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Maxpreps.com has an inscrutable and regularly updated ranking system. It creates a format for discussion. For example, Frontier is ranked below Barnstable, but defeated them and is undefeated. They're the Boise State of Maxpreps.com.

Melrose is at number 11 and Reading cracks the top 20. The contribution from strength of schedule is telling for some of the rankings.

When we zero in on Division 2, it's the same old song, with Medfield, winner of four of the past five state championships at number one, and Marlborough, which defeated Melrose is the 2003 state semifinals and went on to become state titlist at two. The 'power' of the state has come from the Central division, as you can see, with four of the top five ranked teams coming from that area.