@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

By Eric Frantz Aug 30, 2021, 8:45am

This week's top HS football teams in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The Great Lakes states are defined - in large - by silos, steeples and Friday night stadium lights. With kickoff having arrived, here's our weekly list of the top high school football programs in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

National acclaim and big-time talent. North Coast football is a force.
@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

1. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 2-0
2. St. Xavier (Cincinnati), 2-0
3. St. Joseph’s Prep (Pa.), 0-0
4. Cathedral (Indianapolis), 2-0
5. Pickerington Central (Ohio), 2-0
6. Carmel (Ind.), 2-0
7. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 2-0
8. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 1-0
9. East St. Louis (Ill.), 1-0
10. Belleville (Mich.), 1-0

Next Five
- Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 1-1
- Governor Mifflin (Pa.), 1-0
- LaSalle (Pa.), 1-0
- Mentor (Ohio), 2-0
- Muskego (Wisc.), 2-0



MaxPreps Computer Rankings
Below are the Top 25 teams in the MaxPreps Computer Rankings in each of the Great Lakes states. 

Illinois State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1East St. Louis1-036.8--
2Loyola Academy (Wilmette)1-014.1--
3LWEHS (Frankfort)1-016.4--
4SHGHS (Springfield)1-0-13.0+2
5Warren Township (Gurnee)1-015.7--
6Rochester1-010.4+2
7Marist (Chicago)1-0-13.0--
8CMCHS (Chicago)1-030.9+9
9St. Rita (Chicago)0-131.9-5
10Joliet Catholic (Joliet)1-0-0.7-1
11Cary-Grove (Cary)1-0-19.4-1
12Wheaton North (Wheaton)1-0-8.9-1
13Brother Rice (Chicago)1-06.7+2
14Hononegah (Rockton)1-08.4+5
15Batavia1-09.3-2
16Lake Forest1-020.9+6
17GWHS (Glen Ellyn)1-019.2+10
18Prospect (Mt. Prospect)1-0-5.4-4
19BCHS (Rockford)1-0-69.2-1
20NCHS (Naperville)1-016.5+6
21St. Francis (Wheaton)0-124.4-5
22O'Fallon1-0-0.2+7
23Princeton1-0-0.3+8
24PCHS (New Lenox)1-03.8+1
25SCNHS (St. Charles)1-08.9+15


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Center Grove (Greenwood)2-041.7--
2Cathedral (Indianapolis)2-053.8--
3Carmel2-038.6--
4Westfield1-146.4--
5Brownsburg1-155.6+1
6WCHS (Indianapolis)1-156.2-1
7Mooresville2-015.2+5
8Ben Davis (Indianapolis)1-137.6+1
9Roncalli (Indianapolis)2-08.1-2
10Merrillville2-012.6-2
11Whiteland1-014.1-1
12LNHS (Indianapolis)1-023.4-1
13HSHS (Fishers)2-012.0+12
14East Central (St. Leon)2-05.6+4
15Valparaiso2-0-9.0-2
16BJPHS (Indianapolis)2-019.9+3
17Noblesville2-011.2--
18DCHS (Indianapolis)1-146.5-3
19Mishawaka2-09.5+17
20Zionsville2-09.5+2
21GSHS (Fort Branch)2-014.2+12
22Leo2-0-24.1-1
23FWBL (Fort Wayne)2-016.9--
24IBCHS (Indianapolis)0-242.2-4
25Carroll (Fort Wayne)1-125.7-1


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Belleville1-0-12.6+1
2Edwardsburg1-015.2+6
3DeWitt1-027.0+1
4Adams (Rochester)1-031.6+24
5Clarkston1-022.7+4
6West Bloomfield0-134.1-5
7Rockford1-015.2-1
8CCHS (Grand Rapids)1-0-0.5-3
9Cass Tech (Detroit)1-014.5+3
10Grand Blanc1-028.6+6
11East Lansing0-128.8-8
12TCCHS (Traverse City)0-136.3-2
13SCHS (Rochester Hills)1-0-7.6--
14GPSHS (Grosse Pointe)1-0-18.2+1
15MSHS (Norton Shores)1-0-0.2+4
16Muskegon1-0-2.0+1
17Davison0-132.8-3
18Kingsley1-0-1.8--
19King (Detroit)0-163.0+1
20River Rouge1-04.9+4
21BRHS (Bloomfield Hills)1-011.8+2
22CVHS (Clinton Township)1-017.5+39
23DLSC (Warren)1-0-6.0-1
24Riverview1-0-8.3-3
25FHCHS (Grand Rapids)1-09.4+2


Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Eden Prairie0-00.0--
2Moorhead0-00.0--
3Andover0-00.0--
4Becker1-032.8+2
5Mankato West (Mankato)0-00.0-1
6Rocori (Cold Spring)0-138.9-1
7Cannon Falls0-00.0--
8Bemidji0-00.0--
9LSHS (Lakeville)0-00.0--
10Chanhassen0-00.0--
11Elk River0-00.0--
12Spring Lake Park0-00.0+1
13Waseca0-00.0-1
14Hutchinson1-0-21.8+1
15Caledonia0-00.0+1
16Rogers0-00.0+1
17Chaska0-00.0+1
18SMAHS (Albertville)0-00.0+1
19Prior Lake0-00.0+1
20Barnesville0-00.0+1
21Rosemount0-00.0+1
22Albany0-00.0+1
23Mayer Lutheran (Mayer)0-00.0-9
24Blooming Prairie0-00.0--
25Monticello0-00.0--


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Canisius (Buffalo)0-00.0--
2Iona Prep (New Rochelle)0-00.0+1
3Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)0-00.0-1
4Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)0-00.0--
5Oceanside0-00.0+1
6St. Francis (Hamburg)0-00.0+1
7CFHS (Binghamton)0-00.0-2
8Shaker (Latham)0-00.0+1
9Port Jervis0-00.0-1
10CPPHS (Corning)0-00.0--
11Sayville0-00.0--
12Troy0-00.0--
13IRHS (Philadelphia)0-00.0--
14CA (Canandaigua)0-00.0--
15Massapequa0-00.0--
16SWRHS (Shoreham)0-00.0--
17Jamestown0-00.0--
18SHS (Clifton Park)0-00.0--
19Plainedge (Massapequa)0-00.0--
20Carmel0-00.0--
21MFHS (Staten Island)0-00.0--
22GHS (Guilderland Center)0-00.0--
23Garden City0-00.0--
24Westhampton Beach0-00.0--
25ASHS (White Plains)0-00.0--




Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Xavier (Cincinnati)2-033.9--
2Archbishop Hoban (Akron)1-138.7--
3PCHS (Pickerington)2-029.8--
4St. Edward (Lakewood)2-0-14.7--
5Mentor2-019.7--
6Springfield1-028.5--
7LWHS (West Chester)1-128.1--
8La Salle (Cincinnati)2-022.2+2
9Marysville1-0-0.9-1
10Chardon2-0-1.9-1
11Medina2-018.9+7
12WCHS (Westerville)1-01.3-1
13Benedictine (Cleveland)2-023.1+15
14Elder (Cincinnati)1-134.0+1
15Wayne (Huber Heights)2-01.2-2
16Aurora2-013.5+26
17Fairmont (Kettering)2-08.9+5
18Avon Lake2-05.8-2
19Kirtland2-0-24.6-7
20Princeton (Cincinnati)2-03.8+6
21Avon1-125.1-4
22St. Ignatius (Cleveland)0-242.3-3
23Washington (Massillon)1-121.5-3
24UAHS (Columbus)2-013.1+11
25Stow-Munroe Falls (Stow)2-0-19.2-4


Pennsylvania State Rankings


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Franklin2-026.3+2
2Muskego2-02.4-1
3Mukwonago2-017.4+6
4Kimberly2-04.9+1
5Waunakee2-04.6-1
6CMHS (Waukesha)2-02.1+10
7WWHS (Wauwatosa)2-05.0+4
8Appleton North (Appleton)1-112.6+2
9Union Grove2-010.3+26
10Fond du Lac1-122.0-8
11Kaukauna2-0-11.9-5
12LCHS (Luxemburg)2-0-6.0+5
13BEHS (Brookfield)2-00.0+28
14Pulaski2-04.9--
15LCLHS (Hartland)2-02.1+11
16Sun Prairie2-02.0+13
17Whitefish Bay1-1-8.9-9
18DeForest2-0-6.3+13
19Baraboo2-0-4.1--
20Homestead (Mequon)2-013.3+44
21Regis (Eau Claire)2-0-9.4+2
22Arrowhead (Hartland)1-115.8-15
23Menomonie2-0-3.6-1
24Edgewood (Madison)2-05.0+58
25Colby2-0-18.0-1