Ohio high school football rankings: Archbishop Hoban leaps past Pickerington Central into the No. 1 spot

By Staff Report Sep 28, 2020, 4:00pm

No. 2 Tigers blank Lancaster 35-0, move to 5-0 but drop one place.

Archbishop Hoban (Akron) and Pickerington Central (Pickerington) swapped places at the top of this week's Ohio Top 25 high school football rankings. The Knights climb to the No. 1 slot after a 36-9 win Friday over St. Vincent-St Mary's while the Tigers, despite blanking Lancaster 35-0, drop into the second spot.

Dublin Coffman (Dublin) climbed two spots to No. 3, leaping No. 4 St. Edward (Lakewood) and No. 5 St. Xavier (Cincinnati). All three won Friday as Dublin Coffman handled Upper Arlington 24-14, the Eagles were 35-8 winners over Bishop Sycamore and the Bombers downed Archbishop Moeller 43-14.

Jumping into the Top 25 was No. 13 Austintown-Fitch (Youngstown), which used a 42-14 win over Benedictine to improve to 5-0 on the year and hop 30 places in the rankings. Also new to the rankings was Winton Woods (Cincinnati), which bumped 15 spots to No. 24 after the Warriors downed Anderson 48-13.

Ohio Top 25

# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Archbishop Hoban (Akron)4-026.1+1
2PCHS (Pickerington)5-016.9-1
3Dublin Coffman (Dublin)5-032.1+2
4St. Edward (Lakewood)4-145.2-1
5St. Xavier (Cincinnati)3-247.5-1
6Central Catholic (Toledo)3-026.3+1
7Mentor4-139.3-1
8Chardon5-022.6+2
9Washington (Massillon)4-134.5--
10La Salle (Cincinnati)3-243.4-2
11LWHS (West Chester)4-026.4--
12Northmont (Clayton)5-023.5--
13AFHS (Youngstown)5-019.1+30
14OLHS (Powell)4-131.9+3
15Springfield4-132.5+10
16SJJHS (Toledo)3-134.3--
17Badin (Hamilton)5-013.6+2
18Euclid3-236.8+6
19PNHS (Pickerington)4-125.2-1
20Avon5-013.6--
21Elder (Cincinnati)3-233.4-7
22Hudson5-020.8-1
23St. Ignatius (Cleveland)1-240.2-8
24Winton Woods (Cincinnati)5-013.6+15
25Perry (Massillon)5-020.8-2