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USA TODAY Sports, part of Gannett Co., Inc. and the NFL are launching the USA TODAY Sports Super 25 Girls Flag Football High School Poll. The weekly poll will rank the top 25 girls flag football teams competing in the 2024 fall season.

The poll is ranked by a panel of USA TODAY Network writers, in coordination with data provided by the NFHS Network, from the seven of the 12 sanctioned states that offer varsity girls high school flag football. This season’s poll will include teams from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona California, Colorado, Georgia, and Illinois. The results will be published across the USA TODAY Network and on NFL and NFL Club channels on Sundays during the high school football season.

USA TODAY Network writers will determine an overall Super 25 Champion at the end of the fall season and highlight a top performance in each participating state. These champions will be celebrated by the local NFL club and highlighted throughout the season by NFL broadcast partners.

“This is an amazing opportunity presented by USA TODAY Sports to amplify girls high school flag football on their national platform,” said Stephanie Kwok, vice president of flag football for the NFL. “USA TODAY Sports gives girls high school flag football the exposure it needs to continue the growth for sanctioning more states and allow more teams to be a part of the rankings.”

Played by an estimated 20 million people in more than 100 countries across six continents, flag football is a short, fast, non-contact and gender-equal format. It is the most inclusive and accessible format of football, played by people of all ages and genders, with women and girls driving some of the sport’s fastest growth.

Earlier this summer, 2,800 players from around the world competed in the NFL Flag Championships in Canton, Ohio. The NFL also announced the 2025 Pro Bowl Games will return to Orlando, Fl., where the league’s top players will compete in skills competitions and a flag football game. Later this month, elite flag football players representing 32 nations across five continents will converge on the IFAF World Flag Football Championships in Lahti, Finland.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to include flag football in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, giving these athletes the opportunity to compete on the world’s biggest stage.

Learn more about NFL Flag or find a league near you at www.nflflag.com.