@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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The Great Lakes states are defined - in large - by silos, steeples and Friday night stadium lights. With kickoff coming this week, here's our preseason take on our annual and weekly list of the top high school football programs in the region. Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin start play this week. Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania kick off next week. Minnesota and New York start the following week.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

Preseason Poll
1. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)
2. St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia)
3. Cathedral (Indianapolis)
4. Springfield (Ohio)
5. King (Detroit)
6. East St. Louis (Ill.)
7. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati)
8. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)
9. Belleville (Mich.)
10. Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio)

Keep an Eye On:
Archbishop Hoban (Ohio)
De La Salle Collegiate (Warren, Mich.)
Franklin (Wisc.)

Loyola Academy (Ill.)
Imhotep Charter (Pa.)
Iona Prep (N.Y.)
Mankato West (Minn.)

Pickerington Central (Ohio)
West Bloomfield (Mich.)
Winton Woods (Cincinnati)

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.
1	East St. Louis	0-0
2	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	0-0
3	Batavia	0-0
4	Lockport	0-0
5	CMCHS (Chicago)	0-0
6	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	0-0
7	Cary-Grove (Cary)	0-0
8	Brother Rice (Chicago)	0-0
9	SHGHS (Springfield)	0-0
10	Wheaton North (Wheaton)	0-0
11	Fenwick (Oak Park)	0-0
12	SICP (Chicago)	0-0
13	NNHS (Naperville)	0-0
14	Crete-Monee (Crete)	0-0
15	ICCP (Elmhurst)	0-0
16	Warren Township (Gurnee)	0-0
17	Byron	0-0
18	NA (LaGrange Park)	0-0
19	St. Rita (Chicago)	0-0
20	Lena-Winslow (Lena)	0-0
21	Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet)	0-0
22	Maine South (Park Ridge)	0-0
23	PRHS (Crystal Lake)	0-0
24	Princeton	0-0
25	Reed-Custer (Braidwood)	0-0

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.
1	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	0-0
2	Westfield	0-0
3	Center Grove (Greenwood)	0-0
4	Brownsburg	0-0
5	Carmel	0-0
6	Merrillville	0-0
7	Zionsville	0-0
8	LNHS (Indianapolis)	0-0
9	HSHS (Fishers)	0-0
10	Fishers	0-0
11	East Central (St. Leon)	0-0
12	LCHS (Indianapolis)	0-0
13	WCHS (Indianapolis)	0-0
14	EMHS (Evansville)	0-0
15	Andrean (Merrillville)	0-0
16	Mooresville	0-0
17	FCHS (Indianapolis)	0-0
18	Avon	0-0
19	IBCHS (Indianapolis)	0-0
20	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	0-0
21	Roncalli (Indianapolis)	0-0
22	BJPHS (Indianapolis)	0-0
23	DCHS (Indianapolis)	0-0
24	Noblesville	0-0
25	GSHS (Fort Branch)	0-0

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.
1	King (Detroit)	0-0
2	DLSC (Warren)	0-0
3	Belleville	0-0
4	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	0-0
5	West Bloomfield	0-0
6	UCHS (Hudsonville)	0-0
7	Dakota (Macomb)	0-0
8	Adams (Rochester)	0-0
9	TCCHS (Traverse City)	0-0
10	River Rouge	0-0
11	Holt	0-0
12	Cass Tech (Detroit)	0-0
13	DeWitt	0-0
14	Caledonia	0-0
15	Grand Blanc	0-0
16	Cedar Springs	0-0
17	Romeo	0-0
18	Rockford	0-0
19	Marine City	0-0
20	Clarkston	0-0
21	SHSHS (Sterling Heights)	0-0
22	Chelsea	0-0
23	Oxford	0-0
24	Hudson	0-0
25	PWHS (Pewamo)	0-0

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.
1	Mankato West (Mankato)	0-0
2	Hutchinson	0-0
3	LSHS (Lakeville)	0-0
4	Chatfield	0-0
5	STA (Mendota Heights)	0-0
6	Maple Grove	0-0
7	Mahtomedi	0-0
8	Becker	0-0
9	Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)	0-0
10	Rogers	0-0
11	Cannon Falls	0-0
12	Chaska	0-0
13	Elk River	0-0
14	Andover	0-0
15	Eden Prairie	0-0
16	Shakopee	0-0
17	Wayzata (Plymouth)	0-0
18	LNHS (Lakeville)	0-0
19	Spring Lake Park	0-0
20	Chanhassen	0-0
21	Annandale	0-0
22	Minneota	0-0
23	EVWHS (Eden Valley)	0-0
24	RCHS (New Hope)	0-0
25	KMHS (Kasson)	0-0

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.
1	Carmel	0-0
2	Jamestown	0-0
3	Tioga (Tioga Center)	0-0
4	Somers (Lincolndale)	0-0
5	St. Francis (Hamburg)	0-0
6	CBA (Syracuse)	0-0
7	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	0-0
8	CFHS (Binghamton)	0-0
9	Plainedge (Massapequa)	0-0
10	Garden City	0-0
11	LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)	0-0
12	UP (Rochester)	0-0
13	Wantagh	0-0
14	Arlington (LaGrangeville)	0-0
15	FMHS (Manlius)	0-0
16	CCHS (New Windsor)	0-0
17	IRHS (Philadelphia)	0-0
18	EIHS (Islip Terrace)	0-0
19	CA (Canandaigua)	0-0
20	Waverly	0-0
21	SWRHS (Shoreham)	0-0
22	Bellport (Brookhaven)	0-0
23	MQJHS (Rochester)	0-0
24	CBA (Albany)	0-0
25	Seaford	0-0

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.
1	St. Edward (Lakewood)	0-0
2	Springfield	0-0
3	LWHS (West Chester)	0-0
4	PCHS (Pickerington)	0-0
5	Washington (Massillon)	0-0
6	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	0-0
7	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	0-0
8	Winton Woods (Cincinnati)	0-0
9	Central Catholic (Toledo)	0-0
10	St. Ignatius (Cleveland)	0-0
11	Chardon	0-0
12	Avon	0-0
13	Kings (Kings Mill)	0-0
14	UAHS (Columbus)	0-0
15	AMHS (Cincinnati)	0-0
16	Marysville	0-0
17	Hudson	0-0
18	Badin (Hamilton)	0-0
19	Van Wert	0-0
20	Mentor	0-0
21	Princeton (Cincinnati)	0-0
22	MLHS (Maria Stein)	0-0
23	New Albany	0-0
24	WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)	0-0
25	Kirtland	0-0

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	0-0
2	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	0-0
3	IC (Philadelphia)	0-0
4	Central Valley (Monaca)	0-0
5	Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)	0-0
6	PTHS (Harrison City)	0-0
7	Belle Vernon	0-0
8	LSCHS (Wyndmoor)	0-0
9	Aliquippa	0-0
10	BMDHS (Harrisburg)	0-0
11	SCAHS (Catawissa)	0-0
12	Cathedral Prep (Erie)	0-0
13	Gateway (Monroeville)	0-0
14	Harrisburg	0-0
15	North Allegheny (Wexford)	0-0
16	Moon Area (Moon Township)	0-0
17	Jersey Shore	0-0
18	Wyomissing	0-0
19	AWHS (Warminster)	0-0
20	Central (Martinsburg)	0-0
21	Freedom (Bethlehem)	0-0
22	GVHS (Glen Mills)	0-0
23	Penn Hills (Pittsburgh)	0-0
24	Coatesville	0-0
25	Seneca Valley (Harmony)	0-0

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.
1	Franklin	0-0
2	Muskego	0-0
3	CMHS (Waukesha)	0-0
4	Mukwonago	0-0
5	Appleton North (Appleton)	0-0
6	Kimberly	0-0
7	Ellsworth	0-0
8	Waunakee	0-0
9	Arrowhead (Hartland)	0-0
10	Homestead (Mequon)	0-0
11	Columbus	0-0
12	Menomonie	0-0
13	Hamilton (Sussex)	0-0
14	Edgewood (Madison)	0-0
15	WWHS (Wauwatosa)	0-0
16	Oak Creek	0-0
17	Pewaukee	0-0
18	Hartford	0-0
19	LCHS (Luxemburg)	0-0
20	Neenah	0-0
21	Kettle Moraine (Wales)	0-0
22	Rice Lake	0-0
23	Bay Port (Green Bay)	0-0
24	DeForest	0-0
25	Aquinas (La Crosse)	0-0

@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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