Firefly Varsity

Montgomery Bell Academy

Division II, Class AAA, East Region · 1,146 students in grades 9-12

7-1Overall 2026-27
2-1Region
253-146Points for and against
+9.1Firefly rating, 60th of 354

Schedule and results

DateOpponentSiteResult
Fri, Aug 21Pearl Cohn High SchoolAwayW 34-20
Fri, Aug 28Hamilton High SchoolHomeW 57-0
Fri, Sep 4Franklin Road AcademyHomeW 40-36
Fri, Sep 11Christian Brothers High SchoolAwayW 22-21
Fri, Sep 18Knoxville Catholic High SchoolRegionHomeW 34-7
Fri, Sep 25Baylor SchoolRegionAwayL 17-45
Fri, Oct 2Christ Presbyterian AcademyRegionAwayW 14-10
Fri, Oct 9Father Ryan High SchoolAwayW 35-7
Fri, Oct 23McCallie SchoolRegionHome7:00 AM
Thu, Oct 29Ensworth High SchoolRegionHome7:00 PM

Division II, Class AAA, East Region

TeamRegionOverallPFPA
Baylor3-07-0297116
MBA2-17-1253146
Ensworth2-14-4160206
Knoxville Catholic1-16-1157142
McCallie0-23-4174207
CPA0-30-882270

The school behind the team

Division IITSSAA membership
Class AAAClassification
1,146Students in grades 9-12

Montgomery Bell Academyis an independent school and competes in the TSSAA's Division II. Tennessee's A-F report card measures public schools, so there is no state letter grade or TCAP result for any independent school in the state. Enrollment and classification here come from the association's own classification report, the same figures that decide which class the school plays in.

How the Firefly rating is calculated

A team's rating is its average scoring margin adjusted for the quality of the opponents it has played, solved across every completed TSSAA game this season. Zero is an average Tennessee team. Montgomery Bell Academy has played 8 games against a schedule rating +3.2, and an average raw margin of +13.4 points.

Margin is capped at 28 points, so running up a score buys nothing, home advantage is removed before the fit, and every rating is shrunk toward average by 4 imaginary tied games so a team that has played nobody outside its own corner of the state cannot drift. Out-of-state opponents are excluded because they carry no rating in this pool. Early in a season, every rating is thin: with three or four games played, the schedule adjustment is doing more work than the results.