OHSAA High School Football State Polls: Ohio AP vs. MaxPreps

By Eric Frantz Oct 13, 2020, 8:00am

A look at how the Associated Press Ohio High School Football Polls and MaxPreps Computer Rankings compare this week.

Man against mathematics. Here is this week's look at how the Ohio High School Football Associated Press State Football Polls and the MaxPreps Ohio High School Football Computer Rankings compare.

The AP poll is chosen weekly by a statewide media vote. The MP Computer Rankings are created from a proprietary equation that factors items such as quality wins and strength of schedule.

DIVISION I

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Pickerington Central (15)  7-0  173
2. West Chester Lakota West  7-0  145
3. St. Edward (2)  6-1  127
4. Dublin Coffman (1)  7-0  122
5. Clayton Northmont  7-0  102
6. Mentor  6-1  97
7. Princeton (Cincinnati)  6-1  54
8. Springfield  6-1  53
9. Cincinnati St. Xavier  5-2  41
10. Pickerington North  6-1  21



MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Xavier (Cincinnati)5-235.7+1
2PCHS (Pickerington)7-013.1-1
3Dublin Coffman (Dublin)7-025.0+3
4St. Edward (Lakewood)6-128.9-2
5Mentor6-124.5-2
6OLHS (Powell)6-130.6+3
7Northmont (Clayton)7-023.6+1
8LWHS (West Chester)6-019.4-2
9Marysville6-125.5+5
10Springfield6-126.6-1
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DIVISION II

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Archbishop Hoban (16)  5-0  171
2. Toledo Central Catholic  4-0  133
3. Avon  6-0  120
4. Massillon Perry  6-0  117
5. Westerville South (1)  6-0  96
6. Massillon Washington  5-1  79
7. Cincinnati Winton Woods  6-0  70
8. Hudson  6-0  57
9. Piqua  6-0  52
10. Cincinnati La Salle  4-2  33

MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Archbishop Hoban (Akron)5-026.3--
2Central Catholic (Toledo)4-017.3--
3Washington (Massillon)5-131.1+2
4La Salle (Cincinnati)4-242.0-2
5AFHS (Youngstown)6-022.0-1
6Hudson6-022.5+6
7Winton Woods (Cincinnati)6-016.7-5
8SJJHS (Toledo)4-126.6-5
9Perry (Massillon)6-016.7+2
10WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)4-125.3+4
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DIVISION III

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Chardon (12)  6-0  163
2. Bellbrook (1)  6-0  125
3. Canfield (1)  6-0  113
4. Streetsboro  6-0  110
5. Hamilton Badin (1)  6-0  106
6. Jonathan Alder (Plain City)(1)  6-0  90
7. Sheridan (Thornville)  6-0  70
8. Columbus St. Francis DeSales (2)  5-1  68
9. Trotwood-Madison  3-0  36
10. New Philadelphia  5-1  31



MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Chardon6-012.1-1
2Badin (Hamilton)6-016.2+2
3Canfield6-017.6+18
4Bellbrook6-010.8+5
5New Philadelphia5-115.9+8
6AAHS (Kettering)4-219.0+13
7Streetsboro6-00.3-3
8Ross (Hamilton)5-116.0+16
9SVSM (Akron)4-28.7-18
10SFDS (Columbus)5-114.2-10
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DIVISION IV

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Clarksville Clinton-Massie (10)  6-0  151
2. St. Clairsville (2)  6-0  123
3. Wyoming (Cincinnati) (2)  6-0  120
4. Cincinnati Indian Hill (1)  6-0  100
5. Bellevue  6-0  92
6. Canal Fulton Northwest  6-0  80
7. Bloom-Carroll (1)  6-0  73
8. Waverly  6-0  70
9. Shelby (1)  6-0  65
10. Beloit West Branch (1)  6-0  29

MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Shelby6-06.5+2
2CMHS (Clarksville)6-05.7+15
3Waverly6-04.2+3
4Bellevue6-06.6-21
5Indian Hill (Cincinnati)6-0-7.6+19
6Poland Seminary (Poland)5-13.5+4
7Huron6-0-1.4+6
8Van Wert5-16.0--
9Northwest (Canal Fulton)6-0-0.3-32
10West Branch (Beloit)6-00.1+14
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DIVISION V

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Kirtland (14)  6-0  169
2. Ironton (1)  6-0  149
3. Canfield South Range (1)  6-0  129
4. Findlay Liberty-Benton (1)  6-0  114
5. West Lafayette Ridgewood  6-0  100
6. Garrettsville Garfield (1)  6-0  88
7. Roger Bacon (Cincinnati)  6-0  72
8. Wheelersburg  5-1  45
9. Tontogany Otsego  6-0  41
10. Columbus Academy (Gahanna)  5-1  20



MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Liberty-Benton (Findlay)6-06.6+11
2South Range (Canfield)6-04.4-1
3Ironton6-0-3.9-7
4Kirtland5-0-4.9-11
5RHS (West Lafayette)6-0-10.9-15
6Garfield (Garrettsville)6-04.9+3
7Ottawa-Glandorf (Ottawa)5-16.4--
8Brookville5-17.3+15
9Wheelersburg5-11.7-1
10Otsego (Tontogany)6-0-6.2-20
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DIVISION VI

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Coldwater (11)  6-0  161
2. Mechanicsburg (1)  6-0  126
3. Beverly Fort Frye (3)  6-0  123
4. New Middletown Springfield (1)  6-0  105
5. Archbold (1)  6-0  94
6. Wickliffe  6-0  78
7. Colonel Crawford (North Robinson)  6-0  66
8. Adena (Frankfort)  6-0  57
9. Centerburg  6-0  39
10. Creston Norwayne (1)  6-0  32

MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Coldwater6-010.0-7
2Mechanicsburg6-05.6+12
3SHS (New Middletown)6-0-7.0+26
4Archbold6-0-4.3-34
5Norwayne (Creston)6-0-4.2+54
6Wickliffe6-0-9.3+2
7West Jefferson5-15.0+22
8Fort Frye (Beverly)6-0-2.2-3
9Columbus Grove6-0-5.6+2
10Fairview (Sherwood)6-0-13.9+5
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DIVISION VII

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points)
1. Maria Stein Marion Local (17)  6-0  170
2. New Madison Tri-Village  6-0  140
3. Trimble (Glouster)  6-0  108
4. Lima Central Catholic  5-1  94
5. Malvern  6-0  82
t6. Fort Loramie  5-1  77
t6. Perry (Lima)  6-0  77
8. Warren JFK  4-2  45
9. Norwalk St. Paul  5-1  34
10. Leetonia  5-1  30



MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1MLHS (Maria Stein)6-013.2-7
2LCCHS (Lima)5-112.8+10
3New Bremen4-215.4-8
4St. Henry4-212.8-19
5Arlington4-26.5+28
6Tri-Village (New Madison)6-0-21.9-14
7Lucas4-28.4+2
8JFKC (Warren)4-21.6+5
9St. Paul (Norwalk)5-1-10.5+38
10McDonald5-1-7.0+64
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