Week 8 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 8 snapshot with the latest audited Week 7 snapshot (formula MFPI-3.2).

Biggest risers

Biloxi High School (7A, 2-5): State ranking: up 31 spots to No. 78 (from No. 109). MFPI rating: increased 9.3 points to 61.7. In the window it beat Harrison Central High School (currently No. 112) 30-14 on the road on Oct 16.

Purvis High School (5A, 2-5): State ranking: up 26 spots to No. 125 (from No. 151). MFPI rating: increased 6.1 points to 44.7. In the window it beat Stone High School (currently No. 106) 21-14 at home on Oct 16.

North Panola High School (3A, 4-4): State ranking: up 24 spots to No. 128 (from No. 152). MFPI rating: increased 5.4 points to 43.0. In the window it beat Independence High School (currently No. 143) 26-20 on the road on Oct 16.

Lewisburg High School (7A, 3-4): State ranking: up 22 spots to No. 92 (from No. 114). MFPI rating: increased 7.7 points to 58.4. In the window it beat Southaven High School (currently No. 85) 28-7 at home on Oct 16.

Magee High School (3A, 7-1): State ranking: up 21 spots to No. 74 (from No. 95). MFPI rating: increased 7.0 points to 63.2. In the window it beat Raleigh High School (currently No. 52) 29-7 at home on Oct 16.

Port Gibson High School (3A, 4-3): State ranking: up 20 spots to No. 126 (from No. 146). MFPI rating: increased 3.5 points to 44.0. In the window it beat Jefferson Co High (currently No. 152) 22-6 at home on Oct 16.

Franklin High School (3A, 3-5): State ranking: up 19 spots to No. 118 (from No. 137). MFPI rating: increased 6.4 points to 47.6. In the window it beat Hazlehurst High School (currently No. 77) 35-34 on the road on Oct 16.

West Tallahatchie High School (1A, 2-5): State ranking: up 19 spots to No. 180 (from No. 199). MFPI rating: increased 5.8 points to 24.9. In the window it beat Coffeeville High School (currently No. 205) 48-22 on the road on Oct 16.

Biggest fallers

Independence High School (3A, 5-2): State ranking: down 38 spots to No. 143 (from No. 105). MFPI rating: decreased 12.7 points to 40.4. In the window it lost to North Panola High School (currently No. 128) 20-26 at home on Oct 16.

Ethel Attendance Center (1A, 4-3): State ranking: down 33 spots to No. 162 (from No. 129). MFPI rating: decreased 9.8 points to 33.5. In the window it lost to Noxapater Attendance Center (currently No. 157) 14-20 on the road on Oct 16.

Jefferson Co High (3A, 2-5): State ranking: down 29 spots to No. 152 (from No. 123). MFPI rating: decreased 7.4 points to 37.5. In the window it lost to Port Gibson High School (currently No. 126) 6-22 on the road on Oct 16.

South Pike Senior High School (4A, 4-3): State ranking: down 24 spots to No. 94 (from No. 70). MFPI rating: decreased 6.8 points to 57.7. In the window it lost to Poplarville Jr Sr High School (currently No. 13) 6-48 at home on Oct 16.

Presbyterian Christian School (3A, 6-2): State ranking: down 23 spots to No. 72 (from No. 49). MFPI rating: decreased 7.2 points to 63.3. In the window it beat West Marion High School (currently No. 175) 28-24 on the road on Oct 16.

Forest High School (4A, 5-2): State ranking: down 23 spots to No. 95 (from No. 72). MFPI rating: decreased 6.5 points to 57.7. In the window it beat Raymond High School (currently No. 204) 56-14 at home on Oct 16.

Scott Central Attendance Center (2A, 5-2): State ranking: down 22 spots to No. 83 (from No. 61). MFPI rating: decreased 6.8 points to 60.0. In the window it beat Newton High School (currently No. 194) 44-6 on the road on Oct 16.

Southaven High School (7A, 1-5): State ranking: down 21 spots to No. 85 (from No. 64). MFPI rating: decreased 6.5 points to 59.7. In the window it lost to Lewisburg High School (currently No. 92) 7-28 on the road on Oct 16.

Rank and rating moving separately

Held their rank while the rating changed by at least a point: South Panola High School (No. 14, +1.8); Resurrection (No. 220, -2.3).

Moved in the ranking with an unchanged displayed rating: Neshoba Central High School (-3 to No. 30); New Albany High School (-1 to No. 47); McAdams Attendance Center (+2 to No. 195); Crystal Springs High School (+3 to No. 218).

Data notes and limitations

Snapshot generated October 20, 2026 at 11:20 AM Central with a cutoff of October 20 at 11:00 AM Central, formula MFPI-3.2.

871 of 892 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.