@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.), 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.	+/-
1	East St. Louis	4-1	41.0	--
2	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	5-0	30.6	--
3	Cary-Grove (Cary)	5-0	7.7	+8
4	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	5-0	12.5	--
5	Rochester	4-1	17.8	--
6	Batavia	5-0	18.5	--
7	Brother Rice (Chicago)	4-1	14.7	--
8	NVHS (Naperville)	5-0	22.9	+6
9	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	5-0	-8.6	+3
10	SICP (Chicago)	5-0	6.8	+30
11	Wheaton North (Wheaton)	4-1	14.2	-3
12	Lockport	5-0	4.1	+1
13	St. Rita (Chicago)	3-2	30.5	-4
14	SHGHS (Springfield)	4-1	-1.3	-4
15	CMCHS (Chicago)	4-1	25.8	-12
16	Marist (Chicago)	4-1	8.8	-1
17	South Elgin	5-0	-1.4	+3
18	HHS (Arlington Heights)	5-0	-4.1	-1
19	St. Teresa (Decatur)	5-0	-0.1	--
20	Maine South (Park Ridge)	4-1	10.1	+1
21	NCHS (Naperville)	3-2	23.5	-5
22	LWEHS (Frankfort)	4-1	9.3	--
23	Warren Township (Gurnee)	4-1	7.3	-5
24	Fenwick (Oak Park)	3-2	18.8	+4
25	O'Fallon	3-2	22.3	-2

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Center Grove (Greenwood)	6-0	39.8	--
2	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	6-0	25.9	--
3	Carmel	5-1	36.6	--
4	Westfield	5-1	40.6	+1
5	HSHS (Fishers)	5-1	31.1	+1
6	WCHS (Indianapolis)	5-1	34.5	-2
7	Roncalli (Indianapolis)	6-0	21.6	+1
8	Merrillville	6-0	16.3	+2
9	Valparaiso	6-0	14.3	+2
10	DCHS (Indianapolis)	5-1	33.6	-1
11	Brownsburg	4-2	40.0	-4
12	Mooresville	5-1	21.3	+1
13	LNHS (Indianapolis)	4-1	32.1	+5
14	FWBL (Fort Wayne)	6-0	14.1	--
15	East Central (St. Leon)	5-1	14.8	+1
16	BJPHS (Indianapolis)	5-1	18.6	-1
17	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	2-4	41.7	-5
18	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	5-1	17.8	-1
19	Chesterton	5-1	18.7	--
20	BSHS (Bloomington)	6-0	11.5	--
21	FCHS (Indianapolis)	4-2	30.2	--
22	Jasper	6-0	6.8	--
23	Zionsville	3-3	33.3	+4
24	GSHS (Fort Branch)	5-1	6.1	+8
25	Fishers	4-2	29.6	+4

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Rockford	5-0	14.6	+3
2	King (Detroit)	4-1	15.7	--
3	Clarkston	5-0	10.1	--
4	DLSC (Warren)	4-0	20.4	+3
5	Edwardsburg	5-0	-1.7	-4
6	Adams (Rochester)	5-0	10.4	--
7	Grand Blanc	5-0	8.8	-2
8	Portland	5-0	2.7	+2
9	DeWitt	4-1	23.2	+3
10	Caledonia	5-0	5.9	+4
11	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	5-0	6.7	-3
12	TCCHS (Traverse City)	4-1	7.3	-3
13	Catholic Central (Novi)	4-1	18.4	+5
14	Cass Tech (Detroit)	3-2	11.9	-1
15	SHSHS (Sterling Heights)	4-1	11.8	+2
16	CVHS (Clinton Township)	4-1	11.5	+22
17	West Bloomfield	4-1	16.0	-2
18	Churchill (Livonia)	5-0	-6.1	+5
19	Romeo	4-1	12.1	-8
20	MSHS (Norton Shores)	4-1	6.3	-4
21	Belleville	4-1	5.2	+4
22	Frankenmuth	5-0	-3.1	+28
23	River Rouge	3-2	13.1	-3
24	WCHS (Grand Rapids)	5-0	-3.7	-5
25	SFHS (Traverse City)	5-0	-7.6	+23

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Andover	4-0	22.5	--
2	LSHS (Lakeville)	4-0	13.9	--
3	Becker	4-0	16.0	+2
4	Mankato West (Mankato)	4-0	-1.3	--
5	Moorhead	3-0	9.0	-2
6	Shakopee	4-0	10.1	--
7	Rogers	3-1	23.1	--
8	Hutchinson	3-1	19.9	--
9	Elk River	3-1	18.1	+2
10	Chaska	4-0	10.5	--
11	Eden Prairie	3-1	21.4	+1
12	Wayzata (Plymouth)	4-0	0.2	+2
13	Chanhassen	3-1	18.3	+2
14	Maple Grove	3-1	9.0	-5
15	Mayo (Rochester)	4-0	-5.3	+2
16	Stillwater	4-0	4.3	+16
17	SMAHS (Albertville)	3-1	10.1	+7
18	SRRHS (Sauk Rapids)	4-0	2.1	+5
19	Cannon Falls	4-0	-5.3	-3
20	STA (Mendota Heights)	4-0	-3.3	+21
21	Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)	4-0	3.6	-1
22	Blue Earth	4-0	-20.0	-3
23	Rosemount	3-1	7.6	-5
24	FMLHS (CO-OP) (Fairmont)	4-0	4.3	+19
25	Spring Lake Park	3-1	8.8	-3

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Canisius (Buffalo)	3-0	1.0	--
2	Iona Prep (New Rochelle)	3-1	18.9	--
3	Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)	3-0	4.3	--
4	Shaker (Latham)	3-0	6.5	--
5	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	3-0	3.5	+3
6	St. Anthony's (Melville)	2-1	19.4	+21
7	Carmel	3-0	-8.0	+9
8	CBA (Albany)	4-0	-7.5	+5
9	IRHS (Philadelphia)	2-0	0.5	+6
10	SHS (Clifton Park)	2-1	13.7	--
11	MFHS (Staten Island)	2-1	12.4	-2
12	CPPHS (Corning)	3-0	-14.5	--
13	Plainedge (Massapequa)	3-0	-11.3	+1
14	Port Jervis	3-0	-16.1	-8
15	MQJHS (Rochester)	4-0	-9.9	+3
16	St. Francis (Hamburg)	3-1	0.4	-9
17	EIHS (Islip Terrace)	3-0	-5.2	+2
18	CCHS (New Windsor)	3-0	0.4	+7
19	Sayville	3-0	-7.3	+4
20	Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)	1-3	37.4	-15
21	Ardsley	3-0	-4.5	--
22	Lancaster	4-0	-24.2	+2
23	SWRHS (Shoreham)	3-0	-7.4	+6
24	Massapequa	3-0	-8.7	-4
25	CFHS (Binghamton)	2-1	-7.9	-3

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	6-0	38.7	--
2	St. Edward (Lakewood)	6-0	22.0	--
3	Medina	6-0	23.4	+4
4	LWHS (West Chester)	5-1	26.3	+1
5	AMHS (Cincinnati)	5-1	42.0	+4
6	Springfield	5-0	18.3	-3
7	PCHS (Pickerington)	5-1	21.0	-1
8	UAHS (Columbus)	6-0	16.5	+5
9	La Salle (Cincinnati)	4-2	51.6	-5
10	Benedictine (Cleveland)	5-0	19.7	-2
11	Marysville	5-0	21.7	-1
12	Chardon	6-0	14.1	+3
13	LEHS (Liberty Township)	5-1	24.6	+1
14	St. Ignatius (Cleveland)	4-2	30.9	-2
15	Kings (Kings Mill)	6-0	15.5	+8
16	Avon	4-2	23.6	+5
17	Central Catholic (Toledo)	4-2	25.9	+2
18	OLHS (Powell)	4-2	30.1	--
19	Archbold	6-0	8.5	-2
20	Big Walnut (Sunbury)	6-0	-0.9	+7
21	Ursuline (Youngstown)	4-1	25.2	+4
22	Washington (Massillon)	4-2	29.6	+9
23	Stow-Munroe Falls (Stow)	5-1	17.3	+5
24	Princeton (Cincinnati)	5-1	20.9	--
25	Highland (Medina)	5-1	17.9	+5

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	2-1	46.7	--
2	LSCHS (Wyndmoor)	5-0	33.2	--
3	IC (Philadelphia)	3-1	36.4	+1
4	GMHS (Shillington)	5-0	16.1	-1
5	Malvern Prep (Malvern)	3-1	23.1	--
6	Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)	5-0	11.5	--
7	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	4-1	23.4	+1
8	Belle Vernon	4-0	14.6	+5
9	GVHS (Glen Mills)	5-0	4.7	--
10	Manheim Central (Manheim)	5-0	9.0	+6
11	TJHS (Jefferson Hills)	3-1	18.5	-4
12	Central York (York)	4-0	8.8	-2
13	AWHS (Warminster)	3-2	24.8	-2
14	Moon Area (Moon Township)	5-0	7.5	--
15	SCAHS (Catawissa)	5-0	1.2	+3
16	Central Valley (Monaca)	5-0	-0.6	+1
17	Harrisburg	4-1	20.5	+5
18	PTHS (McMurray)	4-1	11.7	+3
19	Wyomissing	5-0	-1.4	+4
20	Bedford	5-0	-3.1	-1
21	Seneca Valley (Harmony)	3-1	16.1	+4
22	North Allegheny (Wexford)	3-2	17.5	-10
23	North Penn (Lansdale)	5-0	0.9	+3
24	Gateway (Monroeville)	3-2	15.5	-4
25	Cathedral Prep (Erie)	4-0	1.9	+12

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Franklin	6-0	7.1	--
2	Kimberly	6-0	6.1	--
3	Sun Prairie	6-0	0.7	--
4	Muskego	5-1	14.8	+3
5	Mukwonago	5-1	11.9	-1
6	CMHS (Waukesha)	6-0	0.2	+9
7	Homestead (Mequon)	5-1	15.6	+5
8	Appleton North (Appleton)	4-2	13.0	-3
9	Waunakee	6-0	3.0	-1
10	Oak Creek	6-0	-2.3	+3
11	Union Grove	5-1	8.4	-5
12	Hamilton (Sussex)	5-1	9.6	-3
13	LCHS (Luxemburg)	6-0	-4.3	-3
14	Arrowhead (Hartland)	4-2	13.1	+3
15	LCLHS (Hartland)	6-0	-14.4	-1
16	Germantown	4-2	17.0	+6
17	Reedsville	6-0	-20.9	+2
18	BEHS (Brookfield)	5-1	6.0	-7
19	Stevens Point	5-1	6.6	+9
20	Hartford	5-1	9.2	+5
21	Columbus	5-0	-17.2	+11
22	Regis (Eau Claire)	6-0	-15.4	-1
23	DeForest	5-1	-4.0	+3
24	Colby	6-0	-11.1	--
25	Ellsworth	6-0	-10.7	+6

@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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