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

By Eric Frantz Nov 13, 2023, 8:15am

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.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

11/13/23 Poll
1. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 13-0
2. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia. Pa.), 9-1
3. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 12-1
4. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 12-0
5. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.), 11-0
6. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 11-1
7. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 11-1
8. Belleville (Mich.), 12-0
9. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 11-1
10. Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia. Pa.), 11-0

The Next 5:
Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 13-0
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 10-1
East Central (St. Leon, Ind.), 13-0
Franklin (Wis.), 13-0
Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 11-1



Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.), 9-0
Avon (Ohio), 13-0
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 9-4
Badger (Lake Geneva, Wis.), 13-0
Batavia (Ill.), 11-1
Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis, Ind.), 13-0
Brownsburg (Ind.), 9-1*
Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.), 8-4*
Cardinal Hayes (Bronx, NY), 9-2
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 8-1
Chanhassen (Minn.), 11-0
Davison (Mich.), 12-0
East St. Louis (Ill.), 9-2
Eden Prairie (Minn.), 11-0
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 10-3
Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 12-0
Malvern Prep (Pa.), 9-1
Manheim Township (Lancaster, Pa.), 11-0
North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.), 10-1
Parkland (Allentown, Pa.), 12-0
Peters Township (McMurray, Pa.), 12-0
Rockford (Mich.), 11-1*
Waunakee (Wis.), 13-0
Westfield (Ind.), 11-1

* Season Finished

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. +/-
1Loyola Academy (Wilmette)12-029.1--
2CMCHS (Chicago)11-134.3--
3LWEHS (Frankfort)12-020.9--
4Batavia11-122.2+1
5East St. Louis9-225.2-1
6York (Elmhurst)11-124.6+1
7DGNHS (Downers Grove)10-221.3+2
8Edwardsville10-219.4-2
9St. Francis (Wheaton)10-223.0+2
10Barrington12-021.5-2
11Joliet Catholic (Joliet)9-321.0+6
12Rochester12-00.0+1
13Maine South (Park Ridge)10-222.4-3
14NA (LaGrange Park)7-530.4+9
15Brother Rice (Chicago)5-541.2+4
16St. Rita (Chicago)6-535.8+10
17ICCP (Elmhurst)9-314.6-5
18HHS (Arlington Heights)10-111.0+2
19Normal Community (Normal)12-00.7-5
20Warren Township (Gurnee)9-318.3-5
21Washington11-14.4+8
22SICP (Chicago)8-428.0--
23Carmel (Mundelein)10-214.8-7
24PRHS (Crystal Lake)9-114.3+7
25PCHS (New Lenox)8-424.3+8


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Ben Davis (Indianapolis)11-143.5--
2Center Grove (Greenwood)11-140.8--
3Brownsburg9-146.8--
4East Central (St. Leon)13-016.6--
5Westfield11-142.6--
6IBCHS (Indianapolis)13-022.3--
7Cathedral (Indianapolis)8-440.0--
8HSHS (Fishers)9-336.9--
9Crown Point12-018.1--
10New Palestine11-224.3--
11BSHS (Bloomington)11-120.8+1
12Fishers7-438.7-1
13DCHS (Indianapolis)10-226.7+1
14LNHS (Indianapolis)7-438.3+1
15Penn (Mishawaka)10-225.2-2
16FWSHS (Fort Wayne)11-111.1+10
17FCHS (Indianapolis)4-644.7-1
18BNHS (Bloomington)8-119.9-1
19Noblesville4-742.6--
20Leo11-211.0+15
21Carmel5-541.8+4
22ERHS (Evansville)11-115.8-2
23Harrison (West Lafayette)9-213.2-1
24ILHS (Indianapolis)11-06.8-3
25GSHS (Fort Branch)11-211.4+6


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Belleville12-012.5+1
2Davison12-019.9+1
3Rockford11-126.1-2
4West Bloomfield10-229.2+1
5Muskegon10-221.6+3
6Lake Orion10-125.2-2
7Mason12-010.7+2
8Corunna12-05.6-2
9CCHS (Grand Rapids)11-110.6+5
10FHCHS (Grand Rapids)11-117.6--
11SATHS (Southfield)11-118.9+4
12DLSC (Warren)10-216.3+1
13Clarkston6-634.9-2
14Zeeland West (Zeeland)9-315.0+9
15Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac)9-112.9+1
16East Lansing10-29.8+23
17Byron Center10-219.4-10
18UEHS (Shelby Township)9-220.3+1
19CVHS (Clinton Township)9-322.7-7
20Portland12-02.7+6
21Frankenmuth11-12.3+6
22WCHS (Grand Rapids)11-17.2-4
23Harper Woods9-315.8+5
24Caledonia8-319.6-7
25Grandville8-326.5-5




Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Andover10-119.9+2
2Chanhassen11-019.6-1
3Alexandria11-016.5+1
4Mankato West (Mankato)8-230.0-2
5Eden Prairie11-013.4+1
6EVWHS (Eden Valley)11-02.3-1
7Rocori (Cold Spring)9-224.5--
8STA (Mendota Heights)9-216.6+1
9Becker9-115.5-1
10Barnesville12-0-1.2+5
11Stewartville12-00.9+1
12JCCHS (Jackson)12-0-3.5+30
13Edina8-315.5+8
14DGFHS (Glyndon)10-111.8+9
15Annandale11-03.5+9
16Brainerd8-217.0+1
17Hutchinson9-211.3+1
18Minneota12-0-1.9-5
19Centennial (Circle Pines)10-18.0+8
20Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)10-19.2+2
21LNHS (Lakeville)9-215.7-11
22LSHS (Lakeville)10-18.7-3
23Detroit Lakes7-217.7+3
24Owatonna8-316.0-8
25Esko10-1-1.2-14


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)9-223.0--
2Iona Prep (New Rochelle)8-324.8+1
3ASHS (White Plains)8-328.0-1
4St. Anthony's (Melville)6-430.1+1
5LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)10-0-0.1+1
6Somers (Lincolndale)10-16.6+1
7St. Francis (Hamburg)5-525.9+1
8CBA (Albany)9-14.7+4
9MFHS (Staten Island)8-317.9-5
10Sayville10-03.3--
11SHS (Clifton Park)9-14.6-2
12MQJHS (Rochester)11-0-6.1+13
13CBA (Syracuse)10-0-9.2--
14LILHS (Brookville)7-29.5--
15Garden City10-0-9.5--
16Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)8-36.0-5
17EIHS (Islip Terrace)8-23.6+3
18Tioga (Tioga Center)11-0-17.6+10
19Massapequa10-0-6.5+7
20Maine-Endwell (Endwell)10-0-14.5-4
21Niskayuna10-1-12.6--
22Harrison8-38.7-4
23CNSHS (Cicero)9-1-3.9-4
24Lancaster9-2-1.2-7
25Canisius (Buffalo)5-616.3-1


Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Washington (Massillon)13-032.5--
2St. Edward (Lakewood)12-139.5--
3Archbishop Hoban (Akron)11-131.4--
4Avon13-023.8--
5AMHS (Cincinnati)9-440.4--
6Central Catholic (Toledo)13-020.8+3
7MLHS (Maria Stein)13-016.4--
8Ursuline (Youngstown)13-025.9+3
9Glenville (Cleveland)10-318.2+11
10LWHS (West Chester)11-227.9+2
11HBHS (Hilliard)12-128.9+5
12WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)12-124.5+2
13Liberty Center13-07.8+10
14Anderson (Cincinnati)12-122.1+1
15Princeton (Cincinnati)12-128.3-7
16BWHS (Columbus)12-113.9+2
17Coldwater12-122.0+9
18PNHS (Pickerington)11-230.7-8
19Lincoln (Gahanna)12-125.4-13
20UAHS (Columbus)10-330.8+9
21Perkins (Sandusky)12-011.6-4
22Dublin Coffman (Dublin)10-334.5+9
23Withrow (Cincinnati)12-115.2+7
24St. Xavier (Cincinnati)7-540.2+4
25Badin (Hamilton)13-016.8+8


Pennsylvania State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1SJP (Philadelphia)9-139.4--
2CCHS (Pittsburgh)10-134.0--
3North Allegheny (Wexford)10-127.9+4
4PTHS (McMurray)12-023.0-1
5MTHS (Lancaster)11-015.3-1
6IC (Philadelphia)11-08.8-1
7BMDHS (Harrisburg)11-016.5-1
8Downingtown East (Exton)11-014.1+2
9Parkland (Allentown)12-018.0--
10Malvern Prep (Malvern)9-132.7-2
11Harrisburg10-123.1+1
12Nazareth Area (Nazareth)11-121.5-1
13Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)9-329.3+1
14RCHS (Philadelphia)8-225.0-1
15LSCHS (Wyndmoor)6-537.8--
16Aliquippa10-07.4+15
17CBWHS (Doylestown)12-017.8+1
18McKeesport10-116.4-2
19CBSHS (Warrington)11-117.0+5
20Penn Hills (Pittsburgh)9-327.3-3
21Cathedral Prep (Erie)7-322.4--
22Central York (York)11-09.8+5
23Cocalico (Denver)10-19.2+9
24Montour (McKees Rocks)10-114.1+11
25DWHS (Downingtown)10-220.0+9


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Franklin13-028.1+1
2Waunakee13-024.2-1
3Badger (Lake Geneva)13-018.5+2
4MU (Milwaukee)11-220.6--
5Hamilton (Sussex)12-126.6-2
6Muskego10-227.1+1
7Kettle Moraine (Wales)11-124.4+2
8Lodi14-011.5+9
9Rice Lake12-118.5+2
10Kaukauna11-227.7-2
11Kimberly10-231.2-5
12Arrowhead (Hartland)7-435.8+1
13LCHS (Luxemburg)12-117.5+5
14Verona10-222.0+1
15NDA (Green Bay)11-213.7-5
16SPEHS (Sun Prairie)10-325.4-4
17Oak Creek8-328.1+7
18Mukwonago6-433.2+1
19BWHS (Baldwin)10-323.3-3
20New Richmond10-222.3--
21Neenah9-324.5--
22Edgar12-13.8--
23SCCHS (Hammond)9-214.8--
24Kewaunee12-18.6-10
25Waukesha West (Waukesha)7-428.7+1