@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

By Eric Frantz Nov 1, 2021, 9:30am

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.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

1. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 10-0
2. Carmel (Ind.), 9-1
3. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 10-0
4. East St. Louis (Ill.), 8-2
6. Cathedral (Indianapolis), 10-1
6. Medina (Ohio), 11-0
7. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 10-1
8. Governor Mifflin (Shillington, Pa.), 8-0
9. Westfield (Ind.), 9-1
10. Mt. Lebanon (Pa.), 10-0

Next Ten (alphabetical)
- Andover (Minn.), 9-0
- Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia), 7-1
- Kimberly (Wisc.), 11-0
- King (Detroit), 9-1
- LaSalle (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 8-1
- Merrillville (Ind.), 10-0
- Roncalli (Indianapolis), 11-0
- Springfield (Ohio), 9-1
- St. Xavier (Cincinnati), 9-2
- St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia), 6-2



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. +/-
1Loyola Academy (Wilmette)10-031.5--
2East St. Louis8-225.9--
3Batavia10-025.5--
4Cary-Grove (Cary)10-015.4--
5Joliet Catholic (Joliet)10-019.9--
6Brother Rice (Chicago)8-228.1--
7Wheaton North (Wheaton)9-121.0--
8Fenwick (Oak Park)8-225.0--
9CMCHS (Chicago)7-330.8--
10St. Rita (Chicago)8-229.9--
11GWHS (Glen Ellyn)8-216.7--
12Marist (Chicago)7-324.0--
13NVHS (Naperville)9-120.7--
14Maine South (Park Ridge)9-119.3--
15Rochester9-111.9--
16SICP (Chicago)9-112.9--
17Warren Township (Gurnee)9-115.5--
18Lockport9-116.1--
19HCHS (Hinsdale)9-115.1--
20SHGHS (Springfield)9-15.5--
21GNHS (Carol Stream)7-329.4--
22Kankakee10-04.8--
23South Elgin10-03.8--
24NCHS (Naperville)7-326.6--
25Lemont10-00.9--


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Center Grove (Greenwood)10-041.6--
2Cathedral (Indianapolis)10-133.6--
3HSHS (Fishers)8-240.4--
4Westfield9-140.4--
5Carmel9-140.0--
6Roncalli (Indianapolis)11-027.6--
7Brownsburg8-241.3--
8Merrillville10-021.9--
9East Central (St. Leon)9-218.7--
10DCHS (Indianapolis)9-122.6--
11LNHS (Indianapolis)6-337.3--
12BJPHS (Indianapolis)9-222.8--
13WCHS (Indianapolis)5-441.9--
14Ben Davis (Indianapolis)5-534.8--
15Fishers6-444.5--
16GSHS (Fort Branch)10-17.4--
17LCHS (Indianapolis)4-643.4--
18Carroll (Fort Wayne)9-115.8--
19Valparaiso9-112.0--
20Zionsville6-530.2--
21Columbus North (Columbus)6-328.3--
22FCHS (Indianapolis)4-648.1--
23Mishawaka8-211.7--
24IBCHS (Indianapolis)7-413.1--
25Mooresville8-318.7--


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1DLSC (Warren)9-027.2--
2Rockford10-022.1--
3UCHS (Hudsonville)10-012.3--
4King (Detroit)9-117.8--
5DeWitt9-116.8--
6Adams (Rochester)10-018.1--
7Grand Blanc10-015.0--
8TCCHS (Traverse City)9-113.0--
9CCHS (Grand Rapids)10-09.6--
10Romeo9-119.4--
11Belleville9-116.1--
12Caledonia9-119.5--
13Catholic Central (Novi)8-225.4--
14West Bloomfield9-121.4--
15River Rouge7-214.4--
16SHSHS (Sterling Heights)8-217.3--
17Frankenmuth10-07.2--
18Fordson (Dearborn)8-222.4--
19WCHS (Grand Rapids)9-114.6--
20Dakota (Macomb)7-320.4--
21Grandville7-321.2--
22Cedar Springs8-213.7--
23Oxford6-430.8--
24Edwardsburg10-0-2.5--
25MSHS (Norton Shores)8-211.5--


Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Andover9-018.6--
2Mankato West (Mankato)9-014.9--
3LSHS (Lakeville)9-014.4--
4Eden Prairie8-125.9--
5Rogers8-127.4--
6Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)10-010.7--
7Becker9-011.8--
8Maple Grove8-110.5--
9Shakopee7-220.6--
10Chaska9-017.2+3
11Hutchinson8-111.9-1
12Chatfield9-17.1--
13Blooming Prairie10-00.5-2
14Mayo (Rochester)8-111.7--
15Stillwater8-110.7--
16Cannon Falls8-18.1--
17RCHS (New Hope)7-215.8+4
18Wayzata (Plymouth)7-214.8-1
19Elk River7-219.1-1
20STA (Mendota Heights)9-04.4--
21Minnetonka8-115.4-2
22Annandale7-213.5--
23AHA (Richfield)7-213.5+2
24East Ridge (Woodbury)6-318.6--
25Farmington5-421.1+1


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Iona Prep (New Rochelle)8-121.8--
2Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)8-05.2--
3Shaker (Latham)8-06.0--
4Carmel8-0-2.5--
5Plainedge (Massapequa)8-0-0.6--
6St. Francis (Hamburg)6-319.9--
7Garden City8-0-5.0--
8Canisius (Buffalo)5-319.2--
9IRHS (Philadelphia)6-00.4--
10Jamestown9-01.0--
11THS (Staten Island)7-11.1--
12CBA (Albany)7-26.8--
13Curtis (Staten Island)5-1-0.8--
14Seaford8-0-3.4--
15Sayville7-00.1--
16CPPHS (Corning)6-13.9+2
17Tioga (Tioga Center)7-0-11.5-1
18MFHS (Staten Island)6-211.5-1
19Maine-Endwell (Endwell)7-12.6--
20CCHS (New Windsor)7-0-5.6+1
21St. Anthony's (Melville)5-311.0-1
22Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)4-528.8--
23SHS (Clifton Park)6-25.1--
24Skaneateles7-0-7.3--
25Wantagh7-11.7+1




Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Edward (Lakewood)10-130.1--
2St. Xavier (Cincinnati)9-239.0--
3LWHS (West Chester)9-129.4--
4Medina11-023.6--
5UAHS (Columbus)11-023.8--
6PCHS (Pickerington)10-125.3--
7Marysville10-022.7--
8Central Catholic (Toledo)9-231.5--
9Chardon11-019.8--
10Springfield9-123.8--
11Avon9-226.5--
12AMHS (Cincinnati)8-340.6--
13Whitmer (Toledo)9-222.5+1
14Princeton (Cincinnati)10-127.9+1
15St. Ignatius (Cleveland)7-443.4-2
16Kings (Kings Mill)11-023.0--
17Washington (Massillon)9-228.5+1
18New Albany11-017.1-1
19Archbishop Hoban (Akron)8-333.0--
20Big Walnut (Sunbury)11-016.6--
21Badin (Hamilton)10-017.4--
22Archbold11-010.0--
23Elder (Cincinnati)6-542.9--
24Anderson (Cincinnati)9-225.7--
25Stow-Munroe Falls (Stow)9-224.4--


Pennsylvania State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)10-027.8--
2GMHS (Shillington)8-023.5--
3LSCHS (Wyndmoor)8-136.2--
4IC (Philadelphia)7-124.8--
5SJP (Philadelphia)6-238.8--
6CCHS (Pittsburgh)8-231.5--
7GVHS (Glen Mills)10-012.2--
8Belle Vernon8-014.3--
9Moon Area (Moon Township)10-023.7--
10Central York (York)9-017.3--
11Malvern Prep (Malvern)6-229.3--
12Harrisburg9-126.4--
13Wyomissing10-04.4--
14Coatesville9-121.4--
15Central (Martinsburg)10-04.2--
16SCAHS (Catawissa)9-19.1--
17Seneca Valley (Harmony)7-330.1--
18Manheim Central (Manheim)9-114.7--
19AWHS (Warminster)5-434.2--
20North Penn (Lansdale)10-013.7--
21Central Valley (Monaca)10-0-0.1--
22Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)6-430.5--
23Downingtown East (Exton)8-224.3--
24TJHS (Jefferson Hills)6-217.3--
25Quakertown10-04.9--


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Muskego10-123.4--
2Kimberly11-018.9--
3Mukwonago10-121.8--
4Franklin11-011.2--
5CMHS (Waukesha)11-09.1--
6Appleton North (Appleton)9-219.7--
7Sun Prairie11-010.2--
8Waunakee11-012.0--
9Homestead (Mequon)9-222.8--
10Menomonie10-113.6--
11Pewaukee9-29.8--
12Bay Port (Green Bay)10-18.8--
13LCHS (Luxemburg)11-06.8--
14Arrowhead (Hartland)7-427.1--
15WWHS (Wauwatosa)9-213.7--
16Edgewood (Madison)11-00.0--
17Middleton8-313.8--
18Whitefish Bay9-213.5--
19Ellsworth10-02.6--
20Hamilton (Sussex)9-218.2--
21Union Grove10-112.6--
22Columbus10-00.9--
23Hartford8-321.2--
24Oak Creek9-28.5--
25Northwestern (Maple)11-0-2.6--

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