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

By Eric Frantz Aug 28, 2023, 9:00am

Our weekly look at the 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. Here's our weekly take on the top high school football programs in the region along with how the MaxPreps Computer Rankings see it. Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania have kicked off. Minnesota and New York start this week.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

8/28/23 Poll
1. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 2-0
2. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia. Pa.), 0-1
3. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 2-0
4. Belleville (Mich.), 1-0
5. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 2-0
6. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.), 1-0
7. Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.)
8. Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia. Pa.), 1-0
9. Brownsburg (Ind.), 2-0
10. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 2-0

Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.)
Andover (Minn.)
Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.)
Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.), 1-1
Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 2-0
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1-0
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 1-1
East St. Louis (Ill.), 0-1
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 2-0
Kimberly (Wis.), 1-0
Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 1-0
Mankato West (Minn.)
Muckwonago (Wis.), 2-0
St. Anthony’s (Mellville, N.Y.)
St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio), 2-0
West Bloomfield (Mich.), 1-0



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. +/-
1CMCHS (Chicago)1-044.8+2
2East St. Louis0-145.2-1
3Loyola Academy (Wilmette)1-019.3-1
4ICCP (Elmhurst)1-0-63.0--
5LWEHS (Frankfort)1-07.0--
6St. Rita (Chicago)1-0-11.5+1
7Sycamore1-00.0+3
8Prospect (Mt. Prospect)1-016.6+12
9York (Elmhurst)1-00.8+2
10Brother Rice (Chicago)1-014.9+7
11GWHS (Glen Ellyn)1-015.7+11
12PCHS (New Lenox)1-011.4+1
13Batavia1-0-13.3-4
14Lena-Winslow (Lena)1-0-52.8+2
15HHS (Arlington Heights)1-0-5.8-1
16Joliet Catholic (Joliet)1-00.4+8
17Kankakee1-017.2+42
18Rochester1-08.3+10
19SCNHS (St. Charles)1-017.2+15
20NA (LaGrange Park)0-118.2-14
21Palatine0-117.4-13
22NNHS (Naperville)1-0-0.3-1
23Lyons (LaGrange)0-121.2-11
24Marist (Chicago)0-120.5-9
25Maine South (Park Ridge)0-121.1-7


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Center Grove (Greenwood)1-154.0+1
2Ben Davis (Indianapolis)2-029.0-1
3Brownsburg2-024.4+2
4HSHS (Fishers)2-015.3--
5Cathedral (Indianapolis)1-131.6-2
6East Central (St. Leon)2-05.0--
7Westfield2-022.0--
8IBCHS (Indianapolis)2-0-1.4+2
9Carroll (Fort Wayne)1-134.3+2
10Crown Point2-0-0.3-1
11ILHS (Indianapolis)2-0-25.7-3
12LNHS (Indianapolis)2-011.2+4
13FWSHS (Fort Wayne)2-012.2-1
14FCHS (Indianapolis)2-013.8+8
15Fishers2-0-0.3--
16Noblesville2-09.8+7
17Penn (Mishawaka)2-014.2+8
18Merrillville2-07.3+3
19LCHS (Indianapolis)1-18.1-2
20Carmel1-128.4-2
21ERHS (Evansville)2-0-4.3-2
22BSHS (Bloomington)2-0-5.7+11
23EMHS (Evansville)2-010.9+9
24Valparaiso1-115.8+2
25Kokomo2-09.6+15


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Belleville1-025.0--
2Rockford1-019.0+2
3Caledonia1-013.4-1
4West Bloomfield1-019.7+1
5SATHS (Southfield)1-026.2+1
6WCHS (Grand Rapids)1-07.3+1
7Davison1-028.3+5
8DLSC (Warren)0-129.1-5
9Saline1-0-2.0--
10Cass Tech (Detroit)0-132.4-2
11River Rouge0-149.9+3
12King (Detroit)0-149.7-2
13Dakota (Macomb)1-0-18.5+2
14SCHS (Grand Rapids)1-0-8.2+2
15Grandville1-0-1.9+10
16Mason1-0-2.3+7
17Adams (Rochester)1-013.3+10
18FHCHS (Grand Rapids)1-0-9.2+1
19CVHS (Clinton Township)0-132.4+1
20CCHS (Grand Rapids)0-143.5+1
21Catholic Central (Novi)1-0-2.0+1
22Muskegon0-134.1-4
23LCCHS (Jackson)1-0-20.4+1
24Whitehall1-07.7+2
25Roseville1-05.3+9


Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Andover0-00.0--
2Mankato West (Mankato)0-00.0--
3Rosemount0-00.0--
4Elk River0-00.0--
5Rogers0-00.0+1
6Hutchinson0-00.0+1
7Barnesville0-00.0-2
8Mayo (Rochester)0-00.0--
9Chanhassen0-00.0--
10LSHS (Lakeville)0-00.0--
11Chatfield0-00.0--
12Eden Prairie0-00.0--
13STA (Mendota Heights)0-00.0--
14Becker0-00.0--
15EVWHS (Eden Valley)0-00.0--
16WMHS (Watertown)0-00.0--
17Maple Grove0-00.0--
18Mahtomedi0-00.0--
19Chaska0-00.0--
20Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)0-00.0--
21Rocori (Cold Spring)0-00.0--
22Minneota0-00.0--
23St. Francis0-00.0--
24NLSHS (New London)0-00.0--
25Milaca0-00.0--


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1ASHS (White Plains)0-00.0--
2St. Anthony's (Melville)0-00.0--
3Iona Prep (New Rochelle)0-00.0--
4Maine-Endwell (Endwell)0-00.0--
5Somers (Lincolndale)0-00.0--
6St. Francis (Hamburg)0-00.0--
7LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)0-00.0--
8BBPHS (Bayport)0-00.0+2
9Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)0-00.0-1
10Sayville0-00.0-1
11Tioga (Tioga Center)0-00.0--
12Garden City0-00.0--
13CBA (Syracuse)0-00.0--
14Farmingdale0-00.0--
15MQJHS (Rochester)0-00.0--
16Holy Trinity (Hicksville)0-00.0--
17CNSHS (Cicero)0-00.0--
18Chaminade (Mineola)0-00.0--
19Carmel0-00.0--
20O'Neill (Highland Falls)0-00.0--
21Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)0-00.0--
22Pleasantville0-00.0--
23Randolph0-00.0+2
24Plainedge (Massapequa)0-00.0+2
25Kings Park0-00.0+3




Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Edward (Lakewood)2-062.7--
2Archbishop Hoban (Akron)2-038.5--
3Glenville (Cleveland)2-026.5--
4St. Xavier (Cincinnati)2-030.1+2
5Avon2-017.2+5
6Central Catholic (Toledo)2-015.8+1
7Washington (Massillon)2-020.1+1
8AMHS (Cincinnati)1-129.7-3
9Princeton (Cincinnati)2-017.2+8
10Lincoln (Gahanna)2-016.1+2
11Springfield1-146.5-7
12PNHS (Pickerington)2-031.3+17
13Hudson2-021.6+3
14Winton Woods (Cincinnati)2-02.5+1
15MLHS (Maria Stein)2-01.5-4
16LWHS (West Chester)0-246.6-7
17Dublin Coffman (Dublin)2-014.7+22
18Kings (Kings Mill)2-04.6--
19PCHS (Pickerington)2-022.3+29
20Kirtland2-08.8+3
21St. Ignatius (Cleveland)1-133.7+23
22UAHS (Columbus)2-02.6+12
23Highland (Medina)1-123.9+10
24WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)2-012.9+31
25Elder (Cincinnati)1-128.5+5


Pennsylvania State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1SJP (Philadelphia)0-1102.9--
2BMDHS (Harrisburg)1-024.5--
3IC (Philadelphia)1-011.1--
4Harrisburg1-05.8--
5Malvern Prep (Malvern)0-00.0--
6EA (Newtown Square)0-00.0+1
7Parkland (Allentown)1-0-11.7+1
8Aliquippa0-00.0-2
9HS (Haverford)0-00.0+1
10Cathedral Prep (Erie)0-162.4+1
11RCHS (Philadelphia)1-013.9+4
12State College1-0-6.9--
13Central Valley (Monaca)1-028.8+8
14Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)0-140.2-5
15CCHS (Pittsburgh)1-01.5-1
16Emmaus1-0-41.1+1
17Belle Vernon0-00.0-4
18North Allegheny (Wexford)1-0-3.0--
19Nazareth Area (Nazareth)1-0-8.7+1
20Westinghouse (Pittsburgh)1-0-14.5+4
21MTHS (Lancaster)1-013.8+7
22McDowell (Erie)0-130.5-6
23Downingtown East (Exton)1-0-2.1--
24Freedom (Bethlehem)1-00.5-2
25SCAHS (Catawissa)1-0-4.4--


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Mukwonago2-05.9--
2Kettle Moraine (Wales)2-01.2--
3Kimberly1-017.2+2
4Columbus2-0-25.4-1
5Muskego2-017.4+1
6Arrowhead (Hartland)2-014.0-2
7Franklin2-09.4+2
8Kaukauna2-09.0+3
9Neenah2-00.0-2
10Hamilton (Sussex)2-04.7-2
11Waunakee2-02.8+1
12Middleton2-04.7+2
13Waukesha West (Waukesha)2-04.6+5
14Prairie du Chien2-09.8+7
15Badger (Lake Geneva)2-0-5.8+12
16MU (Milwaukee)1-122.5+29
17Appleton North (Appleton)2-0-24.6-1
18Verona1-114.3+6
19West De Pere (De Pere)1-116.5-6
20Bay Port (Green Bay)0-228.4-5
21Oak Creek1-112.2-1
22Lodi2-0-11.2+4
23MHBHS (CO-OP) (Mount Horeb)2-0-1.4+36
24BCHS (Brookfield)2-0-10.7+9
25CMHS (Waukesha)0-224.4-15

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