@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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Sep 5, 2022, 8:15am

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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 take on the top high school football programs in the region. Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin are entering Week 3, while Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania started last week. Minnesota and New York kickoff this week.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

Week 9/5 Poll
1. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 3-0
2. St. Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia), 1-1
3. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati), 3-0
4. East St. Louis (Ill.), 1-1
5. Brownsburg (Ind.), 3-0
6. Springfield (Ohio), 2-0
7. Belleville (Mich.), 2-0
8. Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio), 3-0
9. Imhotep Charter (Pa.), 1-0
10. Archbishop Hoban (Ohio), 3-0

Next In Line:
Belle Vernon (Pa.), 1-0
Cathedral (Indianapolis), 2-1
Catholic Memorial (Waukesha, Wisc.), 3-0
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 2-1
De La Salle Collegiate (Warren, Mich.), 2-0
Loyola Academy (Ill.), 2-0
Mankato West (Minn.), 1-0
New Palestine (Ind.), 3-0
Warren Central (Ind.), 2-1
West Bloomfield (Mich.), 2-0

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.
1	East St. Louis	1-1	64.4
2	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	2-0	6.4
3	CMCHS (Chicago)	2-0	20.9
4	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	2-0	10.8
5	LWEHS (Frankfort)	2-0	27.0
6	Lockport	2-0	-5.5
7	Batavia	1-1	26.1
8	SHGHS (Springfield)	2-0	1.3
9	Warren Township (Gurnee)	2-0	13.5
10	NNHS (Naperville)	2-0	16.6
11	Wheaton North (Wheaton)	2-0	0.9
12	St. Rita (Chicago)	1-1	36.6
13	ICCP (Elmhurst)	1-1	28.3
14	Prospect (Mt. Prospect)	2-0	4.1
15	O'Fallon	2-0	14.5
16	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	2-0	8.0
17	Palatine	2-0	8.5
18	Lemont	2-0	15.3
19	Brother Rice (Chicago)	1-1	13.6
20	Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet)	2-0	0.8
21	Reed-Custer (Braidwood)	2-0	-20.7
22	Cary-Grove (Cary)	1-1	7.3
23	Niles Notre Dame (Niles)	2-0	4.0
24	Princeton	2-0	0.1
25	Jacobs (Algonquin)	2-0	7.4

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Brownsburg	3-0	37.6
2	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	2-1	33.1
3	Center Grove (Greenwood)	2-1	40.8
4	New Palestine	3-0	20.6
5	HSHS (Fishers)	3-0	22.3
6	Westfield	2-1	39.8
7	WCHS (Indianapolis)	2-1	34.1
8	Fishers	3-0	18.6
9	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	2-1	30.9
10	Crown Point	3-0	19.8
11	Roncalli (Indianapolis)	3-0	12.5
12	LCHS (Indianapolis)	1-2	38.5
13	Zionsville	2-1	21.2
14	Carmel	1-2	33.8
15	Whiteland	3-0	14.9
16	East Central (St. Leon)	2-1	19.1
17	Merrillville	2-1	21.7
18	IBCHS (Indianapolis)	2-1	15.0
19	Mooresville	3-0	2.3
20	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	3-0	8.2
21	BJPHS (Indianapolis)	1-1	17.6
22	Noblesville	2-1	23.0
23	LNHS (Indianapolis)	1-2	28.3
24	Andrean (Merrillville)	1-2	28.8
25	Penn (Mishawaka)	2-1	13.3

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	DLSC (Warren)	2-0	-3.4
2	King (Detroit)	0-1	43.1
3	Belleville	2-0	6.9
4	West Bloomfield	2-0	7.1
5	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	2-0	-14.7
6	Caledonia	2-0	-3.9
7	Romeo	2-0	3.3
8	Adams (Rochester)	2-0	-0.3
9	River Rouge	1-0	3.3
10	Dakota (Macomb)	2-0	-1.9
11	Lapeer	2-0	8.2
12	TCCHS (Traverse City)	1-1	16.5
13	Grandville	2-0	2.7
14	SCHS (Grand Rapids)	2-0	-5.3
15	DeWitt	2-0	0.0
16	Rockford	2-0	-4.7
17	Whitehall	2-0	1.6
18	Zeeland West (Zeeland)	2-0	-6.7
19	CVHS (Clinton Township)	2-0	-3.8
20	Saline	2-0	-3.2
21	Frankenmuth	2-0	-9.3
22	FHCHS (Grand Rapids)	2-0	-5.6
23	St. Joseph	1-1	12.6
24	Hudson	2-0	-11.3
25	WCHS (Grand Rapids)	2-0	-23.2

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Mankato West (Mankato)	1-0	-24.9
2	LSHS (Lakeville)	1-0	-4.5
3	Hutchinson	2-0	-1.9
4	STA (Mendota Heights)	1-0	-6.3
5	Chatfield	1-0	1.0
6	Maple Grove	1-0	-1.6
7	Mahtomedi	1-0	-13.2
8	Rogers	1-0	3.4
9	Eden Prairie	1-0	7.6
10	Rocori (Cold Spring)	2-0	7.7
11	Chaska	1-0	-17.9
12	Elk River	1-0	-8.8
13	Andover	1-0	-3.3
14	Shakopee	1-0	-1.0
15	Becker	0-1	23.0
16	Wayzata (Plymouth)	1-0	-17.8
17	LNHS (Lakeville)	1-0	-8.0
18	Minneota	1-0	-19.9
19	Spring Lake Park	1-0	-7.3
20	Chanhassen	1-0	-1.9
21	Barnesville	1-0	3.0
22	Princeton	1-0	15.0
23	EVWHS (Eden Valley)	1-0	-13.5
24	Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)	0-1	16.0
25	RAHS (Plymouth)	1-0	4.8

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Carmel	0-0	0.0
2	Tioga (Tioga Center)	1-0	-13.6
3	Somers (Lincolndale)	0-0	0.0
4	St. Francis (Hamburg)	0-0	0.0
5	CBA (Syracuse)	1-0	-2.6
6	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	0-0	0.0
7	Lancaster	1-0	9.3
8	Plainedge (Massapequa)	0-0	0.0
9	CFHS (Binghamton)	1-0	-31.6
10	Jamestown	0-1	10.3
11	Garden City	0-0	0.0
12	LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)	0-1	36.4
13	Wantagh	0-0	0.0
14	UP (Rochester)	1-0	-17.2
15	FMHS (Manlius)	1-0	-22.4
16	EIHS (Islip Terrace)	0-0	0.0
17	CBA (Albany)	1-0	-20.9
18	MQJHS (Rochester)	1-0	-7.6
19	SWRHS (Shoreham)	0-0	0.0
20	IRHS (Philadelphia)	1-0	-37.7
21	Arlington (LaGrangeville)	0-1	1.2
22	Rye	1-0	-5.1
23	Bellport (Brookhaven)	0-0	0.0
24	Seaford	0-0	0.0
25	CA (Canandaigua)	1-0	-30.1

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	St. Edward (Lakewood)	3-0	50.2
2	AMHS (Cincinnati)	3-0	39.3
3	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	3-0	33.5
4	Springfield	2-0	18.3
5	LWHS (West Chester)	3-0	16.7
6	St. Ignatius (Cleveland)	2-0	29.7
7	Princeton (Cincinnati)	3-0	16.2
8	Central Catholic (Toledo)	2-1	27.5
9	PNHS (Pickerington)	3-0	19.1
10	Washington (Massillon)	2-1	27.4
11	Chardon	3-0	18.9
12	New Albany	3-0	-0.5
13	Fairfield	3-0	14.1
14	Glenville (Cleveland)	3-0	18.5
15	Elder (Cincinnati)	3-0	22.7
16	Kings (Kings Mill)	3-0	-4.8
17	Centerville	3-0	18.8
18	Winton Woods (Cincinnati)	3-0	-1.0
19	MLHS (Maria Stein)	3-0	6.9
20	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	1-2	38.0
21	Mentor	2-1	26.5
22	Highland (Medina)	3-0	9.3
23	Badin (Hamilton)	3-0	10.9
24	AFHS (Youngstown)	3-0	6.6
25	Canfield	3-0	13.9

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	1-1	63.4
2	IC (Philadelphia)	1-0	46.7
3	Belle Vernon	1-0	14.7
4	BMDHS (Harrisburg)	0-1	53.8
5	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	1-1	32.9
6	Gateway (Monroeville)	2-0	25.0
7	Aliquippa	1-0	19.9
8	Central Valley (Monaca)	2-0	17.3
9	AWHS (Warminster)	1-0	14.3
10	Cathedral Prep (Erie)	1-1	52.8
11	Wyomissing	2-0	2.6
12	Harrisburg	1-0	9.5
13	SCAHS (Catawissa)	2-0	3.8
14	North Allegheny (Wexford)	2-0	7.4
15	Jersey Shore	2-0	3.3
16	McDowell (Erie)	2-0	13.1
17	PTHS (McMurray)	2-0	15.8
18	Emmaus	2-0	22.1
19	Richland (Johnstown)	2-0	20.0
20	McKeesport	2-0	11.0
21	Bethel Park	2-0	21.3
22	Upper St. Clair	2-0	7.9
23	State College	2-0	11.9
24	PTHS (Harrison City)	1-1	26.7
25	Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh)	0-2	37.9

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	CMHS (Waukesha)	3-0	3.9
2	Muskego	3-0	11.5
3	Franklin	2-1	17.5
4	Kimberly	3-0	-0.1
5	Arrowhead (Hartland)	3-0	10.0
6	Mukwonago	3-0	3.3
7	Neenah	3-0	-2.1
8	Appleton North (Appleton)	3-0	-12.8
9	Hudson	3-0	4.6
10	Waunakee	3-0	3.3
11	SMSHS (Fond du Lac)	3-0	-2.9
12	River Falls	3-0	1.4
13	Bay Port (Green Bay)	3-0	-3.9
14	Oak Creek	2-1	5.4
15	Columbus	3-0	-20.6
16	Fond du Lac	2-1	11.6
17	Rice Lake	3-0	-0.9
18	Onalaska	3-0	0.2
19	Monroe	3-0	-8.0
20	Edgewood (Madison)	3-0	-4.1
21	Slinger	3-0	1.0
22	Hartford	2-1	1.7
23	West De Pere (De Pere)	3-0	-18.7
24	Wausau West (Wausau)	3-0	-2.5
25	Darlington	2-1	3.6

@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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