@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

By Eric Frantz Nov 16, 2021, 4:30am

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.

National acclaim and big-time talent. North Coast football is a force.
@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

1. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 12-0
2. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 12-0
3. East St. Louis (Ill.), 10-2
4. Cathedral (Indianapolis), 12-1
5. Medina (Ohio), 13-0
6. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 12-1
7. Governor Mifflin (Shillington, Pa.), 9-0
8. Westfield (Ind.), 11-1
9. Mt. Lebanon (Pa.), 11-0
10. Franklin (Wisc.), 13-0

Next Ten (alphabetical)
- Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia), 7-1
- Joliet Catholic (Ill.), 12-0
- King (Detroit), 11-1
- Lakeville South (Minn.), 11-0
- Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio), 11-1
- Merrillville (Ind.), 12-0
- Mankato West (Minn.), 11-0
- Marysville (Ohio), 12-0
- Springfield (Ohio), 11-1
- St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia), 8-2



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)12-034.4--
2East St. Louis10-228.0--
3Joliet Catholic (Joliet)12-023.8--
4Brother Rice (Chicago)10-230.4+1
5Marist (Chicago)9-327.5+5
6CMCHS (Chicago)8-437.9-2
7Lockport11-122.8+4
8Batavia10-129.1-1
9St. Rita (Chicago)10-230.5--
10Cary-Grove (Cary)12-014.5-4
11Wheaton North (Wheaton)11-120.8-3
12Maine South (Park Ridge)11-122.8+3
13Fenwick (Oak Park)10-224.6--
14Kankakee12-010.9--
15Rochester11-112.1+2
16St. Teresa (Decatur)12-03.4+13
17Crete-Monee (Crete)9-318.0+3
18ICCP (Elmhurst)11-111.4+9
19NVHS (Naperville)10-224.2-7
20Lemont11-111.9-4
21SHGHS (Springfield)11-17.7--
22LWEHS (Frankfort)9-326.3+2
23GNHS (Carol Stream)8-433.3-5
24Warren Township (Gurnee)9-218.9+4
25RBHS (Richmond)12-01.8+11


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Center Grove (Greenwood)12-042.0--
2Cathedral (Indianapolis)12-135.1--
3Westfield11-143.5--
4HSHS (Fishers)8-344.7+1
5Brownsburg9-344.3-1
6Merrillville12-024.5+1
7Carmel9-243.4+1
8Roncalli (Indianapolis)12-130.0-2
9LNHS (Indianapolis)7-442.7+1
10Ben Davis (Indianapolis)7-533.7+8
11Mt. Vernon (Fortville)12-113.3+18
12BJPHS (Indianapolis)11-221.5-1
13DCHS (Indianapolis)9-229.1-1
14WCHS (Indianapolis)5-441.8--
15GSHS (Fort Branch)12-111.1+1
16East Central (St. Leon)10-321.2-7
17Fishers6-444.7-4
18Carroll (Fort Wayne)10-221.3-3
19Zionsville8-528.2-2
20Michigan City9-321.4+6
21LCHS (Indianapolis)4-744.3+2
22EMHS (Evansville)11-215.6+9
23Columbus North (Columbus)6-435.5-3
24FCHS (Indianapolis)4-647.7-3
25Valparaiso10-213.9-6


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1DeWitt11-122.8+5
2TCCHS (Traverse City)11-117.8+7
3UCHS (Hudsonville)12-014.6--
4Grand Blanc12-022.4+6
5Adams (Rochester)12-023.4--
6Rockford11-126.1-5
7CCHS (Grand Rapids)12-014.5-5
8DLSC (Warren)11-023.9-1
9King (Detroit)11-120.3-5
10Belleville11-120.3+1
11SHSHS (Sterling Heights)10-221.1+4
12West Bloomfield10-227.2--
13Frankenmuth12-010.7+4
14Caledonia10-223.2-6
15Edwardsburg12-03.0+8
16Fordson (Dearborn)9-326.5--
17Dakota (Macomb)8-424.6-4
18South Lyon12-09.2+4
19Freeland11-111.9+6
20Romeo9-221.1-2
21PWHS (Pewamo)12-0-3.1-1
22Cedar Springs9-321.3-8
23Holt7-325.6+5
24Catholic Central (Novi)8-326.1-5
25River Rouge7-319.7-4


Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Mankato West (Mankato)11-020.1--
2LSHS (Lakeville)11-016.8+1
3Rogers10-127.9+1
4Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)12-013.4+3
5Andover10-124.1-3
6Eden Prairie10-125.5-1
7Maple Grove10-114.6-1
8Becker11-015.1--
9Hutchinson10-113.7--
10Chatfield11-110.1+3
11STA (Mendota Heights)10-114.3+4
12Shakopee8-323.6-1
13RCHS (New Hope)9-218.8+3
14Maple River (Mapleton)11-14.1--
15Chaska9-123.4+3
16Wayzata (Plymouth)8-319.7-6
17Farmington6-524.9--
18Mahtomedi9-211.8+21
19Annandale9-212.0+2
20Mayer Lutheran (Mayer)11-1-4.1+4
21Minneota12-0-4.9+7
22AHA (Richfield)8-317.1-3
23Elk River7-322.7-3
24SMAHS (Albertville)7-419.3+8
25Cannon Falls8-211.8-3


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Iona Prep (New Rochelle)9-122.0--
2Carmel10-01.8+1
3St. Francis (Hamburg)7-322.0+2
4Jamestown11-02.8+5
5Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)10-00.3-3
6Garden City10-0-6.1+2
7Plainedge (Massapequa)10-0-3.6-1
8Canisius (Buffalo)6-417.3-1
9CBA (Albany)9-210.1+3
10CPPHS (Corning)8-10.5+6
11CA (Canandaigua)11-00.1+7
12CFHS (Binghamton)8-10.5+14
13Shaker (Latham)8-19.8-2
14Skaneateles9-0-0.9+8
15St. Anthony's (Melville)6-417.7+5
16Curtis (Staten Island)8-1-1.8-2
17Maine-Endwell (Endwell)9-10.3-4
18BOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)9-1-2.8+5
19Somers (Lincolndale)10-0-3.1--
20Tioga (Tioga Center)9-0-10.0+1
21MFHS (Staten Island)8-27.6+9
22SHS (Clifton Park)7-312.5-12
23Sayville9-0-1.2+2
24Schuylerville10-0-6.6+5
25SWRHS (Shoreham)9-1-2.8+15




Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Edward (Lakewood)12-133.4--
2St. Xavier (Cincinnati)10-342.3--
3LWHS (West Chester)11-132.2+1
4Medina13-028.1-1
5Marysville12-024.9+4
6UAHS (Columbus)13-027.2+5
7Avon11-231.2-1
8Washington (Massillon)11-231.0+5
9Central Catholic (Toledo)11-232.6-4
10PCHS (Pickerington)12-127.1--
11Springfield11-126.6-4
12Archbishop Hoban (Akron)10-335.1+3
13Chardon13-022.6-1
14Badin (Hamilton)12-021.7+7
15St. Ignatius (Cleveland)8-545.5-7
16AMHS (Cincinnati)10-339.3-2
17Van Wert12-119.7+9
18WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)11-223.0+4
19Dover12-022.2+8
20Princeton (Cincinnati)11-230.2--
21Whitmer (Toledo)10-328.4-4
22Winton Woods (Cincinnati)10-330.6+15
23CMHS (Clarksville)11-113.4+21
24South Range (Canfield)13-014.3+12
25New Albany12-122.7-9


Pennsylvania State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1GMHS (Shillington)9-022.6--
2SJP (Philadelphia)8-239.2+3
3Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)11-025.5-1
4GVHS (Glen Mills)13-013.5+6
5CCHS (Pittsburgh)9-229.8+1
6LSCHS (Wyndmoor)9-235.6-3
7IC (Philadelphia)8-119.7-3
8Central (Martinsburg)12-09.7+5
9Harrisburg11-124.1+3
10Belle Vernon9-012.6-3
11Moon Area (Moon Township)11-020.6-2
12Bedford10-112.9+16
13Coatesville11-116.9+1
14Malvern Prep (Malvern)8-223.9-3
15Central York (York)10-121.3-7
16Quakertown12-07.5+2
17Wilson (West Lawn)9-324.1+8
18TJHS (Jefferson Hills)8-213.5+9
19Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)7-428.8+4
20Central Valley (Monaca)11-0-1.6-4
21PTHS (Harrison City)9-214.8+8
22Freedom (Bethlehem)10-214.9-1
23Jersey Shore12-02.3+18
24Cathedral Prep (Erie)10-111.0+13
25AWHS (Warminster)5-535.8-1


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Franklin13-017.4+1
2CMHS (Waukesha)13-012.0+2
3Sun Prairie13-017.3+4
4Appleton North (Appleton)10-326.7-1
5Mukwonago11-226.1-4
6Kimberly11-121.9--
7Waunakee13-016.7+1
8Muskego10-224.9-3
9Ellsworth12-08.6+1
10Homestead (Mequon)11-223.4-1
11Pewaukee11-213.3--
12Menomonie10-217.4+1
13Middleton8-418.6+7
14Arrowhead (Hartland)7-425.5-2
15Oak Creek9-28.5+1
16Coleman13-0-5.7+8
17Hartford9-423.5-2
18Bay Port (Green Bay)10-213.5+1
19Edgewood (Madison)10-1-2.8-2
20Whitefish Bay9-316.0+1
21Columbus11-16.2-7
22WWHS (Wauwatosa)9-316.4+1
23Aquinas (La Crosse)13-0-2.2+4
24Rice Lake11-211.1+4
25Hamilton (Sussex)9-215.8-3

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