Ohio high school football rankings: St. Xavier, Archbishop Hoban climb to Nos. 2, 3 in this week's MaxPreps Top 25

By Steve Montoya Sep 14, 2020, 2:45pm

Pickerington Central remains No. 1 after 47-point, shutout win over Central Crossing.

St. Xavier (Cincinnati) and Archbishop Hoban (Akron) each jumped two places in this week's Ohio Top 25 high school football rankings. The Bombers (2-1) climbed to No. 2 after a 38-24 win over Elder, which dropped to 1-2 overall and fell two spots to No. 9. The 3-0 Knights are now slotted No. 3 after their 31-24 win Friday over Benedictine.

Pickerington Central (Pickerington) (3-0) remained No. 1 after a 47-0 beating of Central Crossing.

La Salle (Cincinnati) (2-1) beat Lakota East 35-14 but still fell three spots to No. 5. The Lancers travel to to DuPont Manual on Friday. St. Edward (Lakewood) jumped five spots to No. 4 after scoring 15 unanswered fourth-quarter points in a 28-24 win over Mentor on Friday. The Cardinals fell to No. 7.

New to the Top 25 this week are No. 22 Olentangy Liberty (Powell) (2-1), which climbed five spots this week, and No. 24 Badin (Hamilton) (3-0). The Rams climbed 12 slots after their 40-14 win over Chaminade-Julienne.

Ohio Top 25



# School Rec. Str. +/-
1PCHS (Pickerington)3-09.1--
2St. Xavier (Cincinnati)2-153.4+2
3Archbishop Hoban (Akron)3-021.1+2
4St. Edward (Lakewood)2-151.9+5
5La Salle (Cincinnati)2-139.7-3
6Dublin Coffman (Dublin)3-030.4--
7Mentor2-142.6-4
8Central Catholic (Toledo)3-021.4--
9Elder (Cincinnati)1-243.3-2
10Washington (Massillon)2-127.6--
11LWHS (West Chester)3-022.4+3
12St. Ignatius (Cleveland)1-06.9-1
13Euclid2-134.3-1
14SJJHS (Toledo)2-132.7+4
15Avon3-012.9-2
16PNHS (Pickerington)2-128.9--
17Springfield3-023.3--
18Olentangy (Lewis Center)3-019.5+4
19Northmont (Clayton)3-013.5+2
20Benedictine (Cleveland)2-135.5+5
21McKinley (Canton)3-015.3-6
22OLHS (Powell)2-133.2+5
23Hudson3-018.6+3
24Badin (Hamilton)3-015.0+12
25Kirtland3-04.0-2