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

By Eric Frantz Nov 19, 2023, 5:00pm

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

11/19/23 Poll
1. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 14-0
2. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia. Pa.), 10-1
3. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 13-1
4. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 13-0
5. Belleville (Mich.), 13-0
6. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 12-1
7. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 12-1
8. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.), 12-0
9. East Central (St. Leon, Ind.), 14-0
10. Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia. Pa.), 12-0

The Next 5:
Badger (Lake Geneva, Wis.), 14-0*
Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 14-0
Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 13-0
Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 12-1
North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.), 11-1



Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.), 11-0
Avon (Ohio), 14-0
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 10-4
Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis, Ind.), 14-0
Brownsburg (Ind.), 9-1*
Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.), 8-4*
Cardinal Hayes (Bronx, NY), 10-2
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 10-2*
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 11-2*
Chanhassen (Minn.), 12-0
Crown Point (Ind.), 13-0
Davison (Mich.), 12-1*
East St. Louis (Ill.), 10-2
Franklin (Wis.), 13-1*
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 11-3
Lodi (Wis.), 15-0*
Malvern Prep (Pa.), 9-1*
Manheim Township (Lancaster, Pa.), 12-0
Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wis.), 12-2*
Peters Township (McMurray, Pa.), 13-0
Rockford (Mich.), 11-1*
Waunakee (Wis.), 13-1*

* 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)13-031.9--
2CMCHS (Chicago)12-136.4--
3LWEHS (Frankfort)13-022.9--
4East St. Louis10-226.2+1
5York (Elmhurst)11-229.3+1
6DGNHS (Downers Grove)11-222.4+1
7Batavia11-226.9-3
8Edwardsville10-219.1--
9St. Francis (Wheaton)10-325.3--
10Joliet Catholic (Joliet)10-322.1+1
11Rochester13-02.4+1
12NA (LaGrange Park)8-531.6+2
13Barrington12-124.7-3
14St. Rita (Chicago)7-535.7+2
15Brother Rice (Chicago)5-540.8--
16Maine South (Park Ridge)10-221.2-3
17ICCP (Elmhurst)9-314.5--
18HHS (Arlington Heights)10-110.9--
19Byron13-0-7.6+9
20PRHS (Crystal Lake)9-115.4+4
21SICP (Chicago)8-428.3+1
22Warren Township (Gurnee)9-318.0-2
23Carmel (Mundelein)10-215.1--
24Cary-Grove (Cary)11-212.7+7
25Washington11-29.9-4


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Ben Davis (Indianapolis)12-145.9--
2East Central (St. Leon)14-020.2+2
3Center Grove (Greenwood)11-244.6-1
4Brownsburg9-146.0-1
5Crown Point13-022.7+4
6Westfield11-242.9-1
7IBCHS (Indianapolis)14-022.8-1
8Cathedral (Indianapolis)8-440.5-1
9HSHS (Fishers)9-335.6-1
10DCHS (Indianapolis)11-228.7+3
11FWSHS (Fort Wayne)12-114.5+5
12Fishers7-437.5--
13New Palestine11-327.3-3
14Penn (Mishawaka)10-226.8+1
15BSHS (Bloomington)11-223.6-4
16LNHS (Indianapolis)7-438.5-2
17NorthWood (Nappanee)12-214.7+10
18HHHS (Lincoln City)13-110.7+12
19ERHS (Evansville)11-116.1+3
20FCHS (Indianapolis)4-643.4-3
21Noblesville4-740.6-2
22Harrison (West Lafayette)9-213.2+1
23BNHS (Bloomington)8-118.7-5
24Carmel5-541.1-3
25Mishawaka9-319.9+12


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Belleville13-017.0--
2Rockford11-124.6+1
3Muskegon11-222.4+2
4CCHS (Grand Rapids)12-113.5+5
5Davison12-123.1-3
6SATHS (Southfield)12-122.0+5
7Lake Orion10-124.6-1
8FHCHS (Grand Rapids)12-120.1+2
9West Bloomfield10-330.4-5
10DLSC (Warren)11-217.0+2
11Corunna13-05.3-3
12Mason13-010.5-5
13Clarkston6-634.1--
14Harper Woods10-317.3+9
15Byron Center10-218.5+2
16Zeeland West (Zeeland)9-418.3-2
17Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac)9-112.0-2
18CVHS (Clinton Township)9-322.6+1
19WCHS (Grand Rapids)11-17.7+3
20UEHS (Shelby Township)9-219.4-2
21Northville10-219.0+5
22Caledonia8-318.9+2
23Grandville8-324.9+2
24SCHS (Grand Rapids)10-313.3+13
25MSHS (Norton Shores)7-421.1+3




Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Chanhassen12-023.5+1
2Mankato West (Mankato)8-230.9+2
3Andover10-222.9-2
4STA (Mendota Heights)10-219.9+4
5EVWHS (Eden Valley)12-05.3+1
6Stewartville13-05.3+5
7Alexandria11-118.3-4
8Barnesville13-02.5+2
9Rocori (Cold Spring)10-223.4-2
10Edina9-318.1+3
11Becker9-115.4-2
12Minneota13-01.2+6
13Annandale12-06.6+2
14Eden Prairie11-116.4-9
15Hutchinson10-211.9+2
16Centennial (Circle Pines)11-110.8+3
17DGFHS (Glyndon)10-214.5-3
18Brainerd8-214.5-2
19Owatonna8-317.6+5
20JCCHS (Jackson)12-11.0-8
21LNHS (Lakeville)9-214.8--
22Detroit Lakes7-216.6+1
23Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)10-212.3-3
24LSHS (Lakeville)10-211.8-2
25Esko10-1-1.4--


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)10-226.5--
2ASHS (White Plains)8-328.6+1
3Iona Prep (New Rochelle)8-428.6-1
4St. Anthony's (Melville)6-431.2--
5LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)11-03.2--
6St. Francis (Hamburg)5-526.5+1
7Somers (Lincolndale)11-16.8-1
8MFHS (Staten Island)8-318.5+1
9CBA (Syracuse)12-0-5.0+4
10Maine-Endwell (Endwell)11-0-9.0+10
11CBA (Albany)10-14.5-3
12Garden City11-0-6.9+3
13EIHS (Islip Terrace)9-26.5+4
14Niskayuna11-1-8.9+7
15LILHS (Brookville)7-29.5--
16EWIHS (CO-OP) (Rochester)11-0-2.0+12
17MQJHS (Rochester)11-1-0.9-5
18Massapequa11-0-5.0+1
19Sayville10-16.6-9
20Tioga (Tioga Center)12-0-16.0-2
21BBPHS (Bayport)11-0-6.9+6
22Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)9-32.1-6
23Lancaster9-2-0.8+1
24Harrison8-38.7-2
25SHS (Clifton Park)9-25.9-14


Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Washington (Massillon)14-033.7--
2St. Edward (Lakewood)13-140.3--
3Archbishop Hoban (Akron)12-133.9--
4AMHS (Cincinnati)10-441.6+1
5Central Catholic (Toledo)14-023.5+1
6Avon14-026.1-2
7MLHS (Maria Stein)14-016.7--
8Glenville (Cleveland)11-320.7+1
9Liberty Center14-012.5+4
10HBHS (Hilliard)13-130.1+1
11Anderson (Cincinnati)13-125.2+3
12Perry14-010.9+20
13WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)12-229.2-1
14BWHS (Columbus)13-116.4+2
15Chardon11-329.1+11
16LWHS (West Chester)11-330.5-6
17Ursuline (Youngstown)13-127.8-9
18Springfield9-536.2+10
19PNHS (Pickerington)11-230.1-1
20Lincoln (Gahanna)12-124.7-1
21Princeton (Cincinnati)12-126.8-6
22Coldwater12-225.0-5
23St. Xavier (Cincinnati)7-540.4+1
24Olentangy (Lewis Center)11-228.8+6
25McKinley (Canton)9-437.3+2


Pennsylvania State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1SJP (Philadelphia)10-135.8--
2North Allegheny (Wexford)11-132.1+1
3PTHS (McMurray)13-025.5+1
4CCHS (Pittsburgh)10-237.6-2
5IC (Philadelphia)12-013.5+1
6BMDHS (Harrisburg)12-016.7+1
7MTHS (Lancaster)12-016.5-2
8Malvern Prep (Malvern)9-132.2+2
9Harrisburg11-123.7+2
10Nazareth Area (Nazareth)12-121.7+2
11Downingtown East (Exton)11-117.6-3
12Parkland (Allentown)12-119.0-3
13Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)9-432.3--
14CBSHS (Warrington)12-118.8+5
15McKeesport11-119.4+3
16RCHS (Philadelphia)8-329.2-2
17Cocalico (Denver)11-112.7+6
18DWHS (Downingtown)11-223.1+7
19LSCHS (Wyndmoor)6-536.3-4
20McDowell (Erie)8-420.1+6
21Cathedral Prep (Erie)7-322.9--
22Aliquippa11-010.0-6
23Selinsgrove12-0-12.9+5
24Penn Hills (Pittsburgh)9-325.9-4
25Montour (McKees Rocks)10-217.8-1


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Franklin13-130.1--
2MU (Milwaukee)12-226.3+2
3Badger (Lake Geneva)14-023.9--
4Waunakee13-127.2-2
5Lodi15-015.2+3
6Kettle Moraine (Wales)11-125.1+1
7Hamilton (Sussex)12-126.1-2
8Kimberly10-232.8+3
9Muskego10-225.8-3
10Rice Lake13-120.3-1
11Kaukauna11-227.6-1
12Edgar13-17.5+10
13Arrowhead (Hartland)7-436.1-1
14Verona10-221.6--
15SPEHS (Sun Prairie)10-325.6+1
16BWHS (Baldwin)10-324.5+3
17NDA (Green Bay)11-213.7-2
18Mukwonago6-433.2--
19LCHS (Luxemburg)12-220.1-6
20Neenah9-325.3+1
21SCCHS (Hammond)9-215.6+2
22Stratford13-111.0+6
23New Richmond10-221.3-3
24Aquinas (La Crosse)13-19.0+6
25Oak Creek8-325.6-8