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

Our weekly look at the 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. 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

9/4/23 Poll

1. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 3-0

2. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia. Pa.), 1-1
3. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 3-0
4. Belleville (Mich.), 2-0
5. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 3-0
6. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.), 2-0
7. Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 2-0
8. Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia. Pa.), 2-0
9. Brownsburg (Ind.), 3-0
10. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 3-0

Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.), 1-0
Andover (Minn.), 1-0
Avon (Ohio), 3-0
Cardinal Hayes (Bronx, N.Y.), 1-0
Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 2-0
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 2-0
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 2-1
East Central (St. Leon, Ind.), 3-0
East St. Louis (Ill.), 1-1
Kettle Moraine (Wales, Wis.), 3-0
Kimberly (Wis.), 2-0
Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 2-0
Mankato West (Minn.), 1-0
Mukwonago (Wis.), 3-0
West Bloomfield (Mich.), 2-0

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	CMCHS (Chicago)	2-0	33.7	--
2	East St. Louis	1-1	57.0	--
3	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	2-0	25.0	--
4	LWEHS (Frankfort)	2-0	18.2	+1
5	ICCP (Elmhurst)	2-0	-57.2	-1
6	York (Elmhurst)	2-0	9.7	+3
7	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	2-0	11.9	+9
8	Sycamore	2-0	2.4	-1
9	St. Rita (Chicago)	2-0	4.7	-3
10	Rochester	2-0	-5.1	+8
11	SCNHS (St. Charles)	2-0	11.8	+8
12	Marist (Chicago)	1-1	23.5	+12
13	PRHS (Crystal Lake)	2-0	8.0	+15
14	HHS (Arlington Heights)	2-0	-0.2	+1
15	Batavia	1-1	18.5	-2
16	NNHS (Naperville)	1-1	29.2	+6
17	Brother Rice (Chicago)	1-1	23.1	-7
18	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	1-1	28.2	-7
19	Lena-Winslow (Lena)	2-0	-24.0	-5
20	DGNHS (Downers Grove)	2-0	5.6	+6
21	Edwardsville	2-0	7.5	+6
22	Barrington	2-0	12.0	+17
23	Maine South (Park Ridge)	1-1	15.6	+2
24	O'Fallon	2-0	-12.4	+8
25	Palatine	1-1	15.2	-4

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Center Grove (Greenwood)	2-1	49.2	--
2	Brownsburg	3-0	29.9	+1
3	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	3-0	20.2	-1
4	East Central (St. Leon)	3-0	17.6	+2
5	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	2-1	30.4	--
6	HSHS (Fishers)	3-0	15.9	-2
7	Crown Point	3-0	6.6	+3
8	Fishers	3-0	8.6	+7
9	IBCHS (Indianapolis)	3-0	4.7	-1
10	Westfield	3-0	19.5	-3
11	ILHS (Indianapolis)	3-0	-6.9	--
12	LNHS (Indianapolis)	3-0	13.7	--
13	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	2-1	8.3	-4
14	Carmel	2-1	24.6	+6
15	FWSHS (Fort Wayne)	3-0	2.6	-2
16	FCHS (Indianapolis)	2-1	24.7	-2
17	Penn (Mishawaka)	2-1	27.7	--
18	ERHS (Evansville)	3-0	1.6	+3
19	Noblesville	2-1	19.9	-3
20	EMHS (Evansville)	3-0	-1.1	+3
21	Kokomo	3-0	0.6	+4
22	Valparaiso	2-1	10.0	+2
23	Plainfield	3-0	6.8	+7
24	Merrillville	2-1	17.0	-6
25	BSHS (Bloomington)	3-0	-15.0	-3

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Belleville	2-0	3.6	--
2	Davison	2-0	21.4	+5
3	Rockford	2-0	14.6	-1
4	SATHS (Southfield)	2-0	14.6	+1
5	West Bloomfield	2-0	12.2	-1
6	Caledonia	2-0	-5.1	-3
7	WCHS (Grand Rapids)	2-0	-11.0	-1
8	DLSC (Warren)	1-1	26.2	--
9	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	1-1	32.5	+11
10	Saline	2-0	0.1	-1
11	Adams (Rochester)	2-0	3.6	+6
12	Mason	2-0	3.5	+4
13	Roseville	2-0	1.8	+12
14	Cass Tech (Detroit)	0-2	40.2	-4
15	Whitehall	2-0	1.8	+9
16	CVHS (Clinton Township)	1-1	11.6	+3
17	FHCHS (Grand Rapids)	2-0	-8.5	+1
18	Goodrich	2-0	5.1	+9
19	Catholic Central (Novi)	1-1	20.5	+2
20	Dakota (Macomb)	2-0	-6.2	-7
21	Lawton	2-0	0.6	+37
22	LCCHS (Jackson)	2-0	-21.7	+1
23	Muskegon	0-2	31.1	-1
24	Grandville	1-1	16.7	-9
25	Zeeland West (Zeeland)	2-0	-10.8	+8

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Andover	1-0	15.6	--
2	Mankato West (Mankato)	1-0	-0.4	--
3	Barnesville	1-0	3.9	+4
4	Rosemount	1-0	-21.2	-1
5	Chanhassen	1-0	22.6	+4
6	Rogers	1-0	0.7	-1
7	Hutchinson	1-0	-10.2	-1
8	Elk River	0-1	26.8	-4
9	Mayo (Rochester)	1-0	-9.6	-1
10	LSHS (Lakeville)	1-0	5.8	--
11	Becker	1-0	0.0	+3
12	Eden Prairie	1-0	-3.3	--
13	NLSHS (New London)	1-0	4.4	+11
14	Chatfield	1-0	-27.1	-3
15	EVWHS (Eden Valley)	1-0	-26.3	--
16	Maple Grove	1-0	-10.9	+1
17	Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)	1-0	-23.9	+3
18	STA (Mendota Heights)	0-1	36.8	-5
19	Minneota	1-0	-17.0	+3
20	Stewartville	1-0	7.5	+8
21	WMHS (Watertown)	1-0	-17.3	-5
22	Waconia	1-0	-15.8	+5
23	Brainerd	1-0	9.1	+24
24	RAHS (Plymouth)	1-0	9.7	+17
25	SHS (Inver Grove Heights)	1-0	-7.6	+12

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	ASHS (White Plains)	0-1	44.0	--
2	St. Anthony's (Melville)	0-1	36.9	--
3	Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)	1-0	24.8	+18
4	Iona Prep (New Rochelle)	0-1	67.1	-1
5	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	0-0	0.0	-1
6	LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)	1-0	-22.7	+1
7	Tioga (Tioga Center)	1-0	-10.4	+4
8	Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)	0-1	42.1	+1
9	Sayville	0-0	0.0	+1
10	Somers (Lincolndale)	0-1	21.6	-5
11	BBPHS (Bayport)	0-0	0.0	-3
12	St. Francis (Hamburg)	0-1	9.6	-6
13	Holy Trinity (Hicksville)	1-0	8.3	+3
14	Garden City	1-0	-17.8	-2
15	MFHS (Staten Island)	1-0	5.1	+23
16	CBA (Syracuse)	1-0	-18.6	-3
17	Farmingdale	0-0	0.0	-3
18	MQJHS (Rochester)	1-0	-42.7	-3
19	Jamestown	1-0	-8.4	+8
20	Chaminade (Mineola)	0-0	0.0	-2
21	CNSHS (Cicero)	1-0	-21.9	-4
22	Harrison	1-0	-0.1	+15
23	Carmel	0-0	0.0	-4
24	Westhampton Beach	1-0	-10.5	+25
25	Pleasantville	0-0	0.0	-3

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	St. Edward (Lakewood)	3-0	55.1	--
2	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	3-0	36.3	--
3	Avon	3-0	31.6	+2
4	Glenville (Cleveland)	2-1	35.6	-1
5	Central Catholic (Toledo)	3-0	20.6	+1
6	Washington (Massillon)	3-0	21.4	+1
7	PNHS (Pickerington)	3-0	31.9	+5
8	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	2-1	34.8	-4
9	Princeton (Cincinnati)	3-0	13.0	--
10	Lincoln (Gahanna)	3-0	16.7	--
11	MLHS (Maria Stein)	3-0	6.0	+4
12	AMHS (Cincinnati)	1-2	38.4	-4
13	WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)	3-0	17.2	+11
14	Winton Woods (Cincinnati)	3-0	11.9	--
15	McKinley (Canton)	2-1	32.3	+16
16	Anderson (Cincinnati)	3-0	8.2	+18
17	LWHS (West Chester)	1-2	32.5	-1
18	Perry	3-0	6.5	+33
19	Hudson	2-1	24.5	-6
20	Riverside (Painesville)	3-0	16.6	+10
21	Elder (Cincinnati)	2-1	25.4	+4
22	Olmsted Falls	3-0	6.3	+24
23	Olentangy (Lewis Center)	3-0	19.7	+27
24	Versailles	3-0	7.9	+19
25	Ursuline (Youngstown)	3-0	8.9	+1

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	1-1	68.6	--
2	IC (Philadelphia)	2-0	22.6	+1
3	BMDHS (Harrisburg)	2-0	33.2	-1
4	Aliquippa	1-0	20.0	+4
5	Parkland (Allentown)	2-0	4.6	+2
6	Harrisburg	2-0	8.0	-2
7	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	2-0	18.1	+8
8	Malvern Prep (Malvern)	1-0	24.0	-3
9	Nazareth Area (Nazareth)	2-0	7.4	+10
10	Manheim Central (Manheim)	2-0	11.7	+26
11	Downingtown East (Exton)	2-0	12.7	+12
12	North Allegheny (Wexford)	2-0	4.9	+6
13	CBWHS (Doylestown)	2-0	19.8	+14
14	HS (Haverford)	0-1	53.5	-5
15	Belle Vernon	1-0	1.5	+2
16	Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)	1-1	18.2	-2
17	RCHS (Philadelphia)	2-0	5.0	-6
18	Cathedral Prep (Erie)	1-1	32.6	-8
19	MTHS (Lancaster)	2-0	0.2	+2
20	Westinghouse (Pittsburgh)	1-0	-18.9	--
21	McDowell (Erie)	1-1	21.5	+1
22	Avonworth (Pittsburgh)	2-0	13.3	+36
23	DWHS (Downingtown)	2-0	10.4	+7
24	Central Valley (Monaca)	1-1	28.7	-11
25	State College	1-1	15.5	-13

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Mukwonago	3-0	8.4	--
2	Kettle Moraine (Wales)	3-0	13.2	--
3	Muskego	3-0	22.1	+2
4	Waunakee	3-0	7.2	+7
5	Kimberly	2-0	9.4	-2
6	Arrowhead (Hartland)	2-1	27.4	--
7	Columbus	3-0	-27.7	-3
8	Kaukauna	3-0	5.9	--
9	Franklin	3-0	8.2	-2
10	Hamilton (Sussex)	3-0	-1.1	--
11	Neenah	3-0	1.7	-2
12	Middleton	3-0	-5.3	--
13	MU (Milwaukee)	2-1	14.1	+3
14	Waukesha West (Waukesha)	2-1	18.1	-1
15	Badger (Lake Geneva)	3-0	-2.9	--
16	Appleton North (Appleton)	3-0	-12.7	+1
17	MHBHS (CO-OP) (Mount Horeb)	3-0	-0.3	+6
18	Verona	2-1	-2.5	--
19	Oak Creek	2-1	9.1	+2
20	West De Pere (De Pere)	2-1	-7.8	-1
21	New Richmond	3-0	1.0	+13
22	Port Washington	3-0	-2.8	+16
23	Bay Port (Green Bay)	1-2	13.0	-3
24	Lodi	3-0	-7.0	-2
25	BCHS (Brookfield)	3-0	-18.3	-1

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

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