IHSAA High School Football State Polls: Indiana AP vs. MaxPreps

A look at how the Associated Press Indiana High School Football Polls and MaxPreps Computer Rankings compare this week.

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Oct 21, 2020, 8:00am
Man against mathematics. Here is this week's look at how the Indiana High School Football Associated Press State Football Polls and the MaxPreps Indiana High School Football Computer Rankings compare.

The AP poll is chosen weekly by a statewide media vote. The MP Computer Rankings are created from a proprietary equation that factors items such as quality wins and strength of schedule.

Class 6A

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points, previous ranking)
1. Center Grove (16) 9-0 320 1
2. Westfield 8-1 276 2
3. Lafayette Jefferson 9-0 240 3
4. Brownsburg 7-1 214 4
5. Elkhart 7-0 188 5
6. Carmel 7-2 170 6
7. Merrillville 7-1 136 7
8. Homestead (Fort Wayne) 8-1 88 9
9. Lawrence North 6-3 64 10
10. Hamilton Southeastern 6-2 32 NR

MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Center Grove (Greenwood)9-037.6+1
2Carmel7-237.7+1
3Brownsburg7-129.2+1
4Westfield8-129.3-2
5LNHS (Indianapolis)6-333.6--
6NCHS (Indianapolis)6-335.0-2
7Merrillville7-115.3+1
8Elkhart7-08.1-2
9Ben Davis (Indianapolis)4-539.1+5
10HSHS (Fishers)6-223.9+1
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Class 5A

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points, previous ranking)
1. Indpls Cathedral (16) 8-1 320 1
2. Ft. Wayne Dwenger 8-1 276 2
3. Valparaiso 5-0 252 3
4. Whiteland 7-1 208 4
5. New Palestine 7-1 200 5
6. Decatur Central 6-2 174 6
7. Floyd Central (Floyds Knobs) 7-2 126 7
8. Lafayette Harrison 6-3 98 8
9. Mishawaka 5-3 54 10
10. Michigan City 4-2 44 9

MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Cathedral (Indianapolis)8-144.1-1
2Whiteland7-117.7-1
3DCHS (Indianapolis)6-222.7+2
4Valparaiso5-08.8-3
5New Palestine7-19.6-3
6FWBD (Fort Wayne)8-16.1+2
7Zionsville4-525.2+4
8Plainfield5-421.5+1
9Harrison (West Lafayette)6-33.7-1
10Mishawaka5-311.5+13
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Class 4A

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points, previous ranking)
1. Mt. Vernon (Hancock) (13) 9-0 306 1
2. Ev. Central (3) 9-0 286 2
3. Mooresville 8-1 258 3
4. Indpls Roncalli 7-1 228 5
5. E. Central 7-2 156 4
6. Leo 8-1 150 7
7. Hobart 6-2 108 8
8. Jasper 7-2 82 9
9. Lowell 7-1 78 6
(tie) Silver Creek 9-0 78 10

MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Roncalli (Indianapolis)7-118.1+8
2Mt. Vernon (Fortville)9-04.6--
3Mooresville8-115.0-2
4East Central (St. Leon)7-29.1-8
5ECHS (Evansville)9-02.4+6
6Leo8-11.1-1
7Hobart6-24.3-1
8SCHS (Sellersburg)9-0-11.1+6
9Jasper7-23.7+8
10Delta (Muncie)6-210.3-4
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Class 3A

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points, previous ranking)
1. Indpls Chatard (12) 7-1 294 1
2. Mishawaka Marian (2) 7-0 284 2
3. W. Lafayette 8-1 252 3
4. Southridge (1) 9-0 228 4
5. Danville 7-0 192 5
6. Lawrenceburg 8-1 158 6
7. Norwell 8-1 132 7
8. TriWest 7-2 76 9
9. Gibson Southern 6-3 74 10
10. Indpls Brebeuf 3-4 24 8

MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1IBCHS (Indianapolis)7-128.1--
2MMHS (Mishawaka)7-07.3--
3Southridge (Huntingburg)9-0-10.0--
4Danville7-0-7.0-1
5West Lafayette8-1-7.0+2
6Norwell (Ossian)8-1-4.9+6
7BJPHS (Indianapolis)3-424.4-14
8TWHHS (Lizton)7-2-4.6--
9Lawrenceburg8-1-8.9-7
10GSHS (Fort Branch)6-32.9+11
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Class 2A

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points, previous ranking)
1. Andrean (15) 8-1 316 1
2. Eastbrook 8-1 276 2
3. Pioneer 8-1 256 3
4. Eastside 8-1 204 4
5. Triton Central 7-1 174 6
6. Eastern (Greentown) (1) 9-0 156 8
7. Fairfield 8-0 94 10
8. Heritage Christian 6-2 88 5
9. South Vermillion (Clinton) 7-1 78 9
10. Tell City 6-2 32 7

MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Andrean (Merrillville)8-1-2.1+2
2Pioneer (Royal Center)8-1-10.4+6
3Eastbrook (Marion)8-1-15.7-4
4Triton Central (Fairland)7-1-3.6+9
5Eastside (Butler)8-1-15.1+19
6Eastern (Greentown)9-0-20.0-6
7EMDHS (Evansville)5-44.8+10
8Fairfield (Goshen)8-0-21.8+3
9HCHS (Indianapolis)6-2-8.8-25
10Tell City6-2-14.2-22
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Class 1A

AP Rankings (Team, first-place votes, record, total points, previous ranking)
1. S. Adams (15) 8-0 318 1
2. Indpls Lutheran (1) 8-1 274 2
3. Southwood 9-0 254 3
4. W. Washington 7-0 194 4
5. Covenant Christian 9-0 192 5
6. S. Putnam 9-0 188 6
7. Adams Central 6-2 116 7
8. Parke Heritage 5-1 98 8
9. Monroe Central 6-1 66 10
10. N. Judson 7-2 44 9

MaxPreps Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1South Adams (Berne)8-0-13.2+2
2ILHS (Indianapolis)8-1-9.8-1
3Southwood (Wabash)9-0-15.3--
4CCHS (Indianapolis)9-0-30.2-26
5SPHS (Greencastle)9-0-24.9+28
6Adams Central (Monroe)6-2-9.7+6
7MCHS (Parker City)6-1-13.4+12
8NJSP (North Judson)7-2-11.5-8
9WWHS (Campbellsburg)7-0-32.9+4
10PHHS (Rockville)5-1-31.2+12
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