@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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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.), 3-0
2. St. Xavier (Cincinnati), 3-0
3. St. Joseph’s Prep (Pa.), 1-0
4. Cathedral (Indianapolis), 3-0
5. Pickerington Central (Ohio), 3-0
6. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 3-0
7. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 2-0
8. East St. Louis (Ill.), 2-0
9. Belleville (Mich.), 2-0
10. LaSalle (Pa.), 2-0

Next Five (alphabetical)
- Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 2-1
- Eden Prairie (Minn.), 1-0

- Governor Mifflin (Pa.), 2-0
- Imhotep Carter (Pa.), 2-0

- Muskego (Wisc.), 3-0

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	2-0	48.6	--
2	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	2-0	20.1	--
3	CMCHS (Chicago)	2-0	21.8	+5
4	St. Rita (Chicago)	1-1	42.3	+5
5	SHGHS (Springfield)	2-0	-22.4	-1
6	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	2-0	13.4	+4
7	NCHS (Naperville)	2-0	24.8	+13
8	Marist (Chicago)	2-0	-14.6	-1
9	Rochester	1-1	29.0	-3
10	Wheaton North (Wheaton)	2-0	3.6	+2
11	LWEHS (Frankfort)	1-1	25.8	-8
12	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	2-0	5.3	+5
13	Maine South (Park Ridge)	2-0	10.7	+19
14	Cary-Grove (Cary)	2-0	-14.0	-3
15	Brother Rice (Chicago)	2-0	-0.9	-2
16	Warren Township (Gurnee)	1-1	21.7	-11
17	Batavia	2-0	4.1	-2
18	SCNHS (St. Charles)	2-0	4.1	+7
19	Fenwick (Oak Park)	2-0	1.5	+15
20	Princeton	2-0	-7.1	+3
21	Prospect (Mt. Prospect)	2-0	-7.4	-3
22	Hononegah (Rockton)	2-0	-16.1	-8
23	Lake Forest	1-1	12.4	-7
24	CLCHS (Crystal Lake)	2-0	8.1	+2
25	St. Francis (Wheaton)	1-1	11.0	-4

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Center Grove (Greenwood)	3-0	46.9	--
2	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	3-0	32.8	--
3	Carmel	2-1	51.2	--
4	Westfield	2-1	38.0	--
5	WCHS (Indianapolis)	2-1	38.2	+1
6	Brownsburg	2-1	39.1	-1
7	Roncalli (Indianapolis)	3-0	12.7	+2
8	Merrillville	3-0	9.7	+2
9	HSHS (Fishers)	3-0	14.2	+4
10	Mooresville	3-0	10.5	-3
11	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	2-1	24.2	-3
12	DCHS (Indianapolis)	2-1	41.0	+6
13	LNHS (Indianapolis)	2-0	16.3	-1
14	BJPHS (Indianapolis)	3-0	9.9	+2
15	FWBL (Fort Wayne)	3-0	16.1	+8
16	Valparaiso	3-0	-6.6	-1
17	Mishawaka	3-0	0.7	+2
18	GSHS (Fort Branch)	3-0	-5.2	+3
19	Fishers	3-0	15.4	+12
20	Zionsville	2-1	21.6	--
21	Whiteland	1-1	18.7	-10
22	East Central (St. Leon)	2-1	14.9	-8
23	Leo	3-0	-16.8	-1
24	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	2-1	18.9	+1
25	Chesterton	3-0	6.9	+5

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Belleville	2-0	-9.8	--
2	Cass Tech (Detroit)	2-0	17.2	+7
3	Edwardsburg	2-0	-4.7	-1
4	Rockford	2-0	11.6	+3
5	Grand Blanc	2-0	22.3	+5
6	Clarkston	2-0	9.2	-1
7	King (Detroit)	1-1	36.6	+12
8	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	2-0	12.6	--
9	Adams (Rochester)	2-0	13.9	-5
10	East Lansing	1-1	15.7	+1
11	West Bloomfield	1-1	13.7	-5
12	Portland	2-0	9.1	+52
13	DLSC (Warren)	2-0	8.9	+10
14	DeWitt	1-1	24.5	-11
15	TCCHS (Traverse City)	1-1	13.7	-3
16	GPSHS (Grosse Pointe)	2-0	-15.5	-2
17	BRHS (Bloomfield Hills)	2-0	4.8	+4
18	Kingsley	2-0	-7.0	--
19	CVHS (Clinton Township)	2-0	-2.6	+3
20	SCHS (Rochester Hills)	2-0	-4.1	-7
21	Romeo	2-0	-0.1	+7
22	UCHS (Hudsonville)	2-0	-8.3	+5
23	Catholic Central (Novi)	1-1	19.5	+6
24	FHCHS (Grand Rapids)	1-1	22.4	+1
25	WCHS (Grand Rapids)	2-0	-3.1	+17

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Eden Prairie	1-0	-1.0	--
2	Moorhead	1-0	-11.9	--
3	Andover	1-0	0.4	--
4	Mankato West (Mankato)	1-0	-11.8	+1
5	Becker	1-0	25.0	-1
6	LSHS (Lakeville)	1-0	0.1	+3
7	Rogers	1-0	27.1	+9
8	Cannon Falls	1-0	-17.1	-1
9	Chanhassen	1-0	-7.8	+1
10	Elk River	1-0	-3.9	+1
11	Bemidji	0-1	30.3	-3
12	Hutchinson	2-0	-1.7	+2
13	Waseca	1-0	-14.6	--
14	Spring Lake Park	1-0	-13.1	-2
15	Rocori (Cold Spring)	1-1	23.5	-9
16	Chaska	1-0	0.0	+1
17	SMAHS (Albertville)	1-0	0.4	+1
18	Prior Lake	1-0	-1.3	+1
19	Rosemount	1-0	-17.8	+2
20	Albany	1-0	-27.4	+2
21	PEMHS (Elgin)	1-0	3.2	+7
22	Blooming Prairie	1-0	-27.6	+2
23	Mayo (Rochester)	1-0	7.5	+9
24	Monticello	1-0	2.8	+1
25	Shakopee	1-0	-6.7	+4

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Canisius (Buffalo)	0-0	0.0	--
2	Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)	0-0	0.0	+1
3	Iona Prep (New Rochelle)	0-1	44.8	-1
4	CFHS (Binghamton)	0-0	0.0	+3
5	Oceanside	0-0	0.0	--
6	St. Francis (Hamburg)	1-0	-14.0	--
7	Port Jervis	0-0	0.0	+2
8	Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)	0-1	43.0	-4
9	Shaker (Latham)	0-0	0.0	-1
10	CPPHS (Corning)	0-0	0.0	--
11	Sayville	0-0	0.0	--
12	Jamestown	1-0	-0.4	+5
13	Troy	0-0	0.0	-1
14	IRHS (Philadelphia)	0-0	0.0	-1
15	CA (Canandaigua)	1-0	-25.1	-1
16	Massapequa	0-0	0.0	-1
17	SWRHS (Shoreham)	0-0	0.0	-1
18	SHS (Clifton Park)	0-0	0.0	--
19	Plainedge (Massapequa)	0-0	0.0	--
20	Carmel	0-0	0.0	--
21	MFHS (Staten Island)	0-0	0.0	--
22	GHS (Guilderland Center)	0-0	0.0	--
23	Garden City	0-0	0.0	--
24	Westhampton Beach	0-0	0.0	--
25	Iroquois (Elma)	1-0	-4.5	+6

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	3-0	32.9	--
2	St. Edward (Lakewood)	3-0	11.9	+2
3	PCHS (Pickerington)	3-0	31.8	--
4	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	2-1	39.3	-2
5	Springfield	2-0	16.5	+1
6	Mentor	2-1	41.1	-1
7	La Salle (Cincinnati)	2-1	62.6	+1
8	LWHS (West Chester)	2-1	26.2	-1
9	Marysville	2-0	15.9	--
10	Benedictine (Cleveland)	3-0	11.8	+3
11	Medina	3-0	19.9	--
12	St. Ignatius (Cleveland)	1-2	43.9	+10
13	Chardon	3-0	12.8	-3
14	Princeton (Cincinnati)	3-0	9.0	+6
15	UAHS (Columbus)	3-0	15.7	+9
16	Steubenville	3-0	18.3	+23
17	Elder (Cincinnati)	2-1	13.6	-3
18	Washington (Massillon)	2-1	26.1	+5
19	Avon Lake	3-0	12.4	-1
20	Hilliard Darby (Hilliard)	3-0	20.9	+22
21	Kirtland	2-0	-11.7	-2
22	AMHS (Cincinnati)	3-0	22.7	+13
23	Avon	2-1	21.3	-2
24	Aurora	3-0	7.3	-8
25	Badin (Hamilton)	3-0	12.7	+7

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	1-0	30.0	--
2	IC (Philadelphia)	2-0	37.9	+4
3	LSCHS (Wyndmoor)	2-0	25.4	-1
4	GMHS (Shillington)	2-0	6.1	-1
5	Malvern Prep (Malvern)	0-1	43.6	-1
6	AWHS (Warminster)	2-0	7.8	+10
7	Harrisburg	2-0	6.4	-2
8	PTHS (McMurray)	2-0	0.4	+3
9	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	1-1	23.2	+1
10	Central York (York)	2-0	-0.1	-2
11	GVHS (Glen Mills)	2-0	6.6	+7
12	SCAHS (Catawissa)	2-0	-10.4	+1
13	PTHS (Harrison City)	2-0	-9.8	-1
14	North Allegheny (Wexford)	1-1	16.3	-5
15	TJHS (Jefferson Hills)	1-0	16.4	+9
16	Downingtown East (Exton)	2-0	6.0	+4
17	Moon Area (Moon Township)	2-0	2.8	+8
18	Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)	2-0	0.2	+17
19	Central Valley (Monaca)	2-0	-15.5	-4
20	Coatesville	2-0	5.2	+2
21	Bedford	2-0	-14.9	-2
22	Northeast (Philadelphia)	0-1	39.3	-1
23	DWHS (Downingtown)	1-1	20.6	+8
24	Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)	0-2	23.9	-17
25	GA (Fort Washington)	1-0	-17.0	-2

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Franklin	3-0	16.9	--
2	Muskego	3-0	-2.4	--
3	Mukwonago	3-0	14.0	--
4	Appleton North (Appleton)	2-1	12.6	+4
5	Waunakee	3-0	-4.4	--
6	Union Grove	3-0	5.6	+3
7	Kimberly	3-0	0.9	-3
8	WWHS (Wauwatosa)	3-0	-9.6	-1
9	CMHS (Waukesha)	3-0	-8.9	-3
10	Fond du Lac	2-1	11.9	--
11	Oak Creek	3-0	-4.8	+16
12	Homestead (Mequon)	3-0	7.3	+8
13	LCHS (Luxemburg)	3-0	-9.0	-1
14	Baraboo	3-0	0.1	+5
15	Hamilton (Sussex)	2-1	13.3	+15
16	Sun Prairie	3-0	-9.2	--
17	DeForest	3-0	-7.5	+1
18	Pulaski	3-0	-7.2	-4
19	Ellsworth	3-0	-2.3	+7
20	LCLHS (Hartland)	3-0	-13.0	-5
21	Menomonie	3-0	-0.6	+2
22	BEHS (Brookfield)	3-0	-6.3	-9
23	Edgewood (Madison)	3-0	-6.7	+1
24	Whitefish Bay	2-1	-17.8	-7
25	Columbus	3-0	-15.7	+24

@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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