@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

Week 9/12 Poll
1. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 4-0
2. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati), 4-0
3. St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia), 2-1
4. Brownsburg (Ind.), 4-0
5. Springfield (Ohio), 3-0
6. Belleville (Mich.), 3-0
7. Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio), 4-0
8. Archbishop Hoban (Ohio), 4-0
9. De La Salle Collegiate (Warren, Mich.), 3-0
10. Loyola Academy (Ill.), 3-0

Next In Line:

Cathedral (Indianapolis), 3-1
Catholic Memorial (Waukesha, Wisc.), 4-0

Central Catholic (Toledo), 3-1

Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 3-1
East St. Louis (Ill.), 1-2
Hamilton Southeastern (Ind.), 4-0
Imhotep Charter (Pa.), 1-1
Mankato West (Minn.), 2-0
New Palestine (Ind.), 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	East St. Louis	1-2	58.0
2	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	3-0	15.4
3	CMCHS (Chicago)	3-0	21.0
4	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	3-0	3.8
5	LWEHS (Frankfort)	3-0	12.1
6	Wheaton North (Wheaton)	3-0	15.2
7	SHGHS (Springfield)	3-0	-9.6
8	Warren Township (Gurnee)	3-0	13.0
9	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	3-0	15.2
10	St. Rita (Chicago)	1-2	44.8
11	ICCP (Elmhurst)	2-1	11.7
12	NNHS (Naperville)	3-0	11.7
13	Batavia	1-2	27.4
14	Lockport	3-0	-5.3
15	O'Fallon	3-0	3.9
16	Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet)	3-0	2.2
17	Marist (Chicago)	2-1	13.6
18	Palatine	3-0	6.1
19	Prospect (Mt. Prospect)	3-0	1.7
20	Niles Notre Dame (Niles)	2-1	23.0
21	Brother Rice (Chicago)	2-1	16.4
22	PRHS (Crystal Lake)	3-0	2.1
23	Edwardsville	3-0	-1.7
24	Simeon (Chicago)	3-0	7.7
25	Morris	3-0	7.3

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Brownsburg	4-0	30.5
2	HSHS (Fishers)	4-0	25.4
3	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	3-1	30.7
4	New Palestine	4-0	20.7
5	Center Grove (Greenwood)	3-1	38.8
6	Westfield	3-1	36.4
7	LCHS (Indianapolis)	2-2	39.7
8	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	2-2	34.3
9	Fishers	3-1	24.4
10	Roncalli (Indianapolis)	4-0	11.1
11	Whiteland	4-0	18.3
12	WCHS (Indianapolis)	2-2	33.5
13	Crown Point	4-0	12.6
14	Zionsville	3-1	20.8
15	Carmel	2-2	30.6
16	East Central (St. Leon)	3-1	12.5
17	GSHS (Fort Branch)	4-0	-8.2
18	LNHS (Indianapolis)	2-2	25.1
19	IBCHS (Indianapolis)	2-2	22.5
20	Mooresville	4-0	0.3
21	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	4-0	2.8
22	BJPHS (Indianapolis)	2-1	15.2
23	Merrillville	3-1	11.0
24	Noblesville	2-2	27.8
25	Penn (Mishawaka)	2-2	21.9

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	DLSC (Warren)	3-0	2.5
2	Belleville	3-0	5.0
3	King (Detroit)	1-1	0.2
4	West Bloomfield	3-0	9.4
5	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	3-0	-2.5
6	Caledonia	3-0	1.7
7	Romeo	3-0	8.4
8	Dakota (Macomb)	3-0	6.8
9	Davison	2-1	22.8
10	CVHS (Clinton Township)	3-0	8.2
11	Clarkston	2-1	23.6
12	Lapeer	3-0	-4.1
13	Catholic Central (Novi)	2-1	24.0
14	Zeeland West (Zeeland)	3-0	-1.6
15	Rockford	3-0	2.2
16	SCHS (Grand Rapids)	3-0	-10.4
17	Grandville	3-0	3.7
18	River Rouge	2-0-1	4.9
19	Whitehall	3-0	1.5
20	Adams (Rochester)	2-1	11.0
21	Frankenmuth	3-0	-2.8
22	WCHS (Grand Rapids)	3-0	-11.5
23	FHCHS (Grand Rapids)	3-0	3.7
24	Ubly	3-0	-11.0
25	SATHS (Southfield)	2-1	16.5

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	LSHS (Lakeville)	2-0	0.0
2	Hutchinson	3-0	3.6
3	Mankato West (Mankato)	2-0	-12.3
4	STA (Mendota Heights)	2-0	-20.1
5	Elk River	2-0	0.5
6	Maple Grove	2-0	-5.4
7	Eden Prairie	2-0	3.5
8	Chatfield	2-0	-2.3
9	Mahtomedi	2-0	-8.4
10	Chanhassen	2-0	7.3
11	Rocori (Cold Spring)	3-0	3.5
12	RAHS (Plymouth)	2-0	6.2
13	Prior Lake	2-0	-8.0
14	Spring Lake Park	2-0	-5.9
15	Barnesville	2-0	-10.1
16	Stillwater	2-0	2.5
17	Andover	1-1	15.9
18	Rogers	1-1	4.2
19	Minneota	2-0	-18.6
20	EVWHS (Eden Valley)	2-0	-11.7
21	LNHS (Lakeville)	1-1	14.9
22	Stewartville	2-0	-21.8
23	Chaska	1-1	2.6
24	Princeton	2-0	8.4
25	AHA (Richfield)	2-0	0.0

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Carmel	1-0	0.0
2	Tioga (Tioga Center)	2-0	-10.9
3	CBA (Syracuse)	2-0	-12.9
4	Somers (Lincolndale)	1-0	-17.0
5	St. Francis (Hamburg)	0-1	17.1
6	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	1-0	-1.7
7	Plainedge (Massapequa)	1-0	-26.0
8	UP (Rochester)	2-0	-4.6
9	Garden City	1-0	-21.9
10	LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)	1-1	7.1
11	Lancaster	2-0	-22.3
12	CFHS (Binghamton)	2-0	-20.9
13	FMHS (Manlius)	2-0	-28.2
14	Wantagh	1-0	-20.3
15	Orchard Park	2-0	-7.4
16	Schuylerville	2-0	-15.2
17	CBA (Albany)	2-0	-15.9
18	Arlington (LaGrangeville)	0-1	17.1
19	SWRHS (Shoreham)	1-0	-14.1
20	BBPHS (Bayport)	1-0	-16.0
21	Rye	2-0	-9.0
22	Shaker (Latham)	1-1	-2.4
23	Jamestown	0-2	6.1
24	Bellport (Brookhaven)	1-0	-28.4
25	MQJHS (Rochester)	1-1	1.3

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	AMHS (Cincinnati)	4-0	44.9
2	St. Edward (Lakewood)	4-0	46.2
3	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	4-0	25.8
4	LWHS (West Chester)	4-0	18.6
5	Springfield	3-0	27.4
6	St. Ignatius (Cleveland)	3-0	22.3
7	Central Catholic (Toledo)	3-1	26.4
8	Elder (Cincinnati)	3-1	38.2
9	Princeton (Cincinnati)	4-0	17.6
10	Washington (Massillon)	3-1	26.9
11	New Albany	4-0	0.9
12	Fairfield	4-0	13.8
13	Glenville (Cleveland)	4-0	13.9
14	Centerville	4-0	21.2
15	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	2-2	38.1
16	MLHS (Maria Stein)	4-0	10.2
17	Highland (Medina)	4-0	16.3
18	Mentor	2-2	31.8
19	Badin (Hamilton)	4-0	12.2
20	Riverside (Painesville)	3-1	28.1
21	Winton Woods (Cincinnati)	4-0	1.2
22	Chardon	3-1	25.1
23	Kings (Kings Mill)	4-0	-2.3
24	Wayne (Huber Heights)	2-2	34.5
25	PCHS (Pickerington)	2-2	34.7

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	2-1	46.7
2	IC (Philadelphia)	1-1	43.8
3	BMDHS (Harrisburg)	1-1	34.2
4	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	2-1	31.3
5	Gateway (Monroeville)	3-0	17.4
6	Aliquippa	2-0	16.5
7	Central Valley (Monaca)	3-0	11.4
8	McKeesport	3-0	18.3
9	North Allegheny (Wexford)	3-0	16.2
10	Cathedral Prep (Erie)	1-1	56.4
11	Jersey Shore	3-0	-0.4
12	Belle Vernon	1-1	25.5
13	PTHS (Harrison City)	2-1	25.3
14	UDHS (Fort Washington)	3-0	14.3
15	CVHS (Mechanicsburg)	3-0	21.2
16	McDowell (Erie)	2-1	22.8
17	Upper St. Clair	3-0	5.9
18	Bethel Park	2-1	25.4
19	Wyomissing	3-0	-4.1
20	PTHS (McMurray)	3-0	5.5
21	Richland (Johnstown)	3-0	6.6
22	Emmaus	3-0	11.0
23	Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)	1-2	23.5
24	MTHS (Lancaster)	2-1	19.2
25	State College	3-0	-0.7

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	CMHS (Waukesha)	4-0	-3.1
2	Muskego	4-0	3.3
3	Kimberly	4-0	-3.0
4	Franklin	3-1	3.3
5	Arrowhead (Hartland)	4-0	2.5
6	Neenah	4-0	-4.1
7	Mukwonago	4-0	-7.2
8	River Falls	4-0	-2.6
9	Columbus	4-0	-21.5
10	Bay Port (Green Bay)	4-0	-11.3
11	Oak Creek	3-1	-3.7
12	Hartford	3-1	-2.8
13	SMSHS (Fond du Lac)	4-0	-17.8
14	Appleton North (Appleton)	3-1	-9.2
15	Onalaska	4-0	-10.9
16	Monroe	4-0	-15.2
17	West De Pere (De Pere)	4-0	-20.7
18	Hudson	3-1	0.1
19	Rice Lake	4-0	-16.1
20	Mayville	4-0	-18.0
21	Fond du Lac	2-2	7.9
22	Waunakee	4-0	-7.5
23	MMHS (Madison)	4-0	-13.3
24	New Richmond	3-1	2.2
25	Kettle Moraine (Wales)	2-2	4.0

@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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