Curtis, Catholic, Karr, Destrehan lead list of nationally-ranked Louisiana football schools

Division I select state champion John Curtis Christian and perennial contenders Catholic High and Edna Karr top a list of 18 Louisiana schools in the High School Football America 300 rankings released earlier this week.

Curtis (12-2), fresh off extending its Louisiana record for state football titles, moved up 28 spots to No. 39 and is the highest-ranked Louisiana school in the rankings following its 23-0 victory over Brother Martin for the D-I select crown.

Catholic High (11-2), which lost to Curtis in one Division I select semifinal after knocking off Karr one week earlier in the quarterfinals, is the second-highest ranked Louisiana school at No. 59.

Karr (7-4), which did not lose a regular season game on the field before its quarterfinal loss to Catholic, checks in at No. 65.

Division I non-select champion Destrehan (14-0) moved into the top 100 at No. 81 after its 17-10 victory over Ruston in the title game.

The rest of the state representatives include Division II select champion St. Thomas More (13-1) at No. 112, Ruston (13-2) at No. 128, Zachary (10-3) at No. 130, Brother Martin (9-6) at No. 140, D-II select runner-up Lafayette Christian (10-4) at No. 142, Teurlings Catholic (11-2) at No. 152, De La Salle (10-1) at No. 160, St. Augustine (7-3) at No. 180, Warren Easton (10-2) at No. 222, Westgate (10-4) at No. 251, Carencro (10-3) at No. 268, Division III select champion St. Charles Catholic (11-3) at No. 273, Dunham (13-2) at No. 276 and University Lab (9-4) at No. 279.

The High School Football America rankings are developed using a proprietary algorithm.