@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

This week's top HS football teams in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Four states combined for 57 of the 100 teams in expanded rankings.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

Week 10/3 Poll
1. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati), 7-0
2. St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia), 4-1
3. Brownsburg (Ind.), 7-0
4. Archbishop Hoban (Ohio), 7-0
5. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 6-1
6. Belleville (Mich.), 6-0
7. Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio), 7-0
8. Loyola Academy (Ill.), 6-0
9. Hamilton Southeastern (Ind.), 7-0
10. Mount Carmel (Chicago), 6-0

Next In Line (Apabetical):
Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, NY), 5-0
Cathedral (Indianapolis), 5-1
Catholic Memorial (Waukesha, Wisc.), 7-0
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 6-1
Dakota (Macomb, Mich.), 6-0
East St. Louis (Ill.), 4-2
Elk River (Minn.), 5-0
Lincoln-Way East (Ill.), 6-0
Malvern Prep (Malvern, Pa.), 4-0
Mankato West (Minn.), 5-0
Massillon Washington (Ohio), 6-1
McKeesport (Pa.), 6-0
Muckwonago (Wisc.), 7-0
New Palestine (Ind.), 7-0
Roncalli (Indianapolis), 7-0

MaxPreps Computer Rankings

Below are the Top 50 teams in the MaxPreps Computer Rankings in each of the Great Lakes states.

Illinois State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	East St. Louis	4-2	34.9
2	CMCHS (Chicago)	6-0	28.8
3	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	6-0	23.4
4	LWEHS (Frankfort)	6-0	15.3
5	St. Rita (Chicago)	4-2	36.8
6	SHGHS (Springfield)	6-0	-1.9
7	O'Fallon	5-1	20.4
8	Sycamore	6-0	6.4
9	York (Elmhurst)	6-0	10.6
10	SCNHS (St. Charles)	5-1	25.1
11	HHS (Arlington Heights)	6-0	5.4
12	Wheaton North (Wheaton)	5-1	20.1
13	Batavia	4-2	21.2
14	NVHS (Naperville)	5-1	16.0
15	Warren Township (Gurnee)	5-1	14.5
16	RBHS (Richmond)	6-0	1.3
17	Palatine	5-1	15.1
18	Prospect (Mt. Prospect)	5-1	17.1
19	Marist (Chicago)	3-3	29.0
20	Brother Rice (Chicago)	3-3	29.6
21	Reed-Custer (Braidwood)	6-0	-13.0
22	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	5-1	8.8
23	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	5-1	14.1
24	Maine South (Park Ridge)	4-2	19.6
25	PNHS (Plainfield)	6-0	1.7
26	Niles Notre Dame (Niles)	4-2	24.1
27	Simeon (Chicago)	6-0	-8.4
28	Geneva	5-1	12.8
29	Bolingbrook	4-2	20.3
30	PRHS (Crystal Lake)	5-1	11.9
31	Lemont	6-0	-2.7
32	GSHS (Glenview)	5-1	10.3
33	Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet)	6-0	-2.5
34	Edwardsville	5-1	-0.4
35	Lake Zurich	5-1	11.2
36	Pekin	6-0	5.0
37	NNHS (Naperville)	4-2	20.5
38	DGNHS (Downers Grove)	5-1	9.5
39	Princeton	6-0	-4.8
40	Morris	5-1	8.5
41	ICCP (Elmhurst)	5-1	-4.4
42	Lena-Winslow (Lena)	6-0	-9.3
43	Highland	5-1	0.6
44	Jacobs (Algonquin)	5-1	14.4
45	St. Patrick (Chicago)	4-2	20.6
46	Lyons (LaGrange)	5-1	5.8
47	SICP (Chicago)	4-2	14.9
48	Peoria	6-0	-7.2
49	Huntley	5-1	14.6
50	Benet Academy (Lisle)	3-3	27.2

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Brownsburg	7-0	38.4
2	HSHS (Fishers)	7-0	31.1
3	Center Grove (Greenwood)	6-1	32.9
4	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	5-1	20.1
5	New Palestine	7-0	11.5
6	Roncalli (Indianapolis)	7-0	18.1
7	Carmel	5-2	31.4
8	Westfield	4-3	41.3
9	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	4-3	37.0
10	Fishers	5-2	31.7
11	Zionsville	4-3	35.5
12	LCHS (Indianapolis)	4-3	34.1
13	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	7-0	3.4
14	Whiteland	6-1	18.7
15	Crown Point	7-0	6.0
16	East Central (St. Leon)	6-1	6.2
17	BJPHS (Indianapolis)	4-2	16.9
18	FCHS (Indianapolis)	3-4	34.2
19	WCHS (Indianapolis)	3-4	31.4
20	LNHS (Indianapolis)	3-4	31.4
21	IBCHS (Indianapolis)	4-3	26.8
22	Martinsville	6-1	14.2
23	BSHS (Bloomington)	6-1	2.5
24	ERHS (Evansville)	7-0	0.7
25	NorthWood (Nappanee)	7-0	0.7
26	GSHS (Fort Branch)	7-0	0.5
27	Penn (Mishawaka)	5-2	12.1
28	FCHS (Franklin)	5-2	16.9
29	ILHS (Indianapolis)	7-0	-1.9
30	Merrillville	6-1	7.3
31	West Lafayette	7-0	-4.1
32	FWSHS (Fort Wayne)	6-1	-0.3
33	Mooresville	5-2	13.1
34	Noblesville	2-5	36.3
35	Norwell (Ossian)	7-0	-10.1
36	ISMHS (Indianapolis)	6-1	-3.4
37	FWNS (Fort Wayne)	5-2	6.8
38	Andrean (Merrillville)	5-2	0.7
39	Avon	0-7	44.6
40	Mishawaka	6-1	-2.6
41	GCHS (Noblesville)	4-3	15.2
42	Oak Hill (Converse)	7-0	-12.1
43	Harrison (West Lafayette)	6-1	-4.8
44	Mt. Vernon (Fortville)	4-3	14.6
45	Elkhart	6-1	-10.8
46	DCHS (Indianapolis)	3-4	21.4
47	Kokomo	7-0	-13.5
48	Pike (Indianapolis)	0-7	41.5
49	Western Boone (Thorntown)	6-1	-7.8
50	Linton-Stockton (Linton)	7-0	-16.2

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Dakota (Macomb)	6-0	18.5
2	Caledonia	6-0	12.7
3	Rockford	6-0	15.9
4	Belleville	6-0	2.9
5	CVHS (Clinton Township)	5-1	22.6
6	Davison	5-1	14.6
7	Adams (Rochester)	5-1	19.5
8	SCHS (Grand Rapids)	6-0	3.0
9	River Rouge	4-1	6.8
10	DLSC (Warren)	4-1	12.4
11	West Bloomfield	5-1	19.9
12	Whitehall	6-0	1.1
13	Catholic Central (Novi)	4-1	26.4
14	Frankenmuth	6-0	-2.6
15	Clarkston	4-2	27.6
16	Ubly	6-0	-13.1
17	FHCHS (Grand Rapids)	6-0	9.6
18	Brighton	6-0	6.0
19	King (Detroit)	4-1	2.6
20	Lapeer	6-0	2.5
21	Grandville	4-2	24.1
22	UEHS (Shelby Township)	5-1	16.2
23	SATHS (Southfield)	5-1	9.9
24	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	5-1	4.3
25	Romeo	4-2	20.6
26	MSHS (Norton Shores)	5-1	-4.2
27	SFHS (Traverse City)	6-0	-2.4
28	Mason	6-0	-3.5
29	Saline	6-0	-5.5
30	Dexter	6-0	-4.7
31	Hudson	6-0	-2.9
32	Zeeland West (Zeeland)	5-1	0.1
33	Mt. Pleasant	5-1	-0.8
34	WCHS (Grand Rapids)	6-0	-4.6
35	Franklin (Livonia)	6-0	0.6
36	Constantine	5-1	0.3
37	Clinton	6-0	-5.5
38	Byron Center	4-2	15.2
39	WLWHS (Walled Lake)	5-1	6.3
40	Cass Tech (Detroit)	3-3	6.1
41	DeWitt	3-3	18.4
42	Riverview	6-0	-5.9
43	Freeland	5-1	-6.4
44	Anchor Bay (Fair Haven)	2-4	22.8
45	Gladwin	6-0	-19.6
46	SSHS (Standish)	6-0	-16.7
47	Hastings	5-1	-0.7
48	Lake Orion	3-3	18.9
49	Portland	5-1	-5.5
50	East Lansing	5-1	1.5

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Elk River	5-0	13.5
2	Rosemount	5-0	15.5
3	Mankato West (Mankato)	5-0	2.2
4	Eden Prairie	4-1	21.0
5	STA (Mendota Heights)	5-0	-4.3
6	RAHS (Plymouth)	5-0	10.0
7	Hutchinson	4-1	8.3
8	Maple Grove	5-0	4.9
9	Barnesville	5-0	-2.3
10	St. Francis	5-0	9.7
11	Chatfield	5-0	-1.6
12	Andover	3-2	22.1
13	Stillwater	5-0	0.6
14	SHS (Inver Grove Heights)	5-0	-0.8
15	Stewartville	5-0	-10.8
16	Mahtomedi	5-0	2.4
17	Prior Lake	4-1	8.4
18	Chanhassen	4-1	15.9
19	LSHS (Lakeville)	3-2	13.8
20	EVWHS (Eden Valley)	5-0	-4.7
21	Rocori (Cold Spring)	5-1	5.7
22	Waconia	4-1	10.2
23	Shakopee	4-1	6.0
24	Caledonia	5-0	-6.7
25	Becker	4-1	5.4
26	Milaca	5-0	-3.3
27	Princeton	4-1	6.1
28	Marshall	5-0	-6.4
29	DGFHS (Glyndon)	5-0	-4.9
30	Spring Lake Park	3-2	7.9
31	Rogers	2-3	18.6
32	JCCHS (Jackson)	5-0	-12.0
33	AHA (Richfield)	4-1	-0.6
34	Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)	4-1	-2.6
35	SRRHS (Sauk Rapids)	5-0	-2.3
36	Waseca	4-1	1.3
37	NLSHS (New London)	4-1	-4.9
38	Monticello	3-2	8.9
39	Owatonna	3-2	11.0
40	Centennial (Circle Pines)	3-2	10.9
41	NCHS (Minneapolis)	5-0	-15.0
42	East Ridge (Woodbury)	3-2	9.3
43	Chaska	3-2	3.5
44	Minnetonka	3-2	11.4
45	KMHS (Kasson)	4-1	-5.4
46	Zimmerman	4-1	-6.4
47	Pequot Lakes	4-1	-4.0
48	Willmar	4-1	0.0
49	Coon Rapids	2-3	22.1
50	Lakeview (Cottonwood)	4-1	-7.0

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	ASHS (White Plains)	5-0	6.4	+1
2	St. Anthony's (Melville)	3-1	22.2	+2
3	Carmel	4-0	-16.9	--
4	Iona Prep (New Rochelle)	3-2	29.1	-3
5	KMHS (Uniondale)	5-0	4.7	+1
6	St. Francis (Hamburg)	2-2	32.7	+1
7	Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)	1-2	28.3	-2
8	BBPHS (Bayport)	4-0	-5.5	+7
9	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	4-0	-1.2	-1
10	LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)	3-2	12.8	--
11	CBA (Syracuse)	5-0	-5.2	-2
12	Plainedge (Massapequa)	4-0	-13.0	+1
13	Somers (Lincolndale)	3-0	-5.3	-1
14	Tioga (Tioga Center)	5-0	-23.1	-3
15	UP (Rochester)	5-0	-7.6	-1
16	Lancaster	5-0	-13.9	+2
17	CBA (Albany)	5-0	-12.9	-1
18	Union-Endicott (Endicott)	3-1	1.7	+6
19	FMHS (Manlius)	5-0	-15.9	+1
20	Schuylerville	5-0	-20.3	+5
21	MFHS (Staten Island)	2-3	15.8	+2
22	General Brown (Dexter)	4-0	-26.1	-5
23	Victor	4-1	-7.1	+41
24	Garden City	4-0	-21.8	-3
25	SHS (Clifton Park)	4-0	-13.9	+24
26	Wantagh	4-0	-20.1	-7
27	WSHS (Webster)	5-0	-11.5	+2
28	Sayville	4-0	-18.1	-1
29	Farmingdale	4-0	-22.8	+6
30	Canarsie (Brooklyn)	2-1	-9.7	+16
31	Holy Trinity (Hicksville)	5-0	-19.4	-5
32	Madison (Brooklyn)	1-0	-2.7	+5
33	Adirondack (Boonville)	4-0	-22.8	-3
34	CFHS (Binghamton)	4-1	-3.5	+13
35	Pleasantville	4-0	-5.8	+10
36	CNSHS (Cicero)	4-1	-5.2	-14
37	North Shore (Glen Head)	4-0	-13.8	+2
38	Whitesboro (Marcy)	4-1	-4.6	+25
39	Massapequa	4-0	-12.0	+17
40	Rye	5-0	-14.3	-12
41	CSHS (West Nyack)	4-0	-13.1	+7
42	Waverly	4-0	-24.9	-9
43	Randolph	5-0	-13.7	-9
44	PPCD (Brooklyn)	4-0	-29.9	--
45	Curtis (Staten Island)	2-2	6.2	+10
46	Orchard Park	4-1	-9.4	-8
47	Mepham (North Bellmore)	4-0	-20.5	+24
48	MQJHS (Rochester)	4-1	-8.7	-16
49	Arlington (LaGrangeville)	2-3	6.0	-6
50	Canisius (Buffalo)	3-2	4.6	-19

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	AMHS (Cincinnati)	7-0	46.3
2	St. Edward (Lakewood)	6-1	45.2
3	LWHS (West Chester)	7-0	27.9
4	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	7-0	34.2
5	Washington (Massillon)	6-1	40.5
6	Elder (Cincinnati)	5-2	48.6
7	Winton Woods (Cincinnati)	7-0	14.2
8	Princeton (Cincinnati)	6-1	30.8
9	Glenville (Cleveland)	7-0	-0.6
10	Springfield	5-1	29.9
11	Centerville	6-1	29.2
12	Avon	6-1	29.2
13	MLHS (Maria Stein)	7-0	17.9
14	AFHS (Youngstown)	6-1	26.0
15	St. Ignatius (Cleveland)	4-2	39.7
16	Central Catholic (Toledo)	6-1	18.2
17	Fairfield	6-1	23.4
18	Kings (Kings Mill)	6-1	15.4
19	Lincoln (Gahanna)	6-1	25.2
20	Riverside (Painesville)	6-1	18.5
21	Medina	6-1	22.1
22	Springboro	5-2	35.3
23	West Holmes (Millersburg)	7-0	4.0
24	Wayne (Huber Heights)	5-2	27.1
25	Chardon	5-1	26.2
26	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	2-5	51.1
27	Badin (Hamilton)	7-0	9.9
28	Highland (Medina)	7-0	9.0
29	Dublin Jerome (Dublin)	6-1	23.7
30	Mentor	3-3	34.6
31	Hudson	7-0	16.1
32	PCHS (Pickerington)	4-3	28.1
33	Perrysburg	6-1	18.2
34	New Albany	5-2	17.4
35	Milford	6-1	19.8
36	SVSM (Akron)	5-1	22.6
37	Mason	5-2	29.1
38	South Range (Canfield)	7-0	7.2
39	Van Wert	6-1	14.1
40	Dublin Coffman (Dublin)	5-2	28.9
41	Ursuline (Youngstown)	5-2	26.4
42	Wadsworth	5-2	19.9
43	Fairmont (Kettering)	5-2	27.6
44	Kirtland	7-0	-0.8
45	Xenia	7-0	3.7
46	Wapakoneta	6-1	16.4
47	Avon Lake	6-1	11.3
48	Canfield	5-1	23.3
49	Liberty Center	7-0	5.9
50	Chaney (Youngstown)	6-1	14.4

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	4-1	43.0
2	IC (Philadelphia)	2-2	29.1
3	McKeesport	6-0	9.7
4	Upper St. Clair	6-0	10.5
5	Cathedral Prep (Erie)	3-2	35.5
6	BMDHS (Harrisburg)	4-1	7.8
7	Aliquippa	5-0	13.7
8	RCHS (Philadelphia)	5-1	15.4
9	Harrisburg	4-1	18.4
10	Central Valley (Monaca)	6-0	3.8
11	Emmaus	6-0	6.0
12	North Allegheny (Wexford)	5-1	17.7
13	Coatesville	6-0	3.6
14	Gateway (Monroeville)	5-1	18.6
15	HAHS (Greensburg)	5-1	12.7
16	CVHS (Mechanicsburg)	5-1	20.3
17	Jersey Shore	6-0	-4.3
18	PTHS (Harrison City)	4-2	23.9
19	State College	6-0	7.2
20	Bethel Park	5-1	19.0
21	PTHS (McMurray)	5-1	13.5
22	Penn Cambria (Cresson)	6-0	7.3
23	GVHS (Glen Mills)	6-0	6.2
24	Danville	6-0	-4.8
25	Central York (York)	5-1	17.7
26	McDowell (Erie)	4-2	22.4
27	Westinghouse (Pittsburgh)	5-0	-1.3
28	MTHS (Lancaster)	4-2	19.3
29	SHHS (Wallingford)	6-0	-1.0
30	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	3-3	30.6
31	UDHS (Fort Washington)	6-0	-2.7
32	Hempfield (Landisville)	5-1	12.4
33	West Allegheny (Imperial)	5-1	-1.6
34	Richland (Johnstown)	6-0	-1.4
35	Seneca Valley (Harmony)	4-2	19.8
36	Farrell	5-1	-0.1
37	Belle Vernon	3-2	16.8
38	Armstrong (Kittanning)	5-1	4.6
39	AWHS (Warminster)	1-3	43.6
40	Central (Martinsburg)	4-2	16.3
41	HHS (Natrona Heights)	6-0	2.8
42	PHS (Fairless Hills)	5-1	9.0
43	Chester	6-0	-7.4
44	PVHS (Collegeville)	5-1	7.5
45	Downingtown East (Exton)	5-1	9.8
46	DWHS (Downingtown)	5-1	1.3
47	Wyomissing	6-0	-5.7
48	LSCHS (Wyndmoor)	2-3	32.8
49	Avonworth (Pittsburgh)	5-1	5.9
50	Dallas	6-0	-3.9

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Mukwonago	7-0	11.7
2	Muskego	6-1	15.3
3	Columbus	7-0	-4.5
4	Oak Creek	6-1	6.2
5	Neenah	7-0	5.3
6	CMHS (Waukesha)	7-0	-9.1
7	Arrowhead (Hartland)	5-2	17.4
8	Hartford	6-1	2.2
9	Bay Port (Green Bay)	7-0	-7.1
10	Kimberly	6-1	1.3
11	Kettle Moraine (Wales)	5-2	6.5
12	Franklin	5-2	10.8
13	Waunakee	7-0	-3.9
14	West De Pere (De Pere)	7-0	-9.5
15	Monroe	7-0	-17.2
16	River Falls	6-1	4.8
17	Onalaska	7-0	-6.2
18	SMSHS (Fond du Lac)	7-0	-15.5
19	Hudson	6-1	3.8
20	Aquinas (La Crosse)	7-0	-14.2
21	Little Chute	7-0	-8.2
22	Lodi	6-1	0.5
23	Verona	6-1	-3.3
24	Racine Horlick (Racine)	5-2	3.5
25	Ellsworth	6-1	-4.8
26	Fond du Lac	4-3	13.8
27	Regis (Eau Claire)	7-0	-20.1
28	Slinger	6-1	-3.2
29	Chippewa Falls	5-2	4.9
30	Mayville	7-0	-15.5
31	New Richmond	5-2	6.4
32	Kaukauna	4-3	10.0
33	West Bend	6-1	-0.1
34	Middleton	4-3	4.4
35	Hamilton (Sussex)	5-2	-3.6
36	BWHS (Baldwin)	5-1	-3.1
37	MU (Milwaukee)	4-3	2.7
38	Appleton North (Appleton)	5-2	-0.3
39	Freedom	6-1	-13.8
40	BCHS (Brookfield)	6-1	-11.0
41	West Salem	6-1	-16.2
42	Waukesha West (Waukesha)	3-4	15.7
43	Edgewood (Madison)	5-2	0.8
44	Pewaukee	5-2	-5.9
45	Homestead (Mequon)	3-4	9.8
46	Pulaski	5-2	1.9
47	Badger (Lake Geneva)	6-2	-3.9
48	Rice Lake	5-2	-0.9
49	Northwestern (Maple)	7-0	-22.3
50	MMHS (Madison)	5-2	-4.8

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