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

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. Also listed below are the latest MaxPreps computer rankings for every Great Lakes state.
2 (2). East St. Louis (Ill.), 7-0 – beat Alton (Ill.) 57-0
3 (3). Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 6-2 – beat Legacy School of Sport Sciences (Spring, Tex.) 41-0
4 (4). La Salle College (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 8-0 – beat Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic (Drexel Hill, Pa.) 35-13
5 (5). Belleville (Mich.), 7-0 – beat Wayne Memorial (Mich.) 41-0
6 (6). Catholic Central (Novi, Mich.), 7-0 – beat St. John’s Jesuit (Toledo, Ohio) 37-3
7 (7). St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.), 4-2 – beat Cardinal O’Hara (Springfield, Pa.) 35-14
8 (8). Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), 8-0 – DNP
9 (9). Pine-Richland (Pa.), 7-0 – beat Greater LaTrobe (Pa.) 42-0
10 (10). Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 6-2 – beat Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) 20-0
11 (11). Avon (Ohio), 8-0 – beat Midview (Grafton, Ohio) 49-10
12 (15) Lawrence North (Ind.), 8-0 – beat Center Grove 34-21
13 (14). Westfield (Ind.), 7-1 – beat Fishers (Ind.) 46-12
14 (12). Winton Woods (Cincinnati, Ohio), 8-0 – beat West Clermont (Ohio) 12-7
15 (13). Lincoln-East (Frankfort, Ill.), 7-0 – beat Lockport (Ill.) 47-14
16 (16). St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 5-3 – beat Clarkson North (Canada) 22-12
17 (20). Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 7-1 – beat St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio) 44-0
18 (17). Mt. Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 5-2 – beat Joliet Catholic (Ill.) 35-21
19 (18). Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia, Pa.), 7-1 – beat Martin Luther King (Philadelphia. Pa.) 50-0
20 (19). Anderson (Cincinnati, Ohio), 8-0 – beat Walnut Hills (Ohio) 46-7
21 (21). Franklin (Wis.), 8-0 – beat Indian Trail (Wis.) 49-7
22 (22). Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.), 5-2 – beat Roncalli (Ind.) 35-6
23 (23). Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 7-1 – beat St. Mary’s Prep (Orchard Lake. Mich.) 7-6
24 (24). St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio), 5-3 – beat LaSalle (Cincinnati, Ohio) 9-0
25 (25). Warren Central (Indianapolis, Ind.), 7-1 – beat Carmel (Ind.) 32-3
 
Dropped Out:
None
 
Keep an Eye On:
~ Alexandria (Minn.), 6-1
~ Arrowhead (Wis.), 6-2
~ Cardinal Hayes (N.Y.), 4-2
~ Cary-Grove (Ill.), 7-0
~ Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 6-2
~ Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 5-3
~ Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse, N.Y.), 6-0
~ Crown Point (Ind.), 8-0
~ De La Salle Collegiate (Warren, Mich.), 4-2
~ Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 5-3
~ Harrisburg (Pa.), 6-1
~ Iona Prep (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 5-2
~ Kirtland, (Ohio), 8-0
~ Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio), 7-1
~ Marion Local (Maria Stein, Ohio), 8-0
~ Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wis.), 7-1
~ Mentor (Ohio), 8-0
~ Minneota (Minn.), 7-0
~ Mona Shores (Mich.), 7-0
~ Moorhead (Minn.), 7-0
~ Mukwonago (Wis.), 7-1
~ Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, Ill.), 6-1
~ Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac, Mich.), 7-0
~ Upper St. Clair (Pa.), 8-0
~ Unity Christian (Hudsonville, Mich.), 7-0
~ Ursuline (Youngstown, Ohio), 7-1