Top Team Capsules

2026 Football Capsules

Last updated: January 19, 2026 9:00 AM

These capsules are based on the CoachT.com Strength + Success ranking. The ranking combines a team's opponent win percentage with the team's own win percentage. Teams that perform better against opponents that perform better will rank higher.

These rankings are updated every morning and are based only on scores reported to CoachT.com.

Class 1A

1. 
Maplesville Red Devils
Schedule: 7th toughest
Overall: 15-0
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 4. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
2. 
Leroy Bears
Schedule: 16th toughest
Overall: 13-1
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 1. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
3. 
Wadley Bulldogs
Schedule: 6th toughest
Overall: 13-1
Region: 5-0
Members of Region 6. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
4. 
Hubbertville Lions
Schedule: 11st toughest
Overall: 11-1
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 5. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
5. 
Addison Bulldogs
Schedule: 28th toughest
Overall: 12-2
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 7. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
6. 
McKenzie Tigers
Schedule: 54th toughest
Overall: 12-1
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 2. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
7. 
Appalachian Eagles
Schedule: 55th toughest
Overall: 11-1
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 8. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
8. 
University Charter Trailblazers
Schedule: 40th toughest
Overall: 9-2
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 3. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
9. 
Marion County Red Raiders
Schedule: 23rd toughest
Overall: 9-4
Region: 5-2
Members of Region 5. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
10. 
Winterboro Bulldogs
Schedule: 43rd toughest
Overall: 8-2
Region: 4-1
Members of Region 6. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.

Honorable Mentions: McIntosh (8-3), Berry (8-3), Southern Choctaw (9-4), Hackleburg (8-4), Fayetteville (8-3), Autauga Academy (7-4), Meek (8-4), Billingsley (6-5), Woodville (7-4), Sweet Water (6-4), Brantley (6-5), Verbena (6-4), Spring Garden (6-5), Notasulga (5-4), Ragland (5-6).

Class 2A

1. 
Coosa Christian Conquerors
Schedule: 9th toughest
Overall: 13-2
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 6. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
2. 
Pisgah Eagles
Schedule: 10th toughest
Overall: 11-3
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 7. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
3. 
Southeastern Mustangs
Schedule: 11st toughest
Overall: 10-3
Region: 5-1
Members of Region 6. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
4. 
Lanett Panthers
Schedule: 8th toughest
Overall: 11-4
Region: 5-1
Members of Region 4. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
5. 
Ariton Purple Cats
Schedule: 30th toughest
Overall: 9-2
Region: 6-1
Members of Region 2. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
6. 
Reeltown Rebels
Schedule: 17th toughest
Overall: 10-4
Region: 5-1
Members of Region 4. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
7. 
Luverne Tigers
Schedule: 44th toughest
Overall: 11-2
Region: 5-1
Members of Region 3. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
8. 
Tuscaloosa Academy Knights
Schedule: 7th toughest
Overall: 9-4
Region: 5-1
Members of Region 5. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
9. 
Providence Christian Eagles
Schedule: 4th toughest
Overall: 8-4
Region: 4-2
Members of Region 2. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
10. 
Pleasant Valley Raiders
Schedule: 49th toughest
Overall: 10-2
Region: 5-1
Members of Region 7. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.

Honorable Mentions: Falkville (8-3), Loachapoka (9-3), Vincent (9-3), North Sand Mountain (8-3), Red Bay (8-3), Sulligent (6-5), Goshen (7-3), Lexington (8-4), Clarke County (7-4), GW Long (7-5), Isabella (5-6), Cold Springs (6-4), Washington County (6-5), Cottonwood (6-5-1), Winston County (5-6).

Class 3A

1. 
Mars Hill Bible Panthers
Schedule: 4th toughest
Overall: 15-0
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 7. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
2. 
Piedmont Bulldogs
Schedule: 27th toughest
Overall: 13-1
Region: 8-0
Members of Region 6. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
3. 
Bayside Academy Admirals
Schedule: 2nd toughest
Overall: 13-2
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 1. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
4. 
Southside - Selma Panthers
Schedule: 42nd toughest
Overall: 13-1
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 3. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
5. 
Montgomery Academy Eagles
Schedule: 30th toughest
Overall: 11-2
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 2. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
6. 
Geraldine Bulldogs
Schedule: 34th toughest
Overall: 11-2
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 8. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
7. 
Gordo Green Wave
Schedule: 41st toughest
Overall: 11-2
Region: 6-1
Members of Region 5. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
8. 
Fyffe Red Devils
Schedule: 6th toughest
Overall: 8-3
Region: 6-1
Members of Region 8. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
9. 
Cottage Hill Warriors
Schedule: 39th toughest
Overall: 10-2
Region: 5-1
Members of Region 1. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
10. 
Lee-Scott Academy Warriors
Schedule: 16th toughest
Overall: 9-3
Region: 5-1
Members of Region 4. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.

Honorable Mentions: Westbrook Christian (11-2), Glenwood (10-3), Winfield (9-3), Thorsby (9-2), Colbert County (8-4), Trinity Presbyterian (9-3), Randolph County (9-3), Lauderdale County (7-4), Glencoe (7-4), Collinsville (8-3), Hale County (6-4), T.R. Miller (6-5), Phil Campbell (6-5), Thomasville (6-5), Flomaton (6-5).

Class 4A

1. 
St. Michael Catholic Cardinals
Schedule: 8th toughest
Overall: 12-1
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 1. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
2. 
Plainview Bears
Schedule: 12nd toughest
Overall: 13-1
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 8. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
3. 
Jackson Aggies
Schedule: 1st toughest
Overall: 12-2
Region: 4-1
Members of Region 1. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
4. 
Anniston Bulldogs
Schedule: 11st toughest
Overall: 14-1
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 6. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
5. 
Good Hope Raiders
Schedule: 6th toughest
Overall: 10-3
Region: 6-1
Members of Region 5. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
6. 
West Morgan Rebels
Schedule: 42nd toughest
Overall: 11-1
Region: 8-0
Members of Region 7. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
7. 
Deshler Tigers
Schedule: 10th toughest
Overall: 11-2
Region: 7-1
Members of Region 7. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
8. 
Hamilton Aggies
Schedule: 50th toughest
Overall: 11-1
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 5. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
9. 
Handley Tigers
Schedule: 34th toughest
Overall: 10-2
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 3. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
10. 
Opp Bobcats
Schedule: 45th toughest
Overall: 9-2
Region: 6-1
Members of Region 2. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.

Honorable Mentions: Madison Academy (9-3), Alexandria (10-2), W.S. Neal (9-4), Bullock County (9-4), Mobile Christian (7-4), Ashford (7-3), American Christian Academy (8-4), Dale County (7-3), Brooks (7-4), Cherokee County (7-4), North Jackson (7-4), Pleasant Grove (6-5), Hatton (7-4), B. T. Washington (7-3), Bibb County (7-4).

Class 5A

1. 
Fairview Aggies
Schedule: 47th toughest
Overall: 12-1
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 7. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
2. 
Williamson Lions
Schedule: 48th toughest
Overall: 13-1
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 1. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
3. 
Central of Clay County Volunteers
Schedule: 6th toughest
Overall: 11-2
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 4. One meeting with Top 25 opponents.
4. 
Moody Blue Devils
Schedule: 20th toughest
Overall: 13-2
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 6. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
5. 
Scottsboro Wildcats
Schedule: 1st toughest
Overall: 9-5
Region: 5-1
Members of Region 8. Five meetings with Top 25 opponents.
6. 
Vigor Wolves
Schedule: 21st toughest
Overall: 12-3
Region: 6-1
Members of Region 1. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
7. 
Northside Rams
Schedule: 55th toughest
Overall: 11-1
Region: 4-0
Members of Region 3. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
8. 
St. Clair County Fighting Saints
Schedule: 31st toughest
Overall: 10-2
Region: 5-1
Members of Region 6. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
9. 
Guntersville Wildcats
Schedule: 51st toughest
Overall: 9-2
Region: 5-1
Members of Region 8. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
10. 
Boaz Pirates
Schedule: 34th toughest
Overall: 8-3
Region: 4-2
Members of Region 8. One meeting with Top 25 opponents.

Honorable Mentions: Priceville (8-4), Russellville (7-5), Corner (8-3), Montgomery Catholic (8-5), Valley (7-4), Carver (6-3), Andalusia (8-4), Ramsay (6-4), Eufaula (6-5), Elmore County (8-4), UMS-Wright Prep (6-6), Jacksonville (6-6), Leeds (7-4), Briarwood Christian (6-7), Ardmore (6-4).

Class 6A

1. 
Muscle Shoals Trojans
Schedule: 16th toughest
Overall: 12-1
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 7. Seven meetings with Top 25 opponents.
2. 
Clay-Chalkville Cougars
Schedule: 1st toughest
Overall: 14-1
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 6. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
3. 
Saraland Spartans
Schedule: 6th toughest
Overall: 13-1
Region: 8-0
Members of Region 1. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
4. 
Benjamin Russell Wildcats
Schedule: 17th toughest
Overall: 12-2
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 3. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
5. 
Homewood Patriots
Schedule: 33rd toughest
Overall: 12-1
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 5. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
6. 
Pike Road Patriots
Schedule: 4th toughest
Overall: 10-3
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 2. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
7. 
Hartselle Tigers
Schedule: 32nd toughest
Overall: 10-2
Region: 5-1
Members of Region 7. One meeting with Top 25 opponents.
8. 
Fort Payne Wildcats
Schedule: 39th toughest
Overall: 10-2
Region: 6-0
Members of Region 8. One meeting with Top 25 opponents.
9. 
Russell County Warriors
Schedule: 41st toughest
Overall: 9-2
Region: 4-1
Members of Region 2. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
10. 
Mountain Brook Spartans
Schedule: 2nd toughest
Overall: 9-4
Region: 4-2
Members of Region 6. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.

Honorable Mentions: Bessemer City (9-2), Gadsden City (8-4), Spain Park (9-3), Theodore (8-4), Pell City (7-4), McAdory (7-3), Jasper (8-3), Parker (8-4), Hueytown (7-6), McGill-Toolen (6-5), Central (7-3), Athens (6-5), Stanhope Elmore (7-4), Wetumpka (6-5), Buckhorn (7-4).

Class 7A

1. 
Thompson Warriors
Schedule: 4th toughest
Overall: 11-3
Region: 6-1
Members of Region 3. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
2. 
Central Phenix City Red Devils
Schedule: 17th toughest
Overall: 11-2
Region: 7-0
Members of Region 2. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
3. 
Auburn Tigers
Schedule: 5th toughest
Overall: 10-3
Region: 6-1
Members of Region 2. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
4. 
Baker Hornets
Schedule: 2nd toughest
Overall: 9-3
Region: 6-1
Members of Region 1. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
5. 
Mary Montgomery Vikings
Schedule: 19th toughest
Overall: 10-2
Region: 6-1
Members of Region 1. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
6. 
Opelika Bulldogs
Schedule: 1st toughest
Overall: 10-4
Region: 4-3
Members of Region 2. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
7. 
Vestavia Hills Rebels
Schedule: 8th toughest
Overall: 8-3
Region: 5-2
Members of Region 3. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
8. 
Daphne Trojans
Schedule: 12nd toughest
Overall: 9-3
Region: 5-2
Members of Region 1. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
9. 
Hewitt-Trussville Huskies
Schedule: 24th toughest
Overall: 8-3
Region: 5-2
Members of Region 3. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.
10. 
Fairhope Pirates
Schedule: 14th toughest
Overall: 9-4
Region: 5-2
Members of Region 1. No meetings with Top 25 opponents.

Honorable Mentions: Enterprise (6-4), Hoover (6-5), Hillcrest (6-4), Prattville (6-4), Dothan (6-4), Austin (6-5), Florence (6-5), Huntsville (7-3), Carver (4-5), James Clemens (6-5), Davidson (5-5), Sparkman (5-6), Oak Mountain (4-6), Robertsdale (4-6), Bob Jones (5-5).