Week Five of the 2025 football season is in the history books. The teams take off a week from region play before the homestretch run. Here are a few tidbits from this past week's games.

   *    Many teams are at the halfway point of the 2025 football regular season. Most teams will be playing non-region opponents this week and will return to region play next week.

   *   Look for the Barber Shop Guru predictions on Tuesday. The guys went 7-5 last week with a lot of difficult games chosen. They will be looking to improve on that record this coming week. You can test your luck in beating them by joining us in the forums.

   *   Clay-Chalkville beat Brandon Mississippi by a score of 47-15 while Parker fell to a great Carrollton team from Georgia 43-7.  Overall the AHSAA schools are 17-12 against other states.  Here are the records against other states.  Georgia (3-6), Florida (9-6), Mississippi (4-0) and South Carolina (1-0).  There are a handful of out of state games on the slate this week.

   *  Let's start this off with some comeback wins. Georgiana scored with just four seconds remaining in the game to defeat Kinston 37-34.  Hoover fell behind 20-0 early but recovered to come away with a 48-23 victory over Prattville.  Citronelle led Vigor 21-20 with 2:30 left in the game before the Wolves scored twice for a 33-21 victory. Theodore outlasted St. Paul's 42-41 in Mobile. 

   *  Were there any upsets this week? You know there were. The biggest had to be Jacksonville knocking off favorite Leeds 30-7. Florence upsetting Bob Jones 24-6. West Blocton surprising Oak Grove 18-17. Section shocking Cedar Bluff 19-7. Finally, McIntosh picked up a big time victory over Sweet Water by a score of 26-21.

   *  How about big time wins?  Thompson outmanned Vestavia Hills 35-3. Central Phenix City outscored Enterprise 53-24.  Jackson got off to a slow start before pulling away from Mobile Christian 42-14.  Piedmont outlasted an excellent Westbrook Christian squad 40-27.  Reeltown outscored Loachapoka 73-49.

   *  Close games?  Guntersville just got past Arab 14-10.  West Morgan came from behind to defeat Hatton 23-24.  Moody beat Helena 31-28 in a great game.

   *  The offenses  were clicking for a few teams. Southside Selma 62-6 Greensboro. Thomasville 70-0 Wilcox Central. Montgomery Academy 62-6 Northside Methodist. Oakman 62-13 Hanceville.

   *  Fyffe has been ranked by the ASWA for an amazing 180 consecutive polls dating back to the 2009 season. The Red Devils opened the 2025 season as the #3 team in 3A before dropping to #6 in recent weeks.

   *   Wadley has the state's longest winning streak currently at eighteen games. The Bulldogs defeated Victory Christian 63-6 last week.

   *   Columbia holds onto the longest losing streak at 95 straight setbacks. They did not play last week. They hold the all-time record for consecutive losses.

   *   Demopolis owns a string of 29 consecutive region victories. The Tigers got their second region victory on the season with a 40-8 win over Selma on Friday. Reeltown with a string of 26 straight region wins is next up.

   *   Columbia has also lost 57 consecutive region games.

   *   West Morgan has won 29 straight regular season games following a hard fought 23-14 win over Hatton.

   *   Saraland, ranked #3 in 6A, have reeled off a string of 35 consecutive home victories following a 43-10 win over McGill-Toolen on their home field.

   *   Saraland also has the longest away winning streak with 15 consecutive road wins. They will travel to Baldwin County following an open date this coming week.

   *   Fyffe has returned to doing what Fyffe does.  They are currently sitting on a string of 338 games without being shutout. The Red Devils knocked off Brindlee Mountain 54-14 to keep that streak alive. T.R. Miller sits atop this list with a string of 354 games.

   *   Coach Rush Propst can win the 300th victory on the gridiron this week. The task may be a little difficult as the Conquerors play host to 6A Blount.

   *   Coach Bryan Moore at Opelika has amassed 99 victories over the past eleven seasons at four different schools. The Bulldogs host Pike Road on Friday.

   *   Bullock County has started the season 5-0 for the first time since 1972 when they finished the season with a 9-1 record.

   *   Jason Massey won the 100th game of his coaching career as Clarke County defeated J.U. Blacksher 21-0 on Friday night. His overall record at Leroy and Clarke County is 100-54 in thirteen seasons.

Team approaching the 700 win club
  694  -  Demopolis  (694-338-42)
  691  -  Enterprise  (691-349-34)
  691  -  Colbert County  (691-401-22)

Team approaching the 600 win club
   598  -  Cherokee County  (598-438-30)
   596  -  Leroy  (596-407-26)
   595  -  Foley  (595-369-27)
   593  -  Piedmont  (593-420-30)

Team approaching the 500 win club
  497  -  Pike County  (497-399-18)
  495  -  Washington County  (495-399-22)
  492  -  Lamar County  (492-494-46)
  492  -  Notasulga  (492-440-17)
  490  -  Parker  (490-362-27)


Coaches approaching the 300 win club
  297  -  Steve Smith (Westbrook Christian)  (297-91)

Coaches approaching the 250 win club
  247  -  Stacy Luker (South Choctaw Academy)  (247-105)

Coaches approaching the 200 win club
  197  -  Mike Battles Jr. (Southern Academy)  (197-112)
  197  -  Jeff Kelly (Saraland)  (197-71)
  195  -  Keith Etheredge  (Auburn)  (195-62)
  195  -  Jason Allen  (Chambers Academy)  (195-86-1)

Coaches approaching the 150 win club
  148  -  Brian Seymore (Trinity)  (148-72)
  145  -  Alton Hudson (Sparta Academy)  (145-139)

Coaches approaching the 100 win club
  99  - Bryan Moore (Opelika)  (99-25)
  97  - Darrell Higgins (Mars Hill)  (97-27)
  97  - Joel Poole (Woodville)  (97-106)
  96  - Ben Berguson (Homewood)  (96-52)
  95  - Josh Floyd (Hewitt-Trussville)  (95-38)
  94  - Chris Musso (Oak Grove)  (94-90)
  94  - Matt Geohagan (Bibb County)  (94-32)
  92  - George Bates (Shades Valley)  (92-64)
  92  - Sam Adams (Oxford)  (92-47)
  91  - Richie Busby (Helena)  (91-46)