Week 9 MFPI analysis: Tupelo High School leads the statewide rankings

The top of the statewide rankings

Tupelo High School (9-0) is No. 1 for the 9th straight published week. MFPI rating: increased 0.1 points to 97.2. In the latest window it beat Horn Lake High (currently No. 77) 40-0 on the road on Oct 23.

No. 2 Gulfport High School (7-1, 7A): ranking unchanged at No. 2; rating decreased 0.1 points to 95.1. It beat Biloxi High School (currently No. 70) 35-3 on the road on Oct 23.

No. 3 Warren Central High School (8-0, 6A): ranking unchanged at No. 3; rating unchanged at 94.3. It beat Neshoba Central High School (currently No. 29) 34-14 at home on Oct 23.

No. 4 D'Iberville High School (8-0, 7A): ranking unchanged at No. 4; rating unchanged at 93.2. It had no verified result in this window.

No. 5 Oxford High School (7-1, 7A): ranking up 1 spot to No. 5 (from No. 6); rating increased 1.5 points to 92.6. It beat Clinton High School (currently No. 36) 52-21 at home on Oct 23.

Classification leaders

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

Class 5A: Brookhaven High School replaced Pontotoc 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.

Collins High School (+9.1 to 32.4, now No. 165) beat Sacred Heart (currently No. 209) 53-12 at home on Oct 23.

Southaven High School (+7.8 to 67.5, now No. 64) beat Desoto Central High School (currently No. 17) 28-26 on the road on Oct 23.

Sumrall High School (+7.7 to 59.0, now No. 88) beat Natchez High School (currently No. 56) 54-48 at home on Oct 23.

Columbia High School (+7.1 to 75.5, now No. 41) beat South Pike Senior High School (currently No. 107) 43-0 at home on Oct 23.

Hancock High School (+7.1 to 62.8, now No. 76) beat Gautier High School (currently No. 46) 50-43 at home on Oct 23.

The full list of movers is in the Week 9 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: Oxford High School (7-1, SOS percentile 100.0); Brandon High School (6-2, SOS percentile 99.6); Germantown High School (4-5, SOS percentile 99.1); West Point High School (1-7, SOS percentile 98.7); Horn Lake High (0-8, 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, +1.57, 5 up); Charleston High School (2A, +1.33, 5 up); H. W. Byers High School (5-12) (1A, +1.33, 4 up); Poplarville Jr Sr High School (4A, +1.25, 5 up); Laurel High School (5A, +1.14, 5 up).

Data notes and limitations

Snapshot generated October 27, 2026 at 11:16 AM Central with a cutoff of October 27 at 11:00 AM Central, formula MFPI-3.2.

980 of 1002 game listings due by the cutoff had verified scores (97.8%); the rest count as unavailable, never as losses or 0-0 results.

Wesson Attendance Center is credited with two games on Oct 23. One listing may belong to a same-named school; it is under review and affects that team and its opponents.

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.