Ohio High School Football Rankings
Each year, Ohio’s top high school football teams come together to compete for the state championship. In order to determine which teams have the best chances of winning, a panel of experts releases the official rankings of the top teams each year. The latest rankings have just been released, and we’ve rounded up the top contenders for you.
As always, it remains to be seen which team will come out on top in Ohio’s high school football state championship. The rankings may change in the weeks leading up to the playoffs, but one thing is for sure—these are the all teams to watch if you want to see who’ll take home the title. Good luck to all!
Last update: 12/17/2022.
1# St. Edward (Lakewood)
2# Springfield
3# Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati)
4# Central Catholic (Toledo)
5# Archbishop Hoban (Akron)
6# Lakota West (West Chester)
7# Glenville (Cleveland)
8# South Range (Canfield)
9# Elder (Cincinnati)
10# Marion Local (Maria Stein)
11# Washington (Massillon)
12# Lincoln (Gahanna)
13# Avon
14# Kings (Kings Mill)
15# Mason
16# Canfield
17# Hudson
18# Centerville
19# Mentor
20# Princeton (Cincinnati)
21# Riverside (Painesville)
22# St. Ignatius (Cleveland)
23# Winton Woods (Cincinnati)
24# Kirtland
25# Austintown-Fitch (Youngstown)
26# Springboro
27# Chardon
28# St. Xavier (Cincinnati)
29# Van Wert
30# St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron)
31# New Albany
32# Highland (Medina)
33# Fairmont (Kettering)
34# Medina
35# Ironton
36# West Holmes (Millersburg)
37# Liberty Center
38# Wyoming (Cincinnati)
39# Fairfield
40# Lake (Uniontown)
41# Olentangy Liberty (Powell)
42# Upper Arlington (Columbus)
43# Wayne (Huber Heights)
44# Olmsted Falls
45# Ursuline (Youngstown)
46# Valley View (Germantown)
47# Pickerington Central (Pickerington)
48# Badin (Hamilton)
49# Linsly (Wheeling)
50# Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls)
51# McKinley (Canton)
52# Milton-Union (West Milton)
53# Perry
54# Milford
55# Steubenville
56# Wapakoneta
57# Perrysburg
58# New Bremen
59# Wadsworth
60# Bloom-Carroll (Carroll)
61# Dublin Coffman (Dublin)
62# Westerville South (Westerville)
63# Avon Lake
64# Holy Name (Parma Heights)
65# Anderson (Cincinnati)
66# Withrow (Cincinnati)
67# Bishop Watterson (Columbus)
68# Coldwater
69# Dublin Jerome (Dublin)
70# Tippecanoe (Tipp City)
71# Elyria Catholic (Elyria)
72# Perkins (Sandusky)
73# Pickerington North (Pickerington)
74# Olentangy Berlin (Delaware)
75# Kenston (Chagrin Falls)
76# Harvest Prep (Canal Winchester)
77# Jackson
78# Big Walnut (Sunbury)
79# Elmwood (Bloomdale)
80# Cleveland Heights
81# Versailles
82# Chaney (Youngstown)
83# West Branch (Beloit)
84# Marysville
85# Garaway (Sugarcreek)
86# Nordonia (Macedonia)
87# Anthony Wayne (Whitehouse)
88# Hoover (North Canton)
89# Hilliard Bradley (Hilliard)
90# Jefferson Area (Jefferson)
91# Taft (Cincinnati)
92# Whitmer (Toledo)
93# Northmont (Clayton)
94# Mansfield Senior (Mansfield)
95# Jackson (Massillon)
96# Memorial (St. Marys)
97# St. Francis DeSales (Columbus)
98# Columbus Grove
99# Edgewood (Trenton)
100# Tallmadge
101# Allen East (Harrod)
102# Brookville
103# North Royalton
104# Colerain (Cincinnati)
105# Western Brown (Mt. Orab)
106# Lima Central Catholic (Lima)
107# Huron
108# La Salle (Cincinnati)
109# Bellbrook
110# Eastwood (Pemberville)
111# Lebanon
112# St. John’s Jesuit (Toledo)
113# Miamisburg
114# Xenia
115# Lakota East (Liberty Township)
116# Aurora
117# Hilliard Davidson (Hilliard)
118# Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown)
119# Columbian (Tiffin)
120# Olentangy Orange (Lewis Center)
121# Solon
122# Sheridan (Thornville)
123# London
124# Grove City
125# Hamilton
126# Westerville Central (Westerville)
127# Padua Franciscan (Parma)
128# West Clermont (Cincinnati)
129# Wheelersburg
130# Oak Hills (Cincinnati)
131# Mogadore
132# Fort Frye (Beverly)
133# Alliance
134# Canal Winchester
135# Indian Valley (Gnadenhutten)
136# Mayfield
137# Dover
138# McComb
139# Barberton
140# Berea-Midpark (Berea)
141# Harding (Warren)
142# Hilliard Darby (Hilliard)
143# Bellevue
144# Defiance
145# Tri-Valley (Dresden)
146# John F. Kennedy Catholic (Warren)
147# GlenOak (Canton)
148# Lutheran West (Rocky River)
149# Struthers
150# Middletown
151# Girard
152# Perry (Massillon)
153# Geneva
154# Fort Loramie
155# Findlay
156# University School (Hunting Valley)
157# Villa Angela-St. Joseph (Cleveland)
158# Ross (Fremont)
159# Northeastern (Springfield)
160# New Philadelphia
161# Groveport-Madison (Groveport)
162# Dalton
163# Granville
164# Portsmouth West (West Portsmouth)
165# Oak Harbor
166# Buchtel (Akron)
167# Crestview (Ashland)
168# Monroe
169# Liberty-Benton (Findlay)
170# Elyria
171# Bishop Hartley (Columbus)
172# Piqua
173# Bellefontaine
174# Colonel Crawford (North Robinson)
175# Clear Fork (Bellville)
176# Hayes (Delaware)
177# Brunswick
178# Minster
179# North Olmsted
180# Watkins Memorial (Pataskala)
181# Carey
182# Bishop Fenwick (Franklin)
183# Canton South (Canton)
184# Ansonia
185# Ross (Hamilton)
186# Clinton-Massie (Clarksville)
187# Dublin Scioto (Dublin)
188# Fairless (Navarre)
189# Celina
190# Trotwood-Madison (Trotwood)
191# Columbia (Columbia Station)
192# Little Miami (Morrow)
193# Bishop Ready (Columbus)
194# Thomas Worthington (Worthington)
195# Clyde
196# Canton Central Catholic (Canton)
197# Madeira (Cincinnati)
198# Washington (Washington Courthouse)
199# Poland Seminary (Poland)
200# Norwayne (Creston)
201# Tinora (Defiance)
202# Green (Uniontown)
203# Shawnee (Springfield)
204# St. Clairsville
205# Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy (Cuyahoga Falls)
206# North Ridgeville
207# Northwest (Canal Fulton)
208# Loveland
209# Archbishop McNicholas (Cincinnati)
210# Antwerp
211# Newark Catholic (Newark)
212# Norton
213# Archbold
214# Ashland
215# Garfield (Garrettsville)
216# Strongsville
217# East (Akron)
218# Chaminade-Julienne (Dayton)
219# Preble Shawnee (Camden)
220# Boardman (Youngstown)
221# Tri-Village (New Madison)
222# Eaton
223# Northwestern (West Salem)
224# Chillicothe
225# Greeneview (Jamestown)
226# Lake Catholic (Mentor)
227# Gallia Academy (Gallipolis)
228# Woodridge (Peninsula)
229# Patrick Henry (Hamler)
230# Reynoldsburg
231# Southview (Sylvania)
232# St. John’s (Delphos)
233# Pandora-Gilboa (Pandora)
234# Brookfield
235# Genoa Area (Genoa)
236# Wauseon
237# Urbana
238# Edison (Milan)
239# Maple Heights
240# Archbishop Alter (Kettering)
241# Ridgewood (West Lafayette)
242# Olentangy (Lewis Center)
243# Shawnee (Lima)
244# Valley Forge (Parma Heights)
245# Lakeside (Ashtabula)
246# Bellaire
247# New Richmond
248# South (Willoughby)
249# Sycamore (Cincinnati)
250# Worthington Kilbourne (Columbus)
251# Beaver (Lisbon)
252# Louisville
253# Salem
254# Zane Trace (Chillicothe)
255# Westerville North (Westerville)
256# Buckeye (Medina)
257# Portsmouth
258# Elida
259# Twinsburg
260# Hubbard
261# Gilmour Academy (Gates Mills)
262# Wooster
263# Carrollton
264# Clay (Oregon)
265# East (Columbus)
266# Napoleon
267# Licking Heights (Pataskala)
268# Port Clinton
269# Tecumseh (New Carlisle)
270# Troy
271# Jonathan Alder (Plain City)
272# Licking Valley (Newark)
273# Bryan
274# Gibsonburg
275# Harvey (Painesville)
276# Cloverleaf (Lodi)
277# Buckeye Valley (Delaware)
278# Otsego (Tontogany)
279# New Lexington
280# Logan Elm (Circleville)
281# Columbus Academy (Gahanna)
282# Barnesville
283# Wilmington
284# Jefferson (Delphos)
285# Benedictine (Cleveland)
286# Dawson-Bryant (Coal Grove)
287# Sandusky
288# Danville
289# Hawken (Gates Mills)
290# Beavercreek
291# Southern (Salineville)
292# North Union (Richwood)
293# Ottawa Hills (Toledo)
294# Unioto (Chillicothe)
295# Ottawa-Glandorf (Ottawa)
296# Mt. Healthy (Cincinnati)
297# Lucas
298# Hopewell-Loudon (Bascom)
299# Cambridge
300# Hughes (Cincinnati)
301# Orrville
302# Riverside (De Graff)
303# Anna
304# Valley Christian (Youngstown)
305# Waverly
306# Brecksville-Broadview Heights (Broadview Heights)
307# Northwest (Cincinnati)
308# Lancaster
309# Lowellville
310# Stow-Munroe Falls (Stow)
311# Edison (Richmond)
312# Midview (Grafton)
313# Union Local (Belmont)
314# Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (Chardon)
315# Cuyahoga Heights (Cleveland)
316# Independence (Columbus)
317# Springfield (New Middletown)
318# Teays Valley (Ashville)
319# Ayersville (Defiance)
320# Hamilton Township (Columbus)
321# Delta
322# Mechanicsburg
323# West Muskingum (Zanesville)
324# Garfield Heights
325# Leipsic
326# Streetsboro
327# St. Paul (Norwalk)
328# South (Columbus)
329# Miami Trace (Washington Courthouse)
330# Highland (Marengo)
331# Hillsdale (Jeromesville)
332# Centerburg
333# River (Hannibal)
334# Arlington
335# Triway (Wooster)
336# Franklin
337# United (Hanoverton)
338# Rossford
339# Central Crossing (Grove City)
340# St. Francis de Sales (Toledo)
341# St. Charles (Columbus)
342# Waynesfield-Goshen (Waynesfield)
343# Shaker Heights
344# Galion
345# Logan
346# Edgewood (Ashtabula)
347# Reading
348# Northridge (Dayton)
349# Fairland (Proctorville)
350# Margaretta (Castalia)
351# Morgan (McConnelsville)
352# Bluffton
353# Nelsonville-York (Nelsonville)
354# Bedford
355# Fort Recovery
356# Ontario (Mansfield)
357# Madison
358# Graham Local (St. Paris)
359# Oakwood (Dayton)
360# Shelby
361# Turpin (Cincinnati)
362# Paint Valley (Bainbridge)
363# Carlisle
364# Waynesville
365# Lakeview (Cortland)
366# Scott (Toledo)
367# Blanchester
368# Western Hills (Cincinnati)
369# Bowling Green
370# Roger Bacon (Cincinnati)
371# Euclid
372# River Valley (Caledonia)
373# Twin Valley South (West Alexandria)
374# Berkshire (Burton)
375# Western Reserve (Collins)
376# Whitehall-Yearling (Whitehall)
377# Westland (Galloway)
378# Loudonville
379# Peebles
380# Heath
381# Copley
382# Lexington
383# Walnut Hills (Cincinnati)
384# McKinley (Niles)
385# Sidney
386# Beechcroft (Columbus)
387# Firelands (Oberlin)
388# Minford
389# Mineral Ridge
390# Philo (Duncan Falls)
391# Revere (Richfield)
392# Rocky River
393# Stebbins (Riverside)
394# West Jefferson
395# Crestview (Convoy)
396# Smithville
397# West Liberty-Salem (West Liberty)
398# Marion-Franklin (Columbus)
399# National Trail (New Paris)
400# St. Henry
401# John Hay (Cleveland)
402# Wayne Trace (Haviland)
403# Bay (Bay Village)
404# Rootstown
405# Chagrin Falls
406# Westlake
407# Maysville (Zanesville)
408# Edgerton
409# Springfield (Holland)
410# Harrison
411# Worthington Christian (Worthington)
412# Edon
413# Roosevelt (Kent)
414# Field (Mogadore)
415# Lorain
416# Seneca East (Attica)
417# Black River (Sullivan)
418# Coventry (Akron)
419# Fairfield Union (Lancaster)
420# Kenton
421# Butler (Vandalia)
422# Lima Senior (Lima)
423# Woodward (Cincinnati)
424# John Glenn (New Concord)
425# Conneaut
426# North (Eastlake)
427# Norwalk
428# Northland (Columbus)
429# Zanesville
430# Calvert (Tiffin)
431# Southeastern Local (South Charleston)
432# Purcell Marian (Cincinnati)
433# Bath (Lima)
434# Parkway (Rockford)
435# Waterford
436# KIPP Columbus (Columbus)
437# Taylor (Cleves)
438# Willard
439# Fredericktown
440# Shenandoah (Sarahsville)
441# Sandy Valley (Magnolia)
442# Upper Sandusky
443# Crestview (Columbiana)
444# Benjamin Logan (Bellefontaine)
445# Northview (Sylvania)
446# Caldwell
447# Hillsboro
448# Johnstown-Monroe (Johnstown)
449# Mapleton (Ashland)
450# Evergreen (Metamora)
451# Deer Park (Cincinnati)
452# River View (Warsaw)
453# Cardinal (Middlefield)
454# Rhodes (Cleveland)
455# Liberty (Youngstown)
456# Keystone (La Grange)
457# Catholic Central (Springfield)
458# Warren (Vincent)
459# Valley (Lucasville)
460# Marlington (Alliance)
461# Northwood
462# Mohawk (Sycamore)
463# Harrison Central (Cadiz)
464# Vinton County (McArthur)
465# Rock Hill (Ironton)
466# Steele (Amherst)
467# Triad (North Lewisburg)
468# Kenton Ridge (Springfield)
469# Indian Hill (Cincinnati)
470# Carroll (Dayton)
471# Briggs (Columbus)
472# Ellet (Akron)
473# Circleville
474# Madison Comprehensive (Mansfield)
475# John Marshall (Cleveland)
476# Riverdale (Mt. Blanchard)
477# Normandy (Parma)
478# Talawanda (Oxford)
479# Eastmoor Academy (Columbus)
480# Tuslaw (Massillon)
481# Dunbar (Dayton)
482# Piketon
483# Claymont (Uhrichsville)
484# Fairbanks (Milford Center)
485# Howland (Warren)
486# South Point
487# Ada
488# McClain (Greenfield)
489# Williamsburg
490# Cardinal Stritch (Oregon)
491# Bethel (Tipp City)
492# Ravenna
493# Newark
494# Start (Toledo)
495# Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (Cincinnati)
496# Bethel-Tate (Bethel)
497# Mt. Gilead
498# Upper Scioto Valley (McGuffey)
499# Toronto
500# Greenville
501# Greenon (Springfield)
502# Jackson-Milton (North Jackson)
503# Liberty Union (Baltimore)
504# Fairborn
505# West Geauga (Chesterland)
506# Malvern
507# Summit Country Day (Cincinnati)
508# Garfield Community Learning Center (Akron)
509# Brush (Lyndhurst)
510# Cincinnati Country Day (Cincinnati)
511# Northwest (McDermott)
512# Waynedale (Apple Creek)
513# Cedarville
514# Franklin Heights (Columbus)
515# Dohn Community (Cincinnati)
516# Independence
517# Goshen
518# Northmor (Galion)
519# Champion (Warren)
520# Southeast (Ravenna)
521# Reigning Sports Thunder (Columbus)
522# Mariemont (Cincinnati)
523# Fostoria
524# Meigs (Pomeroy)
525# Trinity (Garfield Heights)
526# Spencerville
527# Van Buren
528# Madison (Middletown)
529# Lakewood
530# Bexley (Columbus)
531# Newcomerstown
532# Maumee
533# Shaw (East Cleveland)
534# Huntington (Chillicothe)
535# South Central (Greenwich)
536# Columbus Crusaders (Galena)
537# Manchester (Akron)
538# North Central (Pioneer)
539# Chippewa (Doylestown)
540# Wynford (Bucyrus)
541# Newton Falls
542# Vermilion
543# Mathews (Vienna)
544# Walnut Ridge (Columbus)
545# Firestone (Akron)
546# Grand Valley (Orwell)
547# Western Reserve (Berlin Center)
548# Clearview (Lorain)
549# Lehman Catholic (Sidney)
550# Aiken (Cincinnati)
551# Eastern (Reedsville)
552# Plymouth
553# Swanton
554# Indian Lake (Lewistown)
555# Utica
556# Lutheran East (Cleveland Heights)
557# Lake (Millbury)
558# Coshocton
559# Grandview Heights (Columbus)
560# Hardin Northern (Dola)
561# Mt. Vernon
562# Martins Ferry
563# East Canton
564# Ponitz Career Tech (Dayton)
565# McDonald
566# Cincinnati Landmark (Cincinnati)
567# Lakota (Kansas)
568# Waite (Toledo)
569# Linden-McKinley (Columbus)
570# Meadowdale (Dayton)
571# David Anderson (Lisbon)
572# Pleasant (Marion)
573# Conotton Valley (Bowerston)
574# East (Youngstown)
575# Arcanum
576# Marietta
577# Gamble Montessori (Cincinnati)
578# Cuyahoga Falls
579# Wellsville
580# Waterloo (Atwater)
581# Crestwood (Mantua)
582# East Liverpool
583# East Knox (Howard)
584# Marion Harding (Marion)
585# Southern Buckeye (Russellville)
586# Wellington
587# Pymatuning Valley (Andover)
588# Trimble (Glouster)
589# Hicksville
590# Columbiana
591# Buckeye Trail (Lore City)
592# Adena (Frankfort)
593# Brooklyn
594# Clermont Northeastern (Batavia)
595# Bucyrus
596# Norwood
597# Paulding
598# Buckeye Local (Rayland)
599# Belmont (Dayton)
600# Warrensville Heights (Warrensville)
601# Tri-County North (Lewisburg)
602# Berne Union (Sugar Grove)
603# Africentric Early College (Columbus)
604# Oak Hill
605# Whetstone (Columbus)
606# Alexander (Albany)
607# Miami East (Casstown)
608# West Carrollton
609# Beachwood
610# Middletown Christian (Franklin)
611# Chesapeake
612# Rogers (Toledo)
613# Westfall (Williamsport)
614# Notre Dame (Portsmouth)
615# Lakewood (Hebron)
616# Rittman
617# Meadowbrook (Byesville)
618# Indian Creek (Wintersville)
619# Athens (The Plains)
620# Elgin (Marion)
621# Montpelier
622# Amanda-Clearcreek (Amanda)
623# Northwestern (Springfield)
624# Cincinnati College Prep Academy (Cincinnati)
625# LaBrae (Leavittsburg)
626# Fairview (Fairview Park)
627# Buckeye Central (New Washington)
628# Clark Montessori (Cincinnati)
629# Northridge (Johnstown)
630# North College Hill (Cincinnati)
631# Tuscarawas Valley (Zoarville)
632# Fairview (Sherwood)
633# Parma
634# St. Bernard-Elmwood Place (St. Bernard)
635# Batavia
636# Fayetteville-Perry (Fayetteville)
637# John F. Kennedy (Cleveland)
638# Cleveland Central Catholic (Cleveland)
639# Troy Christian (Troy)
640# Eastern (Beaver)
641# East (Sciotoville)
642# Windham
643# Woodmore (Elmore)
644# Monroeville
645# Crooksville
646# John Adams (Cleveland)
647# Memorial (Campbell)
648# Springfield (Akron)
649# Green (Franklin Furnace)
650# Harding (Fairport Harbor)
651# Thurgood Marshall (Dayton)
652# Fairfield Christian Academy (Lancaster)
653# Arcadia
654# Catholic Central (Steubenville)
655# Southern (Racine)
656# Bowsher (Toledo)
657# Cory-Rawson (Rawson)
658# Brookside (Sheffield)
659# Cardington-Lincoln (Cardington)
660# Shadyside
661# Jefferson Township (Dayton)
662# Aquinas (Louisville)
663# East Clinton (Sabina)
664# Madison Plains (London)
665# Ridgemont (Mount Victory)
666# River Valley (Bidwell)
667# Southeastern (Chillicothe)
668# Orange (Pepper Pike)
669# Centennial (Columbus)
670# Finneytown (Cincinnati)
671# Collinwood (Cleveland)
672# Dayton Christian (Miamisburg)
673# Cleveland School of Science and Medicine (Cleveland)
674# Mississinawa Valley (Union City)
675# Lincoln West (Cleveland)
676# St. Joseph Central Catholic (Fremont)
677# Wickliffe
678# Bridgeport
679# Minerva
680# East Palestine
681# Monroe Central (Woodsfield)
682# Grove City Christian (Grove City)
683# North (Akron)
684# South Gallia (Crown City)
685# Strasburg-Franklin (Strasburg)
686# Covington
687# Ridgedale (Morral)
688# Woodward (Toledo)
689# Frontier (New Matamoras)
690# Lockland
691# Tuscarawas Central Catholic (New Philadelphia)
692# Mifflin (Columbus)
693# Bradford
694# Oberlin
695# Perry (Lima)
696# Wellston
697# Hilltop (West Unity)
698# Symmes Valley (Willow Wood)
699# Dixie (New Lebanon)
700# West Union
701# Miami Valley Christian Academy (Cincinnati)
702# Bishop Rosecrans (Zanesville)
703# Riverview East Academy (Cincinnati)
704# West (Columbus)
705# North Baltimore
706# Shroder Paideia Academy (Cincinnati)
707# Manchester
708# St. John (Ashtabula)
709# Leetonia
710# New Miami (Hamilton)
711# Miller (Corning)
712# Belpre
713# McKinley (Sebring)
714# Vanlue
715# East Tech (Cleveland)
716# Western (Latham)
717# North Adams (Seaman)
718# Beallsville
719# Crestline
720# Hillcrest (Cincinnati)
721# Fisher Catholic (Lancaster)
722# Millersport
723# Federal Hocking (Stewart)
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