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Baylor ranked as a preseason top 12 team nationally by MaxPreps

Staff file photo / The Baylor student section celebrates with cell phones. The Baylor Red Raiders were ranked as the No. 12 team in the nation in the 2026 MaxPreps Preseason Top 25 Rankings released Monday.
Staff file photo / The Baylor student section celebrates with cell phones. The Baylor Red Raiders were ranked as the No. 12 team in the nation in the 2026 MaxPreps Preseason Top 25 Rankings released Monday. Staff file photo / The Baylor student section celebrates with cell phones. The Baylor Red Raiders were ranked as the No. 12 team in the nation in the 2026 MaxPreps Preseason Top 25 Rankings released Monday.

By Sam Kohn 2 min read

As prep football inches closer and closer, Baylor School continues to add preseason national rankings to its resume.

Last season’s Division II-AAA state champions are ranked No. 12 in the 2026 MaxPreps Preseason Top 25 Rankings, released Monday. This places the Red Raiders five spots behind perennial Georgia powerhouse Buford, and the highest-ranked in the state of Tennessee according to the poll.

Baylor’s first preseason scrimmage will be on Aug. 7 at Buford, last year’s MaxPreps national champion and winners of 13 state titles since 2000. The Red Raiders regular season opener will take place Thursday, Aug. 20 at home against Brentwood Academy, the only other Tennessee school ranked in the Maxpreps’ preseason top 25.

(READ MORE: Baylor schedules matchup with national prep football power Buford)

Baylor has been placed in a plethora of national polls delineating the best high school football programs ahead of the upcoming season. Sports Illustrated ranked the Red Raiders at No. 8 in its list, while High School Football America placed Baylor as the No. 11 team in the nation.