@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

Week 8/29 Poll
1. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 2-0
2. St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia), 0-1
3. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati), 2-0
4. East St. Louis (Ill.), 0-1
5. Springfield (Ohio), 1-0
6. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 2-0
7. Brownsburg (Ind.), 2-0
8. Belleville (Mich.), 1-0
9. Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio), 2-0
10. Imhotep Charter (Pa.), 1-0

Next In Line:
Archbishop Hoban (Ohio), 2-0
Cathedral (Indianapolis), 1-1
Catholic Memorial (Waukesha, Wisc.), 2-0
De La Salle Collegiate (Warren, Mich.), 1-0
Loyola Academy (Ill.), 1-0
Iona Prep (N.Y.), 0-0
Mankato West (Minn.), 0-0
New Palestine (Ind.), 2-0
Warren Central (Ind.), 1-1
West Bloomfield (Mich.), 1-0

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	East St. Louis	0-1	74.6
2	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	0-0	0.0
3	Batavia	1-0	9.1
4	CMCHS (Chicago)	1-0	21.6
5	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	1-0	-3.0
6	Lockport	1-0	-16.2
7	Cary-Grove (Cary)	1-0	-17.3
8	SHGHS (Springfield)	1-0	8.8
9	Brother Rice (Chicago)	1-0	-2.8
10	Wheaton North (Wheaton)	1-0	-8.4
11	NNHS (Naperville)	1-0	0.0
12	ICCP (Elmhurst)	1-0	9.9
13	Warren Township (Gurnee)	1-0	7.6
14	NA (LaGrange Park)	1-0	0.0
15	Lena-Winslow (Lena)	1-0	-33.1
16	LWEHS (Frankfort)	1-0	23.6
17	Crete-Monee (Crete)	0-1	23.8
18	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	1-0	16.7
19	Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet)	1-0	-1.0
20	NVHS (Naperville)	1-0	3.9
21	St. Rita (Chicago)	0-1	41.3
22	Reed-Custer (Braidwood)	1-0	-39.8
23	Maine South (Park Ridge)	1-0	-1.8
24	Princeton	1-0	-3.9
25	Prospect (Mt. Prospect)	1-0	-0.4

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Brownsburg	2-0	51.2
2	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	1-1	40.1
3	Center Grove (Greenwood)	2-0	43.4
4	New Palestine	2-0	36.3
5	Westfield	1-1	43.7
6	WCHS (Indianapolis)	1-1	51.1
7	HSHS (Fishers)	2-0	26.5
8	Zionsville	2-0	18.3
9	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	1-1	43.4
10	Merrillville	2-0	16.1
11	Fishers	2-0	18.4
12	East Central (St. Leon)	2-0	4.1
13	Carmel	0-2	45.1
14	Roncalli (Indianapolis)	2-0	8.5
15	IBCHS (Indianapolis)	2-0	9.5
16	LCHS (Indianapolis)	0-2	47.6
17	Whiteland	2-0	19.4
18	LNHS (Indianapolis)	1-1	27.8
19	Crown Point	2-0	16.6
20	Mooresville	2-0	6.7
21	Noblesville	2-0	12.5
22	BJPHS (Indianapolis)	1-1	24.6
23	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	2-0	12.2
24	Elkhart	2-0	9.5
25	Mishawaka	2-0	8.7

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	DLSC (Warren)	1-0	-14.3
2	King (Detroit)	0-1	48.5
3	Belleville	1-0	4.8
4	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	1-0	-26.0
5	West Bloomfield	1-0	14.4
6	Dakota (Macomb)	1-0	9.2
7	River Rouge	1-0	18.1
8	Adams (Rochester)	1-0	1.8
9	Caledonia	1-0	19.4
10	TCCHS (Traverse City)	1-0	11.0
11	Romeo	1-0	11.3
12	DeWitt	1-0	-1.7
13	Whitehall	1-0	17.2
14	Holt	0-1	27.9
15	Rockford	1-0	-9.9
16	Cedar Springs	0-1	28.9
17	UCHS (Hudsonville)	0-1	21.2
18	Grandville	1-0	16.6
19	SCHS (Grand Rapids)	1-0	7.9
20	Grand Blanc	0-1	16.8
21	Hudson	1-0	-28.3
22	Saline	1-0	4.5
23	SATHS (Southfield)	1-0	14.4
24	SHSHS (Sterling Heights)	0-1	33.5
25	Cass Tech (Detroit)	0-1	14.6

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Hutchinson	1-0	-1.0
2	Mankato West (Mankato)	0-0	0.0
3	LSHS (Lakeville)	0-0	0.0
4	Chatfield	0-0	0.0
5	Maple Grove	0-0	0.0
6	STA (Mendota Heights)	0-0	0.0
7	Mahtomedi	0-0	0.0
8	Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)	0-0	0.0
9	Rogers	0-0	0.0
10	Chaska	0-0	0.0
11	Elk River	0-0	0.0
12	Andover	0-0	0.0
13	Eden Prairie	0-0	0.0
14	Rocori (Cold Spring)	1-0	13.8
15	Shakopee	0-0	0.0
16	Wayzata (Plymouth)	0-0	0.0
17	LNHS (Lakeville)	0-0	0.0
18	Spring Lake Park	0-0	0.0
19	Chanhassen	0-0	0.0
20	Annandale	0-0	0.0
21	Becker	0-1	17.8
22	EVWHS (Eden Valley)	0-0	0.0
23	RCHS (New Hope)	0-0	0.0
24	KMHS (Kasson)	0-0	0.0
25	PEMHS (Elgin)	0-0	0.0

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.
1	Carmel	0-0
2	St. Francis (Hamburg)	0-0
3	Somers (Lincolndale)	0-0
4	Tioga (Tioga Center)	0-0
5	CBA (Syracuse)	0-0
6	Jamestown	0-0
7	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	0-0
8	Plainedge (Massapequa)	0-0
9	Garden City	0-0
10	LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)	0-0
11	CFHS (Binghamton)	0-0
12	UP (Rochester)	0-0
13	Wantagh	0-0
14	Arlington (LaGrangeville)	0-0
15	FMHS (Manlius)	0-0
16	IRHS (Philadelphia)	0-0
17	CCHS (New Windsor)	0-0
18	EIHS (Islip Terrace)	0-0
19	CA (Canandaigua)	0-0
20	Waverly	0-0
21	SWRHS (Shoreham)	0-0
22	Bellport (Brookhaven)	0-0
23	MQJHS (Rochester)	0-0
24	CBA (Albany)	0-0
25	Seaford	0-0

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	St. Edward (Lakewood)	2-0	44.7
2	LWHS (West Chester)	2-0	26.6
3	Springfield	1-0	35.4
4	AMHS (Cincinnati)	2-0	32.1
5	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	2-0	37.9
6	Central Catholic (Toledo)	1-1	34.8
7	Chardon	2-0	14.6
8	Princeton (Cincinnati)	2-0	15.0
9	St. Ignatius (Cleveland)	1-0	26.9
10	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	0-1	49.4
11	New Albany	2-0	9.5
12	Kings (Kings Mill)	2-0	-1.6
13	UAHS (Columbus)	2-0	1.5
14	Winton Woods (Cincinnati)	2-0	-7.9
15	Washington (Massillon)	1-1	25.3
16	Elder (Cincinnati)	2-0	22.1
17	Avon	2-0	11.3
18	Badin (Hamilton)	2-0	10.2
19	PNHS (Pickerington)	2-0	12.3
20	Big Walnut (Sunbury)	2-0	4.2
21	PCHS (Pickerington)	1-1	19.0
22	MLHS (Maria Stein)	2-0	9.0
23	AFHS (Youngstown)	2-0	5.7
24	Canfield	2-0	17.6
25	Van Wert	2-0	-14.8

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	0-1	77.3
2	IC (Philadelphia)	1-0	46.0
3	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	0-1	58.3
4	BMDHS (Harrisburg)	0-1	53.1
5	Central Valley (Monaca)	1-0	-0.4
6	PTHS (Harrison City)	1-0	19.8
7	Gateway (Monroeville)	1-0	41.2
8	LSCHS (Wyndmoor)	1-0	23.1
9	SCAHS (Catawissa)	1-0	3.2
10	Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)	0-1	43.9
11	Wyomissing	1-0	-9.7
12	Cathedral Prep (Erie)	0-1	41.6
13	North Allegheny (Wexford)	1-0	1.7
14	Jersey Shore	1-0	12.7
15	Aliquippa	0-0	0.0
16	AWHS (Warminster)	0-0	0.0
17	Belle Vernon	0-0	0.0
18	Central (Martinsburg)	1-0	21.1
19	Harrisburg	0-0	0.0
20	Seneca Valley (Harmony)	1-0	26.2
21	McDowell (Erie)	1-0	14.1
22	Emmaus	1-0	28.4
23	GVHS (Glen Mills)	1-0	18.2
24	West Allegheny (Imperial)	1-0	23.0
25	Parkland (Allentown)	1-0	10.7

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	CMHS (Waukesha)	2-0	23.0
2	Muskego	2-0	16.1
3	Franklin	1-1	31.1
4	Kimberly	2-0	7.1
5	Mukwonago	2-0	5.2
6	Arrowhead (Hartland)	2-0	14.0
7	Waunakee	2-0	11.9
8	Neenah	2-0	6.6
9	Appleton North (Appleton)	2-0	-20.1
10	Columbus	2-0	-9.0
11	Oak Creek	1-1	18.2
12	Bay Port (Green Bay)	2-0	5.9
13	SMSHS (Fond du Lac)	2-0	5.1
14	Fond du Lac	1-1	24.3
15	River Falls	2-0	0.6
16	WWHS (Wauwatosa)	2-0	-11.6
17	Rice Lake	2-0	0.0
18	New Richmond	2-0	8.8
19	West De Pere (De Pere)	2-0	4.4
20	Homestead (Mequon)	1-1	19.0
21	Ellsworth	1-1	4.4
22	Edgewood (Madison)	2-0	-10.4
23	Hudson	2-0	0.1
24	Chippewa Falls	2-0	-0.8
25	Hamilton (Sussex)	1-1	9.4

@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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