@EFrantzMP’s 2023 High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

Our weekly look at the top HS football teams in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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The Great Lakes states are defined - in large - by silos, steeples and Friday night stadium lights. Here's our weekly take on the top high school football programs in the region along with how the MaxPreps Computer Rankings see it.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

9/10/23 Poll

1. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 4-0
2. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia. Pa.), 2-1
3. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 4-0
4. Belleville (Mich.), 3-0
5. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.), 3-0
6. Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 3-0
7. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 3-1
8. Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia. Pa.), 3-0
9. Brownsburg (Ind.), 4-0
10. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 4-0

Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.), 2-0
Avon (Ohio), 4-0
Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 4-0
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 3-0
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 3-1
East Central (St. Leon, Ind.), 4-0
East St. Louis (Ill.), 1-2
Kettle Moraine (Wales, Wis.), 4-0
Kimberly (Wis.), 3-0
Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 3-0
Mankato West (Minn.), 2-0
Mukwonago (Wis.), 4-0
Pickerington North (Ohio), 4-0
West Bloomfield (Mich.), 3-0

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)	3-0	27.1	--
2	East St. Louis	1-2	64.1	--
3	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	3-0	24.1	--
4	LWEHS (Frankfort)	3-0	14.6	--
5	ICCP (Elmhurst)	3-0	-36.1	--
6	St. Rita (Chicago)	3-0	15.2	+3
7	York (Elmhurst)	3-0	4.0	-1
8	DGNHS (Downers Grove)	3-0	11.2	+12
9	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	2-1	19.5	-2
10	Brother Rice (Chicago)	2-1	18.8	+7
11	Sycamore	3-0	-12.4	-3
12	Barrington	3-0	12.5	+10
13	Batavia	2-1	14.4	+2
14	Maine South (Park Ridge)	2-1	18.4	+9
15	HHS (Arlington Heights)	3-0	-1.9	-1
16	Normal Community (Normal)	3-0	-2.8	+34
17	NNHS (Naperville)	2-1	22.9	-1
18	Rochester	3-0	-6.9	-8
19	Edwardsville	3-0	-14.6	+2
20	Lockport	3-0	12.3	+17
21	Marist (Chicago)	1-2	32.2	-9
22	PRHS (Crystal Lake)	3-0	0.8	-9
23	Geneva	3-0	-6.9	+6
24	PCHS (New Lenox)	2-1	17.1	+3
25	Kankakee	3-0	-14.0	+1

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Center Grove (Greenwood)	3-1	46.2	--
2	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	3-1	41.4	+1
3	East Central (St. Leon)	4-0	10.3	+1
4	Brownsburg	4-0	22.8	-2
5	HSHS (Fishers)	4-0	21.8	+1
6	IBCHS (Indianapolis)	4-0	8.5	+3
7	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	2-2	30.2	-2
8	Crown Point	4-0	2.2	-1
9	Westfield	4-0	19.9	+1
10	Fishers	3-1	17.5	-2
11	ILHS (Indianapolis)	4-0	-7.2	--
12	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	3-1	9.9	+1
13	LNHS (Indianapolis)	4-0	8.8	-1
14	FWSHS (Fort Wayne)	4-0	-6.3	+1
15	Penn (Mishawaka)	3-1	16.2	+2
16	Zionsville	3-1	15.6	+11
17	Carmel	2-2	25.3	-3
18	ERHS (Evansville)	4-0	2.7	--
19	Valparaiso	3-1	6.4	+3
20	Plainfield	4-0	7.5	+3
21	FCHS (Indianapolis)	2-2	23.2	-5
22	Noblesville	2-2	21.3	-3
23	EMHS (Evansville)	4-0	-3.6	-3
24	WCHS (Indianapolis)	2-2	19.2	+7
25	BNHS (Bloomington)	3-0	8.3	+23

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Belleville	3-0	-5.5	--
2	Davison	3-0	11.3	--
3	Rockford	3-0	3.6	--
4	Caledonia	3-0	-7.8	+2
5	DLSC (Warren)	2-1	21.0	+3
6	West Bloomfield	3-0	5.8	-1
7	WCHS (Grand Rapids)	3-0	-6.5	--
8	SATHS (Southfield)	2-1	15.1	-4
9	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	2-1	16.6	--
10	Saline	3-0	-9.8	--
11	Mason	3-0	-6.9	+1
12	Whitehall	3-0	-6.8	+3
13	Lake Orion	3-0	-0.1	+14
14	WLWHS (Walled Lake)	3-0	-9.5	+15
15	FHCHS (Grand Rapids)	3-0	-8.3	+2
16	Goodrich	3-0	1.7	+2
17	Northville	3-0	-2.3	+19
18	Catholic Central (Novi)	2-1	9.4	+1
19	Cass Tech (Detroit)	1-2	14.3	-5
20	Dakota (Macomb)	3-0	-4.3	--
21	Zeeland West (Zeeland)	3-0	-15.3	+4
22	Adams (Rochester)	2-1	5.7	-11
23	LCCHS (Jackson)	3-0	-19.4	-1
24	EGRHS (Grand Rapids)	3-0	0.0	+22
25	Grandville	2-1	9.1	-1

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Mankato West (Mankato)	2-0	15.9	+1
2	Andover	1-1	27.0	-1
3	Rogers	2-0	3.8	+3
4	Chanhassen	2-0	8.1	+1
5	Barnesville	2-0	-19.5	-2
6	Brainerd	2-0	8.9	+17
7	Hutchinson	2-0	-6.9	--
8	Eden Prairie	2-0	2.2	+4
9	Stewartville	2-0	0.9	+11
10	LNHS (Lakeville)	2-0	9.9	+31
11	NLSHS (New London)	2-0	-1.6	+2
12	Becker	2-0	-10.8	-1
13	Chatfield	2-0	-21.6	+1
14	STA (Mendota Heights)	1-1	20.0	+4
15	LSHS (Lakeville)	2-0	-4.6	-5
16	Rosemount	1-1	0.6	-12
17	CFLL (CO-OP) (Cannon Falls)	2-0	-6.7	+9
18	Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)	2-0	-19.5	-1
19	RAHS (Plymouth)	2-0	-20.5	+5
20	Minneota	2-0	-21.3	-1
21	EVWHS (Eden Valley)	2-0	-29.7	-6
22	Centennial (Circle Pines)	2-0	-3.1	+9
23	Elk River	0-2	24.1	-15
24	Shakopee	2-0	-13.0	+29
25	Alexandria	2-0	-2.0	+4

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Iona Prep (New Rochelle)	1-1	30.8	+3
2	ASHS (White Plains)	1-1	28.6	-1
3	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	1-0	-38.4	+2
4	St. Anthony's (Melville)	1-1	22.9	-2
5	Tioga (Tioga Center)	2-0	-6.7	+2
6	Somers (Lincolndale)	1-1	8.8	+4
7	Sayville	1-0	-5.6	+2
8	LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)	2-0	-19.8	-2
9	CBA (Syracuse)	2-0	-14.6	+7
10	BBPHS (Bayport)	1-0	-22.6	+1
11	Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)	1-1	20.4	-8
12	MFHS (Staten Island)	1-1	15.7	+3
13	Holy Trinity (Hicksville)	2-0	-6.4	--
14	MQJHS (Rochester)	2-0	-29.8	+4
15	Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)	0-2	25.9	-7
16	Garden City	2-0	-25.2	-2
17	CNSHS (Cicero)	2-0	-12.4	+4
18	St. Francis (Hamburg)	0-2	14.5	-6
19	Farmingdale	1-0	-38.9	-2
20	Pleasantville	1-0	-9.6	+5
21	UP (Rochester)	2-0	-15.2	+16
22	Chaminade (Mineola)	0-1	24.4	-2
23	Jamestown	2-0	-27.8	-4
24	Carmel	1-0	-32.3	-1
25	John Glenn (Elwood)	1-0	-9.3	+19

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	St. Edward (Lakewood)	4-0	49.2	--
2	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	4-0	33.1	--
3	Avon	4-0	22.9	--
4	Washington (Massillon)	4-0	15.8	+2
5	PNHS (Pickerington)	4-0	29.9	+2
6	Glenville (Cleveland)	3-1	10.9	-2
7	Central Catholic (Toledo)	4-0	14.5	-2
8	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	3-1	32.1	--
9	Princeton (Cincinnati)	4-0	14.4	--
10	McKinley (Canton)	3-1	29.4	+5
11	Elder (Cincinnati)	2-2	38.8	+10
12	Lincoln (Gahanna)	4-0	10.6	-2
13	WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)	4-0	11.9	--
14	Milford	4-0	16.1	+30
15	AMHS (Cincinnati)	1-3	44.1	-3
16	MLHS (Maria Stein)	4-0	5.8	-5
17	HDHS (Hilliard)	4-0	0.3	+21
18	Versailles	4-0	8.1	+6
19	LWHS (West Chester)	2-2	28.2	-2
20	Winton Woods (Cincinnati)	4-0	10.8	-6
21	Riverside (Painesville)	4-0	11.1	-1
22	Perry	4-0	1.3	-4
23	Olentangy (Lewis Center)	4-0	18.2	--
24	Badin (Hamilton)	4-0	13.5	+4
25	Dublin Coffman (Dublin)	3-1	24.8	+4

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	2-1	59.7	--
2	IC (Philadelphia)	3-0	32.2	--
3	BMDHS (Harrisburg)	3-0	30.7	--
4	Malvern Prep (Malvern)	2-0	30.2	+4
5	Aliquippa	2-0	7.4	-1
6	North Allegheny (Wexford)	3-0	11.6	+6
7	MTHS (Lancaster)	3-0	8.0	+12
8	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	3-0	14.0	-1
9	Parkland (Allentown)	3-0	1.6	-4
10	Nazareth Area (Nazareth)	3-0	7.0	-1
11	Downingtown East (Exton)	3-0	8.2	--
12	RCHS (Philadelphia)	3-0	10.3	+5
13	Belle Vernon	2-0	6.3	+2
14	HS (Haverford)	1-1	23.7	--
15	Harrisburg	2-1	17.0	-9
16	CBWHS (Doylestown)	3-0	10.2	-3
17	Cathedral Prep (Erie)	1-1	33.7	+1
18	SCAHS (Catawissa)	3-0	-7.1	+8
19	DWHS (Downingtown)	3-0	7.4	+4
20	Avonworth (Pittsburgh)	3-0	5.8	+2
21	ACCHS (Allentown)	3-0	10.6	+11
22	Central Valley (Monaca)	2-1	15.4	+2
23	LSCHS (Wyndmoor)	1-2	32.2	+7
24	State College	1-1	15.1	+1
25	Spring-Ford (Royersford)	3-0	2.8	+22

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Muskego	4-0	18.7	+2
2	Kettle Moraine (Wales)	4-0	10.7	--
3	Mukwonago	4-0	3.0	-2
4	Kaukauna	4-0	7.9	+4
5	Arrowhead (Hartland)	3-1	26.4	+1
6	Waunakee	4-0	4.7	-2
7	Columbus	4-0	-18.5	--
8	Kimberly	3-0	6.9	-3
9	Verona	3-1	6.3	+9
10	Franklin	4-0	3.7	-1
11	MU (Milwaukee)	3-1	7.1	+2
12	Hamilton (Sussex)	4-0	-12.0	-2
13	Oak Creek	3-1	4.7	+6
14	Neenah	3-1	9.0	-3
15	Waukesha West (Waukesha)	2-2	23.3	-1
16	Appleton North (Appleton)	4-0	-10.2	--
17	West De Pere (De Pere)	3-1	-4.2	+3
18	BWHS (Baldwin)	4-0	-3.4	+13
19	MHBHS (CO-OP) (Mount Horeb)	4-0	-3.3	-2
20	Badger (Lake Geneva)	4-0	-6.8	-5
21	Middleton	3-1	-1.3	-9
22	Menomonie	4-0	-3.0	+6
23	Port Washington	4-0	-4.3	-1
24	Homestead (Mequon)	3-1	9.7	+2
25	Bay Port (Green Bay)	2-2	7.8	-2

@EFrantzMP’s 2023 High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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