent's rating is re-solved each week.

Wilkinson County High (+8.7 to 53.0, now No. 106) beat Amite County High School (currently No. 135) 58-12 on the road on Oct 9.

Amory High School (+8.3 to 60.6, now No. 81) beat Mooreville High School (currently No. 155) 42-7 on the road on Oct 9.

Rosa Fort High School (+7.8 to 55.5, now No. 98) beat Byhalia High School (9-12) (currently No. 214) 72-0 at home on Oct 8.

Saltillo High School (+7.8 to 43.9, now No. 126) beat Olive Branch High School (currently No. 77) 26-21 at home on Oct 9.

North Panola High School (+7.1 to 37.6, now No. 152) beat Coahoma County Jr/Sr High School (currently No. 179) 34-8 at home on Oct 8.

The full list of movers is in the Week 7 risers and fallers in the MFPI analysis.

Schedule strength

MFPI strength of schedule is the average current rating of every completed opponent, expressed as a statewide percentile (100 is the strongest schedule in this week's field, not a perfect grade). The five strongest schedules: West Point High School (0-6, SOS percentile 100.0); Starkville High School (4-2, SOS percentile 99.6); Madison Central High School (2-4, SOS percentile 99.1); Germantown High School (4-3, SOS percentile 98.7); Oxford High School (5-1, SOS percentile 98.2).

Teams that have played furthest above their own classification (average class steps up, games up in class): Okolona High School (1A, +2.20, 5 up); H. W. Byers High School (5-12) (1A, +2.00, 4 up); Charleston High School (2A, +1.71, 5 up); Poplarville Jr Sr High School (4A, +1.67, 5 up); Laurel High School (5A, +1.60, 5 up).

Data notes and limitations

Snapshot generated October 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM Central with a cutoff of October 13 at 11:00 AM Central, formula MFPI-3.2.

764 of 782 game listings due by the cutoff had verified scores (97.7%); 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.