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

By Eric Frantz Sep 25, 2023, 7:35am

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

9/25/23 Poll
1. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia. Pa.), 3-1
2. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 5-0
3. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.), 5-0
4. Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 5-0
5. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 6-0
6. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 5-1
7. Belleville (Mich.), 5-0
8. Brownsburg (Ind.), 6-0
9. Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia. Pa.), 5-0
10. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 5-1

Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.), 4-0
Avon (Ohio), 6-0
Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis), 6-0
Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 6-0
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 5-0
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 5-1
Davison (Mich.), 5-0
East Central (St. Leon, Ind.), 6-0
East St. Louis (Ill.), 3-2
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 4-2
Hamilton (Sussex, Wis.), 6-0
Kettle Moraine (Wales, Wis.), 6-0
Kimberly (Wis.), 5-0
Lincoln (Gahanna, Ohio), 6-0
Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 5-0
Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 5-0
Malvern Prep (Pa.), 3-1
Mannheim Township (Lancaster, Pa.), 5-0
Mankato West (Minn.), 4-0
Mukwonago (Wis.), 5-1
Muskego (Wis.), 6-0
Pickerington North (Ohio), 6-0
Rockford (Mich.), 5-0



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)5-030.7--
2East St. Louis3-246.0--
3Loyola Academy (Wilmette)5-020.4--
4LWEHS (Frankfort)5-017.8--
5DGNHS (Downers Grove)5-05.0+3
6York (Elmhurst)5-07.2+1
7Edwardsville5-0-5.0+2
8ICCP (Elmhurst)5-0-15.4-2
9Batavia4-119.8+3
10Normal Community (Normal)5-02.2--
11St. Rita (Chicago)4-122.2-6
12Barrington5-013.9-1
13Brother Rice (Chicago)3-225.3--
14Maine South (Park Ridge)4-118.5+2
15HHS (Arlington Heights)5-0-2.1+3
16PRHS (Crystal Lake)5-09.5+4
17Kankakee5-0-8.9--
18Geneva5-0-3.0-3
19Morris5-0-1.7+3
20Carmel (Mundelein)4-115.1+9
21Morton5-0-2.3+3
22GWHS (Glen Ellyn)3-217.3+1
23Rochester5-0-10.0-2
24Warren Township (Gurnee)3-221.4+7
25Fenwick (Oak Park)4-113.7+2


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Center Grove (Greenwood)5-139.7--
2Ben Davis (Indianapolis)5-135.5--
3Brownsburg6-031.0+1
4East Central (St. Leon)6-011.2-1
5IBCHS (Indianapolis)6-012.8+1
6Cathedral (Indianapolis)4-229.1+3
7Westfield5-131.8-2
8Crown Point6-05.9-1
9HSHS (Fishers)5-125.4-1
10Fishers4-225.1+2
11ILHS (Indianapolis)6-0-1.9--
12FCHS (Indianapolis)4-226.0+7
13Penn (Mishawaka)5-114.3+4
14ERHS (Evansville)6-02.7+2
15FWSHS (Fort Wayne)5-13.1-5
16Carmel4-221.8-2
17Noblesville3-326.6-2
18LNHS (Indianapolis)4-220.4--
19Carroll (Fort Wayne)4-213.6-6
20Zionsville3-324.4+1
21New Palestine4-218.5+8
22Valparaiso4-213.1+4
23Plainfield5-111.7-3
24Mishawaka5-12.5+15
25GCHS (Noblesville)4-217.1+5


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Davison5-07.3+2
2Rockford5-09.6-1
3Belleville5-0-0.5-1
4SATHS (Southfield)5-012.5--
5DLSC (Warren)3-231.0--
6WCHS (Grand Rapids)5-01.5--
7Lake Orion5-08.5--
8West Bloomfield4-117.4+4
9Byron Center5-0-0.9+17
10CCHS (Grand Rapids)4-18.9-2
11Zeeland West (Zeeland)5-0-6.0+4
12LCCHS (Jackson)5-0-8.7+8
13Whitehall5-0-4.5+4
14Heritage (Saginaw)3-214.7+23
15WLWHS (Walled Lake)5-0-5.7+7
16Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac)5-0-7.2+7
17EGRHS (Grand Rapids)5-03.0-3
18Grandville4-113.7+9
19Caledonia4-15.9-10
20Northville5-0-1.4-4
21Muskegon3-211.3-8
22Catholic Central (Novi)3-217.3-11
23FHCHS (Grand Rapids)4-14.1-5
24Mason5-0-3.4-5
25Saline5-0-7.5-15


Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Mankato West (Mankato)4-011.9--
2Andover3-119.6--
3Rogers4-01.8--
4Brainerd4-07.0--
5Chanhassen4-09.9--
6Stewartville4-0-1.9--
7Eden Prairie4-08.8--
8Caledonia4-0-1.6+10
9LSHS (Lakeville)4-09.5+2
10Barnesville4-0-8.1-2
11Becker4-0-5.6+2
12Chatfield4-0-10.4+4
13Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)4-0-8.6-3
14EVWHS (Eden Valley)4-0-18.7-2
15Minnetonka4-03.1+4
16STA (Mendota Heights)3-110.7+5
17Annandale4-0-8.5+31
18Esko4-0-19.1+13
19LNHS (Lakeville)3-111.6-5
20Waseca3-11.4-5
21Alexandria4-0-4.6+5
22RAHS (Plymouth)4-0-11.7--
23Shakopee3-13.4-6
24Detroit Lakes4-0-0.8+3
25Minneota4-0-9.1--


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Anthony's (Melville)3-139.0+2
2ASHS (White Plains)3-129.5-1
3Iona Prep (New Rochelle)2-234.2-1
4Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)3-118.7--
5MFHS (Staten Island)3-111.6+1
6Maine-Endwell (Endwell)3-0-27.8-1
7Tioga (Tioga Center)4-0-18.7+2
8CBA (Syracuse)4-0-12.3+2
9Somers (Lincolndale)3-12.1-2
10Sayville3-0-5.7+2
11LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)4-0-15.3-3
12CNSHS (Cicero)4-0-7.2+1
13Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)2-29.5+2
14BBPHS (Bayport)3-0-13.8-3
15Arlington (LaGrangeville)4-0-19.6+2
16Pleasantville3-0-6.0+2
17UP (Rochester)4-0-15.6+8
18Canisius (Buffalo)1-322.6+6
19YHS (Yorktown Heights)4-0-15.1+4
20SHS (Clifton Park)3-0-11.6+6
21Garden City4-0-19.7-7
22CBA (Albany)3-0-14.6-2
23St. Francis (Hamburg)0-424.9-4
24MQJHS (Rochester)4-0-21.6-8
25Waverly3-1-12.9+5




Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Archbishop Hoban (Akron)5-030.1+1
2Washington (Massillon)6-030.1-1
3St. Edward (Lakewood)5-143.2--
4Avon6-025.8--
5Glenville (Cleveland)4-224.4--
6Central Catholic (Toledo)6-020.2--
7Lincoln (Gahanna)6-012.6--
8WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)6-014.4+11
9MLHS (Maria Stein)6-015.0+3
10PNHS (Pickerington)6-022.4-2
11Milford6-017.7--
12Elder (Cincinnati)4-236.2+2
13AMHS (Cincinnati)3-340.4-4
14Princeton (Cincinnati)6-019.0-4
15Perry6-09.2+1
16Anderson (Cincinnati)5-121.9+5
17HBHS (Hilliard)6-022.4+3
18Ursuline (Youngstown)6-010.1+8
19McKinley (Canton)5-126.8-4
20BWHS (Columbus)6-07.1+10
21OBHS (Delaware)5-126.0+12
22St. Xavier (Cincinnati)3-336.2-9
23Olentangy (Lewis Center)5-122.8-5
24Badin (Hamilton)6-09.0+5
25Versailles5-112.9-8


Pennsylvania State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1SJP (Philadelphia)3-151.2--
2IC (Philadelphia)5-029.1--
3BMDHS (Harrisburg)5-020.5--
4CCHS (Pittsburgh)5-023.5+2
5MTHS (Lancaster)5-015.2-1
6Malvern Prep (Malvern)3-140.2-1
7Parkland (Allentown)5-015.6+1
8Downingtown East (Exton)5-04.6+2
9TJHS (Jefferson Hills)5-012.6+22
10RCHS (Philadelphia)4-121.3+1
11North Allegheny (Wexford)4-116.6-4
12PTHS (McMurray)5-03.3+10
13Aliquippa4-010.0-4
14SCAHS (Catawissa)5-00.2+3
15CBWHS (Doylestown)5-012.4+1
16Harrisburg4-116.5-1
17LSCHS (Wyndmoor)2-232.1-4
18Nazareth Area (Nazareth)4-111.9-4
19Cathedral Prep (Erie)2-229.8--
20Belle Vernon3-117.3-8
21DWHS (Downingtown)5-03.6-3
22State College3-112.5+2
23Central York (York)5-04.2-2
24BCHS (Bethlehem)5-03.7+2
25ACCHS (Allentown)4-119.7-5


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Muskego6-024.3--
2Mukwonago5-123.2--
3Hamilton (Sussex)6-06.5+3
4Franklin6-011.1+6
5Kettle Moraine (Wales)6-012.2-2
6Waunakee6-08.2-1
7Arrowhead (Hartland)4-231.1-3
8Kimberly5-09.5-1
9Verona5-114.6--
10MU (Milwaukee)4-220.2-2
11Columbus6-0-13.6+1
12Homestead (Mequon)5-115.1+5
13Stevens Point5-117.1+9
14Waukesha West (Waukesha)3-329.5--
15Middleton5-17.7+1
16Kaukauna5-111.5-3
17Neenah5-112.6+1
18Oak Creek4-214.8-7
19Hudson5-111.0+1
20Appleton North (Appleton)5-11.7-5
21New Richmond6-01.7+8
22Rice Lake5-19.3+5
23Port Washington6-0-6.7+2
24Edgar5-1-10.3+4
25Lodi6-0-5.1+5