High school football: @EFrantzMP’s 2025 Great Lakes Region Rankings

Our updated look at the top HS football teams in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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By Eric Frantz

Sep 8, 2025, 7:00am

Twelve MaxPreps Top 25 teams represent their state led by Mater Dei, Grayson, IMG Academy and Duncanville.

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The Great Lakes states are defined - in large - by silos, steeples and Friday night stadium lights. With kickoff upon us, 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 current MaxPreps computer rankings for every Great Lakes state.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

9/8/2025 Poll

Last week’s ranking in parenthesis
1 (1). Brownsburg (Ind.), 3-0 – beat Franklin Central (Indianapolis, Ind.) 35-7
2 (2). St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio), 3-0 – beat Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.) 24-6
3 (3). LaSalle College (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 3-0 – beat Salesianum (Wilmington, Del.) 28-17
4 (4). Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 2-0 – beat St. Rita (Chicago, Ill.) 35-14
5 (5). East St. Louis (Ill.), 0-1 – DNP
6 (6). Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 2-1 – beat Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) 24-21
7 (11). St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 3-0 – beat Wayne (Huber Heights, Ohio) 63-27
8 (7). St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.), 0-2 – DNP
9 (10). Anderson (Cincinnati, Ohio), 3-0 – beat Little Miami (Morrow, Ohio) 50-7
10 (12). Center Grove (Greenwood, IN), 3-0 – beat Marion (Ind.) 55-0
11 (13). Carmel (Ind.), 3-0 – beat Centerville (Ohio) 48-0
12 (8). Cass Tech (Detroit, Mich.), 2-0 – beat Grandville (Mich.) 31-28
13 (14). Avon (Ohio), 2-1 – beat then-No. 17 Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) 28-16
14 (9). Harrisburg (Pa.), 3-0 – beat State College (Pa.) 48-45
15 (16). Detroit Catholic Central (Novi, Mich.), 2-0 – beat Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio) 27-14
16 (15). Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 2-1 – beat King (Detroit, Mich.) 23-21
17 (21). Iona Prep (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 1-0 – beat Somers (Lincolndale, N.Y.) 37-7
18 (18). Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, Ill.), 2-0 – beat Morgan Park (Chicago, Ill.) 33-6
19 (19). Bishop Watterson (Columbus, Ohio), 3-0 – beat Westerville North (Ohio) 38-0
20 (20). Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.), 1-0 – DNP
21 (22). Lincoln Way-East (Frankfort, Ill.), 2-0 – beat Kankakee (Ill.) 41-0
22 (23). St. Mary’s Prep (Orchard Park, Mich.), 2-0 – beat St. John’s Jesuit (Toledo, Ohio) 42-10
23 (24). Arrowhead (Hartland, Wis.), 3-0 – beat Waukesha West (Wis.) 29-6
24 (NR). Chanhassen (Minn.), 2-0 – beat Burnside (Minn.) 65-0
25 (NR). Peters Township (McMurray, Pa.), 3-0 – beat Mt. Lebanon (Pa.) 35-0

Dropped Out:
17. Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 2-1 – lost 27-14 to then-No. 14 Avon (Ohio)
25. De La Salle Collegiate (Warren, Mich.), 1-1 – lost 23-21 to Davison (Mich.)

Keep an Eye On:
* Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 2-1
* Elk River (Minn.), 2-0
* Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers, Ind.), 3-0
* Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia. Pa.), 2-1
* Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio), 2-1
* Maple Grove (Minn.), 2-0
* Monsignor Bonner/Prendergast (Drexel Hill, Pa.), 3-0
* New Palestine (Ind.), 3-0
* Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), 3-0

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	0-1	71.1
2	CMCHS (Chicago)	2-0	48.8
3	LWEHS (Frankfort)	2-0	29.8
4	NA (LaGrange Park)	2-0	21.6
5	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	1-0	33.1
6	St. Rita (Chicago)	1-1	42.6
7	Brother Rice (Chicago)	2-0	26.4
8	Batavia	1-1	19.1
9	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	2-0	34.9
10	York (Elmhurst)	1-1	17.3
11	Lyons (LaGrange)	2-0	26.6
12	Maine South (Park Ridge)	1-1	39.0
13	DGNHS (Downers Grove)	2-0	9.0
14	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	0-2	36.4
15	Warren Township (Gurnee)	1-1	28.8
16	SCNHS (St. Charles)	2-0	15.1
17	MCHS (Lombard)	2-0	17.4
18	Marist (Chicago)	0-2	40.9
19	St. Francis (Wheaton)	2-0	10.4
20	Fenwick (Oak Park)	2-0	6.3
21	Rochester	2-0	15.6
22	Morris	2-0	13.3
23	Palatine	2-0	10.5
24	ICCP (Elmhurst)	2-0	-0.2
25	Barrington	2-0	11.6
26	PRHS (Crystal Lake)	2-0	15.9
27	GSHS (Glenview)	2-0	17.4
28	SICP (Chicago)	1-1	13.5
29	Carmel (Mundelein)	2-0	-1.6
30	Kankakee	0-2	46.2
31	Prospect (Mt. Prospect)	1-1	22.3
32	LWCHS (New Lenox)	2-0	11.0
33	Byron	2-0	-16.9
34	HHS (Arlington Heights)	0-2	27.8
35	PCHS (New Lenox)	1-1	14.3
36	NNHS (Naperville)	1-1	13.4
37	WWSHS (Wheaton)	1-1	16.3
38	CPCHS (Camp Point)	2-0	-4.0
39	Oswego	2-0	18.0
40	ACHS (Belleville)	2-0	2.4
41	Edwardsville	0-2	26.6
42	Normal Community (Normal)	2-0	-6.6
43	Maroa-Forsyth (Maroa)	2-0	-12.6
44	BEHS (Belleville)	2-0	2.0
45	Morgan Park (Chicago)	0-2	39.3
46	Sycamore	1-1	4.2
47	Fremd (Palatine)	2-0	8.6
48	Geneva	1-1	-2.0
49	Lake Zurich	1-1	12.7
50	Tolono Unity (Tolono)	2-0	-23.4

Indiana State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Brownsburg	3-0	44.5
2	Center Grove (Greenwood)	3-0	22.3
3	Carmel	3-0	39.5
4	LNHS (Indianapolis)	2-1	39.0
5	HSHS (Fishers)	3-0	28.4
6	New Palestine	3-0	17.2
7	Westfield	2-1	33.0
8	Crown Point	3-0	21.6
9	Cathedral (Indianapolis)	1-2	52.0
10	Fishers	2-1	40.1
11	IBCHS (Indianapolis)	3-0	20.6
12	WCHS (Indianapolis)	2-1	30.8
13	Ben Davis (Indianapolis)	1-2	35.4
14	LCHS (Indianapolis)	2-1	32.2
15	Avon	2-1	38.8
16	East Central (St. Leon)	2-1	28.5
17	FCHS (Indianapolis)	2-1	35.6
18	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	1-2	26.6
19	Penn (Mishawaka)	3-0	16.9
20	Merrillville	1-2	34.4
21	DCHS (Indianapolis)	1-2	33.9
22	BSHS (Bloomington)	3-0	5.6
23	Plainfield	3-0	19.4
24	Roncalli (Indianapolis)	1-2	33.1
25	East Noble (Kendallville)	3-0	4.1
26	Zionsville	1-2	35.6
27	EMHS (Evansville)	3-0	5.8
28	FWSHS (Fort Wayne)	1-2	24.8
29	Mishawaka	2-1	18.2
30	LJHS (Lafayette)	2-1	20.8
31	Warsaw	2-1	18.6
32	Columbus North (Columbus)	3-0	3.3
33	Noblesville	1-2	25.1
34	Pike (Indianapolis)	0-3	37.5
35	Valparaiso	1-2	23.8
36	Harrison (West Lafayette)	2-1	18.3
37	Leo	3-0	2.7
38	HHHS (Lincoln City)	3-0	-21.2
39	ERHS (Evansville)	2-1	4.7
40	PHHS (Pendleton)	3-0	8.9
41	FWBD (Fort Wayne)	2-1	11.0
42	Lawrenceburg	2-1	6.4
43	Homestead (Fort Wayne)	2-1	18.8
44	GSHS (Fort Branch)	2-1	11.8
45	Whiteland	1-2	22.3
46	Martinsville	1-2	13.4
47	NorthWood (Nappanee)	2-1	4.6
48	Mooresville	2-1	12.3
49	Concord (Elkhart)	2-1	12.3
50	Adams Central (Monroe)	3-0	-1.5

Michigan State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Cass Tech (Detroit)	2-0	35.6
2	Catholic Central (Novi)	2-0	23.4
3	King (Detroit)	1-1	40.6
4	West Bloomfield	2-0	9.6
5	Davison	2-0	27.9
6	Rockford	1-1	27.5
7	SMP (Orchard Lake)	2-0	11.0
8	LCCHS (Jackson)	1-1	25.7
9	UCHS (Hudsonville)	2-0	8.2
10	DLSC (Warren)	1-1	-9.7
11	Hudsonville	2-0	17.8
12	Harper Woods	2-0	9.4
13	Clarkston	1-1	26.8
14	Adams (Rochester)	2-0	7.6
15	Dakota (Macomb)	2-0	-8.1
16	Grandville	1-1	46.3
17	Portage Central (Portage)	2-0	20.2
18	DeWitt	2-0	14.9
19	Saline	2-0	2.2
20	Zeeland West (Zeeland)	2-0	-16.7
21	Goodrich	2-0	15.6
22	FHCHS (Grand Rapids)	1-1	19.2
23	Muskegon	0-2	32.5
24	Caledonia	1-0	9.4
25	East Kentwood (Kentwood)	2-0	19.2
26	CCHS (Grand Rapids)	1-0	4.6
27	Grand Blanc	2-0	-0.4
28	MSHS (Norton Shores)	1-1	18.7
29	WCHS (Grand Rapids)	1-1	7.6
30	Frankenmuth	1-1	15.2
31	Byron Center	0-2	28.9
32	Roseville	1-1	22.1
33	Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac)	1-1	13.6
34	UEHS (Shelby Township)	2-0	1.3
35	GPSHS (Grosse Pointe)	2-0	-4.7
36	Belleville	1-1	17.6
37	Mason	1-1	14.7
38	Dexter	2-0	-4.5
39	Lowell	2-0	2.7
40	WLWHS (Walled Lake)	2-0	-0.2
41	Portland	2-0	-4.3
42	Lake Orion	0-2	15.4
43	Whitehall	1-1	4.2
44	SCHS (Grand Rapids)	1-1	6.1
45	Oxford	2-0	7.8
46	Niles	2-0	-0.2
47	Northville	2-0	4.4
48	Mt. Pleasant	2-0	-6.1
49	SATHS (Southfield)	0-2	30.4
50	Groves (Beverly Hills)	1-1	7.2

Minnesota State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Chanhassen	2-0	2.4
2	Maple Grove	2-0	14.8
3	Elk River	2-0	5.5
4	Minneota	2-0	-0.8
5	Mankato West (Mankato)	1-1	9.5
6	Moorhead	2-0	5.5
7	Stewartville	2-0	-1.8
8	STA (Mendota Heights)	2-0	3.3
9	Alexandria	1-1	22.9
10	Shakopee	2-0	8.0
11	Becker	1-1	16.7
12	Marshall	2-0	5.1
13	Eden Prairie	1-1	16.3
14	Champlin Park (Champlin)	2-0	8.7
15	Chatfield	2-0	4.9
16	Edina	2-0	-2.0
17	Andover	1-1	9.9
18	Minnetonka	2-0	1.0
19	Barnesville	2-0	-16.4
20	EVWHS (Eden Valley)	1-1	-4.6
21	Byron	2-0	8.8
22	Orono (Long Lake)	1-1	20.2
23	JCCHS (Jackson)	2-0	-18.6
24	Centennial (Circle Pines)	2-0	-0.9
25	LSHS (Lakeville)	1-1	10.6
26	Rocori (Cold Spring)	1-1	12.0
27	Hutchinson	1-1	13.8
28	Chaska	2-0	-6.8
29	Waconia	2-0	-2.1
30	RAHS (Plymouth)	2-0	-17.4
31	Waseca	2-0	-13.7
32	Monticello	1-1	13.8
33	DGFHS (Glyndon)	2-0	-16.9
34	Annandale	2-0	-12.3
35	Rogers	1-1	13.1
36	Albany	2-0	-11.4
37	Mahtomedi	2-0	-4.0
38	Brainerd	2-0	-10.7
39	Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)	1-1	-7.1
40	Forest Lake	2-0	5.0
41	Spring Lake Park	2-0	-7.1
42	Zimmerman	2-0	1.0
43	Prior Lake	1-1	4.7
44	Rosemount	1-1	-1.2
45	Stillwater	1-1	5.9
46	Litchfield	1-1	7.1
47	Goodhue	2-0	-6.7
48	Mankato East (Mankato)	2-0	-1.7
49	Pequot Lakes	2-0	-14.8
50	Bemidji	1-1	14.3

New York State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Somers (Lincolndale)	0-1	44.9
2	Garden City	0-0	0.0
3	CBA (Syracuse)	1-0	7.9
4	St. Francis (Hamburg)	1-0	23.9
5	Rye	1-0	-8.0
6	Maine-Endwell (Endwell)	0-0	0.0
7	CBA (Albany)	0-1	22.2
8	Sayville	0-0	0.0
9	BBPHS (Bayport)	0-0	0.0
10	Waverly	1-0	16.3
11	LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)	1-0	-18.2
12	SHS (Clifton Park)	1-0	6.3
13	Massapequa	0-0	0.0
14	Liverpool	1-0	11.3
15	CNSHS (Cicero)	1-1	9.8
16	Niskayuna	1-0	3.3
17	Farmingdale	0-0	0.0
18	NFA (Newburgh)	1-0	3.2
19	Wantagh	0-0	0.0
20	Whitesboro (Marcy)	0-2	19.0
21	CCHS (New Windsor)	1-0	-5.1
22	Shaker (Latham)	1-0	-7.6
23	Carmel	0-0	0.0
24	Port Jervis	1-0	-25.7
25	UP (Rochester)	0-1	31.3
26	Harrison	0-1	13.5
27	HHHW (Dix Hills)	0-0	0.0
28	AI (Rochester)	1-0	0.0
29	Pleasantville	0-0	0.0
30	Tioga (Tioga Center)	0-1	-5.1
31	Lancaster	1-0	-18.1
32	Westhampton Beach	0-0	0.0
33	Plainedge (Massapequa)	0-0	0.0
34	Carey (Franklin Square)	0-0	0.0
35	EIHS (Islip Terrace)	0-0	0.0
36	YHS (Yorktown Heights)	0-1	10.9
37	MQJHS (Rochester)	0-1	9.2
38	Jamestown	1-0	-19.8
39	WFHS (Mastic Beach)	0-0	0.0
40	Vestal	1-0	-12.4
41	CFHS (Binghamton)	1-0	-9.3
42	Monroe (Rochester)	1-0	-48.5
43	Lincoln (Brooklyn)	0-2	28.1
44	SJCI (Buffalo)	0-1	20.8
45	RCSHS (Ravena)	1-0	-22.9
46	HSBASGC (CO-OP) (Buffalo)	0-0	0.0
47	John Glenn (Elwood)	0-0	0.0
48	Mahopac	1-0	-21.4
49	Fonda-Fultonville (Fonda)	1-0	-5.7
50	Brighton (Rochester)	1-0	-25.7

Ohio State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	St. Edward (Lakewood)	3-0	39.0
2	AMHS (Cincinnati)	2-1	50.0
3	Anderson (Cincinnati)	3-0	17.0
4	St. Xavier (Cincinnati)	3-0	40.1
5	Archbishop Hoban (Akron)	2-1	40.6
6	BWHS (Columbus)	3-0	29.8
7	Highland (Medina)	3-0	25.3
8	Avon	2-1	37.9
9	Ursuline (Youngstown)	2-0	23.0
10	Glenville (Cleveland)	2-1	41.4
11	Mentor	3-0	28.5
12	LWHS (West Chester)	2-1	36.1
13	PNHS (Pickerington)	2-1	45.0
14	PCHS (Pickerington)	2-1	39.8
15	WJHS (Cuyahoga Falls)	3-0	25.6
16	UAHS (Columbus)	3-0	18.7
17	Elder (Cincinnati)	3-0	21.6
18	Winton Woods (Cincinnati)	2-1	30.9
19	Central Catholic (Toledo)	0-3	51.5
20	Lincoln (Gahanna)	2-1	33.5
21	Washington (Massillon)	1-2	38.3
22	Kirtland	3-0	14.8
23	Ironton	3-0	10.1
24	Princeton (Cincinnati)	2-1	21.2
25	Big Walnut (Sunbury)	2-1	16.3
26	Liberty Center	3-0	7.6
27	IVHS (Gnadenhutten)	3-0	18.1
28	Wadsworth	3-0	15.8
29	Hudson	2-1	30.5
30	OOHS (Lewis Center)	3-0	21.1
31	OLHS (Powell)	0-3	39.0
32	Wapakoneta	3-0	13.4
33	MLHS (Maria Stein)	3-0	4.8
34	McKinley (Canton)	2-1	27.2
35	Springfield	0-3	38.9
36	Kings (Kings Mill)	3-0	19.3
37	Tippecanoe (Tipp City)	3-0	6.0
38	Perry	2-1	22.4
39	Withrow (Cincinnati)	3-0	14.3
40	La Salle (Cincinnati)	3-0	14.7
41	Wayne (Huber Heights)	1-2	41.1
42	Lake (Uniontown)	3-0	15.1
43	Olmsted Falls	2-1	24.3
44	AFHS (Youngstown)	2-1	19.3
45	Centerville	0-3	41.7
46	St. Ignatius (Cleveland)	0-3	45.9
47	Springboro	2-1	28.1
48	Olentangy (Lewis Center)	2-1	33.5
49	Mason	1-2	32.7
50	Riverside (Painesville)	3-0	15.5

Pennsylvania State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	SJP (Philadelphia)	0-2	68.8
2	LSCHS (Wyndmoor)	3-0	42.1
3	Harrisburg	3-0	35.5
4	PTHS (McMurray)	3-0	24.5
5	CCHS (Pittsburgh)	2-1	41.1
6	RCHS (Philadelphia)	2-1	39.3
7	Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)	2-1	26.9
8	North Allegheny (Wexford)	3-0	15.6
9	Upper St. Clair	3-0	16.1
10	IC (Philadelphia)	1-2	35.4
11	Avonworth (Pittsburgh)	3-0	5.9
12	Aliquippa	1-1	31.0
13	TJHS (Jefferson Hills)	3-0	11.0
14	Central York (York)	3-0	19.5
15	State College	2-1	22.3
16	Parkland (Allentown)	3-0	13.2
17	Nazareth Area (Nazareth)	3-0	10.9
18	BMDHS (Harrisburg)	1-2	18.6
19	McKeesport	1-2	32.0
20	PVHS (Collegeville)	2-1	17.9
21	MBAPC (CO-OP) (Drexel Hill)	3-0	1.1
22	DWHS (Downingtown)	1-2	33.0
23	Wyomissing	3-0	11.1
24	MTHS (Lancaster)	2-1	19.9
25	Coatesville	3-0	14.1
26	Bethel Park	2-1	15.9
27	Easton Area (Easton)	3-0	19.3
28	North Penn (Lansdale)	3-0	14.4
29	Downingtown East (Exton)	2-1	12.2
30	CBWHS (Doylestown)	2-1	21.0
31	PJPII (Royersford)	3-0	16.0
32	Belle Vernon	1-1	21.4
33	PTHS (Harrison City)	3-0	14.1
34	Chester	3-0	1.3
35	Westinghouse (Pittsburgh)	3-0	-5.8
36	Freedom (Bethlehem)	1-2	24.8
37	Jersey Shore	3-0	7.1
38	NL (New Tripoli)	3-0	-21.9
39	Mars	3-0	13.7
40	Springfield	3-0	8.6
41	CMMHS (Canonsburg)	1-2	32.8
42	SCAHS (Catawissa)	2-1	7.4
43	SHHS (Wallingford)	3-0	-4.1
44	Wilson (West Lawn)	2-1	17.5
45	Souderton	2-1	19.9
46	Cathedral Prep (Erie)	2-1	11.9
47	WHHS (Pittsburgh)	1-2	32.8
48	McDowell (Erie)	0-3	40.9
49	CBSHS (Warrington)	1-2	13.8
50	BRHS (West Chester)	2-1	5.3

Wisconsin State Rankings

#	School	Rec.	Str.
1	Arrowhead (Hartland)	3-0	28.7
2	Muskego	2-1	24.7
3	West De Pere (De Pere)	3-0	3.0
4	Badger (Lake Geneva)	3-0	8.1
5	Franklin	3-0	19.2
6	Bay Port (Green Bay)	2-1	18.8
7	Mukwonago	2-1	17.5
8	Waunakee	3-0	9.7
9	Neenah	2-1	25.3
10	Kimberly	2-1	20.3
11	Oconomowoc	3-0	20.5
12	MU (Milwaukee)	1-2	27.0
13	Homestead (Mequon)	3-0	13.9
14	Aquinas (La Crosse)	3-0	5.6
15	BEHS (Brookfield)	3-0	-5.8
16	NDA (Green Bay)	3-0	10.9
17	Hamilton (Sussex)	2-1	27.4
18	New Richmond	3-0	4.2
19	Columbus	2-1	13.2
20	BWHS (Baldwin)	3-0	-6.4
21	Kaukauna	1-2	23.2
22	Slinger	2-1	16.6
23	CMHS (Waukesha)	2-1	11.0
24	Middleton	2-1	17.1
25	Appleton North (Appleton)	2-1	22.0
26	Rice Lake	3-0	5.4
27	Verona	1-2	18.8
28	Oak Creek	2-1	17.5
29	Fond du Lac	2-1	22.2
30	Edgar	3-0	-0.8
31	Grafton	3-0	9.6
32	Kettle Moraine (Wales)	1-2	21.3
33	River Falls	3-0	-0.5
34	Waukesha West (Waukesha)	2-1	16.6
35	MHBHS (CO-OP) (Mount Horeb)	2-1	8.8
36	Hudson	3-0	5.8
37	Racine Case (Racine)	1-2	22.8
38	Freedom	3-0	-6.9
39	Darlington	3-0	-0.7
40	Pewaukee	2-1	16.3
41	Pulaski	2-1	14.5
42	St. Joseph (Kenosha)	4-0	-8.0
43	Onalaska	2-1	7.9
44	Germantown	2-1	11.1
45	Monona Grove (Monona)	2-1	3.9
46	Stratford	1-2	1.9
47	BCHS (Brookfield)	1-2	22.7
48	Plymouth	3-0	-6.8
49	Stevens Point	3-0	-2.1
50	Winneconne	3-0	-9.2

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