@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

By Eric Frantz Sep 27, 2021, 10:45am

This week's 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. 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.

National acclaim and big-time talent. North Coast football is a force.
@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

1. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 6-0
2. St. Xavier (Cincinnati), 6-0
3. Cathedral (Indianapolis), 6-0
4. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 6-0
5. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 5-0
6. St. Joseph’s Prep (Pa.), 2-1
7. East St. Louis (Ill.), 4-1
8. LaSalle (Pa.), 5-0
9. Carmel (Ind.), 5-1
10. Governor Mifflin (Pa.), 5-0

Next Five (alphabetical)
- Andover (Minn.), 4-0
- Canisius (Buffalo), 3-0
- Medina (Ohio), 6-0
- Springfield (Ohio), 5-0
- Westfield (Ind.), 5-1

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. +/-
1East St. Louis4-141.0--
2Loyola Academy (Wilmette)5-030.6--
3Cary-Grove (Cary)5-07.7+8
4Joliet Catholic (Joliet)5-012.5--
5Rochester4-117.8--
6Batavia5-018.5--
7Brother Rice (Chicago)4-114.7--
8NVHS (Naperville)5-022.9+6
9GWHS (Glen Ellyn)5-0-8.6+3
10SICP (Chicago)5-06.8+30
11Wheaton North (Wheaton)4-114.2-3
12Lockport5-04.1+1
13St. Rita (Chicago)3-230.5-4
14SHGHS (Springfield)4-1-1.3-4
15CMCHS (Chicago)4-125.8-12
16Marist (Chicago)4-18.8-1
17South Elgin5-0-1.4+3
18HHS (Arlington Heights)5-0-4.1-1
19St. Teresa (Decatur)5-0-0.1--
20Maine South (Park Ridge)4-110.1+1
21NCHS (Naperville)3-223.5-5
22LWEHS (Frankfort)4-19.3--
23Warren Township (Gurnee)4-17.3-5
24Fenwick (Oak Park)3-218.8+4
25O'Fallon3-222.3-2


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Center Grove (Greenwood)6-039.8--
2Cathedral (Indianapolis)6-025.9--
3Carmel5-136.6--
4Westfield5-140.6+1
5HSHS (Fishers)5-131.1+1
6WCHS (Indianapolis)5-134.5-2
7Roncalli (Indianapolis)6-021.6+1
8Merrillville6-016.3+2
9Valparaiso6-014.3+2
10DCHS (Indianapolis)5-133.6-1
11Brownsburg4-240.0-4
12Mooresville5-121.3+1
13LNHS (Indianapolis)4-132.1+5
14FWBL (Fort Wayne)6-014.1--
15East Central (St. Leon)5-114.8+1
16BJPHS (Indianapolis)5-118.6-1
17Ben Davis (Indianapolis)2-441.7-5
18Carroll (Fort Wayne)5-117.8-1
19Chesterton5-118.7--
20BSHS (Bloomington)6-011.5--
21FCHS (Indianapolis)4-230.2--
22Jasper6-06.8--
23Zionsville3-333.3+4
24GSHS (Fort Branch)5-16.1+8
25Fishers4-229.6+4


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Rockford5-014.6+3
2King (Detroit)4-115.7--
3Clarkston5-010.1--
4DLSC (Warren)4-020.4+3
5Edwardsburg5-0-1.7-4
6Adams (Rochester)5-010.4--
7Grand Blanc5-08.8-2
8Portland5-02.7+2
9DeWitt4-123.2+3
10Caledonia5-05.9+4
11CCHS (Grand Rapids)5-06.7-3
12TCCHS (Traverse City)4-17.3-3
13Catholic Central (Novi)4-118.4+5
14Cass Tech (Detroit)3-211.9-1
15SHSHS (Sterling Heights)4-111.8+2
16CVHS (Clinton Township)4-111.5+22
17West Bloomfield4-116.0-2
18Churchill (Livonia)5-0-6.1+5
19Romeo4-112.1-8
20MSHS (Norton Shores)4-16.3-4
21Belleville4-15.2+4
22Frankenmuth5-0-3.1+28
23River Rouge3-213.1-3
24WCHS (Grand Rapids)5-0-3.7-5
25SFHS (Traverse City)5-0-7.6+23


Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Andover4-022.5--
2LSHS (Lakeville)4-013.9--
3Becker4-016.0+2
4Mankato West (Mankato)4-0-1.3--
5Moorhead3-09.0-2
6Shakopee4-010.1--
7Rogers3-123.1--
8Hutchinson3-119.9--
9Elk River3-118.1+2
10Chaska4-010.5--
11Eden Prairie3-121.4+1
12Wayzata (Plymouth)4-00.2+2
13Chanhassen3-118.3+2
14Maple Grove3-19.0-5
15Mayo (Rochester)4-0-5.3+2
16Stillwater4-04.3+16
17SMAHS (Albertville)3-110.1+7
18SRRHS (Sauk Rapids)4-02.1+5
19Cannon Falls4-0-5.3-3
20STA (Mendota Heights)4-0-3.3+21
21Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)4-03.6-1
22Blue Earth4-0-20.0-3
23Rosemount3-17.6-5
24FMLHS (CO-OP) (Fairmont)4-04.3+19
25Spring Lake Park3-18.8-3


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Canisius (Buffalo)3-01.0--
2Iona Prep (New Rochelle)3-118.9--
3Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)3-04.3--
4Shaker (Latham)3-06.5--
5Maine-Endwell (Endwell)3-03.5+3
6St. Anthony's (Melville)2-119.4+21
7Carmel3-0-8.0+9
8CBA (Albany)4-0-7.5+5
9IRHS (Philadelphia)2-00.5+6
10SHS (Clifton Park)2-113.7--
11MFHS (Staten Island)2-112.4-2
12CPPHS (Corning)3-0-14.5--
13Plainedge (Massapequa)3-0-11.3+1
14Port Jervis3-0-16.1-8
15MQJHS (Rochester)4-0-9.9+3
16St. Francis (Hamburg)3-10.4-9
17EIHS (Islip Terrace)3-0-5.2+2
18CCHS (New Windsor)3-00.4+7
19Sayville3-0-7.3+4
20Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)1-337.4-15
21Ardsley3-0-4.5--
22Lancaster4-0-24.2+2
23SWRHS (Shoreham)3-0-7.4+6
24Massapequa3-0-8.7-4
25CFHS (Binghamton)2-1-7.9-3


Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Xavier (Cincinnati)6-038.7--
2St. Edward (Lakewood)6-022.0--
3Medina6-023.4+4
4LWHS (West Chester)5-126.3+1
5AMHS (Cincinnati)5-142.0+4
6Springfield5-018.3-3
7PCHS (Pickerington)5-121.0-1
8UAHS (Columbus)6-016.5+5
9La Salle (Cincinnati)4-251.6-5
10Benedictine (Cleveland)5-019.7-2
11Marysville5-021.7-1
12Chardon6-014.1+3
13LEHS (Liberty Township)5-124.6+1
14St. Ignatius (Cleveland)4-230.9-2
15Kings (Kings Mill)6-015.5+8
16Avon4-223.6+5
17Central Catholic (Toledo)4-225.9+2
18OLHS (Powell)4-230.1--
19Archbold6-08.5-2
20Big Walnut (Sunbury)6-0-0.9+7
21Ursuline (Youngstown)4-125.2+4
22Washington (Massillon)4-229.6+9
23Stow-Munroe Falls (Stow)5-117.3+5
24Princeton (Cincinnati)5-120.9--
25Highland (Medina)5-117.9+5




Pennsylvania State Rankings


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Franklin6-07.1--
2Kimberly6-06.1--
3Sun Prairie6-00.7--
4Muskego5-114.8+3
5Mukwonago5-111.9-1
6CMHS (Waukesha)6-00.2+9
7Homestead (Mequon)5-115.6+5
8Appleton North (Appleton)4-213.0-3
9Waunakee6-03.0-1
10Oak Creek6-0-2.3+3
11Union Grove5-18.4-5
12Hamilton (Sussex)5-19.6-3
13LCHS (Luxemburg)6-0-4.3-3
14Arrowhead (Hartland)4-213.1+3
15LCLHS (Hartland)6-0-14.4-1
16Germantown4-217.0+6
17Reedsville6-0-20.9+2
18BEHS (Brookfield)5-16.0-7
19Stevens Point5-16.6+9
20Hartford5-19.2+5
21Columbus5-0-17.2+11
22Regis (Eau Claire)6-0-15.4-1
23DeForest5-1-4.0+3
24Colby6-0-11.1--
25Ellsworth6-0-10.7+6