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

By Eric Frantz Oct 9, 2023, 7:30am

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

10/9/23 Poll
1. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia. Pa.), 5-1
2. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 7-0
3. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.), 7-0
4. Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 6-0
5. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 8-0
6. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 7-1
7. Brownsburg (Ind.), 8-0
8. Belleville (Mich.), 7-0
9. Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia. Pa.), 7-0
10. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 7-1

The Next 5:
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 7-1
Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 8-0
East Central (St. Leon, Ind.), 7-0
Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 7-0
Muskego (Wis.), 8-0



Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.), 6-0
Avon (Ohio), 8-0
Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 5-3
Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis), 8-0
Cardinal Hayes (Bronx, N.Y.), 5-1
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 6-1
Chanhassen (Minn.), 6-0
Davison (Mich.), 7-0
East St. Louis (Ill.), 5-2
Franklin (Wis.), 8-0
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 5-3
Hamilton (Sussex, Wis.), 8-0
Kettle Moraine (Wales, Wis.), 8-0
Lake Orion, Mich.), 7-0
Lincoln (Gahanna, Ohio), 7-0
Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 7-0
Malvern Prep (Pa.), 4-1
Manheim Township (Lancaster, Pa.), 7-0
Mukwonago (Wis.), 6-2
Pickerington North (Ohio), 8-0
Rockford (Mich.), 7-0
St. Anthony’s (Melville, NY), 5-1

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. +/-
1CMCHS (Chicago)7-028.9--
2Loyola Academy (Wilmette)7-023.0+1
3East St. Louis5-230.9-1
4LWEHS (Frankfort)7-016.5--
5HHS (Arlington Heights)7-02.4+1
6Edwardsville7-0-0.5+3
7Barrington7-013.7+5
8Normal Community (Normal)7-0-2.8+3
9Batavia6-116.2-1
10York (Elmhurst)6-115.5-5
11Maine South (Park Ridge)6-116.7+4
12GWHS (Glen Ellyn)5-220.0+15
13PRHS (Crystal Lake)7-07.5+3
14Morris7-0-0.6--
15DGNHS (Downers Grove)5-213.1-8
16St. Francis (Wheaton)5-225.2+1
17St. Rita (Chicago)4-329.0-7
18Carmel (Mundelein)6-116.0+6
19Kankakee7-0-10.4-1
20Warren Township (Gurnee)5-215.1--
21Brother Rice (Chicago)3-430.9-8
22ICCP (Elmhurst)5-21.1-1
23Lake Zurich6-112.8+10
24Joliet Catholic (Joliet)5-213.9-5
25Morton7-0-6.8-2


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Center Grove (Greenwood)7-141.6+1
2Ben Davis (Indianapolis)7-138.5-1
3Brownsburg8-035.3--
4East Central (St. Leon)8-07.7--
5Westfield7-138.1+2
6IBCHS (Indianapolis)8-09.0-1
7Cathedral (Indianapolis)6-231.4-1
8HSHS (Fishers)7-132.0--
9Fishers5-334.5--
10Crown Point8-08.0--
11ERHS (Evansville)8-09.7+1
12ILHS (Indianapolis)8-04.4-1
13LNHS (Indianapolis)5-331.5--
14Penn (Mishawaka)7-117.6+1
15BNHS (Bloomington)7-05.6+2
16Carmel5-331.3-2
17BSHS (Bloomington)7-17.6+3
18FCHS (Indianapolis)4-434.9-2
19FWSHS (Fort Wayne)7-16.6--
20Noblesville3-537.8+1
21New Palestine6-218.9+2
22Valparaiso6-215.9--
23Carroll (Fort Wayne)6-214.1+1
24Plainfield6-218.5-6
25Avon1-745.9+7


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Davison7-06.1--
2Rockford7-012.3--
3Lake Orion7-016.1+1
4Belleville7-03.5-1
5WCHS (Grand Rapids)7-04.4+1
6DLSC (Warren)5-222.1+1
7Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac)6-00.6+11
8CCHS (Grand Rapids)6-19.1--
9FHCHS (Grand Rapids)6-111.7+4
10SATHS (Southfield)7-07.7-5
11Whitehall7-0-0.3-1
12Muskegon5-217.0+3
13West Bloomfield5-221.7+4
14UEHS (Shelby Township)6-111.8+15
15Heritage (Saginaw)5-212.6+5
16LCCHS (Jackson)7-0-6.7-4
17Corunna7-0-9.9-3
18Grandville6-115.9+6
19WLWHS (Walled Lake)7-0-2.2--
20CVHS (Clinton Township)5-216.9+10
21Northville7-0-6.1-5
22Byron Center6-15.2--
23Caledonia5-214.0-14
24Catholic Central (Novi)5-213.9+4
25Zeeland West (Zeeland)6-1-1.6-14


Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Chanhassen6-012.0--
2Mankato West (Mankato)5-120.9--
3Eden Prairie6-014.4+1
4Caledonia6-03.9+8
5Andover5-113.7-2
6Stewartville6-0-3.6-1
7Alexandria6-06.4+2
8Becker6-03.4+3
9Annandale6-0-7.7+5
10Litchfield5-19.0+8
11Rogers6-04.6-5
12STA (Mendota Heights)5-110.5-2
13LNHS (Lakeville)5-112.5+3
14Minnetonka5-114.2-6
15Waseca5-12.8-2
16Barnesville6-0-6.3+4
17Brainerd5-17.9+2
18DGFHS (Glyndon)5-17.3+11
19EVWHS (Eden Valley)6-0-17.5-4
20LSHS (Lakeville)5-111.4-13
21Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)5-11.5+5
22Esko6-0-17.5+2
23Orono (Long Lake)6-0-8.6+2
24Minneota6-0-10.2-1
25Rosemount4-210.7+12




New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Anthony's (Melville)5-124.2--
2Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)5-121.6--
3ASHS (White Plains)4-232.8+1
4Iona Prep (New Rochelle)3-335.1-1
5CBA (Syracuse)6-0-5.5--
6MFHS (Staten Island)4-215.3+1
7Somers (Lincolndale)5-12.8-1
8Maine-Endwell (Endwell)5-0-14.6+2
9LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)6-0-10.2-1
10SHS (Clifton Park)5-0-2.6+5
11Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)3-211.7+3
12Canisius (Buffalo)3-320.6+1
13Tioga (Tioga Center)6-0-20.1-4
14LILHS (Brookville)5-1-1.1--
15Sayville5-0-3.7-3
16CNSHS (Cicero)5-1-2.8+1
17UP (Rochester)6-0-14.6-1
18Garden City5-0-14.2+2
19YHS (Yorktown Heights)6-0-13.6+3
20BBPHS (Bayport)5-0-14.3-2
21St. Francis (Hamburg)2-414.9+4
22EWIHS (CO-OP) (Rochester)6-0-10.3+4
23Arlington (LaGrangeville)6-0-21.4-4
24Niskayuna5-1-10.9-1
25Waverly5-1-10.4-1


Ohio State Rankings


Pennsylvania State Rankings


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Muskego8-027.5--
2Kettle Moraine (Wales)8-018.9+4
3Mukwonago6-228.6-1
4Hamilton (Sussex)8-09.6-1
5Franklin8-011.8-1
6Waunakee8-09.4-1
7Arrowhead (Hartland)5-332.1+1
8Verona7-110.8+1
9Kaukauna7-118.3+9
10Kimberly6-117.5-3
11MU (Milwaukee)6-214.0--
12New Richmond8-06.5+1
13Port Washington8-00.7-1
14Homestead (Mequon)7-117.7+1
15Lodi9-0-0.6-5
16Waukesha West (Waukesha)5-325.6+1
17Oak Creek6-214.5-3
18Rice Lake7-110.1+2
19Middleton7-19.2-3
20Edgar7-1-4.9+3
21SCCHS (Hammond)7-14.4+7
22Stevens Point7-113.1-3
23Hudson7-19.0-2
24Neenah6-219.0-2
25Kewaunee8-0-2.6+7