EMASS TOP 20

THIS IS A COMBINED TOP 20 POLL USING INFORMATION GARNERED FROM MASSLIVE, BOSTON GLOBE, BOSTON HERALD, CALPREPS AND HIGHSCHOOLSPORTS.NET.

GLOSSARY=RANK-POWER POINTS-TEAM-(W-L)-NEXT OPPONENT
NOTE: POWER POINTS ARE THE FORMULA I USE TO DETERMINE RANK

1-(1.2)-EVERETT (6-1) VS SOMERVILLE (3-5)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#1). LET'S SEE IF THERE ARE ANY SIMILARITIES, ALABAMA-EVERETT, GO TIDE-GO TIDE, #1-#1, YUP THERE ARE.

2-(2.6)-BC HIGH (6-1) @ #8 XAVERIAN (5-3)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#3). EAGLES HAVE A BRUTAL 3 GAME STRETCH IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

3-(3.2) DRACUT (7-1) VS CHEMLSFORD (5-3)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#2). MIDDIES JUST STORMING THROUGH THE MVC. CONVINCING WIN OVER HAVERHILL LAST WEEK WHEN THEY COULD HAVE HAD A LETDOWN

4-(5.0)-DUXBURY (8-0) VS SILVER LAKE (6-2)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#4). THE PATRIOT KEENAN TITLE IS ON THE LINE THIS WEEK.

5-(7.2)-CATHOLIC MEMORIAL (7-0) VS PLYMOUTH SOUTH (2-6)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#6). RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU THOUGHT THAT CM WOULD BE RANKED IN THE TOP 5 AT ANY POINT THIS SEASON. I THOUGHT SO.

6-(9.8)-DARTMOUTH (7-0) VS ATTLEBORO (7-1)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#8). OLD COLONY LEAGUE TITLE TO THE WINNER.

7-(10.0)-MANSFIELD (7-1) @ NORTH ATTLEBORO (6-1)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#9). HORNETS LOOKING FOR 2ND CONSECUTIVE PLAYOFF BERTH OUT OF THE HOCKOMOCK.

8-(10.4)-XAVERIAN (5-3) VS #2 BC HIGH (6-1)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#5). AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING REDUNDANT, ANOTHER BRUTALLY TOUGH GAME FOR THE HAWKS. AND IT DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER THE REST OF THE WAY.

9-(11.0)-READING (8-0) @ BELMONT (3-5)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#18). THE MIDDLESEX LEAGUE JUMPS IN TO THE TOP 10 AS READING MOVES UP 9 SPOTS WITH A BIG WIN OVER WAKEFIELD.

10-(11.6)-BISHOP FEEHAN (6-1) VS DURFEE (0-7)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#14). SHAMROCKS WIN ANOTHER BIG GAME THAT MOST HAD THEM LOSING.

11-(11.8)-MARSHFIELD (6-1) @ NAUSET (1-6)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#10). THE RAMS KEEP WINNING BUT DROPPING A PEG A WEEK DUE TO THE COMPETITION. THIS WEEK ISN'T GOING TO HELP.

12-(13.8)-BROCKTON (6-3) IDLE

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#11). BOXERS GET A WEEK OFF TO PREPARE FOR THE BIG 3 TITLE GAME AGAINST THE WHALERS.

13-(14.2)-ACTON-BOXBORO (7-1) @ #16 LINCOLN-SUDBURY (7-1)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#12). DUAL COUNTY LEAGUE BATTLE OF THE TITANS. WINNER HAS A LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE ON THE HORIZON WITH NEWTON SOUTH.

14-(16.2)-MELROSE (7-0) VS MALDEN (4-4)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#13). WITH READING UP NEXT WEEK THIS HAS ALL THE MAKINGS OF A TRAP GAME.

15-(16.6)-GLOUCESTER (7-1) VS LYNN ENGLISH (5-2)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#16). BATTLE FOR THE NORTHEAST LARGE CROWN.

16-(17.6)-LINCOLN-SUDBURY (7-1) VS #13 ACTON-BOXBORO (7-1)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (UNRANKED). WELCOME TO THE TOP 20 WARRIORS. YOU WIN YOU MOVE UP, YOU LOSE, WELL, WE HARDLY KNEW YE.

17-(18.4)-SWAMPSCOTT (7-1) @ BEVERLY (6-2)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#20).ONE OF TWO MUST WIN GAMES FOR BIG BLUE. THIS GAME AND MARBLEHEAD ON TURKEY DAY.

18-(19.0)-ST JOHN'S PREP (4-4) @ MALDEN CATHOLIC (4-4)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#17). THE FACT THAT THE EAGLES HAVE LOST 4 IN A ROW AND ARE STILL RANKED IN THE TOP TWENTY IS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR BRUTAL SCHEDULE.

19-(19.8)-WALPOLE (8-0) VS NEEDHAM (5-3)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#15). REBELS TUNING UP THE MACHINE FOR THE BIG GAME NEXT WEEK AGAINST NATICK.

20-(20.2)-BILLERICA (7-1) VS CENTRAL CATHOLIC (4-4)

LAST WEEK'S RANK (#19). INDIANS WIN A CLOSE ONE LAST WEEK. MUST REFOCUS IF THEY ARE TO STAY IN THE TOP 20.

CLOSE TO CRACKING THE TOP 20, NATICK (8-0), NORTH ATTLEBORO (6-1) AND ATTLEBORO (7-1).

DROPPING OUT OF THE TOP 20, ATTLEBORO (7-1).

FOR THOSE SCHOOLS THINKING THEY SHOULD BE IN THE TOP 20 OR RANKED HIGHER, IT COMES DOWN TO WINS AND STRNGTH OF SCHEDULE.

ALL THESE SOURCES ARE INDEPENDENT OF ONE AN OTHER SO THERE IS NO BIAS.