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

By Eric Frantz Nov 6, 2023, 10:30am

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

11/6/23 Poll
1. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 12-0
2. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia. Pa.), 8-1
3. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 11-1
4. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 11-0
5. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.), 10-0
6. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 10-1
7. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 10-1
8. Belleville (Mich.), 11-0
9. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 10-1
10. Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia. Pa.), 10-0

The Next 5:
Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 12-0
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 9-1
East Central (St. Leon, Ind.), 12-0
Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 10-1
Waunakee (Wis.), 12-0



Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.), 9-0
Avon (Ohio), 12-0
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 8-4
Badger (Lake Geneva, Wis.), 12-0
Batavia (Ill.), 10-1
Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis, Ind.), 12-0
Brownsburg (Ind.), 9-1*
Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.), 8-3
Cardinal Hayes (Bronx, NY), 8-2
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 8-1
Chanhassen (Minn.), 10-0
Davison (Mich.), 11-0
East St. Louis (Ill.), 8-2
Eden Prairie (Minn.), 10-0
Franklin (Wis.), 12-0
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 9-3
Hamilton (Sussex, Wis.), 12-0
Lincoln (Gahanna, Ohio), 12-0
Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 11-0
Malvern Prep (Pa.), 8-1
Manheim Township (Lancaster, Pa.), 10-0
Parkland (Allentown, Pa.), 11-0
Peters Township (McMurray, Pa.), 11-0
Pickerington North (Ohio), 11-1
Princeton (Cincinnati, Ohio), 12-0
Rockford (Mich.), 11-0
Westfield (Ind.), 10-1

* 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)11-027.1--
2CMCHS (Chicago)10-133.2--
3LWEHS (Frankfort)11-017.8+1
4East St. Louis8-224.9-1
5Batavia10-121.5--
6Edwardsville10-114.8+3
7York (Elmhurst)10-119.8-1
8Barrington11-018.4-1
9DGNHS (Downers Grove)9-218.5+1
10Maine South (Park Ridge)10-119.1-2
11St. Francis (Wheaton)9-220.7--
12ICCP (Elmhurst)9-210.8+3
13Rochester11-0-1.9+7
14Normal Community (Normal)11-0-0.9+3
15Warren Township (Gurnee)9-213.2+1
16Carmel (Mundelein)10-111.2+2
17Joliet Catholic (Joliet)8-318.3+6
18Morris11-04.9-5
19Brother Rice (Chicago)5-538.9+3
20HHS (Arlington Heights)10-110.2-8
21Kankakee11-0-2.7-2
22SICP (Chicago)8-321.3+3
23NA (LaGrange Park)6-528.6+1
24Hononegah (Rockton)11-0-4.9+21
25GWHS (Glen Ellyn)8-322.4-11


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Ben Davis (Indianapolis)10-140.5--
2Center Grove (Greenwood)10-140.7--
3Brownsburg9-145.7--
4East Central (St. Leon)12-015.2+1
5Westfield10-140.0-1
6IBCHS (Indianapolis)12-022.4--
7Cathedral (Indianapolis)8-334.8--
8HSHS (Fishers)9-231.8--
9Crown Point11-013.7+1
10New Palestine10-222.5+3
11Fishers7-437.9-2
12BSHS (Bloomington)10-119.1--
13Penn (Mishawaka)10-121.8+1
14DCHS (Indianapolis)9-227.1+2
15LNHS (Indianapolis)7-437.0-4
16FCHS (Indianapolis)4-644.3+1
17BNHS (Bloomington)8-119.8+5
18Valparaiso9-218.6+5
19Noblesville4-741.3--
20ERHS (Evansville)11-115.6-5
21ILHS (Indianapolis)10-04.7-1
22Harrison (West Lafayette)9-212.8-4
23Mishawaka9-213.8+1
24TWHHS (Lizton)11-17.8+4
25Carmel5-539.5+1


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Rockford11-024.0--
2Belleville11-010.7+3
3Davison11-015.4--
4Lake Orion10-125.6-2
5West Bloomfield9-228.4-1
6Corunna11-06.2+14
7Byron Center10-118.8+3
8Muskegon9-220.1--
9Mason11-07.7+10
10FHCHS (Grand Rapids)10-118.7+2
11Clarkston6-533.4+11
12CVHS (Clinton Township)9-220.9+3
13DLSC (Warren)9-214.7-4
14CCHS (Grand Rapids)10-16.7-1
15SATHS (Southfield)10-116.0+2
16Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac)9-114.3-10
17Caledonia8-323.1-10
18WCHS (Grand Rapids)11-03.1-4
19UEHS (Shelby Township)9-221.5-8
20Grandville8-329.1-4
21Northville10-113.4+9
22Heritage (Saginaw)9-28.4-1
23Zeeland West (Zeeland)8-314.1+3
24Niles10-1-2.3+12
25Goodrich10-19.3+10




Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Chanhassen10-022.2--
2Mankato West (Mankato)8-232.0--
3Andover9-119.1--
4Alexandria10-014.2+1
5EVWHS (Eden Valley)10-02.8+3
6Eden Prairie10-010.1--
7Rocori (Cold Spring)8-223.2+6
8Becker9-115.0-4
9STA (Mendota Heights)8-214.2+5
10LNHS (Lakeville)9-112.4+9
11Esko10-0-5.4+1
12Stewartville11-0-1.9+8
13Minneota11-0-1.0+5
14Caledonia10-06.2-7
15Barnesville11-0-6.8+10
16Owatonna8-213.7+6
17Brainerd8-215.8-7
18Hutchinson8-211.8-2
19LSHS (Lakeville)9-18.4+5
20Rogers9-19.5-3
21Edina7-314.4--
22Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)9-17.3+1
23DGFHS (Glyndon)9-18.7+5
24Annandale10-0-1.1-15
25Orono (Long Lake)9-14.9+4


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)8-219.6+3
2ASHS (White Plains)8-224.1-1
3Iona Prep (New Rochelle)7-324.4--
4MFHS (Staten Island)8-214.1+1
5St. Anthony's (Melville)6-430.0-3
6LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)9-0-3.8+1
7Somers (Lincolndale)9-14.6-1
8St. Francis (Hamburg)4-527.3--
9SHS (Clifton Park)9-0-3.3+1
10Sayville9-02.3-1
11Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)7-310.3+1
12CBA (Albany)8-1-1.3+10
13CBA (Syracuse)10-0-8.4--
14LILHS (Brookville)7-28.9--
15Garden City9-0-10.2--
16Maine-Endwell (Endwell)9-0-14.4-2
17Lancaster9-1-6.6+11
18Harrison8-25.1+15
19CNSHS (Cicero)9-1-3.3-3
20EIHS (Islip Terrace)7-22.2-1
21Niskayuna9-1-14.2+18
22Arlington (LaGrangeville)10-0-13.7-2
23Pleasantville9-0-10.0+8
24Canisius (Buffalo)5-513.1-1
25MQJHS (Rochester)10-0-8.9+1


Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Washington (Massillon)12-032.7--
2St. Edward (Lakewood)11-138.9--
3Archbishop Hoban (Akron)10-129.5--
4Avon12-022.3--
5AMHS (Cincinnati)8-439.6--
6Lincoln (Gahanna)12-023.7--
7MLHS (Maria Stein)12-013.8+1
8Princeton (Cincinnati)12-025.8+4
9Central Catholic (Toledo)12-019.0-2
10PNHS (Pickerington)11-128.6+1
11Ursuline (Youngstown)12-023.2-1
12LWHS (West Chester)10-225.5+4
13Olentangy (Lewis Center)11-127.1+5
14WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)11-122.5+9
15Anderson (Cincinnati)11-120.7-2
16HBHS (Hilliard)11-126.3-2
17Perkins (Sandusky)11-09.8-2
18BWHS (Columbus)11-111.0+2
19OBHS (Delaware)11-128.2--
20Glenville (Cleveland)9-316.0-3
21VASJ (Cleveland)9-323.8+19
22Cleveland Heights11-119.4+14
23Liberty Center12-04.1+8
24Wapakoneta10-217.0+10
25McKinley (Canton)9-332.0-1


Pennsylvania State Rankings


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Waunakee12-022.4--
2Franklin12-024.2--
3Hamilton (Sussex)12-021.9--
4MU (Milwaukee)10-218.4+3
5Badger (Lake Geneva)12-015.2+11
6Kimberly10-129.9--
7Muskego10-226.1-2
8Kaukauna11-124.6+3
9Kettle Moraine (Wales)11-123.8-5
10NDA (Green Bay)11-110.3+4
11Rice Lake11-116.0+1
12SPEHS (Sun Prairie)10-222.8+7
13Arrowhead (Hartland)7-436.5-5
14Kewaunee12-06.3+6
15Verona10-222.9-6
16BWHS (Baldwin)10-220.8+2
17Lodi13-07.5--
18LCHS (Luxemburg)11-115.4+3
19Mukwonago6-433.7-6
20New Richmond10-223.0-10
21Neenah9-326.2-6
22Edgar11-12.7+5
23SCCHS (Hammond)9-215.6-1
24Oak Creek8-326.1-1
25Middleton9-218.3-1