High school football: @EFrantzMP’s 2024 Great Lakes Region Rankings

Our latest look at the top HS football teams in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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The Great Lakes states are defined - in large - by silos, steeples and Friday night stadium lights. With kickoff coming next week, here's our latest take on our annual and weekly list of the top high school football programs in the region. Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin started play two weeks ago. Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota kicked off last week. New York kicks off this week. Also listed below are the latest MaxPreps computer rankings for every Great Lakes state.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

9/2/2024 Poll

1. (3 last week) St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 2-0 – beat then No. 1 St. Jospeh’s Prep (Pa.) 35-21

2. (2) Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 1-0 – beat GlenOak (Canton, Ohio) 45-0
3. (1) St. Joseph’s Prep (PA), 0-1 – lost to then No. 3 St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) 35-21
4. (7) Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2-0 – beat South Shore (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 56-14
5. (4) Belleville (MI), 1-0 – beat Clarkston (Mich.) 35-28
6. (13) Brownsburg (Ind.), 2-0 – beat then-No. 10 Cathedral 30-14
7. (14) East St. Louis (Ill.), 1-0 – beat then No. 5 Loyola Academy (Ill.) 34-7
8. (8) Winton Woods (Cincinnati, Ohio), 2-0 – beat Kings (Kings Mills, Ohio) 19-5
9. (9) Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 2-0 – beat Whitmer (Toledo, Ohio) 27-17
10. (11) Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 2-0 – beat Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (Ind.) 42-18
11. (6) Mt. Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 0-1 – lost to Hun (N.J.) 42-38
12. (12) Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 1-0 – beat Maine South (Ill.) 49-22
13. (15) Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 1-1 – beat Don Bosco Prep (N.J.) 21-7
14. (NR) La Salle College (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 2-0 – beat Malvern Prep (Malvern, Pa.) 21-17
15. (NR) Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2-0 – beat St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) 52-21
16. (10) Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.), 1-1/ – lost to then-No. 13 Brownsburg 30-14
17. (5) Loyola Academy (Ill.), 0-1 – lost to then-No. 14 East St. Louis 34-7
18. (18) Warren Central (Indianapolis, Ind.), 2-0 – beat Warsaw 34-0
19. (20) West Bloomfield (Mich.), 1-0 – beat Chippewa Valley (Mich.) 42-0
20. (21) Aliquippa (Pa.), 1-0 – beat Belle Vernon (Pa.) 12-0
21. (24) Avon (Ohio), 2-0 – beat McKinley (Canton, Ohio) 21-14
22. (22) Franklin (Wis.), 2-0 – best Brookfield Central (Wis.) 38-15
23. (25) Westfield (Ind.), 2-0 – beat Carmel 17-13
24. (NR) Mankato West (Minn.), 1-0 – beat Northfield (Minn.) 31-6
25. (NR) Rockford (Mich.), 1-0 – beat Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.) 30-23

Dropped Out:
16. Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 0-2 – lost to Pine-Richland (Pa.) 22-17
17. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 0-2 – lost to Avon (Ind.) 29-28
19. Cleveland Heights (Cleveland, Ohio), 1-1 – lost to King (Detroit, Mich.) 25-21
23. Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.), 0-1 – lost to Rockford (Mich.) 30-23

Keep an Eye On:
Andover (Minn.), 0-1 – lost to St. Thomas Academy (Mendota Heights, Minn.) 21-14
Cardinal Hayes (N.Y.), 0-0 – did not play
Catholic Central (Novi, Mich.), 1-0 – beat Dearborn (Mich.) 56-12
Catholic Memorial (Waukesha, Wis.), 1-1 – beat Sun Prairie West (Wis.) 35-0
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 1-1 – beat Carroll (Fort Wayne, Ind.) 28-14
Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse, N.Y.), 0-0 - did not play
De La Salle Collegiate (Warren, Mich.), 1-0 – beat Davison (Mich.) 21-3
Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers, Ind.), 2-0 – beat North Central (Ind.) 49-26
Iona Prep (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 0-1 – lost to Delbarton (N.J.) 34-7
Kimberly (Wis.), 1-0 – beat Bay Port (Wis.) 35-14
King (Detroit, Mich.), 1-0 – beat then-No. 19 Cleveland Heights (Ohio) 25-21
Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio), 2-0 – beat Hamilton (Ohio) 31-0
Muskego (Wis.), 2-0 – beat Oak Creek (Wis.) 28-10
Nazareth Academy (LaGrange, Ill.), 1-0 – beat Kankakee (Ill.) 37-30
St. Thomas Academy (Mendota Heights, Minn.), 1-0 – beat Andover (Minn.) 21-14
Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), 2-0 – beat McDowell (Erie, Pa.) 47-21

Zeeland West (Mich.), 1-0 – beat Muskegon (Mich.) 28-13

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.
1	East St. Louis	1-0	50.1
2	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	0-1	54.1
3	LWEHS (Frankfort)	1-0	26.3
4	CMCHS (Chicago)	0-1	55.3
5	NA (LaGrange Park)	1-0	9.0
6	Batavia	1-0	18.8
7	St. Francis (Wheaton)	1-0	-0.8
8	DGNHS (Downers Grove)	1-0	-0.6
9	York (Elmhurst)	1-0	1.1
10	Rochester	1-0	-6.7
11	PRHS (Crystal Lake)	1-0	18.5
12	St. Rita (Chicago)	1-0	1.2
13	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	1-0	7.2
14	Cary-Grove (Cary)	1-0	-0.5
15	Edwardsville	1-0	1.3
16	Byron	1-0	-48.3
17	SICP (Chicago)	1-0	13.9
18	Carmel (Mundelein)	1-0	-26.5
19	Brother Rice (Chicago)	1-0	-20.7
20	Marist (Chicago)	1-0	16.9
21	Maine South (Park Ridge)	0-1	49.6
22	Warren Township (Gurnee)	1-0	15.3
23	Wilmington	1-0	5.3
24	Barrington	1-0	-1.3
25	ICCP (Elmhurst)	1-0	0.0

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Brownsburg	2-0	28.4
2	Westfield	2-0	35.5
3	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	1-1	47.2
4	HSHS (Fishers)	2-0	15.3
5	Center Grove (Greenwood)	1-1	36.9
6	WCHS (Indianapolis)	2-0	23.5
7	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	0-2	30.2
8	Crown Point	2-0	-2.9
9	East Central (St. Leon)	1-1	24.0
10	FWSHS (Fort Wayne)	1-1	28.7
11	IBCHS (Indianapolis)	2-0	7.2
12	LNHS (Indianapolis)	2-0	10.3
13	Carmel	1-1	27.0
14	Pike (Indianapolis)	2-0	22.6
15	Mishawaka	2-0	9.2
16	New Palestine	1-0-1	11.3
17	Noblesville	2-0	1.1
18	Fishers	1-1	17.4
19	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	0-2	41.8
20	Merrillville	2-0	-5.9
21	Columbus North (Columbus)	2-0	3.7
22	Penn (Mishawaka)	1-1	20.0
23	Zionsville	1-1	21.7
24	EMHS (Evansville)	2-0	-1.6
25	Leo	2-0	0.5

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Belleville	1-0	27.9
2	Rockford	1-0	34.2
3	Zeeland West (Zeeland)	1-0	38.1
4	West Bloomfield	1-0	21.7
5	DLSC (Warren)	1-0	33.2
6	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	1-0	0.0
7	Muskegon	0-1	40.6
8	Lake Orion	1-0	21.8
9	Cass Tech (Detroit)	0-1	44.2
10	FHCHS (Grand Rapids)	1-0	23.7
11	Davison	0-1	40.1
12	Harper Woods	1-0	-9.9
13	Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac)	1-0	-25.5
14	King (Detroit)	1-0	25.1
15	WCHS (Grand Rapids)	0-1	35.4
16	SATHS (Southfield)	1-0	-51.7
17	Corunna	1-0	5.1
18	Clarkston	0-1	60.5
19	Saline	1-0	5.8
20	EGRHS (Grand Rapids)	1-0	18.9
21	Grandville	0-1	38.6
22	SMP (Orchard Lake)	1-0	11.8
23	Catholic Central (Novi)	1-0	-4.8
24	Caledonia	1-0	0.0
25	Byron Center	1-0	-37.6

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Mankato West (Mankato)	1-0	5.2
2	STA (Mendota Heights)	1-0	32.3
3	Andover	0-1	35.1
4	Stewartville	1-0	17.3
5	Hutchinson	1-0	-23.2
6	Minneota	1-0	-32.6
7	EVWHS (Eden Valley)	1-0	-43.1
8	Becker	1-0	-2.8
9	Elk River	1-0	22.3
10	Detroit Lakes	1-0	19.8
11	Chanhassen	0-1	26.3
12	Eden Prairie	1-0	-18.3
13	LNHS (Lakeville)	1-0	3.1
14	Alexandria	1-0	15.3
15	Centennial (Circle Pines)	1-0	-13.2
16	Rocori (Cold Spring)	0-1	23.8
17	Barnesville	1-0	13.9
18	Edina	1-0	0.0
19	Caledonia	1-0	1.4
20	Waseca	0-1	32.1
21	Brainerd	1-0	-1.3
22	JCCHS (Jackson)	1-0	-49.0
23	B O L D (Olivia)	1-0	-23.5
24	RAHS (Plymouth)	1-0	-1.9
25	Chaska	0-1	20.2

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.
1	CBA (Syracuse)	0-0
2	Somers (Lincolndale)	0-0
3	Massapequa	0-0
4	EIHS (Islip Terrace)	0-0
5	CBA (Albany)	0-0
6	BBPHS (Bayport)	0-0
7	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	0-0
8	Waverly	0-0
9	Tioga (Tioga Center)	0-0
10	LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)	0-0
11	St. Francis (Hamburg)	0-0
12	Garden City	0-0
13	Sayville	0-0
14	Harrison	0-0
15	SHS (Clifton Park)	0-0
16	Farmingdale	0-0
17	Niskayuna	0-0
18	SSHS (Rockville Centre)	0-0
19	Rye	0-0
20	CNSHS (Cicero)	0-0
21	YHS (Yorktown Heights)	0-0
22	Arlington (LaGrangeville)	0-0
23	Whitesboro (Marcy)	0-0
24	Lancaster	0-0
25	Eastchester	0-0

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	St. Edward (Lakewood)	2-0	51.0
2	Washington (Massillon)	2-0	8.8
3	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	1-1	55.0
4	Central Catholic (Toledo)	2-0	24.8
5	Avon	2-0	29.0
6	LWHS (West Chester)	2-0	32.4
7	WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)	2-0	28.3
8	AMHS (Cincinnati)	2-0	19.7
9	MLHS (Maria Stein)	2-0	1.0
10	OLHS (Powell)	2-0	35.7
11	Perry	2-0	-6.7
12	Anderson (Cincinnati)	2-0	4.5
13	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	1-1	37.2
14	Glenville (Cleveland)	1-1	40.7
15	Coldwater	2-0	20.4
16	PNHS (Pickerington)	1-1	48.8
17	Harrison	2-0	18.6
18	Winton Woods (Cincinnati)	2-0	25.6
19	Ursuline (Youngstown)	1-1	31.7
20	Kirtland	2-0	-5.7
21	UAHS (Columbus)	1-1	33.5
22	VASJ (Cleveland)	2-0	6.4
23	Elder (Cincinnati)	2-0	22.7
24	Perkins (Sandusky)	2-0	0.6
25	Mentor	2-0	18.1

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	0-1	71.2
2	IC (Philadelphia)	2-0	-16.3
3	LSCHS (Wyndmoor)	2-0	39.2
4	RCHS (Philadelphia)	2-0	17.5
5	Aliquippa	1-0	28.7
6	Harrisburg	1-1	44.3
7	PTHS (McMurray)	2-0	8.2
8	Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)	2-0	28.1
9	North Allegheny (Wexford)	2-0	-3.1
10	BMDHS (Harrisburg)	1-1	30.5
11	MTHS (Lancaster)	2-0	12.9
12	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	0-2	51.2
13	Nazareth Area (Nazareth)	2-0	-17.5
14	Belle Vernon	1-1	19.5
15	Upper St. Clair	2-0	6.3
16	DWHS (Downingtown)	2-0	7.6
17	Montour (McKees Rocks)	2-0	13.2
18	Bethel Park	2-0	2.8
19	TJHS (Jefferson Hills)	2-0	-5.9
20	CBSHS (Warrington)	2-0	-6.0
21	Scranton Prep (Scranton)	2-0	8.3
22	McDowell (Erie)	1-1	28.7
23	NL (New Tripoli)	2-0	-37.2
24	Troy	2-0	-24.0
25	Cathedral Prep (Erie)	2-0	-3.2

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Franklin	2-0	6.2
2	Kimberly	1-0	19.4
3	Muskego	2-0	19.8
4	Rice Lake	2-0	-10.8
5	Mukwonago	2-0	8.6
6	NDA (Green Bay)	2-0	8.1
7	VPMHS (Madison)	2-0	-4.9
8	Verona	2-0	3.1
9	MU (Milwaukee)	1-1	11.0
10	MHBHS (CO-OP) (Mount Horeb)	2-0	5.5
11	Waunakee	1-1	11.9
12	Neenah	1-1	14.9
13	Columbus	2-0	3.7
14	Stratford	2-0	5.6
15	Kaukauna	1-1	18.7
16	Bay Port (Green Bay)	1-1	23.7
17	Oconomowoc	2-0	5.6
18	Slinger	2-0	4.4
19	SCCHS (Hammond)	2-0	-20.6
20	Badger (Lake Geneva)	1-1	8.5
21	Oak Creek	1-1	13.8
22	CMHS (Waukesha)	1-1	11.5
23	Lodi	2-0	-15.9
24	Arrowhead (Hartland)	1-1	15.7
25	Cedarburg	2-0	1.8

High school football: @EFrantzMP’s 2024 Great Lakes Region Rankings

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