@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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The Great Lakes states are defined - in large - by silos, steeples and Friday night stadium lights. With kickoff having arrived, here's our weekly take on the top high school football programs in the region.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

Week 10/17 Poll

1. St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia), 5-1
2. Archbishop Hoban (Ohio), 9-0
3. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 8-1
4. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati), 8-1
5. Hamilton Southeastern (Ind.), 9-0
6. Belleville (Mich.), 8-0
7. Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio), 8-0
8. Loyola Academy (Ill.), 8-0
9. Mount Carmel (Chicago), 8-0
10. Brownsburg (Ind.), 8-1

Next In Line (Alphabetical):
Caledonia (Mich.), 8-0
Cathedral (Indianapolis), 7-1
Catholic Memorial (Waukesha, Wisc.), 9-0
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 7-2
Dakota (Macomb, Mich.), 8-0
De La Salle Collegiate (Mich.), 7-1
East St. Louis (Ill.), 6-2
Elder (Cincinnati), 7-2
Elk River (Minn.), 7-0
Iona Prep (NY), 5-2
Lincoln-Way East (Ill.), 8-0
Malvern Prep (Malvern, Pa.), 6-0
Mankato West (Minn.), 7-0
Massillon Washington (Ohio), 7-1
McKeesport (Pa.), 8-0
New Palestine (Ind.), 9-0
Springfield (Ohio), 7-1

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)	8-0	28.6
2	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	8-0	26.8
3	East St. Louis	6-2	31.1
4	LWEHS (Frankfort)	8-0	17.9
5	St. Rita (Chicago)	6-2	32.2
6	SHGHS (Springfield)	8-0	-0.2
7	Batavia	6-2	22.9
8	York (Elmhurst)	8-0	12.0
9	Wheaton North (Wheaton)	7-1	24.2
10	HHS (Arlington Heights)	8-0	6.6
11	Sycamore	8-0	4.4
12	O'Fallon	7-1	13.5
13	Brother Rice (Chicago)	5-3	28.6
14	SCNHS (St. Charles)	7-1	22.9
15	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	6-1	13.6
16	Prospect (Mt. Prospect)	7-1	15.9
17	Marist (Chicago)	5-3	27.3
18	Palatine	7-1	14.2
19	Warren Township (Gurnee)	7-1	8.0
20	Simeon (Chicago)	7-0	-3.0
21	Reed-Custer (Braidwood)	8-0	-8.5
22	Highland	7-1	6.7
23	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	6-2	19.4
24	RBHS (Richmond)	8-0	0.0
25	Lemont	8-0	-0.3

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	HSHS (Fishers)	9-0	36.7
2	Brownsburg	8-1	42.5
3	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	7-1	28.1
4	Center Grove (Greenwood)	7-2	35.4
5	New Palestine	9-0	12.0
6	Roncalli (Indianapolis)	8-1	26.8
7	Westfield	6-3	42.6
8	Fishers	6-3	36.2
9	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	6-3	34.6
10	Carmel	6-3	32.6
11	East Central (St. Leon)	7-2	16.6
12	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	9-0	4.5
13	Whiteland	8-1	17.2
14	LCHS (Indianapolis)	4-5	38.1
15	Zionsville	4-5	37.9
16	BJPHS (Indianapolis)	5-3	22.2
17	Crown Point	9-0	8.3
18	FCHS (Indianapolis)	3-6	41.0
19	WCHS (Indianapolis)	4-5	34.8
20	FWSHS (Fort Wayne)	8-1	5.1
21	LNHS (Indianapolis)	4-5	33.2
22	IBCHS (Indianapolis)	5-4	28.3
23	ERHS (Evansville)	9-0	3.9
24	ILHS (Indianapolis)	9-0	-0.6
25	West Lafayette	9-0	-4.4

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Belleville	8-0	11.1
2	Caledonia	8-0	16.4
3	DLSC (Warren)	7-1	18.6
4	Dakota (Macomb)	8-0	21.3
5	Davison	7-1	17.8
6	Rockford	8-0	20.1
7	West Bloomfield	7-1	25.1
8	Adams (Rochester)	7-1	24.0
9	Clarkston	6-2	32.0
10	Whitehall	8-0	6.1
11	CVHS (Clinton Township)	6-2	23.7
12	River Rouge	5-2	14.6
13	Frankenmuth	8-0	2.1
14	Catholic Central (Novi)	6-2	31.9
15	Romeo	6-2	26.9
16	SCHS (Grand Rapids)	8-0	6.0
17	Grandville	6-2	24.0
18	FHCHS (Grand Rapids)	8-0	10.8
19	Brighton	8-0	9.6
20	SFHS (Traverse City)	8-0	5.8
21	Mason	8-0	3.0
22	Ubly	8-0	-8.9
23	Dexter	8-0	5.2
24	MSHS (Norton Shores)	7-1	2.7
25	UEHS (Shelby Township)	6-2	22.7

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Elk River	7-0	14.9
2	Rosemount	7-0	17.0
3	STA (Mendota Heights)	7-0	4.2
4	Mankato West (Mankato)	7-0	4.1
5	St. Francis	7-0	9.3
6	Andover	5-2	23.2
7	Maple Grove	7-0	10.0
8	Chatfield	7-0	3.8
9	Stewartville	7-0	-2.3
10	Eden Prairie	5-2	21.0
11	Mahtomedi	6-1	13.9
12	RAHS (Plymouth)	6-1	15.0
13	Barnesville	7-0	-3.9
14	LSHS (Lakeville)	5-2	18.0
15	Chanhassen	6-1	19.6
16	Hutchinson	6-1	4.2
17	Stillwater	7-0	5.9
18	Rogers	4-3	19.6
19	EVWHS (Eden Valley)	7-0	-2.2
20	Shakopee	5-2	12.8
21	Chaska	5-2	12.4
22	Waconia	5-2	13.7
23	Prior Lake	4-3	17.4
24	Caledonia	6-1	0.1
25	Centennial (Circle Pines)	5-2	14.9

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Iona Prep (New Rochelle)	5-2	28.6	--
2	ASHS (White Plains)	6-1	15.1	+1
3	St. Anthony's (Melville)	5-1	18.3	-1
4	Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)	3-2	17.2	+4
5	BBPHS (Bayport)	6-0	-5.6	+4
6	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	6-0	-1.8	+5
7	Plainedge (Massapequa)	6-0	-12.0	+3
8	Carmel	6-0	-15.7	-4
9	LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)	5-2	9.3	-4
10	St. Francis (Hamburg)	4-2	17.2	-3
11	Somers (Lincolndale)	5-0	-6.2	+4
12	CBA (Albany)	7-0	-5.4	+1
13	CBA (Syracuse)	7-0	-7.9	-1
14	Holy Trinity (Hicksville)	6-0	-10.2	+18
15	KMHS (Uniondale)	5-2	12.4	-9
16	UP (Rochester)	7-0	-4.0	-2
17	FMHS (Manlius)	7-0	-10.2	-1
18	Lancaster	6-1	-3.0	+1
19	WNWCLG (CO-OP) (Warrensburg)	7-0	-24.7	+9
20	Madison (Brooklyn)	3-0	-12.0	-3
21	Wantagh	6-0	-14.1	+3
22	Farmingdale	6-0	-15.5	+12
23	Adirondack (Boonville)	6-0	-19.9	-3
24	Victor	6-1	-4.6	-2
25	Union-Endicott (Endicott)	5-1	-4.3	-7

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	AMHS (Cincinnati)	8-1	49.7
2	St. Edward (Lakewood)	8-1	50.0
3	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	9-0	32.6
4	LWHS (West Chester)	9-0	30.8
5	Washington (Massillon)	7-1	36.2
6	Elder (Cincinnati)	7-2	47.4
7	Springfield	7-1	31.1
8	Glenville (Cleveland)	8-0	-4.7
9	Central Catholic (Toledo)	8-1	21.4
10	Princeton (Cincinnati)	8-1	28.6
11	Winton Woods (Cincinnati)	9-0	18.7
12	St. Ignatius (Cleveland)	5-3	44.8
13	Avon	8-1	27.5
14	Centerville	7-2	33.7
15	AFHS (Youngstown)	8-1	27.3
16	Lincoln (Gahanna)	8-1	27.0
17	MLHS (Maria Stein)	9-0	13.8
18	Riverside (Painesville)	8-1	23.0
19	Kings (Kings Mill)	8-1	17.9
20	Fairfield	6-3	33.2
21	Chardon	7-1	22.9
22	Wayne (Huber Heights)	6-3	32.4
23	Mason	7-2	30.8
24	SVSM (Akron)	6-2	29.5
25	West Holmes (Millersburg)	9-0	8.4

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	5-1	41.0
2	McKeesport	8-0	11.0
3	IC (Philadelphia)	4-2	24.1
4	Cathedral Prep (Erie)	5-2	26.0
5	Aliquippa	7-0	11.1
6	RCHS (Philadelphia)	6-1	18.1
7	State College	8-0	13.3
8	BMDHS (Harrisburg)	6-1	4.9
9	Coatesville	7-0	6.0
10	North Allegheny (Wexford)	7-1	19.7
11	Central Valley (Monaca)	8-0	5.3
12	Seneca Valley (Harmony)	6-2	23.1
13	Bethel Park	7-1	18.5
14	Richland (Johnstown)	8-0	6.7
15	Harrisburg	5-2	20.9
16	McDowell (Erie)	6-2	23.0
17	Danville	8-0	0.3
18	SHHS (Wallingford)	8-0	2.4
19	Gateway (Monroeville)	6-2	24.1
20	Westinghouse (Pittsburgh)	7-0	-1.8
21	GVHS (Glen Mills)	8-0	5.6
22	Penn Cambria (Cresson)	7-1	11.0
23	Upper St. Clair	6-2	16.0
24	Farrell	7-1	4.0
25	Nazareth Area (Nazareth)	7-1	7.5

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Columbus	9-0	-0.2
2	Muskego	8-1	18.6
3	Mukwonago	8-1	17.4
4	Arrowhead (Hartland)	7-2	17.5
5	Kimberly	8-1	8.9
6	CMHS (Waukesha)	9-0	-4.6
7	Oak Creek	7-2	7.9
8	Neenah	8-1	10.2
9	Kettle Moraine (Wales)	6-3	16.0
10	Bay Port (Green Bay)	9-0	-0.1
11	Waunakee	9-0	-2.1
12	Onalaska	9-0	-2.2
13	Hartford	7-2	7.2
14	Little Chute	9-0	-2.3
15	Franklin	7-2	10.6
16	River Falls	8-1	8.4
17	Hudson	8-1	7.5
18	Racine Horlick (Racine)	7-2	5.9
19	Slinger	7-2	5.4
20	Freedom	8-1	-7.5
21	Verona	8-1	-1.8
22	Chippewa Falls	7-2	7.6
23	West De Pere (De Pere)	8-1	-3.9
24	Monroe	9-0	-19.5
25	Mayville	9-0	-11.9

@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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