If you do not have a student athlete membership account, your ranking profile will only include your name. It will not include other important information that is important to colleges and NIL sponsors.

To start your student membership, tap the link below:

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Yes. Your grade is not a factor. Your grade does not help nor hurt you when being ranked. In fact, your grade is not even considered when you are being evaluated. Every athlete is ranked based on his or her own merits.

Yes. Your school classification does not matter. Your school classification does not help nor hurt you when you are being evaluated. In fact, what your school is classified as is not considered when ranking student athletes.

Yes. Whether you go to a private school or public school does not matter. The type of school a student goes to does not help nor hurt student athletes when being evaluated. Each student athlete is ranked based on their own merit.

No. Rankings on other platforms does not hurt nor help your rankings on here. Each athlete we ranked is ranked based on evaluations from real people who look at each athlete that is included in the ranking.

Unlike recruiting services such as 247 Sports, On3, Rivals & others, our rankings are the official rankings of student athletes in the State of Mississippi. MAP is not a recruiting service. Each players is evaluated and ranked based on their own merits.

No. Just like student athletes can't pay to play at certain events, student athletes can't pay just to be ranked. Unlike some platforms, you cannot pay us to rank you. No you cannot pay us to make sure you have a higher ranking.

Our rankings are the most accurate rankings in high school sports as multiple people come together to evaluate athletes to ensure rankings are legitimate.

Yes. If you are a state all-star, you will have a greater chance of being ranked higher than other athletes who are not a state all-star. Being a state all-star is the highest achievement a student athlete can achieve. Less than 1% of student athletes become a state all-star.

Yes. Being selected as an all-state player recognizes you as one of the best athletes in your region. This gives you a greater chance at being ranked higher than athletes who are not an all-star player.

Very often. Rankings are split into 2 periods, in season and out of season. In seasons, rankings are updated every week as athletes are ranked based on their performance at their local high school games.

Out of season, athletes are ranked based on their performance at MAP events. So in theory, after each MAP event, the rankings are updated to reflect the athlete's current standing and value.

Any student athlete can be ranked by any of the following 3 ways:

(1) Student athletes can submit an evaluation form located in the Locker's Room Tab. This form is sent directly to the news agencies who will evaluate, research and then rank players.

(2) Student athletes will automatically be evaluated & ranked based on their performance & participation at a MAP event.

(3) A member of the press (the media) can always add a student athlete to be evaluated or vote for a new student member to be ranked.

Just like The College AP Poll, student athletes are ranked by the press, also known as the news media from around the state which include 3 key factors as well as a host of other criteria. Once the evaluation is completed, athletes are ranked by each voting member. Whoever has the highest number of points or votes generally has the highest ranking.

For example: If 40 news agencies voted and ranked Tony #1 and only 10 news agencies voted and ranked Andrew #1, that means Tony will more than likely be ranked #1 because he received 40 out of the 50 votes.

The 3 key factors are:

(1) Evaluation Forms| What athletes submitted on their evaluation form including content such as film and data such as answers to the questions on the form.

(2) Research| To be accurate, extended research may be done on a player. That research may play a very big role in how players are ranked.

(3) Performance| How good or bad an athlete performs is a key factor as it shows talent, skill, and other key factors in person that are used to determine an athlete's value or ranking.

A M-Score is the results from a students MARONS Report. The highest a student can receive is a 70. It is one of the most important scores colleges & NIL sponsors look at when determining is the athlete a right fit for their organization.

The MARONS Report is a private assessment of a student athlete. It's based on 7 critical categories: Marketability, Athleticism, Risks, Offers, NIL, Scholarships, and the HAT Factor ( Honest & Trustworthy).

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The MORANS Score is public info. The MORANS Report itself must be requested.