@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

This week's 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. With kickoff having arrived, here's our weekly list of the top high school football programs in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

1. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 7-0
2. Cathedral (Indianapolis), 7-0
3. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 6-0

4. LaSalle (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 6-0

5. East St. Louis (Ill.), 5-1

6. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 6-0

7. Carmel (Ind.), 6-1

8. Governor Mifflin (Shillington, Pa.), 6-0

9. Springfield (Ohio), 6-0

10. Westfield (Ind.), 6-1

Next Five (alphabetical)

- Andover (Minn.), 5-0

- Canisius (Buffalo), 4-0

- Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia), 4-1

- Medina (Ohio), 6-0

- St. Xavier (Cincinnati), 6-1

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.	+/-
1	East St. Louis	5-1	29.8	--
2	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	6-0	32.4	--
3	Brother Rice (Chicago)	5-1	17.8	+4
4	Cary-Grove (Cary)	6-0	8.3	-1
5	Batavia	6-0	22.0	+1
6	NVHS (Naperville)	6-0	21.5	+2
7	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	6-0	12.4	-3
8	Rochester	5-1	13.9	-3
9	SICP (Chicago)	6-0	6.8	+1
10	Wheaton North (Wheaton)	5-1	17.8	+1
11	Lockport	6-0	7.5	+1
12	St. Rita (Chicago)	4-2	30.7	+1
13	Marist (Chicago)	4-2	17.9	+3
14	SHGHS (Springfield)	5-1	1.6	--
15	CMCHS (Chicago)	4-2	31.0	--
16	York (Elmhurst)	6-0	4.4	+11
17	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	5-1	0.7	-8
18	South Elgin	6-0	-3.0	-1
19	HHS (Arlington Heights)	6-0	-2.3	-1
20	Maine South (Park Ridge)	5-1	13.0	--
21	St. Teresa (Decatur)	6-0	-2.5	-2
22	Lake Forest	5-1	4.9	+7
23	Lemont	6-0	-0.3	+5
24	GNHS (Carol Stream)	4-2	21.9	+2
25	Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet)	6-0	-0.9	+17

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Center Grove (Greenwood)	7-0	36.7	--
2	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	7-0	29.7	--
3	Carmel	6-1	39.0	--
4	Westfield	6-1	38.7	--
5	Merrillville	7-0	20.5	+3
6	HSHS (Fishers)	6-1	31.9	-1
7	Roncalli (Indianapolis)	7-0	22.4	--
8	Brownsburg	5-2	40.5	+3
9	LNHS (Indianapolis)	5-1	35.8	+4
10	WCHS (Indianapolis)	5-2	36.6	-4
11	DCHS (Indianapolis)	6-1	29.0	-1
12	Valparaiso	6-1	19.5	-3
13	FWBL (Fort Wayne)	7-0	15.0	+1
14	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	2-5	44.8	+3
15	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	6-1	19.0	+3
16	BJPHS (Indianapolis)	6-1	15.9	--
17	Fishers	5-2	31.2	+8
18	East Central (St. Leon)	6-1	7.2	-3
19	GSHS (Fort Branch)	6-1	9.4	+5
20	Mooresville	5-2	20.1	-8
21	Jasper	7-0	8.9	+1
22	Chesterton	6-1	15.3	-3
23	Zionsville	3-4	35.1	--
24	FWSHS (Fort Wayne)	6-1	11.6	+3
25	LCHS (Indianapolis)	3-4	39.1	+6

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	DLSC (Warren)	5-0	24.5	+3
2	Rockford	6-0	14.1	-1
3	King (Detroit)	5-1	13.4	-1
4	DeWitt	5-1	12.8	+5
5	Adams (Rochester)	6-0	12.5	+1
6	Edwardsburg	6-0	-1.9	-1
7	Grand Blanc	6-0	6.9	--
8	SHSHS (Sterling Heights)	5-1	16.5	+7
9	TCCHS (Traverse City)	5-1	8.3	+3
10	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	6-0	1.6	+1
11	West Bloomfield	5-1	19.9	+6
12	UCHS (Hudsonville)	6-0	-4.0	+14
13	Caledonia	6-0	3.8	-3
14	Clarkston	5-1	12.7	-11
15	Catholic Central (Novi)	4-2	22.7	-2
16	River Rouge	4-2	13.1	+7
17	Romeo	5-1	10.9	+2
18	BRHS (Bloomfield Hills)	4-2	19.6	+9
19	Cass Tech (Detroit)	4-2	4.1	-5
20	CVHS (Clinton Township)	4-2	15.7	-4
21	MSHS (Norton Shores)	5-1	4.0	-1
22	Frankenmuth	6-0	-6.1	--
23	WCHS (Grand Rapids)	6-0	-0.3	+1
24	Churchill (Livonia)	6-0	-5.3	-6
25	Belleville	5-1	0.4	-4

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Andover	5-0	24.1	--
2	LSHS (Lakeville)	5-0	19.2	--
3	Mankato West (Mankato)	5-0	5.0	+1
4	Becker	5-0	9.1	-1
5	Rogers	4-1	25.6	+2
6	Shakopee	5-0	12.0	--
7	Eden Prairie	4-1	24.7	+4
8	Moorhead	4-0	8.0	-3
9	Hutchinson	4-1	20.3	-1
10	Chaska	5-0	8.9	--
11	Maple Grove	4-1	10.5	+3
12	Elk River	3-2	24.1	-3
13	Stillwater	5-0	8.6	+3
14	RAHS (Plymouth)	4-1	15.7	+16
15	SRRHS (Sauk Rapids)	5-0	5.7	+3
16	STA (Mendota Heights)	5-0	1.0	+4
17	Rosemount	3-2	16.7	+6
18	Centennial (Circle Pines)	3-2	19.5	+13
19	Mayo (Rochester)	4-1	5.1	-4
20	Chatfield	4-1	11.3	+14
21	Chanhassen	3-2	20.8	-8
22	Blue Earth	5-0	-16.0	--
23	Spring Lake Park	4-1	9.4	+2
24	Minneota	5-0	-13.2	+16
25	Litchfield	5-0	-3.8	+7

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Canisius (Buffalo)	4-0	1.7	--
2	Iona Prep (New Rochelle)	4-1	19.7	--
3	Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)	4-0	2.9	--
4	Shaker (Latham)	4-0	-0.8	--
5	MFHS (Staten Island)	3-1	14.8	+6
6	St. Anthony's (Melville)	2-1	17.2	--
7	Carmel	4-0	-10.6	--
8	CBA (Albany)	5-0	-11.0	--
9	Sayville	4-0	-5.9	+10
10	SHS (Clifton Park)	3-1	3.9	--
11	IRHS (Philadelphia)	3-0	-1.4	-2
12	Plainedge (Massapequa)	4-0	-13.6	+1
13	SWRHS (Shoreham)	4-0	-2.3	+10
14	Massapequa	4-0	-6.4	+10
15	EIHS (Islip Terrace)	4-0	-7.9	+2
16	Curtis (Staten Island)	3-0	-7.2	+10
17	MQJHS (Rochester)	5-0	-11.4	-2
18	Union-Endicott (Endicott)	4-0	-12.9	+103
19	CCHS (New Windsor)	4-0	-12.9	-1
20	St. Francis (Hamburg)	3-2	5.9	-4
21	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	3-1	7.7	-16
22	Garden City	4-0	-15.5	+12
23	Schuylerville	4-0	-6.2	+9
24	BHBL (Burnt Hills)	3-1	3.3	+3
25	Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)	1-4	35.4	-5

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	6-1	37.5	--
2	St. Edward (Lakewood)	7-0	27.9	--
3	Medina	7-0	25.1	--
4	Springfield	6-0	21.0	+2
5	UAHS (Columbus)	7-0	19.3	+3
6	LWHS (West Chester)	6-1	24.4	-2
7	Benedictine (Cleveland)	6-0	19.6	+3
8	Marysville	6-0	21.6	+3
9	PCHS (Pickerington)	6-1	19.5	-2
10	AMHS (Cincinnati)	5-2	39.4	-5
11	LEHS (Liberty Township)	6-1	26.3	+2
12	La Salle (Cincinnati)	4-3	53.8	-3
13	St. Ignatius (Cleveland)	4-3	36.6	+1
14	Aurora	7-0	5.6	+18
15	Chardon	7-0	12.8	-3
16	Avon	5-2	24.3	--
17	Kings (Kings Mill)	7-0	13.4	-2
18	Central Catholic (Toledo)	5-2	22.1	-1
19	New Albany	7-0	6.2	+25
20	Archbold	7-0	3.9	-1
21	Big Walnut (Sunbury)	7-0	0.1	-1
22	Dover	6-0	13.3	+11
23	Highland (Medina)	6-1	15.4	+2
24	Princeton (Cincinnati)	6-1	19.6	--
25	MLHS (Maria Stein)	7-0	8.4	+3

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	LSCHS (Wyndmoor)	6-0	39.4	+1
2	IC (Philadelphia)	4-1	31.3	+1
3	SJP (Philadelphia)	2-2	49.0	-2
4	GMHS (Shillington)	5-0	22.0	--
5	Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)	6-0	20.0	+1
6	Malvern Prep (Malvern)	3-1	28.6	-1
7	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	5-1	26.8	--
8	Belle Vernon	5-0	15.6	--
9	GVHS (Glen Mills)	6-0	9.3	--
10	TJHS (Jefferson Hills)	3-1	23.2	+1
11	Wyomissing	6-0	6.4	+8
12	Moon Area (Moon Township)	6-0	13.0	+2
13	Central York (York)	5-0	10.3	-1
14	AWHS (Warminster)	4-2	26.3	-1
15	Central (Martinsburg)	6-0	-0.3	+15
16	Harrisburg	5-1	22.5	+1
17	Manheim Central (Manheim)	5-1	13.0	-7
18	Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)	3-3	30.3	+9
19	Downingtown East (Exton)	5-1	15.9	+10
20	Central Valley (Monaca)	6-0	-0.7	-4
21	Gateway (Monroeville)	4-2	19.0	+3
22	Coatesville	5-1	12.6	+4
23	Seneca Valley (Harmony)	4-2	22.8	-2
24	Bedford	6-0	-2.4	-4
25	Quakertown	6-0	-2.6	+8

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Franklin	7-0	13.3	--
2	Kimberly	7-0	9.3	--
3	Mukwonago	6-1	15.6	+2
4	Muskego	6-1	16.6	--
5	Homestead (Mequon)	6-1	19.1	+2
6	Sun Prairie	7-0	-0.4	-3
7	CMHS (Waukesha)	7-0	3.6	-1
8	Appleton North (Appleton)	5-2	13.6	--
9	Waunakee	7-0	2.5	--
10	Oak Creek	6-1	7.5	--
11	Union Grove	6-1	7.2	--
12	Hamilton (Sussex)	6-1	10.4	--
13	LCHS (Luxemburg)	7-0	-3.3	--
14	Arrowhead (Hartland)	5-2	12.8	--
15	Columbus	6-0	-11.5	+6
16	Ellsworth	7-0	-6.8	+9
17	Germantown	5-2	15.8	-1
18	LCLHS (Hartland)	7-0	-11.9	-3
19	Whitefish Bay	5-2	6.7	+15
20	Reedsville	7-0	-20.0	-3
21	Menomonie	6-1	6.4	+19
22	Wausau West (Wausau)	5-2	7.3	+30
23	Hartford	5-2	14.6	-3
24	Greendale	7-0	-5.9	+3
25	DeForest	6-1	-2.2	-2

@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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