@EFrantzMP’s 2023 High School Football Great Lakes Region Rankings

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

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Aug 20, 2023, 5:30pm
The Great Lakes states are defined - in large - by silos, steeples and Friday night stadium lights. With kickoff coming this week, here's our  take on weekly list of the top high school football programs in the region. Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin started play last week. Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania kick off this week. Minnesota and New York start next week.

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@EFrantzMP's High School Football Great Lakes Regional Rankings

8/20/23 Poll
1. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 1-0
2. St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia. Pa.)
3. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.), 1-0
4. Belleville (Mich.)
5. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 1-0
6. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pa.)
7. Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.), 1-0
8. East St. Louis (Ill.)
9. Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia. Pa.)
10. Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 1-0
 
Keep an Eye On:
Aliquippa (Pa.)
Andover (Minn.)
Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.)
Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 1-0
Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 0-1
Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), 1-0
Kimberly (Wis.)
Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.)
Mankato West (Minn.)
Mount Carmel (Chicago, Ill.)
Muckwonago (Wis.), 1-0
Springfield (Ohio), 1-0
St. Anthony’s (Mellville, N.Y.)
West Bloomfield (Mich.)

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. +/-
1East St. Louis0-00.0--
2Loyola Academy (Wilmette)0-00.0--
3CMCHS (Chicago)0-00.0--
4ICCP (Elmhurst)0-00.0--
5LWEHS (Frankfort)0-00.0--
6NA (LaGrange Park)0-00.0--
7St. Rita (Chicago)0-00.0--
8Palatine0-00.0--
9Batavia0-00.0--
10Sycamore0-00.0--
11York (Elmhurst)0-00.0--
12Lyons (LaGrange)0-00.0--
13PCHS (New Lenox)0-00.0--
14HHS (Arlington Heights)0-00.0--
15Marist (Chicago)0-00.0--
16Lena-Winslow (Lena)0-00.0+1
17Brother Rice (Chicago)0-00.0+1
18Maine South (Park Ridge)0-00.0+1
19SHGHS (Springfield)0-00.0-3
20Prospect (Mt. Prospect)0-00.0--
21NNHS (Naperville)0-00.0--
22GWHS (Glen Ellyn)0-00.0--
23Warren Township (Gurnee)0-00.0--
24Joliet Catholic (Joliet)0-00.0--
25Edwardsville0-00.0--


Indiana State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Ben Davis (Indianapolis)1-044.6+5
2Center Grove (Greenwood)0-167.9-1
3Cathedral (Indianapolis)1-024.4-1
4HSHS (Fishers)1-034.8-1
5Brownsburg1-06.4-1
6East Central (St. Leon)1-021.7-1
7Westfield1-032.3--
8ILHS (Indianapolis)1-0-8.2--
9Crown Point1-04.3--
10IBCHS (Indianapolis)1-024.8+5
11Carroll (Fort Wayne)0-151.2+1
12FWSHS (Fort Wayne)1-028.2+10
13Roncalli (Indianapolis)1-0-18.8-3
14New Palestine0-141.4-3
15Fishers1-0-2.4-1
16LNHS (Indianapolis)1-015.1--
17LCHS (Indianapolis)1-0-24.3+2
18Carmel1-06.4+2
19ERHS (Evansville)1-0-9.7+2
20WCHS (Indianapolis)0-133.6-7
21Merrillville1-09.2+6
22FCHS (Indianapolis)1-06.5+1
23Noblesville1-014.2+7
24Whiteland1-0-32.4--
25Penn (Mishawaka)1-025.2+9


Michigan State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Belleville0-00.0--
2Caledonia0-00.0--
3DLSC (Warren)0-00.0--
4Rockford0-00.0--
5West Bloomfield0-00.0--
6SATHS (Southfield)0-00.0--
7WCHS (Grand Rapids)0-00.0+1
8Cass Tech (Detroit)0-00.0-1
9Saline0-00.0--
10King (Detroit)0-00.0--
11Frankenmuth0-00.0--
12Davison0-00.0--
13Clarkston0-00.0--
14River Rouge0-00.0--
15Dakota (Macomb)0-00.0--
16SCHS (Grand Rapids)0-00.0--
17SFHS (Traverse City)0-00.0--
18Muskegon0-00.0--
19FHCHS (Grand Rapids)0-00.0--
20CVHS (Clinton Township)0-00.0--
21CCHS (Grand Rapids)0-00.0--
22Catholic Central (Novi)0-00.0--
23Mason0-00.0--
24LCCHS (Jackson)0-00.0--
25Grandville0-00.0--


Minnesota State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Andover0-00.0--
2Mankato West (Mankato)0-00.0--
3Rosemount0-00.0--
4Elk River0-00.0+1
5Barnesville0-00.0-1
6Rogers0-00.0--
7Hutchinson0-00.0--
8Mayo (Rochester)0-00.0--
9Chanhassen0-00.0--
10LSHS (Lakeville)0-00.0--
11Chatfield0-00.0--
12Eden Prairie0-00.0--
13STA (Mendota Heights)0-00.0--
14Becker0-00.0--
15EVWHS (Eden Valley)0-00.0--
16WMHS (Watertown)0-00.0--
17Maple Grove0-00.0--
18Mahtomedi0-00.0--
19Chaska0-00.0--
20Dassel-Cokato (Cokato)0-00.0--
21Rocori (Cold Spring)0-00.0--
22Minneota0-00.0--
23St. Francis0-00.0--
24NLSHS (New London)0-00.0--
25Milaca0-00.0--


New York State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1ASHS (White Plains)0-00.0--
2St. Anthony's (Melville)0-00.0--
3Iona Prep (New Rochelle)0-00.0+1
4Maine-Endwell (Endwell)0-00.0-1
5Somers (Lincolndale)0-00.0+1
6St. Francis (Hamburg)0-00.0+1
7LJBOMECE (CO-OP) (Buffalo)0-00.0-2
8Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn)0-00.0+1
9Sayville0-00.0+1
10BBPHS (Bayport)0-00.0-2
11Tioga (Tioga Center)0-00.0--
12Garden City0-00.0--
13CBA (Syracuse)0-00.0--
14Farmingdale0-00.0--
15MQJHS (Rochester)0-00.0--
16Holy Trinity (Hicksville)0-00.0--
17CNSHS (Cicero)0-00.0--
18Chaminade (Mineola)0-00.0--
19Carmel0-00.0--
20O'Neill (Highland Falls)0-00.0+3
21Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)0-00.0-1
22Pleasantville0-00.0-1
23Jamestown0-00.0-1
24Waverly0-00.0--
25Randolph0-00.0+6


Ohio State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1St. Edward (Lakewood)1-057.1--
2Archbishop Hoban (Akron)1-045.2+1
3Glenville (Cleveland)1-039.6+6
4Springfield1-022.4+1
5AMHS (Cincinnati)0-159.6-3
6St. Xavier (Cincinnati)1-041.5+8
7Central Catholic (Toledo)1-011.6-1
8Washington (Massillon)1-034.0--
9LWHS (West Chester)0-143.0-5
10Avon1-0-1.1-3
11MLHS (Maria Stein)1-012.8+1
12Lincoln (Gahanna)1-027.6+3
13AFHS (Youngstown)1-0-20.7--
14South Range (Canfield)1-0-7.5-3
15Winton Woods (Cincinnati)1-00.5-5
16Hudson1-024.6+5
17Princeton (Cincinnati)1-05.1+1
18Kings (Kings Mill)1-0-2.7-2
19Riverside (Painesville)1-0-5.6-2
20Centerville1-06.1+2
21Wayne (Huber Heights)1-018.1+2
22Mentor1-07.6+2
23Kirtland1-05.5+3
24Mason0-137.6-4
25Chardon1-0-23.7+2


Pennsylvania State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1SJP (Philadelphia)0-00.0--
2BMDHS (Harrisburg)0-00.0--
3IC (Philadelphia)0-00.0--
4Harrisburg0-00.0--
5Malvern Prep (Malvern)0-00.0+1
6Aliquippa0-00.0-1
7EA (Newtown Square)0-00.0--
8Parkland (Allentown)0-00.0--
9Pine-Richland (Gibsonia)0-00.0--
10HS (Haverford)0-00.0--
11Cathedral Prep (Erie)0-00.0--
12State College0-00.0--
13Belle Vernon0-00.0--
14CCHS (Pittsburgh)0-00.0--
15RCHS (Philadelphia)0-00.0--
16McDowell (Erie)0-00.0--
17Emmaus0-00.0--
18North Allegheny (Wexford)0-00.0--
19GVHS (Glen Mills)0-00.0--
20Nazareth Area (Nazareth)0-00.0--
21Central Valley (Monaca)0-00.0--
22Freedom (Bethlehem)0-00.0--
23Downingtown East (Exton)0-00.0+1
24Westinghouse (Pittsburgh)0-00.0-1
25SCAHS (Catawissa)0-00.0--


Wisconsin State Rankings
# School Rec. Str. +/-
1Mukwonago1-0-13.0--
2Kettle Moraine (Wales)1-09.5--
3Columbus1-0-25.2+3
4Arrowhead (Hartland)1-08.3-1
5Kimberly0-00.0-1
6Muskego1-014.5+1
7Neenah1-0-1.1-2
8Hamilton (Sussex)1-011.7+5
9Franklin1-024.8+9
10CMHS (Waukesha)0-125.8-2
11Kaukauna1-01.0--
12Waunakee1-00.9--
13West De Pere (De Pere)1-00.8-3
14Middleton1-021.8+8
15Bay Port (Green Bay)0-122.0-6
16Appleton North (Appleton)1-0-19.1-1
17West Salem1-09.8+2
18Waukesha West (Waukesha)1-05.6+10
19SPEHS (Sun Prairie)1-0-11.2+1
20Oak Creek1-0-10.6+3
21Prairie du Chien1-014.9+18
22Aquinas (La Crosse)0-115.1-6
23Stratford1-00.8+4
24Verona0-131.6--
25Little Chute1-0-19.6--

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