@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

By Eric Frantz Nov 8, 2021, 6:45am

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.), 11-0
2. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 11-0
3. East St. Louis (Ill.), 9-2
4. Cathedral (Indianapolis), 11-1
5. Medina (Ohio), 12-0
6. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 11-1
7. Governor Mifflin (Shillington, Pa.), 8-0
8. Westfield (Ind.), 10-1
9. Mt. Lebanon (Pa.), 10-0
10. St. Xavier (Cincinnati), 10-2

Next Ten (alphabetical)
- Andover (Minn.), 10-0
- Brownsburg (Ind.), 9-2
- Franklin (Wisc.), 12-0
- Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia), 7-1
- King (Detroit), 10-1
- LaSalle (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 9-1
- Merrillville (Ind.), 11-0
- Roncalli (Indianapolis), 12-0
- Springfield (Ohio), 10-1
- St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia), 7-2

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)11-033.4--
2East St. Louis9-225.7--
3Joliet Catholic (Joliet)11-022.0--
4CMCHS (Chicago)8-335.0+1
5Brother Rice (Chicago)9-227.3+1
6Cary-Grove (Cary)11-015.3-2
7Batavia10-130.2--
8Wheaton North (Wheaton)10-121.0--
9St. Rita (Chicago)9-230.7+1
10Marist (Chicago)8-325.9+1
11Lockport10-119.8+10
12NVHS (Naperville)10-121.5+2
13Fenwick (Oak Park)9-223.3-4
14Kankakee11-07.3+10
15Maine South (Park Ridge)10-120.2-2
16Lemont11-04.2--
17Rochester10-110.8+1
18GNHS (Carol Stream)8-331.3+7
19PRHS (Crystal Lake)9-218.8-2
20Crete-Monee (Crete)8-316.3+10
21SHGHS (Springfield)10-16.5+6
22Marion10-15.8+22
23GSHS (Glenview)9-221.3+5
24LWEHS (Frankfort)9-219.7+7
25NCHS (Naperville)7-433.3+1


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Center Grove (Greenwood)11-040.7--
2Cathedral (Indianapolis)11-136.4--
3Westfield10-145.0--
4Brownsburg9-243.8--
5HSHS (Fishers)8-345.5--
6Roncalli (Indianapolis)12-029.3--
7Merrillville11-022.6--
8Carmel9-243.1--
9East Central (St. Leon)10-219.7--
10LNHS (Indianapolis)7-336.2--
11BJPHS (Indianapolis)10-222.8--
12DCHS (Indianapolis)9-229.5--
13Fishers6-445.4--
14WCHS (Indianapolis)5-440.3--
15Carroll (Fort Wayne)10-114.5--
16GSHS (Fort Branch)11-17.5--
17Zionsville7-529.4--
18Ben Davis (Indianapolis)6-529.7--
19Valparaiso10-19.3--
20Columbus North (Columbus)6-437.0--
21FCHS (Indianapolis)4-649.3--
22IBCHS (Indianapolis)7-519.5--
23LCHS (Indianapolis)4-742.7--
24Mooresville8-318.2--
25BSHS (Bloomington)8-223.0--


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Rockford11-025.6--
2CCHS (Grand Rapids)11-015.4--
3UCHS (Hudsonville)11-014.8--
4King (Detroit)10-120.6--
5Adams (Rochester)11-021.3--
6DeWitt10-119.8--
7DLSC (Warren)10-026.3--
8Caledonia10-121.8--
9TCCHS (Traverse City)10-114.9--
10Grand Blanc11-017.7--
11Belleville10-117.8--
12West Bloomfield10-124.4--
13Dakota (Macomb)8-324.2--
14Cedar Springs9-219.0+3
15SHSHS (Sterling Heights)9-220.5-1
16Fordson (Dearborn)9-223.5-1
17Frankenmuth11-08.4-1
18Romeo9-223.3--
19Catholic Central (Novi)8-328.1--
20PWHS (Pewamo)11-0-5.5+5
21River Rouge7-320.9-1
22South Lyon11-06.7--
23Edwardsburg11-0-0.7-2
24Grandville7-427.3--
25Freeland10-110.7-2


Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Mankato West (Mankato)10-020.0--
2Andover10-020.9--
3LSHS (Lakeville)10-014.2--
4Rogers9-126.0--
5Eden Prairie9-125.3--
6Maple Grove9-113.4--
7Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)11-012.5--
8Becker10-012.3--
9Hutchinson9-113.5--
10Wayzata (Plymouth)8-218.7+1
11Shakopee8-219.9-1
12Mayo (Rochester)9-115.1--
13Chatfield10-17.8--
14Maple River (Mapleton)10-13.3--
15STA (Mendota Heights)10-06.2--
16RCHS (New Hope)8-217.9--
17Farmington6-422.5--
18Chaska9-124.0--
19AHA (Richfield)8-213.4--
20Elk River7-324.8--
21Annandale8-211.3--
22Cannon Falls8-212.2--
23Stillwater8-215.3--
24Mayer Lutheran (Mayer)10-1-7.9+1
25PEMHS (Elgin)9-28.7-1


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Iona Prep (New Rochelle)8-120.8--
2Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)9-05.4--
3Carmel9-0-0.4--
4IRHS (Philadelphia)7-04.1--
5St. Francis (Hamburg)6-319.9--
6Plainedge (Massapequa)9-0-3.6+1
7Canisius (Buffalo)6-312.3-1
8Garden City9-0-6.9--
9Jamestown10-01.4--
10SHS (Clifton Park)7-210.0--
11Shaker (Latham)8-111.4--
12CBA (Albany)8-28.4--
13Maine-Endwell (Endwell)8-13.4--
14Curtis (Staten Island)7-1-0.4+7
15Seaford9-0-2.4+4
16CPPHS (Corning)7-10.7-2
17CCHS (New Windsor)8-0-4.3+3
18CA (Canandaigua)10-0-3.6-3
19Somers (Lincolndale)9-0-4.8-2
20St. Anthony's (Melville)6-312.6-4
21Tioga (Tioga Center)8-0-11.9+1
22Skaneateles8-0-4.3+2
23BOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)8-1-6.8+9
24THS (Staten Island)8-22.9-6
25Sayville8-0-1.4+4


Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Edward (Lakewood)11-132.4--
2St. Xavier (Cincinnati)10-240.3--
3Medina12-024.5--
4LWHS (West Chester)10-127.8--
5Central Catholic (Toledo)10-231.9--
6Avon10-230.3--
7Springfield10-125.1+7
8St. Ignatius (Cleveland)8-443.9-1
9Marysville11-022.0--
10PCHS (Pickerington)11-125.8-2
11UAHS (Columbus)12-024.3-1
12Chardon12-020.4-1
13Washington (Massillon)10-229.3-1
14AMHS (Cincinnati)9-340.3-1
15Archbishop Hoban (Akron)9-334.3--
16New Albany12-018.4--
17Whitmer (Toledo)10-224.6--
18La Salle (Cincinnati)7-541.5--
19Big Walnut (Sunbury)12-015.5--
20Princeton (Cincinnati)11-126.8--
21Badin (Hamilton)11-019.0--
22WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)10-220.7--
23Benedictine (Cleveland)8-226.8--
24Olmsted Falls10-223.2+1
25Archbold12-09.1-1




Pennsylvania State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1GMHS (Shillington)8-022.8--
2Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)10-025.6--
3LSCHS (Wyndmoor)9-132.2--
4IC (Philadelphia)7-124.4--
5SJP (Philadelphia)7-237.8--
6CCHS (Pittsburgh)8-230.5--
7Belle Vernon8-014.1--
8Central York (York)10-019.3--
9Moon Area (Moon Township)10-022.6--
10GVHS (Glen Mills)12-010.4--
11Malvern Prep (Malvern)7-229.1--
12Harrisburg10-123.7+1
13Central (Martinsburg)11-05.6-1
14Coatesville10-116.3--
15Manheim Central (Manheim)9-115.3+1
16Central Valley (Monaca)10-00.1+2
17North Penn (Lansdale)11-013.0+2
18Quakertown11-06.2+2
19Wyomissing11-0-3.0-4
20Seneca Valley (Harmony)7-328.8+1
21Freedom (Bethlehem)9-214.7+1
22SCAHS (Catawissa)10-12.7-5
23Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)6-429.7+1
24AWHS (Warminster)5-536.1-1
25Wilson (West Lawn)8-322.6--


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Mukwonago11-125.8--
2Franklin12-014.4--
3Appleton North (Appleton)10-223.9--
4CMHS (Waukesha)12-010.3--
5Muskego10-228.1--
6Kimberly11-123.0--
7Sun Prairie12-013.1--
8Waunakee12-015.0--
9Homestead (Mequon)10-224.0--
10Ellsworth11-06.5--
11Pewaukee10-212.6--
12Arrowhead (Hartland)7-428.7--
13Menomonie10-217.4--
14Columbus11-01.7+8
15Hartford9-322.0-1
16Oak Creek9-29.2--
17Edgewood (Madison)10-1-1.2-2
18Kettle Moraine (Wales)9-318.8-1
19Bay Port (Green Bay)10-214.3+1
20Middleton8-417.5-2
21Whitefish Bay9-317.4-2
22Hamilton (Sussex)9-217.7-1
23WWHS (Wauwatosa)9-317.2--
24Coleman12-0-8.3--
25Union Grove10-216.1--