@EFrantzMP’s 2023 High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

By Eric Frantz Oct 2, 2023, 8:00am

Our weekly look at the 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. Here's our weekly take on the top high school football programs in the region along with how the MaxPreps Computer Rankings see it.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

10/2/23 Poll
1. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia. Pa.), 4-1
2. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 6-0
3. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.), 6-0
4. Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 6-0
5. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 7-0
6. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 6-1
7. Belleville (Mich.), 6-0
8. Brownsburg (Ind.), 7-0
9. Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia. Pa.), 6-0
10. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 6-1

Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.), 5-0
Avon (Ohio), 7-0
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 4-3
Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis), 7-0
Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 7-0
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 6-0
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 6-1
Chanhassen (Minn.), 5-0
Davison (Mich.), 6-0
East Central (St. Leon, Ind.), 7-0
East St. Louis (Ill.), 4-2
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 5-2
Hamilton (Sussex, Wis.), 7-0
Kettle Moraine (Wales, Wis.), 7-0
Kimberly (Wis.), 6-0
Lincoln (Gahanna, Ohio), 7-0
Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 6-0
Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 6-0
Malvern Prep (Pa.), 4-1
Mannheim Township (Lancaster, Pa.), 6-0
Mukwonago (Wis.), 6-1
Muskego (Wis.), 7-0
Pickerington North (Ohio), 7-0
Rockford (Mich.), 6-0
St. Anthony’s (Melville, NY), 3-1



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. +/-
1CMCHS (Chicago)6-030.4--
2East St. Louis4-236.4--
3Loyola Academy (Wilmette)6-021.9--
4LWEHS (Frankfort)6-017.8--
5York (Elmhurst)6-012.1+1
6HHS (Arlington Heights)6-02.3+9
7DGNHS (Downers Grove)5-19.9-2
8Batavia5-119.9+1
9Edwardsville6-0-6.7-2
10St. Rita (Chicago)4-228.2+1
11Normal Community (Normal)6-00.4-1
12Barrington6-010.6--
13Brother Rice (Chicago)3-330.6--
14Morris6-00.8+5
15Maine South (Park Ridge)5-115.4-1
16PRHS (Crystal Lake)6-05.5--
17St. Francis (Wheaton)4-223.8+14
18Kankakee6-0-9.6-1
19Joliet Catholic (Joliet)4-220.6+10
20Warren Township (Gurnee)4-219.0+4
21ICCP (Elmhurst)5-1-8.8-13
22Geneva5-13.1-4
23Morton6-0-6.9-2
24Carmel (Mundelein)5-112.7-4
25St. Laurence (Burbank)5-1-2.5+32


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Ben Davis (Indianapolis)6-138.8+1
2Center Grove (Greenwood)6-139.0-1
3Brownsburg7-033.0--
4East Central (St. Leon)7-010.7--
5IBCHS (Indianapolis)7-012.6--
6Cathedral (Indianapolis)5-230.9--
7Westfield6-134.2--
8HSHS (Fishers)6-129.0+1
9Fishers5-229.2+1
10Crown Point7-06.6-2
11ILHS (Indianapolis)7-03.5--
12ERHS (Evansville)7-08.4+2
13LNHS (Indianapolis)5-224.5+5
14Carmel4-330.5+2
15Penn (Mishawaka)6-116.0-2
16FCHS (Indianapolis)4-330.7-4
17BNHS (Bloomington)6-01.4+9
18Plainfield6-116.3+5
19FWSHS (Fort Wayne)6-12.6-4
20BSHS (Bloomington)6-11.8+12
21Noblesville3-431.8-4
22Valparaiso5-216.4--
23New Palestine5-219.2-2
24Carroll (Fort Wayne)5-215.5-5
25Zionsville3-432.4-5


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Davison6-05.2--
2Rockford6-09.7--
3Belleville6-04.5--
4Lake Orion6-010.6+3
5SATHS (Southfield)6-07.3-1
6WCHS (Grand Rapids)6-01.5--
7DLSC (Warren)4-224.8-2
8CCHS (Grand Rapids)5-16.1+2
9Caledonia5-19.6+10
10Whitehall6-0-2.8+3
11Zeeland West (Zeeland)6-0-9.3--
12LCCHS (Jackson)6-0-8.0--
13FHCHS (Grand Rapids)5-17.8+10
14Corunna6-0-9.9+24
15Muskegon4-212.6+6
16Northville6-0-6.9+4
17West Bloomfield4-219.9-9
18Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac)5-0-5.7-2
19WLWHS (Walled Lake)6-0-5.3-4
20Heritage (Saginaw)4-210.0-6
21Clarkston4-219.3+5
22Byron Center5-14.5-13
23Dakota (Macomb)5-111.7+6
24Grandville5-112.7-6
25Mason6-0-9.5-1


Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Chanhassen5-015.2+4
2Mankato West (Mankato)4-117.6-1
3Andover4-117.3-1
4Eden Prairie5-09.7+3
5Stewartville5-0-1.8+1
6Rogers5-01.1-3
7LSHS (Lakeville)5-08.8+2
8Minnetonka5-08.3+7
9Alexandria5-02.6+12
10STA (Mendota Heights)4-111.4+6
11Becker5-0-2.2--
12Caledonia5-0-0.4-4
13Waseca4-13.5+7
14Annandale4-0-8.8+3
15EVWHS (Eden Valley)5-0-16.0-1
16LNHS (Lakeville)4-113.4+3
17Chatfield5-0-10.2-5
18Litchfield4-19.7+8
19Brainerd4-19.2-15
20Barnesville5-0-11.6-10
21Detroit Lakes5-01.3+3
22Owatonna4-18.6+7
23Minneota5-0-8.2+2
24Esko5-0-15.5-6
25Orono (Long Lake)5-0-10.1+7


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Anthony's (Melville)4-134.6--
2Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)4-122.3+2
3Iona Prep (New Rochelle)3-232.1--
4ASHS (White Plains)3-230.3-2
5CBA (Syracuse)5-0-9.4+3
6Somers (Lincolndale)4-14.4+3
7MFHS (Staten Island)3-216.5-2
8LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)5-0-11.0+3
9Tioga (Tioga Center)5-0-20.9-2
10Maine-Endwell (Endwell)4-0-19.5-4
11LILHS (Brookville)5-0-6.7--
12Sayville4-0-1.5-2
13Canisius (Buffalo)2-319.7+5
14Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)3-210.5-1
15SHS (Clifton Park)4-0-7.1+5
16UP (Rochester)5-0-13.9+1
17CNSHS (Cicero)5-0-11.5-5
18BBPHS (Bayport)4-0-9.8-4
19Arlington (LaGrangeville)5-0-22.8-4
20Garden City5-0-16.0+1
21Lincoln (Brooklyn)3-0-5.4+8
22YHS (Yorktown Heights)5-0-16.5-3
23Niskayuna4-1-5.3+5
24Waverly4-1-8.8+1
25St. Francis (Hamburg)1-417.5-2




Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Archbishop Hoban (Akron)6-033.2--
2Washington (Massillon)7-036.0--
3St. Edward (Lakewood)6-142.0--
4Avon7-024.9--
5Central Catholic (Toledo)7-020.1+1
6Glenville (Cleveland)5-217.8-1
7AMHS (Cincinnati)4-342.6+6
8HBHS (Hilliard)7-025.6+9
9WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)6-123.6-1
10Lincoln (Gahanna)7-014.2-3
11Ursuline (Youngstown)7-015.8+7
12MLHS (Maria Stein)7-012.0-3
13Milford7-017.2-2
14OBHS (Delaware)6-129.3+7
15BWHS (Columbus)7-06.3+5
16PNHS (Pickerington)7-017.6-6
17Olentangy (Lewis Center)6-124.2+6
18Anderson (Cincinnati)6-120.3-2
19Perkins (Sandusky)6-00.6+13
20Princeton (Cincinnati)7-018.8-6
21McKinley (Canton)6-127.7-2
22Perry7-05.2-7
23Elder (Cincinnati)4-337.8-11
24Liberty Center7-00.3+15
25St. Xavier (Cincinnati)3-438.7-3


Pennsylvania State Rankings


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Muskego7-028.9--
2Mukwonago6-125.5--
3Hamilton (Sussex)7-08.6--
4Franklin7-011.3--
5Waunakee7-010.0+1
6Kettle Moraine (Wales)7-014.3-1
7Kimberly6-014.5+1
8Arrowhead (Hartland)4-336.6-1
9Verona6-111.0--
10Lodi8-01.0+15
11MU (Milwaukee)5-214.4-1
12Port Washington7-0-0.4+11
13New Richmond7-07.2+8
14Oak Creek5-218.0+4
15Homestead (Mequon)6-117.0-3
16Middleton6-112.4-1
17Waukesha West (Waukesha)4-327.1-3
18Kaukauna6-115.1-2
19Stevens Point6-115.1-6
20Rice Lake6-111.3+2
21Hudson6-111.7-2
22Neenah5-218.3-5
23Edgar6-1-6.9+1
24BWHS (Baldwin)6-15.4+15
25Badger (Lake Geneva)7-0-3.1+4