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

Our weekly look at the top HS football teams in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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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

9/18/23 Poll

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

Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.), 3-0
Avon (Ohio), 5-0
Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 5-0
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 4-0
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 4-1
Davison (Mich.), 4-0
East Central (St. Leon, Ind.), 5-0
East St. Louis (Ill.), 2-2
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 3-2
Kettle Moraine (Wales, Wis.), 5-0
Kimberly (Wis.), 4-0
Lincoln (Gahanna, Ohio), 5-0
Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 4-0
Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 4-0
Malvern Prep (Pa.), 4-0
Mannheim Township (Lancaster, Pa.), 4-0
Mankato West (Minn.), 3-0
Mukwonago (Wis.), 4-1
Muskego (Wisc.), 5-0
Pickerington North (Ohio), 5-0
Rockford (Mich.), 4-0

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.	+/-
1	CMCHS (Chicago)	4-0	30.4	--
2	East St. Louis	2-2	51.3	--
3	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	4-0	24.3	--
4	LWEHS (Frankfort)	4-0	18.0	--
5	St. Rita (Chicago)	3-1	30.7	+1
6	ICCP (Elmhurst)	4-0	-28.6	-1
7	York (Elmhurst)	4-0	5.3	--
8	DGNHS (Downers Grove)	4-0	1.3	--
9	Edwardsville	4-0	-6.6	+10
10	Normal Community (Normal)	4-0	0.0	+6
11	Barrington	4-0	14.2	+1
12	Batavia	3-1	16.7	+1
13	Brother Rice (Chicago)	2-2	28.4	-3
14	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	3-1	17.8	-5
15	Geneva	4-0	-1.5	+8
16	Maine South (Park Ridge)	3-1	16.7	-2
17	Kankakee	4-0	-7.3	+8
18	HHS (Arlington Heights)	4-0	-5.5	-3
19	Sycamore	4-0	-12.8	-8
20	PRHS (Crystal Lake)	4-0	4.6	+2
21	Rochester	4-0	-6.4	-3
22	Morris	4-0	-3.4	+5
23	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	2-2	25.3	+8
24	Morton	4-0	-3.9	+26
25	Washington	3-1	7.9	+14

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Center Grove (Greenwood)	4-1	43.2	--
2	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	4-1	36.9	--
3	East Central (St. Leon)	5-0	12.7	--
4	Brownsburg	5-0	26.3	--
5	Westfield	5-0	26.0	+4
6	IBCHS (Indianapolis)	5-0	7.4	--
7	Crown Point	5-0	1.8	+1
8	HSHS (Fishers)	4-1	25.5	-3
9	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	3-2	24.4	-2
10	FWSHS (Fort Wayne)	5-0	0.6	+4
11	ILHS (Indianapolis)	5-0	-2.5	--
12	Fishers	3-2	24.3	-2
13	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	3-2	16.4	-1
14	Carmel	3-2	26.1	+3
15	Noblesville	3-2	24.7	+7
16	ERHS (Evansville)	5-0	-0.6	+2
17	Penn (Mishawaka)	4-1	14.0	-2
18	LNHS (Indianapolis)	4-1	12.4	-5
19	FCHS (Indianapolis)	3-2	24.0	+2
20	Plainfield	5-0	7.7	--
21	Zionsville	3-2	20.6	-5
22	WCHS (Indianapolis)	2-3	28.0	+2
23	Warsaw	5-0	1.3	+10
24	EMHS (Evansville)	5-0	-4.2	-1
25	Roncalli (Indianapolis)	3-2	13.7	+6

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Rockford	4-0	13.8	+2
2	Belleville	4-0	-0.8	-1
3	Davison	4-0	16.5	-1
4	SATHS (Southfield)	4-0	17.8	+4
5	DLSC (Warren)	2-2	32.7	--
6	WCHS (Grand Rapids)	4-0	-0.9	+1
7	Lake Orion	4-0	9.4	+6
8	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	3-1	11.6	+1
9	Caledonia	3-1	10.2	-5
10	Saline	4-0	-7.2	--
11	Catholic Central (Novi)	3-1	13.9	+7
12	West Bloomfield	3-1	15.6	-6
13	Muskegon	2-2	13.8	+19
14	EGRHS (Grand Rapids)	4-0	4.4	+10
15	Zeeland West (Zeeland)	4-0	-9.1	+6
16	Northville	4-0	0.9	+1
17	Whitehall	4-0	-4.0	-5
18	FHCHS (Grand Rapids)	4-0	-2.1	-3
19	Mason	4-0	-4.5	-8
20	LCCHS (Jackson)	4-0	-9.7	+3
21	Clarkston	2-2	22.2	+7
22	WLWHS (Walled Lake)	4-0	-6.0	-8
23	Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac)	4-0	-2.1	+3
24	Dakota (Macomb)	4-0	4.0	-4
25	Goodrich	4-0	-2.3	-9

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Mankato West (Mankato)	3-0	14.5	--
2	Andover	2-1	18.2	--
3	Rogers	3-0	0.7	--
4	Brainerd	3-0	6.9	+2
5	Chanhassen	3-0	8.5	-1
6	Stewartville	3-0	-1.1	+3
7	Eden Prairie	3-0	5.0	+1
8	Barnesville	3-0	-8.8	-3
9	Hutchinson	3-0	2.1	-2
10	Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)	3-0	-8.2	+8
11	LSHS (Lakeville)	3-0	5.3	+4
12	EVWHS (Eden Valley)	3-0	-17.9	+9
13	Becker	3-0	-9.3	-1
14	LNHS (Lakeville)	2-1	14.0	-4
15	Waseca	2-1	8.3	+48
16	Chatfield	3-0	-15.9	-3
17	Shakopee	3-0	-7.2	+7
18	Caledonia	3-0	-12.2	+8
19	Minnetonka	3-0	-1.2	+12
20	CFLL (CO-OP) (Cannon Falls)	3-0	-8.8	-3
21	STA (Mendota Heights)	2-1	11.7	-7
22	RAHS (Plymouth)	3-0	-14.0	-3
23	NLSHS (New London)	2-1	6.4	-12
24	Elk River	1-2	18.8	-1
25	Minneota	3-0	-13.7	-5

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	ASHS (White Plains)	2-1	37.8	+1
2	Iona Prep (New Rochelle)	2-1	31.4	-1
3	St. Anthony's (Melville)	2-1	36.4	+1
4	Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)	2-1	28.2	+7
5	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	2-0	-31.4	-2
6	MFHS (Staten Island)	2-1	17.2	+6
7	Somers (Lincolndale)	2-1	0.8	-1
8	LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)	3-0	-13.2	--
9	Tioga (Tioga Center)	3-0	-24.9	-4
10	CBA (Syracuse)	3-0	-10.3	-1
11	BBPHS (Bayport)	2-0	-17.7	-1
12	Sayville	2-0	-11.5	-5
13	CNSHS (Cicero)	3-0	-5.4	+4
14	Garden City	3-0	-19.5	+2
15	Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)	1-2	16.0	--
16	MQJHS (Rochester)	3-0	-19.3	-2
17	Arlington (LaGrangeville)	3-0	-11.5	+46
18	Pleasantville	2-0	-11.0	+2
19	St. Francis (Hamburg)	0-3	21.8	-1
20	CBA (Albany)	2-0	-9.2	+13
21	Farmingdale	2-0	-21.9	-2
22	Chaminade (Mineola)	0-2	31.8	--
23	YHS (Yorktown Heights)	3-0	-18.6	+24
24	Canisius (Buffalo)	0-3	30.9	+7
25	UP (Rochester)	3-0	-22.2	-4

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Washington (Massillon)	5-0	29.7	+3
2	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	5-0	30.6	--
3	St. Edward (Lakewood)	4-1	50.7	-2
4	Avon	5-0	24.4	-1
5	Glenville (Cleveland)	3-2	29.8	+1
6	Central Catholic (Toledo)	5-0	21.1	+1
7	Lincoln (Gahanna)	5-0	17.0	+5
8	PNHS (Pickerington)	5-0	24.6	-3
9	AMHS (Cincinnati)	2-3	43.7	+6
10	Princeton (Cincinnati)	5-0	18.1	-1
11	Milford	5-0	19.0	+3
12	MLHS (Maria Stein)	5-0	10.7	+4
13	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	3-2	35.5	-5
14	Elder (Cincinnati)	3-2	35.8	-3
15	McKinley (Canton)	4-1	28.5	-5
16	Perry	5-0	7.8	+6
17	Versailles	5-0	6.9	+1
18	Olentangy (Lewis Center)	5-0	16.2	+5
19	WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)	5-0	8.5	-6
20	HBHS (Hilliard)	5-0	19.5	+8
21	Anderson (Cincinnati)	4-1	16.8	+6
22	HDHS (Hilliard)	4-1	10.2	-5
23	LWHS (West Chester)	3-2	22.1	-4
24	Dublin Coffman (Dublin)	4-1	22.4	+1
25	Winton Woods (Cincinnati)	5-0	8.3	-5

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	3-1	55.7	--
2	IC (Philadelphia)	4-0	36.2	--
3	BMDHS (Harrisburg)	4-0	23.8	--
4	MTHS (Lancaster)	4-0	16.2	+3
5	Malvern Prep (Malvern)	2-1	47.0	-1
6	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	4-0	17.8	+2
7	North Allegheny (Wexford)	4-0	7.8	-1
8	Parkland (Allentown)	4-0	12.0	+1
9	Aliquippa	3-0	13.5	-4
10	Downingtown East (Exton)	4-0	5.5	+1
11	RCHS (Philadelphia)	3-1	24.2	+1
12	Belle Vernon	3-0	11.9	+1
13	LSCHS (Wyndmoor)	2-2	34.4	+10
14	Nazareth Area (Nazareth)	3-1	14.3	-4
15	Harrisburg	3-1	17.3	--
16	CBWHS (Doylestown)	4-0	12.1	--
17	SCAHS (Catawissa)	4-0	-3.9	+1
18	DWHS (Downingtown)	4-0	5.4	+1
19	Cathedral Prep (Erie)	2-1	26.7	-2
20	ACCHS (Allentown)	4-0	13.7	+1
21	Central York (York)	4-0	2.6	+8
22	PTHS (McMurray)	4-0	-0.9	+8
23	Avonworth (Pittsburgh)	4-0	-2.2	-3
24	State College	2-1	10.4	--
25	CMMHS (Canonsburg)	3-1	18.8	+6

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Muskego	5-0	20.8	--
2	Mukwonago	4-1	10.5	+1
3	Kettle Moraine (Wales)	5-0	1.8	-1
4	Arrowhead (Hartland)	4-1	19.9	+1
5	Waunakee	5-0	-1.5	+1
6	Hamilton (Sussex)	5-0	-8.1	+6
7	Kimberly	4-0	5.1	+1
8	MU (Milwaukee)	4-1	4.9	+3
9	Verona	4-1	3.9	--
10	Franklin	5-0	-2.8	--
11	Oak Creek	4-1	1.3	+2
12	Columbus	5-0	-24.7	-5
13	Kaukauna	4-1	4.1	-9
14	Waukesha West (Waukesha)	3-2	18.2	+1
15	Appleton North (Appleton)	5-0	-13.1	+1
16	Middleton	4-1	-0.6	+5
17	Homestead (Mequon)	4-1	6.7	+7
18	Neenah	4-1	2.3	-4
19	MHBHS (CO-OP) (Mount Horeb)	5-0	-6.5	--
20	Hudson	4-1	3.3	+11
21	Badger (Lake Geneva)	5-0	-14.8	-1
22	Stevens Point	4-1	6.1	+4
23	West De Pere (De Pere)	4-1	-8.0	-6
24	Bay Port (Green Bay)	3-2	0.2	+1
25	Port Washington	5-0	-16.9	-2

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

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