High school football: @EFrantzMP’s 2024 Great Lakes Region Rankings

The Great Lakes states are defined - in large - by silos, steeples and Friday night stadium lights. With kickoff coming next week, 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 latest MaxPreps computer rankings for every Great Lakes state.
11/4/2024
1 (1). La Salle College (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 10-0 – DNP
2 (2). Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 8-2 – beat Licking Heights (Ohio) 41-6
3 (3). East St. Louis (Ill.), 9-1 – beat Springfield (Ill.) 67-0
4 (4). Catholic Central (Novi, Mich.), 10-0 – beat Stevenson (Mich.) 33-0
5 (6). Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 10-1 – beat Sycamore (Ohio) 63-7
6 (5). Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), 11-0 – beat South (Willoughby, Ohio) 42-0
7 (8) Lawrence North (Ind.), 10-0 – beat Lawrence Central (Ind.) 40-9
8 (7). St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.), 6-2 – DNP
9 (9). Westfield (Ind.), 9-1 – beat Harrison (ind.) 49-0
10 (10). Upper St. Clair (Pa.), 10-0 – DNP
11 (11). Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 9-2 – beat Firestone (Akron, Ohio) 45-6
12 (12). Belleville (Mich.), 9-1 – beat Pioneer (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 68-0
13 (14). Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 10-0 – beat Nile West (Ill.) 42-0
14 (13). Avon (Ohio), 11-0 – beat North Olmsted (Ohio) 47-12
15 (16). Brownsburg (Ind.), 9-1 – beat Avon (Ind.) 21-13
16 (15). Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia, Pa.), 9-1 – beat George Washington (Philadelphia, Pa.) 35-0
17 (17). Anderson (Cincinnati, Ohio), 11-0 – beat Edgewood (Trenton, Ohio) 78-7
18 (18) Crown Point (Ind.), 10-0 – beat Portage (Ind.) 35-0
19 (19). Warren Central (Indianapolis, Ind.), 8-1 – Indianapolis Arsenal Tech (Ind.) 39-9
20 (20). Unity Christian (Hudsonville, Mich.), 10-0 – beat Hamilton (Mich.) 63-20
21 (23). St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio), 8-3 – beat Milford (Ohio) 41-0
22 (25). Iona Prep (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 8-2 – beat Monsignor Farrell (Staten Island, N.Y.) 35-15
23 (22). Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 10-1 – beat Lutheran West (Rocky River, Ohio) 49-14
24. (NR). Elk River (Minn.), 9-1– beat Andover (Minn.) 59-28
25 (NR). Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wis.), 10-1 – beat De Pere (Wis.) 52-23
 
Dropped Out:
21. Franklin (Wis.), 10-1 – lost 42-27 to Fond du Lac (Wis.)
24. Moorhead (Minn.), 9-1 – lost 48-44 to Alexandria (Minn.)
 
Keep an Eye On:
~ Alexandria (Minn.), 8-2
~ Arrowhead (Wis.), 9-2
~ Cardinal Hayes (N.Y.), 6-3
~ Cary-Grove (Ill.), 10-0
~ Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.), 6-3
~ Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 8-2
~ Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 6-4
~ Chatfield (Minn.), 10-0
~ Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse, N.Y.), 9-0
~ Dakota (Macomb, Mich.), 9-1
~ De La Salle Collegiate (Warren, Mich.), 7-2
~ DeWitt (Mich.), 10-0
~ Howell (Mich.), 10-0
~ Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio), 10-1
~ Loyola Academy (Willemtte, Ill.), 8-2
~ Lyons (LaGrange, Ill.), 10-0
~ Marion Local (Maria Stein, Ohio), 11-0
~ Mentor (Ohio), 11-0
~ Minneota (Minn.), 10-0
~ Mona Shores (Mich.), 9-1
~ Moorhead (Minn.), 9-1*
~ Mt. Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 7-3
~ Mukwonago (Wis.), 9-2
~ North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.), 9-1
~ Peters Township (McMurray, Pa.), 9-1
~ Pine-Richland (Pa.), 8-1
~ Slinger (Wis.), 11-0
~ St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 6-5
~ Ursuline (Youngstown, Ohio), 10-1
~ Watterson (Columbus, Ohio), 11-0
~ Winton Woods (Cincinnati, Ohio), 10-1