Here's a look at this week's top Ohio high school football teams by division and overall according to the MaxPreps Computer Rankings and AP Poll. Also listed is who we voted where.
AP POLLS
Released 9/13/2021
Division I
1. Cincinnati St. Xavier (13) 4-0 171
2. Lakewood St. Edward (3) 4-0 152
3. Medina 4-0 107
4. Cincinnati Moeller (2) 4-0 104
5. Springfield 4-0 83
6. Hilliard Darby 4-0 80
7. Marysville (1) 4-0 77
8. West Chester Lakota West 3-1 53
9. Columbus Upper Arlington 4-0 52
10. Jackson 4-0 49
Others receiving 12 or more points: Pickerington Central 43. Liberty Twp. Lakota East 22. Pickerington North 18. Centerville (1) 12.
How @EFrantzMP Voted:
1. St. Xavier, 2. St. Edward, 3. Springfield, 4. Lakota West, 5. Marysville, 6. Medina, 7. Hilliard Darby, 8. Pickerington Central, 9. Fairmont, 10. Upper Arlington
Division II
1. Cleveland Benedictine (6) 4-0 164
2. Cincinnati La Salle (2) 3-1 127
3. Avon Lake 4-0 121
4. Kings Mills Kings (2) 4-0 102
5. Medina Highland (3) 4-0 92
6. Akron Hoban (6) 3-1 89
7. Hudson 4-0 62
8. Willoughby South 4-0 59
9. Sunbury Big Walnut 4-0 55
10. Piqua 3-0 37
Others receiving 12 or more points: Fremont Ross 35. Massillon Washington 34. Avon 22. Canal Winchester 16. Green 12. Xenia (1) 12.
How @EFrantzMP Voted:
1. Hoban, 2. LaSalle, 3. Benedictine, 4. Walsh Jesuit, 5. Avon Lake, 6. Massillon Washington, 7. Toledo Central Catholic, 8. Avon, 9. Kings, 10. Hudson
Division III
1. Chardon (8) 4-0 147
2. Steubenville (1) 4-0 138
3. Hamilton Badin (4) 4-0 125
4. Chagrin Falls Kenston (3) 4-0 124
5. Granville 4-0 101
6. Aurora (2) 4-0 99
7. Hamilton Ross (1) 4-0 84
8. Millersburg West Holmes (1) 4-0 75
9. Bellefontaine 4-0 37
10. Streetsboro 4-0 31
Others receiving 12 or more points: Norton 26. Lima Shawnee 21. Columbus Bishop Hartley 20. Mansfield 16. Dover 14.
How @EFrantzMP Voted:
1. Chardon, 2. Steubenville, 3. Badin, 4. West Holmes, 5. Granville, 6. Hartley, 7. Aurora, 8. Kenston, 9. Streetsboro, 10. Hamilton Ross
Division IV
1. Van Wert (9) 4-0 170
2. Cincinnati Wyoming (3) 4-0 134
3. Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (3) 3-0 126
4. Bloom-Carroll 4-0 112
5. West Branch (1) 4-0 92
6. Eaton (2) 4-0 77
7. Cincinnati McNicholas 4-0 63
8. Waverly 3-0 54
9. Youngstown Ursuline (2) 3-1 49
10. Clarksville Clinton-Massie 2-1 34
Others receiving 12 or more points: St. Paris Graham 33. Salem 29. Toledo Scott 22. Fairless 17. Gates Mills Gilmour Academy 16. Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 13. Heath 13. Cleveland Glenville 12.
How @EFrantzMP Voted:
1. Ursuline, 2., Wyoming, 3. Van Wert, 4. Bloom-Carroll, 5. Clinton-Massie, 6. Glenville, 7. Villa Angela-St. Joseph, 8. Waverly, 9. McNicholas, 10. West Branch
Division V
1. Kirtland (18) 3-0 188
2. Canfield S. Range 4-0 118
3. Ironton 3-1 90
4. Garrettsville Garfield 4-0 85
5. Tontogany Otsego 4-0 82
6. West Lafayette Ridgewood 4-0 81
7. Cincinnati Mariemont 4-0 74
8. Piketon 4-0 52
9. Garaway 4-0 39
(tie) Reading 4-0 39
(tie) Pemberville Eastwood 4-0 39
Others receiving 12 or more points: Richwood North Union (1) 33. Portsmouth 30. Camden Preble Shawnee (1) 27. Bloomdale Elmwood 24. Bellaire 22. Versailles 21. Elyria Catholic 15. St. Bernard Roger Bacon 13.
How @EFrantzMP Voted:
1. Kirtland, 2. Ironton, 3. South Range, 4. Otsego, 5. Eastwood, 6. Ridgewood, 7. Elmwood, 8. Garaway, 9. Garrettsville Garfield, 10. Liberty-Benton
Division VI
1. Coldwater (15) 4-0 178
2. Archbold (3) 4-0 134
3. Beverly Fort Frye (1) 4-0 131
4. Mechanicsburg 4-0 112
5. Mogadore 3-1 76
6. Ashland Crestview 4-0 72
7. Columbia Station Columbia (1) 4-0 66
8. West Jefferson 4-0 48
9. Columbus Grove 4-0 46
10. Cols. Africentric 4-0 34
Others receiving 12 or more points: Galion Northmor 33. New Middletown Springfield 24. Liberty Center 20. Arcanum 20. Anna 16. Carey 14. Gibsonburg 13. Leavittsburg Labrae 12.
How @EFrantzMP Voted: 1. Archbold, 2. Coldwater, 3. Mechanicsburg, 4. Fort Frye, 5. Columbia,
6. West Jefferson, 7. Columbus Grove, 8. Liberty Center, 9. New
Middletown Springfield, 10. Carey
Division VII
1. Maria Stein Marion Local (19) 4-0 192
2. Newark Catholic 4-0 132
3. Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 4-0 115
4. Lucas 4-0 96
5. Norwalk St. Paul (1) 4-0 95
6. New Bremen 3-1 81
7. Portsmouth Notre Dame 4-0 78
8. Glouster Trimble 3-0 48
9. Shadyside 4-0 44
10. Springfield Catholic Central 4-0 37
Others receiving 12 or more points: Sugar Grove Berne Union 27. Lima Central Catholic 22. Malvern 19. McComb 16. Warren John F. Kennedy 16. New Madison Tri-Village 13. Edon 13.
How @EFrantzMP Voted:
1. Marion Local, 2. New Bremen, 3. Hopewell-Loudon, 4. Newark Catholic, 5. Lucas, 6. McComb, 7. St. Paul, 8. Lima Central Catholic, 9. St. Henry, 10. Ft. Loramie