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

The Great Lakes states are defined - in large - by silos, steeples and Friday night stadium lights. With competition completed in 2020 (for now...Michigan will revisit plans for continuing athletics on Dec. 20), here's our final take on the top high school programs in the region that played football in the fall of 2020: Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. Also listed are the Final Top 25 teams in each state according to the MaxPreps Computer Rankings.

Illinois and New York will play football in 2021.

National acclaim and big-time talent. North Coast football is always a force. @EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings: Final

1. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia) – 6-0/77.5
Recap: PIAA Class 6A state champion became first city team from Philadelphia to win three straight state titles. Championship was also the program’s fourth in five years and sixth since 2013. The seniors end their careers 44-3.

2. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.) – 14-0/77.1
Recap: IHSAA Class 6A state champions. Program’s third title in six finals appearances.

3. Archbishop Hoban (Akron) – 11-0/72
Recap: OHSAA Division II state champion. Fifth state title in six years.

4. Cathedral (Indianapolis) – 13-1/69.8
Recap: IHSAA Class 5A state champion. Program’s 13th state championship and first since 2014.

5. St. Xavier (Cincinnati) – 10-2/66
Recap: OHSAA D-I state champion. Program’s fourth state title.

6. Pine-Richland (Gibsonia, Pa.) – 11-0/71.8
Recap: PIAA Class 5A state champion. Second state title in program history (2017 the other).

7. Muskego (Wisc.) – 9-0/49.3
Recap: Ran win streak to 37 by advancing to the second round of the WIAA Division I playoffs. Due to the WIAA’s decision to end the football season on Nov. 20, there will be no 2020 state champions in Wisconsin.

8. Pickerington Central (Ohio) – 11-1/53.8
Recap: OHSAA D-I state runner-up. Has played in three of the last four OHSAA D-I title games (2-1).

9. Chardon (Ohio) – 12-0/63.2
Recap: OHSAA D-III state champion. Program’s second state title and first since 1994.

10. Davison (Mich.) – 9-0/59.9
Recap: Michigan’s No. 1 ranked team awaits Dec. 20 announcement.

Next Best
* Belleville (Mich.) – 9-0/46.1
* Westfield (Ind.) – 12-2/59
* Washington (Massillon, Ohio) – 10-2/56.9
* Mentor (Ohio) – 9-2/53.8
* Eden Prairie (Minn.) – 7-0/55.3
* Carmel (Ind.) – 9-3/57.1
* Brownsburg (Ind.) – 8-2/56.1
* Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (Indianapolis) – 13-1/53.4
* Central Valley (Monaca, Pa.) – 12-0/56.4
* La Salle (Cincinnati) – 8-3/50.2