So what have we learned after three weeks of hard-hitting Friday nights? Enough to know high school football is about as unpredictable as the weather.

Raise your hand if you saw an undefeated 3-0 run by the Highland Scots, who mustered a mere two wins a year ago. Keep those paws in the air if you predicted Pendleton Heights’ 0-3 start.

As go the turbulent temperatures, so goes the unexpected, but as most will attest anything can happen under the lights — or Saturday’s daylight, as we learned two weeks ago.

Whether boggling or anticipated, it’s time to award our steady performers with our annual “Four Horsemen,” a weekly ranking of the top area prep football teams.

Scots keep rolling

1. Highland (3-0): The Class 5A Scots have made winning look easy the past three weeks. Beyond a mild hiccup during Week 2’s lightning-delayed showdown against New Castle, which was quickly corrected the next day, Highland has rolled.

Behind a multidimensional offense and a forceful front line, the Scots so far this season have made it five in a row against city rival Anderson, avenged last year’s lost to the Trojans and pounded undefeated Owen Valley 42-0.

Tonight, they open the Olympic Athletic Conference on the road at Jay County (2-1). With the Scots winless the last two seasons against the Class 4A Patriots, who coincidentally have taken the OAC title those years, it’s time to take it back to 2004 — when Highland ruled the conference.

Argylls bring back the tradition

2. Madison-Grant (3-0, 1-0): Putting points on the board hasn’t been an issue for the Class 2A Argylls, and neither has stockpiling wins. A steady 3-0 and ranked eighth in both the polls, Madison-Grant has outscored its opponents 151-59.

On pace to match the program’s run at 5-0 in 1997, Madison-Grant carries a 6-4 record the past 10 years to Fisher Field tonight when the Argylls face Central Indiana Conference foe Class 3A Mississinewa (2-1).

Already toppling Class 4A Marion 56-38 this year, the Argylls don’t seem too intimidated on the road.

The longest streak ever logged in Argylls’ history is 9-0, which the 1996 squad rode until falling in the sectional opener to Wabash.

Eagles making strong case

3. Frankton (2-1, 1-0): Forget about last year’s 0-4 start. That’s ancient history. Think more 2003, you know, when the then Class 1A Eagles burst out of the gates to a 4-1 record and finished 9-3.