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Week 5

Football Alberta Weekly Top-10 Rankings

Oct 5, 2026 | 10:02 AM

Here are the Weekly Top-10 Rankings for all five levels of high school football in Alberta for the 2026 season.

These rankings will come out every Sunday (except for Labour Day kickoff) from now up until November 9.

At that time, those will be the last rankings, and teams will take this rank into provincials.

The 12-a-side teams are slotted into their levels based on their estimated school size by School Sport Alberta, while the 9- and 6-a-side teams are one level only. Some re-sorting of 12-a-side levels will take place after the final official population numbers are recorded at the end of September.

Note: games vs. US opponents, scrimmages, or tournaments are not taken into consideration for ranking or listed in the overall record of the schools.

WEEK #5 – 2026

Oct. 4, 2026

5A (School Pop. 1400 +) Rank*, School & Record, City/Town, Last Week’s Result, and Upcoming Opponent

1(1) Harry Ainlay (6-0) Edmonton did not play (next vs. Austin O’Brien)

2(2) Salisbury (5-1) Sherwood Park beat Ross Sheppard 66-0 (next vs. Jasper Place)

3(3) Raymond (4-1) Raymond beat Cardston 56-21 (next vs. St. Joseph’s)

4(4) L.C.I. (3-2) Lethbridge beat Holy Trinity Academy 23-7 (next vs. Catholic Central)

5(5) Notre Dame (3-1) Calgary did not play (next vs. St. Francis)

6(6) St. Francis (3-2) Calgary beat Lord Beaverbrook 21-0 (next vs. Notre Dame (CAL))

7(7) W.H. Croxford (5-1) Airdrie beat Bert Church 49-13 (next vs. Springbank)

8(8) Ernest Manning (3-2) Calgary beat Centennial 41-14 (next vs. Bowness)

9(10) Notre Dame (3-2) Red Deer beat Hunting Hills 28-27 (next vs. McCoy)

10(9) Jasper Place (3-2) Edmonton lost to Bev Facey 19-38 (next vs. Salisbury)

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4A (School Pop. 800-1399) Rank*, School & Record, City/Town, Last Week’s Result, and Upcoming Opponent

1(1) Cochrane (5-0) Cochrane did not play (next vs. George McDougall)

2(2) Catholic Central (7-0) Lethbridge beat Chinook 40-0 (next vs. L.C.I.)

3(3) Bishop Carroll (4-1) Calgary beat Bishop O’Byrne 36-0 (next vs. All Saints)

4(4) Cardston (3-1) Cardston lost to Raymond 21-56 (next vs. Medicine Hat)

5(5) Holy Trinity Aca. (3-2) Okotoks lost to L.C.I. 7-23 (next vs. Foothills)

6(6) Bev Facey (4-2) Sherwood Park beat Jasper Place 38-19 (next vs. Spruce Grove)

7(7) Austin O’Brien (1-1-2) Edmonton beat Spruce Grove 14-2 (next vs. Harry Ainlay)

8(-) Hunting Hills (2-2) Red Deer lost to Notre Dame (RD) 27-28 (next vs. Stettler)

9(9) Peace Wapiti (3-0) Grande Prairie did not play (next vs. Grande Prairie)

10(10) Bert Church (4-2) Airdrie lost to W.H. Croxford 13-49 (next vs. Bow Valley)

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3A (School Pop. 200 – 799) Rank*, School & Record, City/Town, Last Week’s Result, and Upcoming Opponent

1(1) Holy Rosary (6-0) Lloydminster beat Fort McMurray 78-0 (next week BYE)

2(2) St. Paul (4-0) St. Paul beat Cold Lake 52-0 (next week BYE)

3(3) Crescent Heights (4-1) Medicine Hat did not play (next vs. W.R. Myers)

4(4) W.R. Myers (3-2) Taber did not play (next vs. Crescent Heights (MH))

5(5) Olds (3-1) Olds beat Drumheller 33-9 (next vs. Canmore)

6(7) Ardrossan (2-2) Ardrossan beat Fort Saskatchewan 26-12 (next vs. Beaumont)

7(-) Stettler (2-1) Stettler beat Iron Ridge 22-8 (next vs. Hunting Hills)

8(8) Drumheller (2-3) Drumheller lost to Olds 9-33 (next vs. Brooks)

9(10) Canmore (1-2) Canmore beat Highwood 41-6 (next vs. Olds)

10(9) Brooks (1-3) Brooks lost to Strathmore 20-29 (next vs. Drumheller)

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9-a-side Rank*, School & Record, City/Town, Last Week’s Result, and Upcoming Opponent

1(2) Wainwright (4-0) Wainwright beat Bonnyville 34-31 (next week BYE)

2(1) Bonnyville (3-0) Bonnyville lost to Wainwright 31-34 (next week BYE)

3(3) High Prairie (4-0) High Prairie beat Whitecourt 48-14 (next week BYE)

4(4) Carstairs (4-0) Carstairs beat Innisfail 40-7 (next week BYE)

5(5) Sexsmith (4-0) Sexsmith beat Peace River 52-22 (next week BYE)

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6-a-side Rank*, School & Record, City/Town, Last Week Result, and Upcoming opponent

1(1) West Central (3-0) Rocky Mtn. Hs. beat Breton 40-16 (next vs. St. Carlo Acutis)

2(2) Rimbey (1-1) Rimbey did not play (next vs. Breton)

3(3) St. Carlo Acutis (2-1) Camrose beat J.C. Charyk 38-36 (next vs. West Central)

4(4) J.C. Charyk (1-2) Hanna lost to St. Carlo Acutis 36-38 (next week BYE)

5(5) Breton (0-3) Breton lost to West Central 16-40 (next vs. Rimbey)

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UPCOMING GAME(S) OF THE WEEK:

5A #5 Notre Dame Pride vs. #6 St. Francis Browns 7:30 p.m., Friday, October 9, Hellard Field at Shouldice Park (Calgary)

The annual bout between these two northwest Calgary powerhouses moves to Hellard Field in Calgary rather than its traditional home at McMahon Stadium. This will mean a more controlled venue but limited seating. So limited, in fact, that you can only buy tickets in advance. Either way, it always delivers as one of Canada’s top high school events each year. Calgary is a hard read this year. Of the exhibition games played by their top 5A teams, only Ernest Manning’s victory over Notre Dame (RD) on August 29 stands as the only victory. St. Francis has lost twice outside their league. Close games but losses, nonetheless. And Notre Dame (CAL) got blown out in their only venture outside league games. Still, these are good programs and Calgary Division I remains arguably the toughest loop in Canada, so this will be a good sample for who might be worthy of advancing to 5A Provincials at the end of the season.