@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

By Eric Frantz Oct 25, 2021, 7:00am

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

Next Ten (alphabetical)
- Andover (Minn.), 8-0
- Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia), 6-1
- Kimberly (Wisc.), 10-0
- King (Detroit), 8-1
- LaSalle (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 7-1
- Merrillville (Ind.), 9-0
- Roncalli (Indianapolis), 10-0
- Springfield (Ohio), 8-1
- St. Xavier (Cincinnati), 8-2
- St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia), 5-2


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. +/-
1East St. Louis7-233.3--
2Loyola Academy (Wilmette)9-035.2--
3Batavia9-024.0--
4Cary-Grove (Cary)9-013.2--
5Joliet Catholic (Joliet)9-019.0--
6Brother Rice (Chicago)7-225.5+1
7CMCHS (Chicago)6-333.5+6
8Wheaton North (Wheaton)8-121.0--
9Fenwick (Oak Park)7-224.0+6
10St. Rita (Chicago)7-229.8--
11Rochester8-112.3+1
12NVHS (Naperville)8-123.2-6
13Marist (Chicago)6-324.3-2
14SHGHS (Springfield)8-17.3+3
15SICP (Chicago)8-112.9-6
16Lemont9-03.9+2
17Warren Township (Gurnee)8-110.3+6
18Lockport8-113.3-2
19Maine South (Park Ridge)8-116.4+3
20GWHS (Glen Ellyn)7-211.2-6
21HCHS (Hinsdale)8-111.0+8
22South Elgin9-0-4.2-3
23St. Teresa (Decatur)9-0-1.7-3
24NCHS (Naperville)6-322.8--
25GNHS (Carol Stream)6-325.8-4


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Center Grove (Greenwood)9-044.7--
2Cathedral (Indianapolis)9-135.6--
3Carmel8-143.9--
4Westfield8-141.5--
5Roncalli (Indianapolis)10-027.7--
6Merrillville9-022.4+2
7HSHS (Fishers)7-238.3-1
8Brownsburg7-244.2-1
9WCHS (Indianapolis)5-344.2--
10DCHS (Indianapolis)8-129.3--
11LNHS (Indianapolis)5-343.4--
12Ben Davis (Indianapolis)4-544.8--
13BJPHS (Indianapolis)8-226.2+1
14Valparaiso8-118.6-1
15Fishers6-338.5--
16Mooresville8-215.6--
17East Central (St. Leon)8-215.9--
18GSHS (Fort Branch)9-16.7+2
19IBCHS (Indianapolis)6-422.5--
20Carroll (Fort Wayne)8-114.2-2
21Columbus North (Columbus)6-327.2+2
22FWSHS (Fort Wayne)8-115.6-1
23Zionsville5-529.7+2
24FCHS (Indianapolis)4-541.5+2
25Mt. Vernon (Fortville)9-18.3+4


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1King (Detroit)8-121.0+6
2DLSC (Warren)8-026.7--
3UCHS (Hudsonville)9-012.1--
4Rockford9-020.0-3
5DeWitt8-117.2-1
6TCCHS (Traverse City)8-114.1-1
7Adams (Rochester)9-015.1-1
8Romeo8-119.4+5
9CCHS (Grand Rapids)9-08.0+1
10Caledonia8-118.0+1
11Grand Blanc9-010.0-3
12Catholic Central (Novi)7-228.0+2
13Cass Tech (Detroit)7-314.5+19
14West Bloomfield8-122.0-2
15Clarkston8-117.3--
16Edwardsburg9-0-4.2-7
17SHSHS (Sterling Heights)7-220.9-1
18Belleville8-17.6+5
19River Rouge6-28.7-1
20WCHS (Grand Rapids)8-114.0-1
21Dakota (Macomb)6-319.9+3
22Frankenmuth9-03.5-2
23Holt7-215.7+5
24Grandville6-319.8-3
25SFHS (Traverse City)9-0-0.5+2


Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Andover8-022.8--
2LSHS (Lakeville)8-020.6--
3Rogers7-128.9--
4Eden Prairie7-128.5--
5Becker8-017.5+1
6Mankato West (Mankato)8-06.9-1
7Hutchinson7-117.5+1
8Maple Grove7-113.3-1
9Shakopee6-222.2+1
10Elk River6-225.3-1
11Chaska8-012.3+1
12Moorhead5-223.0-1
13Stillwater7-114.1--
14Chatfield7-112.6+1
15Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)8-06.7+1
16RCHS (New Hope)6-217.3+3
17Cannon Falls7-16.7+6
18STA (Mendota Heights)8-03.9-4
19Chanhassen6-219.4+1
20Mayo (Rochester)7-16.2+2
21Minneota8-0-8.2+3
22Spring Lake Park6-215.5+13
23SRRHS (Sauk Rapids)6-215.1-5
24Blue Earth7-1-1.2+30
25Willmar6-216.8+2


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Iona Prep (New Rochelle)7-120.3--
2Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)7-05.6+1
3Shaker (Latham)7-05.8-1
4Plainedge (Massapequa)7-0-2.4+2
5Carmel7-0-2.6--
6Canisius (Buffalo)5-214.7-2
7Garden City7-0-5.8+5
8IRHS (Philadelphia)5-00.0-1
9St. Francis (Hamburg)5-316.8+11
10THS (Staten Island)6-13.9+1
11Curtis (Staten Island)5-1-4.0+7
12Seaford7-0-4.7+5
13Maine-Endwell (Endwell)6-11.0--
14SHS (Clifton Park)6-10.0+5
15Sayville7-0-2.2-5
16Skaneateles6-0-11.0+5
17Tioga (Tioga Center)7-0-14.3-1
18BBPHS (Bayport)6-1-1.6+7
19CBA (Albany)6-22.6-11
20ASHS (White Plains)5-313.2+6
21MFHS (Staten Island)5-211.3-7
22St. Anthony's (Melville)4-313.4+2
23CCHS (New Windsor)7-0-8.6-1
24Jamestown8-0-1.9+9
25Somers (Lincolndale)7-0-11.2-2




Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Edward (Lakewood)9-137.9+1
2St. Xavier (Cincinnati)8-241.4-1
3LWHS (West Chester)8-131.4+1
4Medina10-026.7-1
5Springfield8-126.7+2
6UAHS (Columbus)10-023.8+3
7Marysville9-024.3-2
8PCHS (Pickerington)9-124.7--
9AMHS (Cincinnati)7-345.9-3
10St. Ignatius (Cleveland)6-445.3+1
11Avon8-226.0-1
12Chardon10-016.7+1
13Central Catholic (Toledo)8-228.4+2
14Princeton (Cincinnati)9-128.3+2
15Archbishop Hoban (Akron)7-336.5-1
16New Albany10-013.7+2
17Badin (Hamilton)9-018.4+10
18Benedictine (Cleveland)6-231.2-6
19Washington (Massillon)8-230.9+1
20Kings (Kings Mill)10-019.8-3
21Stow-Munroe Falls (Stow)8-225.5+9
22Big Walnut (Sunbury)10-010.2-1
23WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)8-216.1--
24Highland (Medina)9-117.8-2
25Wayne (Huber Heights)8-225.3+9


Pennsylvania State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)9-028.0+2
2GMHS (Shillington)7-022.3-1
3LSCHS (Wyndmoor)7-134.6-1
4IC (Philadelphia)6-126.3--
5SJP (Philadelphia)5-240.6--
6CCHS (Pittsburgh)7-230.7--
7GVHS (Glen Mills)9-010.6--
8Malvern Prep (Malvern)5-229.1--
9Moon Area (Moon Township)9-022.2+1
10Harrisburg8-127.1+2
11Belle Vernon7-010.8-2
12Central York (York)8-012.6-1
13Wyomissing9-02.2--
14Central (Martinsburg)9-04.8--
15Downingtown East (Exton)8-120.3+1
16Central Valley (Monaca)9-02.6+11
17AWHS (Warminster)5-329.9--
18Coatesville8-117.8--
19Quakertown9-04.5+7
20BRHS (West Chester)7-111.6--
21Seneca Valley (Harmony)6-328.0-2
22Manheim Central (Manheim)8-111.9+1
23North Allegheny (Wexford)6-327.9+6
24SCAHS (Catawissa)8-16.1+10
25TJHS (Jefferson Hills)5-218.4-10


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Kimberly10-015.1+1
2Muskego9-119.4+2
3Franklin10-05.3-2
4Mukwonago9-117.5-1
5CMHS (Waukesha)10-06.4--
6Appleton North (Appleton)8-216.3--
7Sun Prairie10-04.5--
8Waunakee10-07.1+3
9Homestead (Mequon)8-222.3--
10Hamilton (Sussex)9-111.6--
11LCHS (Luxemburg)10-06.3-3
12Arrowhead (Hartland)7-321.3+5
13Whitefish Bay8-212.0+3
14Union Grove9-111.4--
15Ellsworth10-0-1.3--
16Menomonie9-17.6+5
17Columbus9-0-3.7-4
18Oak Creek9-1-0.7-6
19Pewaukee8-27.4+19
20WWHS (Wauwatosa)8-29.4+19
21Germantown8-210.9-2
22Hartford7-319.1+3
23DeForest9-13.8--
24De Pere9-16.1+4
25WRLHS (Wisconsin Rapids)6-417.3-1

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