@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

By Eric Frantz Oct 18, 2021, 8:15am

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.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

1. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 9-0
2. East St. Louis (Ill.), 7-1
3. Carmel (Ind.), 8-1
4. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 8-0
5. Governor Mifflin (Shillington, Pa.), 7-0
6. Westfield (Ind.), 7-1
7. Medina (Ohio), 9-0
8. Cathedral (Indianapolis), 8-1
9. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 8-1
10. Mt. Lebanon (Pa.), 8-0

Next Five (alphabetical)
- Andover (Minn.), 7-0
- LaSalle (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 6-1
- Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia), 6-1
- Springfield (Ohio), 7-1
- St. Xavier (Cincinnati), 7-2

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. Louis7-122.9--
2Loyola Academy (Wilmette)8-030.1--
3Batavia8-021.3--
4Cary-Grove (Cary)8-09.9+1
5Joliet Catholic (Joliet)8-017.7-1
6NVHS (Naperville)8-020.0--
7Brother Rice (Chicago)6-220.4--
8Wheaton North (Wheaton)7-120.0+1
9SICP (Chicago)8-05.7+1
10St. Rita (Chicago)6-227.5+3
11Marist (Chicago)6-216.2--
12Rochester7-110.2-4
13CMCHS (Chicago)6-227.0+2
14GWHS (Glen Ellyn)7-15.1+3
15Fenwick (Oak Park)6-218.4+3
16Lockport7-111.9-4
17SHGHS (Springfield)7-12.7-3
18Lemont8-00.5+5
19South Elgin8-0-3.4--
20St. Teresa (Decatur)8-0-2.1-4
21GNHS (Carol Stream)6-222.0+3
22Maine South (Park Ridge)7-111.2-2
23Warren Township (Gurnee)7-14.3+3
24NCHS (Naperville)5-321.9+4
25Prospect (Mt. Prospect)7-15.7+13

Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Center Grove (Greenwood)9-045.0--
2Cathedral (Indianapolis)8-140.6--
3Carmel8-143.0--
4Westfield8-142.4--
5Roncalli (Indianapolis)9-030.6+1
6HSHS (Fishers)7-238.9-1
7Brownsburg7-245.0+1
8Merrillville9-022.4-1
9WCHS (Indianapolis)5-344.5+1
10DCHS (Indianapolis)8-128.9+1
11LNHS (Indianapolis)5-343.6-2
12Ben Davis (Indianapolis)4-545.1+3
13Valparaiso8-118.4--
14BJPHS (Indianapolis)7-224.7+2
15Fishers6-339.1+2
16Mooresville7-223.1-4
17East Central (St. Leon)7-216.7+3
18Carroll (Fort Wayne)8-118.4--
19IBCHS (Indianapolis)5-431.1+6
20GSHS (Fort Branch)8-18.1-1
21FWSHS (Fort Wayne)8-118.8+3
22FWBL (Fort Wayne)8-118.6-8
23Columbus North (Columbus)6-326.9-2
24Jasper9-010.2-2
25Zionsville4-539.4-2


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Rockford8-019.3--
2DLSC (Warren)7-026.1--
3UCHS (Hudsonville)8-08.6--
4DeWitt7-113.7--
5TCCHS (Traverse City)7-112.9+11
6Adams (Rochester)8-016.3--
7King (Detroit)7-112.9-2
8Grand Blanc8-011.8+5
9Edwardsburg8-0-3.9-2
10CCHS (Grand Rapids)8-07.1-2
11Caledonia7-114.5--
12West Bloomfield7-122.3-3
13Romeo7-117.6-3
14Catholic Central (Novi)6-228.1--
15Clarkston7-115.5-3
16SHSHS (Sterling Heights)6-220.8-1
17CVHS (Clinton Township)6-219.8+1
18River Rouge5-26.3+3
19WCHS (Grand Rapids)7-113.4+3
20Frankenmuth8-0-0.1+5
21Grandville5-321.2+2
22BRHS (Bloomfield Hills)5-320.0-5
23Belleville7-13.8-4
24Dakota (Macomb)5-317.7-4
25FHCHS (Grand Rapids)7-16.1+13


Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Andover7-024.5--
2LSHS (Lakeville)7-024.8--
3Rogers6-127.7+1
4Eden Prairie6-125.6+2
5Mankato West (Mankato)7-02.8-2
6Becker7-013.1-1
7Maple Grove6-116.9+1
8Hutchinson6-116.7-1
9Elk River5-227.1+1
10Shakopee5-223.7-1
11Moorhead5-118.2+3
12Chaska7-011.2--
13Stillwater7-08.2-2
14STA (Mendota Heights)7-04.3+2
15Chatfield6-112.5+3
16Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)7-05.7+5
17Minnetonka6-113.7+8
18SRRHS (Sauk Rapids)6-112.4-5
19RCHS (New Hope)5-217.8+1
20Chanhassen5-221.1+3
21Blooming Prairie7-0-3.0-2
22Mayo (Rochester)6-14.9-7
23Cannon Falls6-13.2+22
24Minneota7-0-12.2--
25RAHS (Plymouth)5-216.0-8


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Iona Prep (New Rochelle)6-120.6--
2Shaker (Latham)6-010.1+1
3Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)6-01.7+1
4Canisius (Buffalo)5-111.1-2
5Carmel6-0-0.7--
6Plainedge (Massapequa)6-0-6.2--
7IRHS (Philadelphia)4-06.5+3
8CBA (Albany)6-1-0.8--
9Union-Endicott (Endicott)6-0-5.4+7
10Sayville6-0-2.1+4
11THS (Staten Island)6-13.1+25
12Garden City6-0-8.2+5
13Maine-Endwell (Endwell)5-14.6+8
14MFHS (Staten Island)4-216.4+5
15MQJHS (Rochester)7-0-4.5+8
16Tioga (Tioga Center)6-0-9.3+9
17Seaford6-0-3.6-2
18Curtis (Staten Island)4-0-8.8-9
19SHS (Clifton Park)5-10.2-8
20St. Francis (Hamburg)4-314.2-13
21Skaneateles6-0-12.0-8
22CCHS (New Windsor)6-0-7.5--
23Somers (Lincolndale)6-0-9.3+10
24St. Anthony's (Melville)4-28.9+2
25BBPHS (Bayport)5-1-1.0+27


Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Xavier (Cincinnati)7-240.9--
2St. Edward (Lakewood)8-133.9--
3Medina9-024.4+1
4LWHS (West Chester)7-129.0+1
5Marysville8-023.6+3
6AMHS (Cincinnati)7-244.8+3
7Springfield7-126.5-4
8PCHS (Pickerington)8-121.6-2
9UAHS (Columbus)9-020.9-2
10Avon7-227.5+1
11St. Ignatius (Cleveland)5-443.8+7
12Benedictine (Cleveland)6-127.7-2
13Chardon9-015.6+4
14Archbishop Hoban (Akron)7-231.6+7
15Central Catholic (Toledo)7-227.6-1
16Princeton (Cincinnati)8-125.9+4
17Kings (Kings Mill)9-019.4-1
18New Albany9-012.1+4
19La Salle (Cincinnati)5-449.1-6
20Washington (Massillon)7-229.2-5
21Big Walnut (Sunbury)9-07.7-2
22Highland (Medina)8-117.5+3
23WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)7-213.8+8
24LEHS (Liberty Township)7-226.2-12
25Hudson8-122.1+3


Pennsylvania State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1GMHS (Shillington)7-019.6+2
2LSCHS (Wyndmoor)6-136.3--
3Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)8-025.1-2
4IC (Philadelphia)6-125.6--
5SJP (Philadelphia)4-243.4--
6CCHS (Pittsburgh)6-231.0+1
7GVHS (Glen Mills)8-09.5+1
8Malvern Prep (Malvern)4-229.9-2
9Belle Vernon7-010.3--
10Moon Area (Moon Township)8-019.8+1
11Central York (York)7-010.2+3
12Harrisburg7-125.6+3
13Wyomissing8-03.8-3
14Central (Martinsburg)8-04.4-2
15TJHS (Jefferson Hills)5-115.8-2
16Downingtown East (Exton)7-118.8+1
17AWHS (Warminster)5-329.0-1
18Coatesville7-117.4+1
19Seneca Valley (Harmony)6-222.5+4
20BRHS (West Chester)6-112.0+9
21BMDHS (Harrisburg)6-11.6--
22Gateway (Monroeville)5-323.7+3
23Manheim Central (Manheim)7-112.1+7
24William Penn (York)6-111.2+9
25Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)4-429.9-7




Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Franklin9-010.8--
2Kimberly9-013.7+1
3Mukwonago8-120.0-1
4Muskego8-117.7--
5CMHS (Waukesha)9-02.9--
6Appleton North (Appleton)7-215.0+1
7Sun Prairie9-06.4-1
8LCHS (Luxemburg)9-06.3+4
9Homestead (Mequon)7-222.0--
10Hamilton (Sussex)8-115.9--
11Waunakee9-04.8-3
12Oak Creek8-16.1-1
13Columbus8-0-6.2+1
14Union Grove8-18.9-1
15Ellsworth9-0-3.4+1
16Whitefish Bay7-213.1-1
17Arrowhead (Hartland)6-319.7+1
18Wausau West (Wausau)7-210.4+1
19Germantown7-216.4+1
20LCLHS (Hartland)9-0-12.5-3
21Menomonie8-15.0--
22Stevens Point6-317.9+4
23DeForest8-10.4-1
24WRLHS (Wisconsin Rapids)5-421.3--
25Hartford6-316.0--

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