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.
10/21/2024
1 (2). East St. Louis (Ill.), 8-0 – beat Edwardsville (Ill.) 14-7
2 (3). Washington (Massillon, Ohio), 7-2 – beat Harding (Warren, Ohio) 45-14
3 (4). La Salle College (Wyndmoor, Pa.), 9-0 – beat Father Judge (Philadelphia, Pa.) 42-0
4 (5). Belleville (Mich.), 8-0 – beat Fordson (Dearborn, Mich.) 31-0
5 (6). Catholic Central (Novi, Mich.), 8-0 – beat Grand Ledge (Mich.) 55-0
6 (8). Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), 9-0 – beat Brunswick (Ohio) 38-7
7 (17). Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 8-1 – beat then-No. 16 St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) 35-30
8 (7). St. Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia, Pa.), 5-2 – beat Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.) 48-20
9 (12) Lawrence North (Ind.), 9-0 – beat Pike (Ind.) 24-14
10 (13). Westfield (Ind.), 8-1 – beat Franklin Center (Ind.) 44-7
11 (10). Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 7-2 – beat Central York (Pa.) 41-7
12 (11). Avon (Ohio), 9-0 – beat Steele (Amherst, Ohio) 42-7
13 (NR). Upper St. Clair (Pa.), 9-0 – beat Moon Area (Moon Township, Pa.) 35-7
14 (15). Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.), 8-0 – beat Andrew (Tinley Park, Ill.) 49-20
15 (19). Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia, Pa.), 8-1 – beat Simon Gratz (Philadelphia, Pa.) 30-7
16 (1). Brownsburg (Ind.), 8-1 – lost to Hamilton Southeastern (Ill.) 30-23
17 (18). Mt. Carmel (Chicago, Ill.), 6-2 – beat Fenwick (Oak Park, Ill.) 35-10
18 (20). Anderson (Cincinnati, Ohio), 9-0 – beat then-No. 14 Winton Woods (Cincinnati, Ohio) 31-17
19 (NR) Crown Point (Ind.), 9-0 – beat Michigan City (Ind.) 35-8
20 (25). Warren Central (Indianapolis, Ind.), 8-1 – beat then-No. 22 Cathedral 34-28 (Indianapolis, Ind.)
21 (NR). Unity Christian (Hudsonville, Mich.), 8-0 – beat Zeeland East (Mich.) 56-14
22 (21). Franklin (Wis.), 9-0 – beat Racine Horlick (Wis.) 42-21
23 (23). Central Catholic (Toledo, Ohio), 8-1 – beat St. Francis de Sales (Toledo, Ohio) 28-7
24 (24). St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio), 6-3 – beat St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio) 31-19
25 (25). Moorhead (Minn.), 8-0 – beat Sauk Rapids-Rice (Minn.) 49-14
 
Dropped Out:
9. Pine-Richland (Pa.), 7-1 – lost 28-21 to North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.) 28-21
14. Winton Woods (Cincinnati, Ohio), 8-1 – lost to then-No. 20 Anderson (Cincinnati, Ohio) 31-17
16. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 5-4 – lost to then-No. 17 Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio) 35-30
22. Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.), 5-3 – lost to then-No. 25 Warren Central (Ind.) 34-28
 
Keep an Eye On:
~ Alexandria (Minn.), 6-2
~ Arrowhead (Wis.), 7-2
~ Cardinal Hayes (N.Y.), 4-2
~ Cary-Grove (Ill.), 8-0
~ Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.), 5-3
~ Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 7-2
~ Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.), 5-3
~ Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse, N.Y.), 7-0
~ De La Salle Collegiate (Warren, Mich.), 5-2
~ Elk River (Minn.), 7-1
~ Iona Prep (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 6-2
~ Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio), 8-1
~ Marion Local (Maria Stein, Ohio), 9-0
~ Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wis.), 8-1
~ Mentor (Ohio), 9-0
~ Minneota (Minn.), 8-0
~ Mona Shores (Mich.), 8-0
~ Mukwonago (Wis.), 7-1
~ Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, Ill.), 7-1
~ Notre Dame Prep (Pontiac, Mich.), 7-0
~ Peters Township (McMurray, Pa.), 8-1
~ Pine-Richland (Pa.), 7-1
~ Slinger (Wis.), 9-0
~ St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 5-4
~ Ursuline (Youngstown, Ohio), 8-1
~ Watterson (Columbus, Ohio), 9-0