Firefly Varsity

The Firefly rating

Records treat every schedule as equal. This does not. Each team's rating is its average scoring margin adjusted for the quality of the opponents it actually played, solved across every completed TSSAA game of 2026-27. Zero is an average Tennessee team.

All 350 rated teams

Both divisions, every class
#SchoolClassRecordRatingScheduleRaw margin
1Greeneville High SchoolClass 4A4-0+13.8+0.8+33.5
2Christian Academy of KnoxvilleIndependentClass AA4-0+13.5+1.7+38.0
3Briarcrest Christian SchoolIndependentClass AAA4-0+13.3+0.6+35.0
4Happy Valley High SchoolClass 2A4-0+12.1-3.9+43.5
5Forrest High SchoolClass 3A4-0+12.1-3.8+37.3
6Lakeway Christian AcademyIndependentClass AA4-0+12.0-0.7+39.3
7Kingston High SchoolClass 3A4-0+11.5-5.2+31.0
8Liberty Technology Magnet High School—4-0+11.2-6.8+37.5
9Macon Co. High SchoolClass 4A4-0+11.2-4.2+28.5
10Greenback High SchoolClass 1A4-0+11.1-2.8+31.3
11St. Benedict at AuburndaleIndependentClass AA4-0+11.0-4.5+32.5
12Westview High SchoolClass 3A4-0+11.0+2.6+42.0
13Sevier Co. High SchoolClass 5A3-0+10.7-3.9+41.7
14Grace Christian Academy - KnoxvilleIndependentClass AA3-0+10.6-2.4+41.0
15Columbia Central High SchoolClass 5A4-0+10.5-2.1+25.0
16Alcoa High SchoolClass 4A4-0+10.4-0.4+30.3
17Franklin Road AcademyIndependentClass AA3-1+10.3+1.2+29.0
18Page High SchoolClass 5A3-1+10.3+2.4+23.5
19Grundy Co. High SchoolClass 2A4-0+10.2-8.9+54.3
20Cherokee High SchoolClass 4A4-0+10.2-6.3+31.5
21Sweetwater High SchoolClass 3A3-0+10.1-3.6+40.3
22Memphis Central High SchoolClass 5A4-0+10.0-3.9+38.0
23White Co. High SchoolClass 4A4-0+10.0-1.2+24.8
24Riverdale High SchoolClass 6A4-1+10.0-3.1+33.2
25Maryville High SchoolClass 6A3-1+9.9+0.4+30.3
26Huntingdon High SchoolClass 2A4-0+9.9+1.5+26.0
27South-Doyle High SchoolClass 4A4-0+9.8-3.1+24.3
28Springfield High SchoolClass 4A4-0+9.7-2.6+30.0
29Meigs Co. High SchoolClass 3A4-0+9.6+2.1+24.8
30Hardin Valley AcademyClass 6A4-1+9.4-4.0+27.8
31Arlington High SchoolClass 6A4-0+9.4-6.7+46.0
32Mitchell High SchoolClass 2A3-1+9.1-5.9+44.0
33Goodpasture Christian SchoolIndependentClass AA4-0+9.0-4.0+38.5
34Liberty Creek High SchoolClass 4A3-1+8.9+0.3+31.3
35Powell High SchoolClass 5A4-0+8.6-5.0+24.0
36St. George's Independent SchoolIndependentClass AA3-1+8.5-1.8+25.8
37Lexington High SchoolClass 4A4-0+8.4+1.8+18.8
38Kirkwood High SchoolClass 5A4-0+8.4-5.6+28.0
39University School of JacksonIndependentClass A3-1+8.4-1.5+20.8
40Marion Co. High SchoolClass 2A4-0+8.4-6.2+38.8
41Tyner AcademyClass 3A4-0+8.2-2.1+27.0
42East Robertson High SchoolClass 2A4-0+8.2+0.2+21.5
43Grace Christian Academy - FranklinIndependentClass AA4-0+8.1-0.9+25.0
44Battle Ground AcademyIndependentClass AA3-1+7.9-4.2+52.5
45Jellico High SchoolClass 1A4-0+7.9-4.2+29.0
46McKenzie High SchoolClass 1A2-2+7.7+0.9+28.3
47Science Hill High SchoolClass 6A4-0+7.7-1.5+20.0
48Christian Brothers High SchoolIndependentClass AAA3-1+7.6+1.1+22.0
49Jackson Christian SchoolIndependentClass A4-0+7.6+3.5+11.8
50Coalfield High SchoolClass 1A3-1+7.5-0.9+24.8
51Jackson Central-Merry High SchoolClass 2A3-1+7.5-2.8+17.3
52Crockett Co. High SchoolClass 4A3-1+7.4-1.9+37.8
53Cascade High SchoolClass 3A3-1+7.2-1.4+17.5
54Beech Senior High SchoolClass 5A3-1+7.2+1.0+14.5
55Cornersville High SchoolClass 1A4-0+7.0-6.2+21.0
56Montgomery Bell AcademyIndependentClass AAA4-0+6.8+1.8+19.0
57Southwind High SchoolClass 6A4-0+6.8-1.4+26.8
58Middle Tennessee Christian SchoolIndependentClass A3-1+6.8-0.6+24.7
59Antioch High SchoolClass 6A4-0+6.8-4.1+34.0
60Haywood High SchoolClass 4A3-1+6.7-0.7+23.5
61South Pittsburg High SchoolClass 1A3-1+6.7-3.6+31.3
62Oak Ridge High SchoolClass 6A4-0+6.6-3.3+23.8
63Cannon Co. High SchoolClass 2A3-1+6.6-6.3+29.8
64Rhea Co. High SchoolClass 5A3-1+6.4-0.2+18.3
65Cordova High SchoolClass 6A2-1+6.3-5.6+29.5
66Montgomery Central High SchoolClass 4A4-0+6.3-4.9+17.5
67Fairview High SchoolClass 3A4-0+6.3-7.9+24.0
68Nolensville High SchoolClass 5A4-0+6.2-1.3+17.0
69Knoxville Catholic High SchoolIndependentClass AAA4-0+6.2+6.2+9.0
70Munford High SchoolClass 5A3-0+6.1-7.2+59.5
71Humboldt High SchoolClass 1A4-0+6.0-0.9+15.0
72Lebanon High SchoolClass 6A3-1+5.8-2.4+15.8
73Memphis Academy of Science & EngineeringClass 2A2-3+5.8+1.1+23.3
74Lipscomb AcademyIndependentClass AAA2-2+5.7+3.0+9.5
75Seymour High SchoolClass 4A3-1+5.6-2.9+20.8
76Nashville Christian SchoolIndependentClass A3-1+5.6+0.5+15.0
77Coffee Co. Central High SchoolClass 6A2-2+5.6-1.8+12.5
78Concord Christian SchoolIndependentClass A3-1+5.6+1.2+11.8
79Cleveland High SchoolClass 6A3-1+5.5+2.3+8.8
80Chester Co. High SchoolClass 4A3-1+5.5-1.8+22.0
81Oakland High SchoolClass 6A4-1+5.5-2.9+24.5
82Covington High SchoolClass 3A3-1+5.4-1.1+21.0
83Lincoln Co. High SchoolClass 5A3-0+5.4-3.3+17.3
84Gallatin High SchoolClass 6A4-0+5.4+0.3+10.5
85Knoxville Central High SchoolClass 5A4-0+5.3-4.9+29.5
86Friendship Christian SchoolIndependentClass A3-1+5.3-3.5+15.5
87East Ridge High SchoolClass 4A3-1+5.3-7.5+36.0
88Franklin High SchoolClass 6A3-1+5.3-2.4+17.8
89Rockvale High SchoolClass 6A4-1+5.2-3.7+17.0
90Adamsville High SchoolClass 2A2-1+5.2+2.9+14.7
91Bartlett High SchoolClass 6A3-1+5.2-1.4+13.5
92Donelson Christian AcademyIndependentClass A2-2+5.1+3.6+7.0
93Bledsoe Co. High SchoolClass 2A3-1+5.1-1.4+18.0
94Loudon High SchoolClass 4A3-1+4.7-4.1+18.3
95Eagleton College and Career AcademyClass 2A3-1+4.6-1.9+11.0
96James Lawson High SchoolClass 5A4-0+4.6-3.1+9.8
97Jackson Co. High SchoolClass 2A4-0+4.6-6.9+24.0
98Wooddale High SchoolClass 3A3-1+4.5-4.7+18.3
99Spring Hill High SchoolClass 4A3-1+4.5-4.5+24.8
100East Nashville Magnet SchoolClass 2A2-2+4.5+3.7+5.3
101Greenfield High SchoolClass 1A2-2+4.4-1.5+10.3
102McEwen High SchoolClass 1A2-1+4.3-3.6+16.0
103Smyrna High SchoolClass 6A3-2+4.2+1.5+7.8
104Obion Co. Central High SchoolClass 3A3-1+4.2-3.9+4.5
105McMinn Central High SchoolClass 3A2-1+4.2+2.4+6.0
106Sale Creek High SchoolClass 1A3-0+4.2-9.1+28.0
107Houston Co. High SchoolClass 2A4-0+4.2+0.6+7.8
108Providence Christian AcademyIndependentClass A3-1+4.0-0.2+8.3
109Gordonsville High SchoolClass 2A3-1+4.0+1.8+8.3
110Volunteer High SchoolClass 4A3-1+3.8-3.1+14.5
111Blackman High SchoolClass 6A3-2+3.7+0.3+12.6
112Giles Co. High SchoolClass 3A3-1+3.7+2.2+5.5
113Whitehaven High SchoolClass 6A3-1+3.7+0.5+7.3
114Hampton High SchoolClass 1A3-1+3.70.0+28.7
115Trinity Christian AcademyIndependentClass A2-1+3.6-0.1+25.7
116Notre Dame High SchoolIndependentClass AA2-2+3.4+2.8+6.3
117Unicoi Co. High SchoolClass 3A3-1+3.4-1.4+8.3
118Ensworth High SchoolIndependentClass AAA3-1+3.4+6.1+2.0
119Summertown High SchoolClass 2A3-1+3.3+1.7+3.8
120Cosby High SchoolClass 1A3-1+3.2-0.4+12.0
121Brentwood High SchoolClass 6A3-1+3.2+3.5+1.5
122Station Camp High SchoolClass 5A2-2+3.2+4.0+5.7
123Gibbs High SchoolClass 4A3-1+3.1-1.2+10.3
124Bradley Central High SchoolClass 6A2-2+3.1+0.8+9.0
125Jackson North Side High SchoolClass 4A2-1+3.0+1.3+12.0
126Anderson Co. High SchoolClass 4A2-2+2.9+1.6+4.3
127Tennessee High SchoolClass 5A3-1+2.9-1.0+16.3
128Evangelical Christian SchoolIndependentClass AA2-2+2.8+7.4-4.0
129Brentwood AcademyIndependentClass AAA2-2+2.8+3.4+8.5
130East Hamilton High SchoolClass 5A3-1+2.8-6.3+13.5
131Decatur Co. Riverside High SchoolClass 2A2-2+2.8+1.5+2.8
132Walker Valley High SchoolClass 5A3-1+2.7-1.3+12.5
133Elizabethton High SchoolClass 4A2-2+2.7+3.2+3.5
134Hillsboro High SchoolClass 5A3-1+2.6-1.5+5.5
135Ravenwood High SchoolClass 6A2-2+2.6+1.3+5.7
136Houston High SchoolClass 6A1-3+2.5+2.6+6.0
137Chattanooga Preparatory SchoolClass 3A2-2+2.4+0.5+1.8
138Red Bank High SchoolClass 4A1-2+2.3+6.6-3.7
139Boyd Buchanan High SchoolIndependentClass AA3-1+2.3+5.9-5.0
140Dyersburg High SchoolClass 3A2-2+2.1-2.3+11.3
141Scott High SchoolClass 3A2-1+2.0-2.0+8.0
142Lawrence Co. High SchoolClass 5A1-3+1.9+1.1+4.5
143Maplewood Comprehensive High SchoolClass 3A2-2+1.9+0.3+2.8
144David Crockett High SchoolClass 5A2-2+1.9-1.0+4.8
145Milan High SchoolClass 2A2-2+1.9-0.4+6.8
146Upperman High SchoolClass 4A3-1+1.7+0.3+2.8
147Lakeland Preparatory SchoolClass 4A2-2+1.7-0.8+1.5
148Oneida High SchoolClass 2A2-2+1.7+2.4-4.7
149Lausanne Collegiate SchoolIndependentClass AA1-2+1.7+3.9-2.0
150Green Hill High SchoolClass 6A3-1+1.7+3.4-1.7
151McCallie SchoolIndependentClass AAA3-1+1.6+2.2+2.3
152Dickson Co. High SchoolClass 5A2-2+1.6-1.4+7.8
153Memphis University SchoolIndependentClass AAA2-2+1.5-0.1+5.0
154The King's AcademyIndependent—2-2+1.5-3.2+6.0
155Cookeville High SchoolClass 6A1-3+1.4+4.6-1.7
156Davidson AcademyIndependentClass AA2-2+1.30.0+3.8
157Warren Co. High School—2-2+1.3-4.1+8.3
158Overton High SchoolClass 5A2-2+1.2-1.3+1.0
159Halls High SchoolClass 2A2-2+1.2+1.7-2.7
160Ezell-Harding Christian SchoolIndependentClass A3-1+1.10.0+6.0
161McMinn Co. High SchoolClass 5A2-2+1.0+1.2+4.8
162Hendersonville High SchoolClass 5A2-2+1.0+3.0-1.7
163Stewart Co. High SchoolClass 3A3-1+1.0+0.7+1.3
164Clarksville High SchoolClass 6A2-2+0.9-1.4+5.3
165Lewis Co. High SchoolClass 2A1-3+0.9-0.5+6.3
166Westmoreland High SchoolClass 3A4-1+0.9-2.3+9.5
167Harding AcademyIndependentClass A2-2+0.8+0.7+6.0
168Tellico Plains High SchoolClass 2A1-3+0.8+5.4-6.7
169South Greene High SchoolClass 2A2-2+0.7-5.7+12.3
170Chuckey-Doak High SchoolClass 3A3-1+0.6-2.6+5.0
171Sequatchie Co. High SchoolClass 3A2-2+0.6+3.0-1.7
172Memphis Middle College High SchoolClass 1A2-2+0.4-0.8+2.3
173Hardin Co. High SchoolClass 4A3-1+0.4+1.0+1.5
174Stone Memorial High SchoolClass 4A2-2+0.4-1.2+7.5
175Wayne Co. High SchoolClass 1A1-3+0.4+0.80.0
176Dobyns Bennett High SchoolClass 6A1-3+0.3+5.9-2.5
177Westwood High SchoolClass 1A1-2+0.3-4.1+7.7
178Peabody High SchoolClass 2A2-2+0.3+0.4+2.8
179Livingston AcademyClass 4A3-1+0.2-4.5+10.0
180Jefferson Co. High SchoolClass 6A2-1+0.2-1.1+9.7
181Cumberland Gap High SchoolClass 2A3-1+0.2-6.1+9.0
182Franklin Christian AcademyIndependentClass A2-2+0.1-0.6+2.8
183Jo Byrns High SchoolClass 1A3-1+0.1+0.3+3.5
184Waverly Central High SchoolClass 3A2-2+0.1-0.1+0.3
185Rockwood High SchoolClass 1A2-2-0.3+0.4-5.7
186Huntland High SchoolClass 1A3-1-0.4-3.3+2.0
187Sunbright High SchoolClass 1A2-2-0.5-0.9-8.2
188Austin-East High SchoolClass 3A2-1-0.5+0.7-1.0
189Henry Co. High SchoolClass 5A2-2-0.6+4.8-6.0
190Hollow Rock-Bruceton Central High SchoolClass 1A3-1-0.6-8.1+8.3
191Dyer Co. High SchoolClass 4A2-2-0.6+1.9-3.0
192Hillcrest High SchoolClass 2A3-2-0.8-5.7+3.0
193McNairy Central High SchoolClass 3A3-1-0.8-0.8-3.7
194Northeast High SchoolClass 5A1-3-0.8-2.4+1.7
195Soddy Daisy High SchoolClass 5A2-2-0.9-0.9-8.2
196Alvin C. York InstituteClass 2A1-3-1.0+5.1-8.0
197Morristown-Hamblen High School WestClass 5A1-3-1.1+5.9-8.0
198Fairley High SchoolClass 2A2-2-1.1+0.2-0.5
199Wartburg Central High SchoolClass 1A2-2-1.1-2.2-1.2
200Raleigh Egypt High SchoolClass 3A2-2-1.2-4.0-4.5
201Silverdale Baptist AcademyIndependentClass AA2-2-1.3+5.6-9.0
202Cheatham Co. Central High SchoolClass 3A2-2-1.3-1.8-0.2
203Eagleville High SchoolClass 1A2-2-1.3-0.6-1.0
204Whites Creek High SchoolClass 3A3-0-1.3-5.4+4.0
205Fayette-Ware Comprehensive High SchoolClass 4A1-2-1.4-3.9-5.7
206Kenwood High SchoolClass 5A2-2-1.4-0.7+0.3
207White House Heritage High SchoolClass 3A2-2-1.5-4.3+1.3
208West Ridge High SchoolClass 6A1-3-1.6+4.2-8.2
209Pope Saint John Paul II Preparatory SchoolIndependentClass AA1-3-1.7+6.4-17.5
210Mt. Juliet High SchoolClass 6A1-3-1.7+6.3-9.0
211Carter High SchoolClass 4A1-3-1.8+2.5-11.2
212Franklin Co. High SchoolClass 5A1-2-1.8-1.4+1.7
213Daniel Boone High SchoolClass 5A1-3-1.9+5.1-24.0
214South Gibson Co. High SchoolClass 4A2-3-1.9-0.3-1.6
215DeKalb Co. High SchoolClass 4A3-1-2.0+0.2-6.0
216Oakhaven High SchoolClass 1A2-2-2.0-4.6+3.0
217Marshall Co. High SchoolClass 4A1-3-2.2+4.5-14.0
218Clay Co. High SchoolClass 1A1-3-2.2-1.5-4.3
219South Fulton High SchoolClass 1A2-1-2.3+5.2-13.5
220Union City High SchoolClass 2A1-3-2.4+3.3-9.7
221Harpeth High SchoolClass 3A0-4-2.4+1.4-7.5
222White Station High SchoolClass 6A1-3-2.5+5.1-8.7
223Cloudland High SchoolClass 1A1-2-2.5-2.8-0.7
224Brighton High SchoolClass 5A2-2-2.6+5.0-10.3
225Watertown High SchoolClass 3A1-3-2.70.0-8.5
226Father Ryan High SchoolIndependentClass AAA1-3-2.7+3.4-9.5
227Lookout Valley High SchoolClass 1A2-2-2.8-3.6-11.7
228Northview AcademyClass 4A2-2-2.8+2.1-11.2
229Mt. Pleasant High SchoolClass 2A2-2-2.8+0.3-4.7
230White House High SchoolClass 4A1-4-2.8-1.2-5.2
231Germantown High SchoolClass 6A2-3-2.8-0.1+1.6
232Tipton-Rosemark AcademyIndependentClass A1-3-2.9-0.3-4.0
233Webb School of KnoxvilleIndependentClass AA0-4-2.9+4.1-12.0
234Sullivan East High SchoolClass 4A1-3-3.0+1.0-5.0
235Middleton High SchoolClass 1A0-4-3.0+8.6-22.5
236Manassas High SchoolClass 1A1-3-3.1-3.4-2.7
237Independence High SchoolClass 6A1-3-3.1+3.1-12.5
238Knoxville Halls High SchoolClass 5A0-4-3.1+6.0-11.0
239Dresden High SchoolClass 1A2-2-3.2-3.4-5.0
240Stratford High SchoolClass 3A2-2-3.3-2.7-4.0
241Kingsbury High SchoolClass 5A2-3-3.4-1.7-7.0
242Grainger High SchoolClass 4A1-3-3.4-0.9-8.2
243Kirby High SchoolClass 4A1-3-3.5-6.7+0.3
244Creek Wood High SchoolClass 4A1-3-3.5+3.7-12.7
245Richland High SchoolClass 1A1-3-3.5+0.7-13.0
246Pearl Cohn High SchoolClass 4A1-3-3.5+3.8-13.2
247Monterey High SchoolClass 2A1-3-3.6-1.6-8.5
248Summit High SchoolClass 6A1-3-3.6+4.1-12.7
249Hickman Co. High SchoolClass 2A2-2-3.6+1.2-11.7
250Cane Ridge High SchoolClass 6A2-2-3.6-3.5-7.2
251Trousdale Co. High SchoolClass 2A1-3-3.8+0.7-1.5
252Clinton High SchoolClass 5A2-2-3.8-3.3-7.5
253West High SchoolClass 5A1-3-3.9+3.8-18.5
254Bolton High SchoolClass 3A2-2-4.0+0.2-16.5
255Oliver Springs High SchoolClass 1A1-3-4.1+1.8-10.5
256Heritage High SchoolClass 4A1-3-4.1+5.6-19.0
257Perry Co. High SchoolClass 1A1-3-4.1+1.8-17.0
258Chattanooga Christian SchoolIndependentClass AA2-2-4.2+4.4-24.7
259Northwest High SchoolClass 5A2-2-4.2+0.4-9.3
260Tullahoma High SchoolClass 5A1-3-4.3+3.1-13.0
261Sycamore High SchoolClass 3A1-3-4.5+1.7-21.2
262Fulton High SchoolClass 4A1-3-4.5+3.6-14.7
263Morristown-Hamblen High School EastClass 6A1-3-4.6+3.8-13.0
264Providence AcademyIndependentClass A2-2-4.6-0.5-7.7
265North Greene High SchoolClass 1A2-2-4.7-4.7+0.3
266Battle Creek High SchoolClass 4A1-3-4.7+1.7-12.7
267Columbia AcademyIndependentClass AA2-2-4.8-2.6-11.7
268Sequoyah High School - MadisonvilleClass 4A1-3-4.8-1.8-13.2
269Bluff City High SchoolClass 2A1-3-4.9+0.1-17.5
270Fayette AcademyIndependentClass A1-3-4.9+6.2-18.3
271Ripley High SchoolClass 3A1-3-5.0-2.1-19.7
272Gatlinburg-Pittman High SchoolClass 3A1-3-5.0-2.1-7.7
273Camden Central High SchoolClass 3A1-3-5.0+3.7-22.7
274Christ Presbyterian AcademyIndependentClass AAA0-4-5.2+1.0-27.0
275Melrose High SchoolClass 3A1-3-5.3+1.9-14.7
276Memphis Business AcademyClass 2A2-3-5.4+0.8-21.2
277Ooltewah High SchoolClass 5A1-3-5.4-1.1-9.5
278Smith Co. High SchoolClass 2A1-3-5.6-0.9-10.2
279KIPP Memphis Collegiate SchoolClass 1A2-3-6.0-1.7-13.6
280Bolivar Central High SchoolClass 3A1-3-6.2+1.6-15.0
281West Greene High SchoolClass 2A0-4-6.2-1.4-11.0
282Moore Co. High SchoolClass 1A1-3-6.2-0.4-21.2
283Karns High SchoolClass 5A1-3-6.3+0.9-20.2
284Fayetteville High SchoolClass 1A0-4-6.4+2.9-18.0
285Lenoir City High SchoolClass 5A1-3-6.5+0.2-22.7
286Wilson Central High SchoolClass 6A0-4-6.5+0.6-14.2
287Portland High SchoolClass 5A1-3-6.6+6.0-33.0
288Midway High SchoolClass 1A1-3-6.6+3.2-18.2
289Centennial High SchoolClass 5A0-4-6.7+0.6-14.0
290Unaka High SchoolClass 1A0-4-6.8+7.6-54.5
291McGavock High SchoolClass 6A1-3-6.8+0.4-28.7
292Gibson Co. High SchoolClass 2A1-3-6.9+0.1-16.7
293Polk Co. High SchoolClass 2A1-3-6.9+4.5-25.0
294Collinwood High SchoolClass 1A1-3-7.0+0.9-19.5
295Trezevant High SchoolClass 2A2-3-7.0-3.2-19.2
296Mt. Juliet Christian AcademyIndependentClass A0-3-7.0+1.8-30.3
297Ridgeway High SchoolClass 4A0-4-7.1+5.8-37.3
298Loretto High SchoolClass 2A1-3-7.1-0.5-21.2
299Pigeon Forge High SchoolClass 3A0-3-7.2+4.3-26.0
300Hamilton High SchoolClass 3A0-3-7.3+8.4-48.7
301Siegel High SchoolClass 6A1-4-7.4+1.2-19.4
302Clarksville AcademyIndependentClass A0-3-7.5+2.9-41.0
303Union Co. High SchoolClass 4A1-3-7.6-0.5-16.2
304Northpoint Christian SchoolIndependentClass AA0-4-7.7+4.9-36.5
305Oakdale High SchoolClass 1A1-3-7.9-0.3-22.5
306Rossview High SchoolClass 6A0-4-8.0+5.0-23.2
307Signal Mountain High SchoolClass 4A1-3-8.2-3.1-12.2
308East Hickman High SchoolClass 2A0-4-8.4+7.2-29.2
309First Assembly Christian SchoolIndependentClass A0-3-8.4+2.8-39.0
310Harriman High SchoolClass 1A0-4-8.5+5.8-28.5
311Whitwell High SchoolClass 1A0-4-8.6+5.8-34.5
312Shelbyville Central High SchoolClass 6A1-3-8.7-1.1-18.5
313Millington Central High SchoolClass 4A0-3-9.1+2.2-35.3
314Craigmont High SchoolClass 4A1-4-9.2+1.0-28.0
315Greenbrier High SchoolClass 4A0-3-9.3+1.7-24.3
316Zion Christian Academy—0-3-9.5+2.3-28.0
317William Blount High SchoolClass 5A0-4-9.6+2.3-24.5
318Gleason High SchoolClass 1A0-4-9.7+0.1-24.0
319Lake Co. High SchoolClass 1A0-3-9.9+3.4-27.7
320Claiborne High SchoolClass 3A0-3-9.9+4.1-40.7
321Farragut High SchoolClass 6A0-4-10.0+6.0-29.5
322Brainerd High SchoolClass 3A0-4-10.1+2.3-45.2
323Frederick Douglass High SchoolClass 3A0-4-10.2+0.3-28.2
324Nashville Collegiate Prep—0-3-10.4+1.3-46.3
325Bearden High SchoolClass 6A0-5-10.7+6.7-37.6
326Stewarts Creek High SchoolClass 6A1-4-10.8-0.4-26.6
327Grace Baptist AcademyIndependentClass A0-4-10.9+4.9-40.5
328Memphis East High SchoolClass 3A0-4-10.9+4.9-45.2
329John Overton High SchoolClass 6A0-4-11.1+1.8-32.2
330The Howard School—1-3-11.2-2.9-29.0
331Johnson Co. High SchoolClass 3A1-3-11.5+0.4-45.0
332Campbell Co. High SchoolClass 5A0-4-11.7+0.7-34.7
333Red Boiling Springs High SchoolClass 1A0-4-11.8+3.2-49.5
334Hixson High SchoolClass 4A0-4-11.8+2.2-29.0
335LaVergne High SchoolClass 6A0-5-11.9+5.2-37.4
336Scotts Hill High SchoolClass 2A0-4-12.0-4.7-20.5
337Jackson South Side High SchoolClass 4A0-4-12.1+2.6-40.2
338Innovation Academy of Robertson CountyClass 1A0-4-12.4+3.7-41.7
339Pickett Co. High School—0-4-12.4+0.6-29.2
340West Creek High SchoolClass 6A0-4-12.4+3.3-40.2
341Glencliff High School—0-4-12.9+4.6-42.5
342Cumberland Co. High School—0-4-12.9+2.2-40.5
343Cocke Co. High SchoolClass 5A0-4-12.9+0.9-51.5
344Hunters Lane High SchoolClass 5A0-3-12.9-3.0-31.0
345Community High SchoolClass 3A0-4-13.2-0.3-35.0
346Hancock Co. High SchoolClass 1A0-4-13.7-0.7-45.5
347Sheffield High SchoolClass 2A1-4-13.9-3.3-35.8
348Chattanooga Central High SchoolClass 3A0-4-15.0-2.0-47.0
349West Carroll High SchoolClass 1A0-4-15.1-3.0-33.2
350Booker T. Washington High SchoolClass 1A0-4-15.7-3.3-41.0

The method, in full

Every completed game between two TSSAA member schools contributes one scoring margin to each team. A team's rating is then its average margin plus the average rating of the opponents it faced, solved by repeating that calculation until the numbers stop moving and re-centering the whole field on zero. A team rated +14 is, on the evidence so far, about two touchdowns better than an average Tennessee team on a neutral field.

Four deliberate choices

Margin is capped at 28 points. A 63-0 win counts exactly the same as a 28-0 win. Without that cap the rating rewards a coach for leaving the starters in against an overmatched opponent, and we will not publish a number that does that.

Home advantage is removed. 2.5 points are subtracted from the home side of every result before the fit, so a team is not rewarded for drawing a favorable share of home games.

A team with fewer than 2 qualifying games gets no rating at all. A number built on a single result carries an error bar readers cannot see, so we leave it blank instead.

Every rating is shrunk toward average by how little we know. Each team is credited with 4 imaginary tied games against a perfectly average opponent before its real results count. Two weeks into this season, 327 completed games among 349 teams left the schedule in 25 separate groups with no game connecting them, and without that shrinkage a group that has played only itself can drift anywhere: it briefly produced a two-win team rated nine touchdowns above average. The shrinkage fades on its own as the season links the state together.

What it cannot do

Games against out-of-state opponents are excluded, because those teams carry no rating in this pool and counting them would quietly treat an unknown opponent as an average one. Several Tennessee schools open their season out of state, so their rating rests on fewer games than their record suggests; the games-used count is on every school page.

Early in a season every rating is thin. With three or four games played, the schedule adjustment is doing more work than the results, and a team can move a long way on one Friday. This is a measure of what has happened so far, not a prediction.