When the votes were tallied, DeMatha checked in at No. 14 in this week's ESPNHS Maryland High School Football Top 25.

That got me thinking: When was the last time DeMatha was outside the Top 10? When was the last time the Stags had been ranked so low? The answers may surprise you.

In this week's state rankings, there was little movement in the Top 10 as Good Counsel, Gilman, Quince Orchard, Calvert Hall, Eleanor Roosevelt, Suitland and Old Mill remained the first seven teams. Atholton moved up a spot to No. 8, switching places with Wise, and Poly inched into the Top 10 following DeMatha's loss to Gonzaga (D.C.).

Speaking of DeMatha, the Stags check in at No. 14, marking the first time since Week 7 of 2008 that they have not been in the Top 10 and marking its lowest state poll ranking since Week 10 of the 1994 season. DeMatha has been ranked for 201 consecutive weeks -- dating back to Week 8 of 1994.

ESPNHS Maryland High School Football State Poll
Tuesday, Nov. 1 -- WEEK 9 RANKINGS
FREDERICK, Md. -- The Maryland High School Football State Poll, in its 22nd year, is based on a statewide voting by sports reporters. Schools are ranked by points received. The number in parenthesis reflects first-place votes. LW is last week's ranking. The rankings are compiled by Sheldon Shealer of ESPNHS.
Rk.	Name	Record	Points	LW	Last Week	This Week
1.	Good Counsel (12)	9-0	300	1	def. O'Connell, 54-19	vs. Carroll (D.C.)
2.	Gilman	7-1	288	2	def. Mount St. Joseph, 56-28	vs. No. 19 McDonogh
3.	Quince Orchard	9-0	272	3	def. Gaithersburg, 35-0	vs. Magruder
4.	Calvert Hall	7-1	265	4	def. McDonogh, 48-42 (3OT)	vs. Mount St. Joseph
5.	Eleanor Roosevelt	9-0	251	5	def. High Point, 55-0	vs. No. 6 Suitland
6.	Suitland	9-0	242	6	def. Bowie, 24-13	vs. No. 5 E. Roosevelt
7.	Old Mill	9-0	227	7	def. Glen Burnie, 21-0	vs. South River
8.	Atholton	8-1	215	9	def. Mount Hebron, 38-0	vs. Centennial
9.	Wise	8-1	208	8	def. Flowers, 21-20	vs. Bladensburg
10.	Poly	9-0	190	11	def. Mervo, 34-20	vs. City College
11.	Seneca Valley	8-1	176	12	def. Damascus, 29-19	vs. Watkins Mill
12.	Walkersville	9-0	169	13	def. Frederick, 68-36	vs. No. 25 Middletown
13.	Catonsville	9-0	152	14	def. Kenwood, 48-0	vs. Parkville
14.	DeMatha	5-3	130	10	lost to Gonzaga (D.C.), 17-9	vs. McNamara
15.	Dunbar	7-2	127	15	def. Carver Vo-Tech, 22-12	vs. Patterson
16.	Arundel	8-1	107	16	def. Chesapeake-AA, 40-0	vs. Southern-AA
17.	Paint Branch	8-1	102	17	def. Montgomery Blair, 47-8	vs. Walt Whitman
18.	Huntingtown	8-1	95	19	def. Northern Calvert, 21-0	vs. Thomas Stone
19.	McDonogh	6-3	89	18	lost to Calvert Hall, 48-42 (3OT)	vs. No. 2 Gilman
20.	Fort Hill	9-0	66	22	def. Mountain Ridge, 41-0	vs. Allegany
21.	Patuxent	8-1	60	23	def. Calvert, 55-6	vs. Leonardtown
22.	Archbishop Spalding	6-3	48	25	def. Leonardtown, 62-33	vs. Loyola
23.	Flowers	6-3	33	20	lost to Wise, 21-20	vs. Laurel
24.	Kent Island	9-0	20	24	def. Cambridge-S.D., 30-0	vs. Queen Anne's
25.	Middletown	8-1	19	NR	def. Linganore, 33-0	vs. No. 13 Walkersville