@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.

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The Great Lakes states are defined - in large - by silos, steeples and Friday night stadium lights. With kickoff having arrived, here's our weekly list of the top high school football programs in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

1. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 5-0
2. St. Xavier (Cincinnati), 5-0
3. Cathedral (Indianapolis), 5-0
4. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 5-0
5. Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 4-0
6. St. Joseph’s Prep (Pa.), 2-1
7. East St. Louis (Ill.), 3-1
8. LaSalle (Pa.), 4-0
9. Carmel (Ind.), 4-1
10. Governor Mifflin (Pa.), 4-0

Next Five (alphabetical)

- Andover (Minn.), 3-0

- Canisius (Buffalo), 2-0

- La Salle (Cincinnati), 4-1

- Springfield (Ohio), 4-0

- Westfield (Ind.), 4-1

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.	+/-
1	East St. Louis	3-1	43.2	--
2	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	4-0	31.9	--
3	CMCHS (Chicago)	4-0	20.4	--
4	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	4-0	9.5	+3
5	Rochester	3-1	17.0	-1
6	Batavia	4-0	14.4	+2
7	Brother Rice (Chicago)	3-1	17.8	+3
8	Wheaton North (Wheaton)	3-1	18.4	+6
9	St. Rita (Chicago)	2-2	38.6	-3
10	SHGHS (Springfield)	3-1	6.2	+5
11	Cary-Grove (Cary)	4-0	0.4	-6
12	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	4-0	-6.7	-3
13	Lockport	4-0	1.1	+17
14	NVHS (Naperville)	4-0	14.4	-2
15	Marist (Chicago)	3-1	8.7	+2
16	NCHS (Naperville)	3-1	16.7	-3
17	HHS (Arlington Heights)	4-0	-5.8	+11
18	Warren Township (Gurnee)	3-1	9.5	--
19	St. Teresa (Decatur)	4-0	-6.3	--
20	South Elgin	4-0	-5.0	+3
21	Maine South (Park Ridge)	3-1	10.5	-10
22	LWEHS (Frankfort)	3-1	2.0	-6
23	O'Fallon	3-1	9.6	+12
24	PRHS (Crystal Lake)	4-0	5.4	+5
25	St. Francis (Wheaton)	3-1	11.0	-4

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Center Grove (Greenwood)	5-0	41.3	--
2	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	5-0	32.9	--
3	Carmel	4-1	39.8	--
4	WCHS (Indianapolis)	4-1	37.1	+1
5	Westfield	4-1	37.5	-1
6	HSHS (Fishers)	4-1	27.5	+1
7	Brownsburg	4-1	35.9	-1
8	Roncalli (Indianapolis)	5-0	15.8	--
9	DCHS (Indianapolis)	4-1	35.5	+3
10	Merrillville	5-0	13.4	--
11	Valparaiso	5-0	9.8	+5
12	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	2-3	41.7	-1
13	Mooresville	4-1	19.3	-4
14	FWBL (Fort Wayne)	5-0	14.1	--
15	BJPHS (Indianapolis)	5-0	11.0	--
16	East Central (St. Leon)	4-1	14.6	+1
17	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	4-1	19.9	+2
18	LNHS (Indianapolis)	3-1	28.2	-5
19	Chesterton	4-1	20.1	-1
20	BSHS (Bloomington)	5-0	10.9	+1
21	FCHS (Indianapolis)	3-2	30.3	+3
22	Jasper	5-0	6.0	+5
23	West Lafayette	5-0	5.6	+3
24	Warsaw	4-1	13.1	+7
25	Leo	5-0	-5.0	-5

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Edwardsburg	4-0	-3.4	+1
2	King (Detroit)	3-1	21.7	-1
3	Clarkston	4-0	6.1	+2
4	Rockford	4-0	11.2	-1
5	Grand Blanc	4-0	12.8	+2
6	Adams (Rochester)	4-0	14.7	+5
7	DLSC (Warren)	3-0	18.8	+5
8	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	4-0	9.6	+1
9	TCCHS (Traverse City)	3-1	9.1	+4
10	Portland	4-0	0.8	-4
11	Romeo	4-0	8.9	+4
12	DeWitt	3-1	21.3	-4
13	Cass Tech (Detroit)	2-2	14.9	-9
14	Caledonia	4-0	3.4	--
15	West Bloomfield	3-1	19.4	+5
16	MSHS (Norton Shores)	3-1	7.7	+12
17	SHSHS (Sterling Heights)	3-1	8.2	--
18	Catholic Central (Novi)	3-1	12.3	--
19	WCHS (Grand Rapids)	4-0	-3.0	+7
20	River Rouge	3-1	4.5	+4
21	BRHS (Bloomfield Hills)	3-1	10.5	-2
22	UCHS (Hudsonville)	4-0	-7.6	--
23	Churchill (Livonia)	4-0	-11.8	-7
24	SMP (Orchard Lake)	4-0	8.5	+10
25	Belleville	3-1	0.5	-4

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Andover	3-0	27.6	--
2	LSHS (Lakeville)	3-0	11.0	+6
3	Moorhead	2-0	1.3	+3
4	Mankato West (Mankato)	3-0	-2.7	--
5	Becker	3-0	7.0	-3
6	Shakopee	3-0	11.8	+4
7	Rogers	2-1	28.3	-2
8	Hutchinson	3-0	11.2	-1
9	Maple Grove	3-0	4.0	+7
10	Chaska	3-0	8.2	-1
11	Elk River	2-1	17.6	--
12	Eden Prairie	2-1	19.5	-9
13	PEMHS (Elgin)	2-0	-0.2	--
14	Wayzata (Plymouth)	3-0	0.0	+12
15	Chanhassen	2-1	20.2	+5
16	Cannon Falls	3-0	-0.8	-4
17	Mayo (Rochester)	3-0	-3.5	+5
18	Rosemount	3-0	-2.4	+1
19	Blue Earth	3-0	-12.8	+6
20	Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)	3-0	1.2	+18
21	RCHS (New Hope)	2-1	14.3	+20
22	Spring Lake Park	2-1	6.8	-8
23	SRRHS (Sauk Rapids)	3-0	-0.4	+14
24	SMAHS (Albertville)	2-1	9.1	-9
25	Blooming Prairie	3-0	-12.9	-1

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Canisius (Buffalo)	2-0	5.4	--
2	Iona Prep (New Rochelle)	2-1	25.4	--
3	Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)	1-0	5.7	--
4	Shaker (Latham)	2-0	1.8	+3
5	Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)	1-2	39.0	-1
6	Port Jervis	2-0	-28.6	-1
7	St. Francis (Hamburg)	3-0	-10.6	+1
8	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	2-0	0.6	+4
9	MFHS (Staten Island)	1-1	19.1	+4
10	SHS (Clifton Park)	2-0	-0.4	+9
11	Oceanside	2-0	-20.2	-5
12	CPPHS (Corning)	2-0	-17.4	-3
13	CBA (Albany)	3-0	-9.6	+4
14	Plainedge (Massapequa)	2-0	-15.1	+6
15	IRHS (Philadelphia)	2-0	-5.9	+3
16	Carmel	2-0	-14.4	+5
17	GHS (Guilderland Center)	1-1	6.7	-7
18	MQJHS (Rochester)	3-0	-16.6	+5
19	EIHS (Islip Terrace)	3-0	-10.6	+8
20	Massapequa	2-0	-10.6	-6
21	Ardsley	2-0	-5.1	+10
22	CFHS (Binghamton)	1-1	-12.4	--
23	Sayville	2-0	-13.6	-12
24	Lancaster	3-0	-24.6	+9
25	CCHS (New Windsor)	2-0	1.3	+7

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	5-0	37.6	--
2	St. Edward (Lakewood)	5-0	26.8	--
3	Springfield	4-0	16.5	+2
4	La Salle (Cincinnati)	4-1	52.4	-1
5	LWHS (West Chester)	4-1	26.2	+1
6	PCHS (Pickerington)	4-1	31.1	-2
7	Medina	5-0	24.6	+3
8	Benedictine (Cleveland)	4-0	18.0	+1
9	AMHS (Cincinnati)	4-1	38.8	+2
10	Marysville	4-0	19.0	-2
11	Mentor	3-2	40.7	+3
12	St. Ignatius (Cleveland)	3-2	36.3	+4
13	UAHS (Columbus)	5-0	13.0	-1
14	LEHS (Liberty Township)	4-1	24.4	+4
15	Chardon	5-0	13.0	--
16	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	3-2	34.4	-9
17	Archbold	5-0	11.5	+14
18	OLHS (Powell)	3-2	32.8	+14
19	Central Catholic (Toledo)	3-2	28.3	+1
20	Avon Lake	4-1	25.0	-7
21	Avon	3-2	28.4	+2
22	Colerain (Cincinnati)	3-2	35.9	-1
23	Kings (Kings Mill)	5-0	16.4	-1
24	Princeton (Cincinnati)	4-1	23.6	+2
25	Ursuline (Youngstown)	4-1	22.4	-1

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	2-1	51.4	--
2	LSCHS (Wyndmoor)	4-0	28.3	--
3	GMHS (Shillington)	4-0	11.7	+1
4	IC (Philadelphia)	2-1	46.2	-1
5	Malvern Prep (Malvern)	2-1	24.8	--
6	Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)	4-0	11.1	--
7	TJHS (Jefferson Hills)	3-0	10.1	+2
8	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	3-1	16.6	--
9	GVHS (Glen Mills)	4-0	-1.9	+2
10	Central York (York)	3-0	14.4	+4
11	AWHS (Warminster)	3-1	11.2	-4
12	North Allegheny (Wexford)	3-1	12.1	-2
13	Belle Vernon	3-0	4.2	-1
14	Moon Area (Moon Township)	4-0	5.1	+4
15	Downingtown East (Exton)	4-0	9.3	+1
16	Manheim Central (Manheim)	4-0	2.3	+15
17	Central Valley (Monaca)	4-0	-2.1	-2
18	SCAHS (Catawissa)	4-0	-2.3	-1
19	Bedford	4-0	-2.9	--
20	Gateway (Monroeville)	3-1	11.0	+2
21	PTHS (McMurray)	3-1	15.3	-1
22	Harrisburg	3-1	17.3	-9
23	Wyomissing	4-0	-4.7	+3
24	Parkland (Allentown)	3-0	9.1	+1
25	Seneca Valley (Harmony)	3-1	11.5	-2

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	Franklin	5-0	4.2	--
2	Kimberly	5-0	3.9	+2
3	Sun Prairie	5-0	-4.9	+6
4	Mukwonago	4-1	13.9	-1
5	Appleton North (Appleton)	3-2	16.7	+2
6	Union Grove	5-0	2.6	--
7	Muskego	4-1	9.1	-5
8	Waunakee	5-0	-3.7	-3
9	Hamilton (Sussex)	4-1	12.3	-1
10	LCHS (Luxemburg)	5-0	-6.4	+5
11	BEHS (Brookfield)	5-0	0.5	--
12	Homestead (Mequon)	4-1	11.6	+12
13	Oak Creek	5-0	-6.6	-1
14	LCLHS (Hartland)	5-0	-13.4	+3
15	CMHS (Waukesha)	5-0	-8.9	-5
16	WWHS (Wauwatosa)	5-0	-10.5	-3
17	Arrowhead (Hartland)	4-1	6.4	-3
18	Edgewood (Madison)	5-0	-9.9	+2
19	Reedsville	5-0	-23.2	+20
20	Pulaski	5-0	-9.8	-1
21	Regis (Eau Claire)	5-0	-15.1	+5
22	Germantown	3-2	14.7	+22
23	Kaukauna	4-1	-1.0	+8
24	Colby	4-0	-12.6	-3
25	Hartford	4-1	7.5	+5

@EFrantzMP’s High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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