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

By Eric Frantz Oct 29, 2023, 11:30am

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

10/29/23 Poll
1. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia. Pa.), 8-1
2. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 11-0
3. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 10-1
4. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 10-0
5. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.), 10-0
6. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 9-1
7. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 9-1
8. Belleville (Mich.), 10-0
9. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 9-1
10. Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia. Pa.), 9-0

The Next 5:
Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 11-0
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 9-1
East Central (St. Leon, Ind.), 11-0
Kettle Moraine (Wales, Wis.), 11-0
Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 9-1



Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.), 9-0
Avon (Ohio), 11-0
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 7-4
Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis, Ind.), 11-0
Brownsburg (Ind.), 9-1*
Cathedral (Indianapolis), 7-3
Chanhassen (Minn.), 9-0
Davison (Mich.), 10-0
East St. Louis (Ill.), 7-2
Eden Prairie (Minn.), 9-0
Franklin (Wis.), 11-0
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 8-3
Hamilton (Sussex, Wis.), 11-0
Lake Orion, (Mich.), 10-0
Lincoln (Gahanna, Ohio), 11-0
Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 10-0
Malvern Prep (Pa.), 7-1
Manheim Township (Lancaster, Pa.), 10-0
Milford (Ohio), 11-0
Muskego (Wis.), 9-1
Parkland (Allentown, Pa.), 9-0
Peters Township (McMurray, Pa.), 10-0
Pickerington North (Ohio), 10-1
Princeton (Cincinnati, Ohio), 11-0
Rockford (Mich.), 10-0
Waunakee (Wis.), 11-0
Westfield (Ind.), 9-1

* Season Finished

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. +/-
1Loyola Academy (Wilmette)10-026.2--
2CMCHS (Chicago)9-132.5--
3East St. Louis7-226.3--
4LWEHS (Frankfort)10-017.5--
5Batavia9-119.6+7
6York (Elmhurst)9-118.6+2
7Barrington10-017.6-1
8Maine South (Park Ridge)9-118.1+3
9Edwardsville9-110.9-4
10DGNHS (Downers Grove)8-216.1+9
11St. Francis (Wheaton)8-222.0+7
12HHS (Arlington Heights)10-05.2-5
13Morris10-03.9-3
14GWHS (Glen Ellyn)8-218.1+8
15ICCP (Elmhurst)8-28.3+2
16Warren Township (Gurnee)8-214.2+4
17Normal Community (Normal)10-0-5.4-3
18Carmel (Mundelein)9-111.4+3
19Kankakee10-0-3.7-4
20Rochester10-0-5.0-4
21Lyons (LaGrange)7-314.8+18
22Brother Rice (Chicago)5-537.9-9
23Joliet Catholic (Joliet)7-318.8+7
24NA (LaGrange Park)5-531.3+13
25SICP (Chicago)7-320.6+11


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Ben Davis (Indianapolis)9-143.9+2
2Center Grove (Greenwood)9-144.7-1
3Brownsburg9-146.2-1
4Westfield9-140.9+2
5East Central (St. Leon)11-014.0--
6IBCHS (Indianapolis)11-021.6-2
7Cathedral (Indianapolis)7-333.8--
8HSHS (Fishers)8-229.6--
9Fishers7-335.4--
10Crown Point10-013.7--
11LNHS (Indianapolis)7-335.3--
12BSHS (Bloomington)9-118.9+4
13New Palestine9-221.7+6
14Penn (Mishawaka)9-119.0-1
15ERHS (Evansville)11-013.0-1
16DCHS (Indianapolis)8-223.3+11
17FCHS (Indianapolis)4-645.0--
18Harrison (West Lafayette)9-16.2+24
19Noblesville4-638.8+4
20ILHS (Indianapolis)9-06.0-8
21Warsaw9-118.0+12
22BNHS (Bloomington)8-118.9-7
23Valparaiso8-217.8+1
24Mishawaka8-212.9+4
25LCHS (Indianapolis)4-637.6-3


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Rockford10-023.1--
2Lake Orion10-023.8--
3Davison10-014.7--
4West Bloomfield8-227.8+5
5Belleville10-07.0-1
6Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac)9-08.8--
7Caledonia8-220.3+11
8Muskegon8-218.1+7
9DLSC (Warren)8-215.2+1
10Byron Center9-114.4+4
11UEHS (Shelby Township)9-117.5-3
12FHCHS (Grand Rapids)9-117.1-5
13CCHS (Grand Rapids)9-17.7-2
14WCHS (Grand Rapids)10-03.3-9
15CVHS (Clinton Township)8-220.3+1
16Grandville8-225.4+3
17SATHS (Southfield)9-114.6--
18Whitehall10-03.8+2
19Mason10-04.4-6
20Corunna10-0-0.2-8
21Heritage (Saginaw)8-29.8--
22Clarkston5-531.5--
23Catholic Central (Novi)8-212.0+1
24Saline9-14.5+3
25Portland10-0-3.1+5




Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Chanhassen9-016.3--
2Mankato West (Mankato)8-127.5--
3Andover8-118.3--
4Becker9-010.5+3
5Alexandria9-011.0--
6Eden Prairie9-010.8-2
7Caledonia8-04.2-1
8EVWHS (Eden Valley)9-0-1.1+2
9Annandale9-0-1.4--
10Brainerd8-110.5+3
11Litchfield8-12.2+1
12Esko9-0-9.7+4
13Rocori (Cold Spring)7-219.7+14
14STA (Mendota Heights)7-213.0+5
15Minnetonka7-214.1-4
16Hutchinson7-211.7+9
17Rogers8-18.7-2
18Minneota10-0-5.5+4
19LNHS (Lakeville)8-19.4+2
20Stewartville10-0-5.1-12
21Edina6-313.8+10
22Owatonna7-213.3+6
23Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)8-14.9+3
24LSHS (Lakeville)8-15.0-1
25Barnesville10-0-9.6-11


New York State Rankings


Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Washington (Massillon)11-034.4--
2St. Edward (Lakewood)10-141.3--
3Archbishop Hoban (Akron)9-130.3--
4Avon11-023.7--
5AMHS (Cincinnati)7-440.6+2
6Lincoln (Gahanna)11-022.2+2
7Central Catholic (Toledo)11-017.9-2
8MLHS (Maria Stein)11-014.9-2
9Milford11-023.2+1
10Ursuline (Youngstown)11-021.2+1
11PNHS (Pickerington)10-127.7+3
12Princeton (Cincinnati)11-022.7+3
13Anderson (Cincinnati)10-122.6--
14HBHS (Hilliard)10-125.6-2
15Perkins (Sandusky)10-05.1-6
16LWHS (West Chester)9-222.1+3
17Glenville (Cleveland)8-315.7-1
18Olentangy (Lewis Center)10-125.0+2
19OBHS (Delaware)10-127.1-1
20BWHS (Columbus)10-19.8+1
21Kenston (Chagrin Falls)10-117.8+15
22St. Xavier (Cincinnati)7-436.2+3
23WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)10-119.7-6
24McKinley (Canton)8-332.2-1
25Wadsworth9-221.4+8


Pennsylvania State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1SJP (Philadelphia)8-138.9--
2CCHS (Pittsburgh)9-133.0--
3IC (Philadelphia)9-013.2+1
4PTHS (McMurray)10-021.2+1
5MTHS (Lancaster)10-014.8-2
6Malvern Prep (Malvern)7-136.4--
7BMDHS (Harrisburg)10-016.5--
8Parkland (Allentown)10-019.5--
9North Allegheny (Wexford)9-125.5--
10Downingtown East (Exton)9-011.6+2
11Nazareth Area (Nazareth)9-122.8-1
12Harrisburg9-121.8+1
13RCHS (Philadelphia)7-231.0-2
14LSCHS (Wyndmoor)5-435.0+2
15CBWHS (Doylestown)10-015.2-1
16McKeesport9-114.3+9
17PJPII (Royersford)10-05.9+6
18Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)7-326.5+2
19ACCHS (Allentown)8-226.7-2
20Aliquippa9-04.5-1
21Spring-Ford (Royersford)8-218.1-6
22Belle Vernon8-16.9+11
23CMMHS (Canonsburg)6-433.7+7
24Penn Hills (Pittsburgh)8-223.1+3
25Cathedral Prep (Erie)6-322.7+15


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Waunakee11-018.8+2
2Franklin11-020.1+2
3Hamilton (Sussex)11-018.8+2
4Kettle Moraine (Wales)11-020.8-3
5Muskego10-121.8-3
6Kimberly9-128.8+1
7MU (Milwaukee)9-216.6+7
8Arrowhead (Hartland)7-438.0-2
9Verona10-118.7--
10New Richmond10-118.1+10
11Kaukauna10-124.1+2
12Rice Lake10-115.3-2
13Mukwonago6-435.3-5
14NDA (Green Bay)10-16.3+8
15Neenah9-223.5+2
16Badger (Lake Geneva)11-09.4+13
17Lodi12-04.6+1
18BWHS (Baldwin)9-220.5+14
19SPEHS (Sun Prairie)9-221.4+14
20Kewaunee11-02.2+1
21LCHS (Luxemburg)10-111.9+3
22SCCHS (Hammond)9-215.1-11
23Oak Creek8-325.0-7
24Middleton9-218.9-9
25Columbus10-15.5+11