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

By Eric Frantz Nov 27, 2023, 12:30pm

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

11/27/23 Poll
1. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 15-0
2. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia. Pa.), 11-1
3. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 14-1
4. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 13-1*
5. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 14-0*
6. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 13-1
7. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.), 13-0
8. East Central (St. Leon, Ind.), 15-0*
9. Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia. Pa.), 13-0
10. Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 15-0

The Next 5:
Badger (Lake Geneva, Wis.), 14-0*
Belleville (Mich.), 13-1*
Southfield Arts & Tech (Southfield, Mich.), 13-1*
Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 13-1*
North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.), 12-1



Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.), 12-0
Avon (Ohio), 14-1*
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 10-5*
Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis, Ind.), 15-0*
Brownsburg (Ind.), 9-1*
Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.), 8-4*
Cardinal Hayes (Bronx, NY), 11-2
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 10-2*
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 11-2*
Chanhassen (Minn.), 13-0*
Crown Point (Ind.), 13-1*
Davison (Mich.), 12-1*
Franklin (Wis.), 13-1*
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 12-3
Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 13-1*
Lodi (Wis.), 15-0*
Malvern Prep (Pa.), 9-1*
Mankato West (Minn.), 8-2*
Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wis.), 12-2*
Peters Township (McMurray, Pa.), 14-0
Rockford (Mich.), 11-1*
Springfield (Ohio), 10-5
Waunakee (Wis.), 13-1*

* 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)14-034.3--
2CMCHS (Chicago)13-136.9--
3LWEHS (Frankfort)13-126.6--
4York (Elmhurst)11-228.6+1
5Batavia11-226.5+2
6DGNHS (Downers Grove)11-326.1--
7East St. Louis10-326.4-3
8NA (LaGrange Park)9-532.2+4
9Rochester14-05.8+2
10Edwardsville10-217.5-2
11St. Francis (Wheaton)10-324.8-2
12Cary-Grove (Cary)12-217.8+12
13Barrington12-123.8--
14Joliet Catholic (Joliet)10-423.3-4
15Byron14-0-4.9+4
16St. Rita (Chicago)8-532.5-2
17Brother Rice (Chicago)5-540.7-2
18PRHS (Crystal Lake)9-117.3+2
19Maine South (Park Ridge)10-220.3-3
20ICCP (Elmhurst)9-313.6-3
21HHS (Arlington Heights)10-110.0-3
22SICP (Chicago)8-428.1-1
23Carmel (Mundelein)10-214.8--
24CPCHS (Camp Point)14-0-3.1+16
25Warren Township (Gurnee)9-317.3-3


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Ben Davis (Indianapolis)13-146.2--
2Center Grove (Greenwood)11-244.2+1
3East Central (St. Leon)15-020.6-1
4Brownsburg9-145.9--
5IBCHS (Indianapolis)15-023.2+2
6Cathedral (Indianapolis)8-440.0+2
7Westfield11-241.9-1
8FWSHS (Fort Wayne)13-118.8+3
9Crown Point13-127.1-4
10HSHS (Fishers)9-335.3-1
11Fishers7-437.1+1
12LNHS (Indianapolis)7-438.3+4
13New Palestine11-325.6--
14Penn (Mishawaka)10-225.6--
15DCHS (Indianapolis)11-329.3-5
16BSHS (Bloomington)11-221.1-1
17NorthWood (Nappanee)12-318.9--
18ILHS (Indianapolis)13-08.1+11
19Mishawaka9-320.3+6
20FCHS (Indianapolis)4-642.6--
21Carmel5-540.9+3
22Noblesville4-739.9-1
23Leo11-313.9+4
24Warsaw9-223.2+2
25WCHS (Indianapolis)5-733.1+3


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Belleville13-016.0--
2Muskegon12-224.3+1
3Rockford11-124.0-1
4CCHS (Grand Rapids)12-112.4--
5SATHS (Southfield)12-121.4+1
6Davison12-122.3-1
7Lake Orion10-123.9--
8West Bloomfield10-329.6+1
9FHCHS (Grand Rapids)12-119.3-1
10Corunna13-04.5+1
11DLSC (Warren)11-319.7-1
12Mason13-09.6--
13Harper Woods11-318.2+1
14Clarkston6-633.5-1
15Zeeland West (Zeeland)9-417.7+1
16Byron Center10-217.8-1
17Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac)9-111.0--
18CVHS (Clinton Township)9-321.8--
19WCHS (Grand Rapids)11-16.7--
20UEHS (Shelby Township)9-218.6--
21Northville10-218.1--
22Caledonia8-318.2--
23MSHS (Norton Shores)7-421.0+2
24Grandville8-324.3-1
25Ubly14-0-2.5+4




Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Chanhassen13-025.0--
2Stewartville14-08.9+4
3Mankato West (Mankato)8-230.5-1
4EVWHS (Eden Valley)13-09.2+1
5Andover10-222.1-2
6STA (Mendota Heights)10-322.3-2
7Alexandria11-117.0--
8Minneota14-03.4+4
9Centennial (Circle Pines)12-113.7+7
10Hutchinson11-214.4+5
11Becker9-114.0--
12Barnesville13-15.3-4
13Rocori (Cold Spring)10-323.9-4
14Edina9-419.1-4
15Eden Prairie11-115.0-1
16DGFHS (Glyndon)10-214.0+1
17Annandale12-19.2-4
18Brainerd8-213.3--
19Owatonna8-316.6--
20LNHS (Lakeville)9-213.9+1
21LSHS (Lakeville)10-211.4+3
22JCCHS (Jackson)12-10.0-2
23Detroit Lakes7-214.8-1
24Chaska4-531.8+3
25B O L D (Olivia)9-23.5+4


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)11-224.0--
2ASHS (White Plains)8-327.6--
3Iona Prep (New Rochelle)8-427.6--
4CBA (Syracuse)13-0-0.3+5
5St. Anthony's (Melville)6-430.3-1
6Somers (Lincolndale)12-17.7+1
7St. Francis (Hamburg)5-524.1-1
8MFHS (Staten Island)8-317.6--
9Garden City12-0-5.7+3
10Maine-Endwell (Endwell)12-0-6.3--
11LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)11-14.5-6
12Tioga (Tioga Center)13-0-12.8+8
13Massapequa12-0-2.3+5
14EIHS (Islip Terrace)10-27.7-1
15BBPHS (Bayport)12-0-3.9+6
16Whitesboro (Marcy)12-1-8.1+13
17Sayville10-16.7+2
18LILHS (Brookville)7-29.0--
19Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)10-30.8+3
20Niskayuna11-2-5.8-6
21Carmel11-11.1+6
22CBA (Albany)10-24.6-11
23Waverly12-1-7.4+3
24MQJHS (Rochester)11-1-4.0-7
25Harrison8-38.1-1


Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Washington (Massillon)15-034.1--
2St. Edward (Lakewood)14-139.8--
3Archbishop Hoban (Akron)13-134.7--
4Central Catholic (Toledo)15-024.8+1
5AMHS (Cincinnati)10-541.2-1
6Avon14-128.9--
7MLHS (Maria Stein)15-017.0--
8Glenville (Cleveland)12-321.4--
9Liberty Center15-013.5--
10HBHS (Hilliard)13-233.3--
11Perry15-013.1+1
12Springfield10-537.8+6
13BWHS (Columbus)14-117.5+1
14Anderson (Cincinnati)13-228.0-3
15WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)12-227.6-2
16LWHS (West Chester)11-328.5--
17PNHS (Pickerington)11-229.1+2
18Olentangy (Lewis Center)11-228.6+6
19Lincoln (Gahanna)12-123.7+1
20Chardon11-430.7-5
21Ursuline (Youngstown)13-125.6-4
22Coldwater12-224.0--
23Princeton (Cincinnati)12-124.9-2
24Dublin Coffman (Dublin)10-435.2+5
25McKinley (Canton)9-436.4--


Pennsylvania State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1SJP (Philadelphia)11-136.7--
2North Allegheny (Wexford)12-132.4--
3PTHS (McMurray)14-026.1--
4IC (Philadelphia)13-015.0+1
5CCHS (Pittsburgh)10-237.6-1
6BMDHS (Harrisburg)13-018.8--
7Malvern Prep (Malvern)9-131.8+1
8Harrisburg12-125.3+1
9MTHS (Lancaster)12-119.8-2
10CBSHS (Warrington)13-120.1+4
11Nazareth Area (Nazareth)12-226.1-1
12Downingtown East (Exton)11-115.6-1
13Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)9-431.9--
14Aliquippa12-013.8+8
15Parkland (Allentown)12-117.4-3
16RCHS (Philadelphia)9-325.4--
17Cocalico (Denver)12-114.6--
18Belle Vernon11-18.2+9
19LSCHS (Wyndmoor)6-536.7--
20McKeesport11-222.0-5
21NL (New Tripoli)14-02.7+9
22Selinsgrove13-0-11.9+1
23Penn Hills (Pittsburgh)9-325.5+1
24McDowell (Erie)8-524.1-4
25Montour (McKees Rocks)10-217.2--


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Franklin13-129.0--
2MU (Milwaukee)12-225.2--
3Badger (Lake Geneva)14-022.7--
4Waunakee13-126.1--
5Lodi15-014.1--
6Kettle Moraine (Wales)11-124.0--
7Hamilton (Sussex)12-125.0--
8Kimberly10-231.7--
9Muskego10-224.7--
10Rice Lake13-119.2--
11Kaukauna11-226.4--
12Edgar13-16.3--
13Arrowhead (Hartland)7-434.9--
14Verona10-220.4--
15SPEHS (Sun Prairie)10-324.4--
16BWHS (Baldwin)10-323.3--
17NDA (Green Bay)11-212.5--
18Mukwonago6-432.0--
19LCHS (Luxemburg)12-218.9--
20Neenah9-324.1--
21SCCHS (Hammond)9-214.4--
22Stratford13-19.8--
23New Richmond10-220.2--
24Aquinas (La Crosse)13-17.8--
25Oak Creek8-324.5--