OHSAA High School Football State Polls: Ohio AP vs. MaxPreps

By Eric Frantz Oct 19, 2020, 4:00pm

A look at how the Associated Press Ohio High School Football Polls and MaxPreps Computer Rankings compare this week.

Man against mathematics. Here is this week's look at how the Ohio High School Football Associated Press State Football Polls and the MaxPreps Ohio High School Football Computer Rankings compare.

The AP poll is chosen weekly by a statewide media vote. The MP Computer Rankings are created from a proprietary equation that factors items such as quality wins and strength of schedule.

DIVISION I

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Pickerington Central (13) 8-0 163
2. Lakota West (1) 8-0 145
3. Dublin Coffman (1) 8-0 129
4. Northmont (1) 8-0 122
5. Mentor (1) 7-1 117
6. Springfield 7-1 90
7. Cincinnati St. Xavier 6-2 82
8. St. Edward (Lakewood) (1) 6-2 33
9. Westerville Central 6-1 20
10. Elder (Cincinnati) 5-3 19



MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Xavier (Cincinnati)6-232.1--
2Dublin Coffman (Dublin)8-024.5+1
3Mentor7-126.9+4
4OLHS (Powell)7-127.9+5
5Northmont (Clayton)8-024.1+5
6WCHS (Westerville)6-122.8+9
7PCHS (Pickerington)8-011.0-9
8LWHS (West Chester)7-019.2--
9Springfield7-125.7+3
10Medina5-329.7+20
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DIVISION II

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Akron Hoban (14) 6-0 162
2. Toledo Central Catholic 5-0 130
3. Avon 7-0 119
4. Massillon Perry 7-0 105
5. Westerville South (1) 7-0 94
6. Hudson 7-0 72
7. Massillon Washington 6-1 69
8. Cincinnati Winton Woods (1) 7-0 64
9. Piqua (1) 7-0 60
10. Cincinnati La Salle 5-2 45

MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Archbishop Hoban (Akron)6-017.3--
2Washington (Massillon)6-123.6--
3Hudson7-020.3+9
4AFHS (Youngstown)7-016.1+4
5La Salle (Cincinnati)5-229.8-5
6WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)5-118.5+11
7Central Catholic (Toledo)5-02.9-15
8Perry (Massillon)7-012.6--
9Winton Woods (Cincinnati)7-012.2-7
10Avon7-06.0+1
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DIVISION III

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Chardon (10) 7-0 154
2. Bellbrook (3) 7-0 130
3. Canfield (1) 7-0 117
4. Badin (1) 8-0 101
5. Streetsboro (1) 7 -0 94
6. Jonathan Alder (Plain City) (1) 7-0 93
7. Thornville Sheridan 7-0 73
8. Trotwood-Madison 4-0 66
9. Columbus St. Francis DeSales (1) 5-1 60
10. New Philadelphia 6-1 27



MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Chardon7-011.2+1
2Badin (Hamilton)7-011.0-6
3Canfield7-017.2+4
4New Philadelphia6-114.3+14
5Bellbrook7-04.8-10
6SVSM (Akron)5-27.3+21
7Streetsboro7-0-0.3+10
8SFDS (Columbus)5-115.0+16
9AAHS (Kettering)5-212.5-14
10Sheridan (Thornville)7-0-1.7+9
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DIVISION IV

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Clinton-Massie (11) 7-0 154
2. St. Clairsville (1) 7-0 130
3. Wyoming (Cincinnati) (2) 6-0 129
4. Cincinnati Indian Hill (1) 6-0 110
5. Bellevue 7-0 85
6. Canal Fulton Northwest 7-0 82
7. Bloom-Carroll (Carroll) (1) 6-0 61
8. Waverly 7-0 60
9. Shelby (1) 7-0 53
10. Beloit West Branch (1) 7-0 37

MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1CMHS (Clarksville)7-00.5-5
2Bellevue7-07.5+18
3Waverly7-0-0.2+4
4Shelby7-01.2-34
5West Branch (Beloit)7-00.2+24
6Indian Hill (Cincinnati)7-0-8.4-1
7Van Wert6-15.1+11
8Northwest (Canal Fulton)7-02.7+14
9Lake Catholic (Mentor)4-211.5+34
10Ursuline (Youngstown)5-212.0+17
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DIVISION V

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Kirtland (12) 8-0 169
2. Ironton (1) 7-0 146
3. Canfield S. Range 7-0 125
4. Findlay Liberty-Benton (1) 7-0 106
5. West Lafayette Ridgewood 7-0 100
6. Garrettsville Garfield (2) 7-0 97
7. St. Bernard Roger Bacon (2) 7-0 82
8. Wheelersburg 6-1 52
9. Tontogany Otsego 7-0 41
10. Columbus Academy (Gahanna) 6-1 17



MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Kirtland6-0-3.7+11
2Liberty-Benton (Findlay)7-02.0-13
3Ironton7-0-6.4-14
4RHS (West Lafayette)7-0-10.8-8
5South Range (Canfield)8-0-3.5-31
6Roger Bacon (Cincinnati)7-0-12.9+29
7Ottawa-Glandorf (Ottawa)6-12.9+7
8Garfield (Garrettsville)7-02.7-23
9Wheelersburg6-1-0.9+8
10Otsego (Tontogany)7-0-7.0+10
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DIVISION VI

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Coldwater (12) 7-0 166
2. Mechanicsburg 7-0 128
(tie) Fort Frye (Beverly) (2) 7-0 128
4. New Middletown Springfield (1) 7-0 109
5. Archbold (1) 7-0 95
6. Wickliffe 7-0 84
7. North Robinson Colonel Crawford 7-0 66
8. Frankfort Adena 7-0 59
9. Creston Norwayne (1) 7-0 39
10. West Jefferson 6-1 22

MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Coldwater7-06.1-2
2Mechanicsburg7-0-1.2-7
3Norwayne (Creston)7-0-3.2+18
4SHS (New Middletown)7-0-8.6-20
5CCHS (North Robinson)7-0-5.2+43
6Archbold7-0-7.2-30
7Wickliffe7-0-13.1-14
8Fairview (Sherwood)7-0-12.1+15
9Carey7-1-8.9+48
10Adena (Frankfort)7-0-16.6+18
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DIVISION VII

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Marion Local (17) 7-0 178
2. Tri-Village (New Madison) 7-0 150
3. Trimble (Glouster) 7-0 131
4. Malvern 7-0 106
5. Fort Loramie (1) 7-1 92
6. Lima Central Catholic 5-1 87
7. Perry (Lima) 6-0 68
8. Warren John F. Kennedy 5-2 52
9. Norwalk St. Paul 6-1 47
10. Leetonia 6-1 28



MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1MLHS (Maria Stein)7-02.0-6
2LCCHS (Lima)5-18.2-19
3New Bremen5-24.5-11
4St. Henry5-20.4+5
5Arlington5-2-2.1-15
6St. Paul (Norwalk)6-1-11.9+32
7Mohawk (Sycamore)6-2-16.6+72
8JFKC (Warren)5-2-5.6+2
9Hopewell-Loudon (Bascom)6-0-16.9+41
10Dalton5-2-3.8+26
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