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: 10/17/2023
1# Washington (Massillon)
2# St. Edward (Lakewood)
3# Archbishop Hoban (Akron)
4# Avon
5# Central Catholic (Toledo)
6# Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati)
7# Hilliard Bradley (Hilliard)
8# Milford
9# Bishop Watterson (Columbus)
10# Ursuline (Youngstown)
11# Marion Local (Maria Stein)
12# Glenville (Cleveland)
13# Lincoln (Gahanna)
14# Pickerington North (Pickerington)
15# Anderson (Cincinnati)
16# Olentangy Berlin (Delaware)
17# Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls)
18# Olentangy (Lewis Center)
19# Princeton (Cincinnati)
20# Perkins (Sandusky)
21# Liberty Center
22# Perry
23# St. Xavier (Cincinnati)
24# McKinley (Canton)
25# Lakota West (West Chester)
26# Cleveland Heights
27# Elder (Cincinnati)
28# Centerville
29# Winton Woods (Cincinnati)
30# Withrow (Cincinnati)
31# Coldwater
32# Kenston (Chagrin Falls)
33# Clinton-Massie (Clarksville)
34# Harvest Prep (Canal Winchester)
35# Canal Winchester
36# Versailles
37# Wadsworth
38# Medina
39# Findlay
40# Geneva
41# Columbian (Tiffin)
42# Badin (Hamilton)
43# Upper Arlington (Columbus)
44# Valley View (Germantown)
45# South Range (Canfield)
46# Austintown-Fitch (Youngstown)
47# Steubenville
48# Villa Angela-St. Joseph (Cleveland)
49# Norton
50# Riverside (Painesville)
51# Dublin Coffman (Dublin)
52# Ironton
53# Bishop Hartley (Columbus)
54# Mentor
55# Hudson
56# London
57# Pickerington Central (Pickerington)
58# Hamilton
59# Trotwood-Madison (Trotwood)
60# Hilliard Davidson (Hilliard)
61# Chardon
62# Olentangy Orange (Lewis Center)
63# Archbold
64# Wapakoneta
65# Kirtland
66# Whitmer (Toledo)
67# Olmsted Falls
68# Northmont (Clayton)
69# Perrysburg
70# Hilliard Darby (Hilliard)
71# Lake (Uniontown)
72# Berea-Midpark (Berea)
73# Bluffton
74# Poland Seminary (Poland)
75# Wayne (Huber Heights)
76# Dalton
77# Green (Uniontown)
78# Garaway (Sugarcreek)
79# La Salle (Cincinnati)
80# Highland (Medina)
81# Anthony Wayne (Whitehouse)
82# Aurora
83# Loveland
84# Lebanon
85# Hamilton Township (Columbus)
86# Struthers
87# Olentangy Liberty (Powell)
88# Bloom-Carroll (Carroll)
89# Springfield
90# St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron)
91# Jackson (Massillon)
92# Harrison
93# Miamisburg
94# Jackson
95# Nordonia (Macedonia)
96# Celina
97# GlenOak (Canton)
98# Kings (Kings Mill)
99# Mansfield Senior (Mansfield)
100# Canton South (Canton)
101# Ontario (Mansfield)
102# Norwayne (Creston)
103# Fairmont (Kettering)
104# St. Ignatius (Cleveland)
105# Westerville North (Westerville)
106# Oak Harbor
107# Edison (Milan)
108# Canfield
109# North Ridgeville
110# Hayes (Delaware)
111# Minster
112# Mason
113# West Branch (Beloit)
114# Sycamore (Cincinnati)
115# Archbishop Alter (Kettering)
116# Troy
117# Avon Lake
118# Lake Catholic (Mentor)
119# Dover
120# Bellefontaine
121# Westerville South (Westerville)
122# Streetsboro
123# Shaker Heights
124# Tri-Valley (Dresden)
125# Granville
126# Shelby
127# Harding (Warren)
128# Sheridan (Thornville)
129# Westerville Central (Westerville)
130# Rocky River
131# Shawnee (Springfield)
132# Marysville
133# Wheelersburg
134# Defiance
135# Gilmour Academy (Gates Mills)
136# Brookville
137# Waynesville
138# Bellbrook
139# Grove City
140# McComb
141# St. Clairsville
142# Springboro
143# Taft (Cincinnati)
144# West Clermont (Cincinnati)
145# East (Akron)
146# Butler (Vandalia)
147# Madison
148# Twinsburg
149# Oak Hills (Cincinnati)
150# Columbus Grove
151# Liberty-Benton (Findlay)
152# Chaminade Julienne Catholic (Dayton)
153# Fairland (Proctorville)
154# West Jefferson
155# Patrick Henry (Hamler)
156# Eaton
157# Memorial (St. Marys)
158# Tippecanoe (Tipp City)
159# Anna
160# Mt. Healthy (Cincinnati)
161# Dublin Jerome (Dublin)
162# Van Wert
163# Hoover (North Canton)
164# Huron
165# Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown)
166# New Albany
167# West Holmes (Millersburg)
168# Brecksville-Broadview Heights (Broadview Heights)
169# Groveport-Madison (Groveport)
170# Perry (Massillon)
171# University School (Hunting Valley)
172# Indian Valley (Gnadenhutten)
173# Fairfield
174# Girard
175# Middletown
176# Pandora-Gilboa (Pandora)
177# Genoa Area (Genoa)
178# Heath
179# Southview (Sylvania)
180# Sandusky
181# Jonathan Alder (Plain City)
182# Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy (Cuyahoga Falls)
183# Big Walnut (Sunbury)
184# Bishop Ready (Columbus)
185# Indian Hill (Cincinnati)
186# McKinley (Niles)
187# Archbishop McNicholas (Cincinnati)
188# Columbus Academy (Gahanna)
189# Gallia Academy (Gallipolis)
190# Chaney (Youngstown)
191# St. Francis DeSales (Columbus)
192# Buckeye (Medina)
193# Lancaster
194# West Muskingum (Zanesville)
195# Hopewell-Loudon (Bascom)
196# Ansonia
197# Turpin (Cincinnati)
198# Barnesville
199# Garfield (Garrettsville)
200# Logan Elm (Circleville)
201# Licking Valley (Newark)
202# Springfield (New Middletown)
203# Brunswick
204# New Philadelphia
205# Eastwood (Pemberville)
206# Carey
207# Bay (Bay Village)
208# West Liberty-Salem (West Liberty)
209# St. John’s Jesuit (Toledo)
210# Watkins Memorial (Pataskala)
211# Wyoming (Cincinnati)
212# Lorain
213# Padua Franciscan (Parma)
214# Lutheran West (Rocky River)
215# Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (Chardon)
216# Wilmington
217# Barberton
218# Antwerp
219# Leipsic
220# Galion
221# Napoleon
222# Portsmouth West (West Portsmouth)
223# Lima Central Catholic (Lima)
224# Bellevue
225# Strongsville
226# Wauseon
227# Danville
228# Lakota East (Liberty Township)
229# Alliance
230# Canton Central Catholic (Canton)
231# Benedictine (Cleveland)
232# St. John’s (Delphos)
233# Calvert (Tiffin)
234# John Glenn (New Concord)
235# St. Henry
236# Ottawa Hills (Toledo)
237# New Bremen
238# Tinora (Defiance)
239# Unioto (Chillicothe)
240# Edgewood (Trenton)
241# Ross (Fremont)
242# Linsly (Wheeling)
243# River Valley (Caledonia)
244# Colonel Crawford (North Robinson)
245# Clyde
246# Urbana
247# Williamsburg
248# Riverside (De Graff)
249# West Geauga (Chesterland)
250# Lima Senior (Lima)
251# Ridgewood (West Lafayette)
252# Mayfield
253# Lucas
254# Tri-Village (New Madison)
255# Clay (Oregon)
256# Bath (Lima)
257# Washington (Washington Courthouse)
258# Sandy Valley (Magnolia)
259# Pleasant (Marion)
260# Mogadore
261# Ashland
262# Crestview (Convoy)
263# Elida
264# Edgewood (Ashtabula)
265# Buchtel (Akron)
266# Steele (Amherst)
267# Woodridge (Peninsula)
268# Hawken (Gates Mills)
269# Miami Trace (Washington Courthouse)
270# Bishop Fenwick (Franklin)
271# Thomas Worthington (Worthington)
272# Reading
273# Beaver (Lisbon)
274# Hillsdale (Jeromesville)
275# Midview (Grafton)
276# Dunbar (Dayton)
277# Boardman (Youngstown)
278# Bryan
279# Columbia (Columbia Station)
280# Central Crossing (Grove City)
281# Ayersville (Defiance)
282# Highland (Marengo)
283# Tallmadge
284# Waverly
285# Clearview (Lorain)
286# Northland (Columbus)
287# St. Charles (Columbus)
288# Colerain (Cincinnati)
289# Little Miami (Morrow)
290# Solon
291# Lakeside (Ashtabula)
292# Rootstown
293# Purcell Marian (Cincinnati)
294# Xenia
295# Reynoldsburg
296# Malvern
297# Westlake
298# Kenton
299# Lakeview (Cortland)
300# North Royalton
301# Marlington (Alliance)
302# Stow-Munroe Falls (Stow)
303# Harrison Central (Cadiz)
304# Northmor (Galion)
305# Western Reserve (Berlin Center)
306# Hubbard
307# Fort Loramie
308# Philo (Duncan Falls)
309# Marion-Franklin (Columbus)
310# Sidney
311# Monroeville
312# Elyria
313# Lowellville
314# Valley Forge (Parma Heights)
315# Hillsboro
316# Carrollton
317# Firelands (Oberlin)
318# Walnut Hills (Cincinnati)
319# Ross (Hamilton)
320# Indian Lake (Lewistown)
321# New Lexington
322# Vinton County (McArthur)
323# Lexington
324# Toronto
325# Oakwood (Dayton)
326# Mechanicsburg
327# Waynesfield-Goshen (Waynesfield)
328# St. Paul (Norwalk)
329# Paint Valley (Bainbridge)
330# Maple Heights
331# Teays Valley (Ashville)
332# Greeneview (Jamestown)
333# Northwest (Canal Fulton)
334# Euclid
335# Wynford (Bucyrus)
336# Zane Trace (Chillicothe)
337# Cuyahoga Heights (Cleveland)
338# Bowling Green
339# Fairfield Union (Lancaster)
340# Buckeye Valley (Delaware)
341# North (Eastlake)
342# Revere (Richfield)
343# Morgan (McConnelsville)
344# Utica
345# Milton-Union (West Milton)
346# Allen East (Harrod)
347# Madeira (Cincinnati)
348# Elyria Catholic (Elyria)
349# Portsmouth
350# North Union (Richwood)
351# Beavercreek
352# Wayne Trace (Haviland)
353# Arlington
354# Firestone (Akron)
355# Franklin
356# Fort Frye (Beverly)
357# Conneaut
358# South (Willoughby)
359# Southeastern Local (South Charleston)
360# Cincinnati Country Day (Cincinnati)
361# Northeastern (Springfield)
362# Holy Name (Parma Heights)
363# Dublin Scioto (Dublin)
364# Roger Bacon (Cincinnati)
365# East (Youngstown)
366# Maumee
367# Madison (Middletown)
368# Licking Heights (Pataskala)
369# Bedford
370# South Point
371# Fort Recovery
372# Blanchester
373# Stebbins (Riverside)
374# St. Francis de Sales (Toledo)
375# United (Hanoverton)
376# Western Reserve (Collins)
377# Harvey (Painesville)
378# Cedarville
379# Otsego (Tontogany)
380# Western Brown (Mt. Orab)
381# Africentric Early College (Columbus)
382# Lehman Catholic (Sidney)
383# Taylor (Cleves)
384# Gibsonburg
385# Briggs (Columbus)
386# Johnstown-Monroe (Johnstown)
387# Port Clinton
388# Nelsonville-York (Nelsonville)
389# Triway (Wooster)
390# Mineral Ridge
391# Louisville
392# Bellaire
393# Parkway (Rockford)
394# Berkshire (Burton)
395# Pymatuning Valley (Andover)
396# Union Local (Belmont)
397# Norwalk
398# East (Columbus)
399# Piqua
400# Dawson-Bryant (Coal Grove)
401# Tuscarawas Valley (Zoarville)
402# Jackson-Milton (North Jackson)
403# Marion Harding (Marion)
404# Roosevelt (Kent)
405# East Knox (Howard)
406# New Richmond
407# Preble Shawnee (Camden)
408# Northview (Sylvania)
409# Mariemont (Cincinnati)
410# Eastmoor Academy (Columbus)
411# Wooster
412# Margaretta (Castalia)
413# Carlisle
414# McClain (Greenfield)
415# John Hay (Cleveland)
416# Ottawa-Glandorf (Ottawa)
417# North Olmsted
418# Orrville
419# Kenton Ridge (Springfield)
420# Hughes (Cincinnati)
421# Monroe
422# Warrensville Heights (Warrensville)
423# Edison (Richmond)
424# Southern (Salineville)
425# Newark
426# River (Hannibal)
427# Western Hills (Cincinnati)
428# Westland (Galloway)
429# Fairless (Navarre)
430# Cardinal (Middlefield)
431# Independence (Columbus)
432# East Liverpool
433# Clear Fork (Bellville)
434# Shawnee (Lima)
435# Seneca East (Attica)
436# Marietta
437# Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (Cincinnati)
438# Mt. Vernon
439# Rittman
440# Evergreen (Metamora)
441# Bethel-Tate (Bethel)
442# Liberty (Youngstown)
443# Franklin Heights (Columbus)
444# Eastern (Reedsville)
445# Crestview (Ashland)
446# Delta
447# Chagrin Falls
448# Garfield Heights
449# Chillicothe
450# Madison Comprehensive (Mansfield)
451# Cloverleaf (Lodi)
452# Brush (Lyndhurst)
453# Edon
454# Paulding
455# Coshocton
456# Normandy (Parma)
457# Piketon
458# Maysville (Zanesville)
459# Newark Catholic (Newark)
460# Black River (Sullivan)
461# Twin Valley South (West Alexandria)
462# Fairborn
463# Minford
464# McDonald
465# Caldwell
466# LaBrae (Leavittsburg)
467# Scott (Toledo)
468# Vermilion
469# Beechcroft (Columbus)
470# Athens (The Plains)
471# Claymont (Uhrichsville)
472# Miami East (Casstown)
473# Talawanda (Oxford)
474# North Central (Pioneer)
475# Walnut Ridge (Columbus)
476# Brookfield
477# Copley
478# Ravenna
479# Westfall (Williamsport)
480# Smithville
481# Howland (Warren)
482# Spencerville
483# Fostoria
484# Field (Mogadore)
485# Tecumseh (New Carlisle)
486# Waynedale (Apple Creek)
487# Martins Ferry
488# Worthington Kilbourne (Columbus)
489# Logan
490# Northridge (Johnstown)
491# Springfield (Holland)
492# Upper Scioto Valley (McGuffey)
493# Cleveland Central Catholic (Cleveland)
494# Carroll (Dayton)
495# Lakewood
496# Worthington Christian (Worthington)
497# Amanda-Clearcreek (Amanda)
498# Thurgood Marshall (Dayton)
499# Elmwood (Bloomdale)
500# Liberty Union (Baltimore)
501# Northridge (Dayton)
502# Centerburg
503# St. Bernard-Elmwood Place (St. Bernard)
504# Trimble (Glouster)
505# Start (Toledo)
506# Upper Sandusky
507# Keystone (La Grange)
508# Lakewood (Hebron)
509# Ellet (Akron)
510# Waterford
511# Chesapeake
512# National Trail (New Paris)
513# Batavia
514# Richmond Heights
515# Northwestern (Springfield)
516# Van Buren
517# Zanesville
518# Fairview (Sherwood)
519# Bexley (Columbus)
520# Salem
521# Eastern (Beaver)
522# Mapleton (Ashland)
523# Fredericktown
524# Catholic Central (Steubenville)
525# Manchester (Akron)
526# Newcomerstown
527# Rock Hill (Ironton)
528# Lakota (Kansas)
529# Ada
530# Mohawk (Sycamore)
531# Aiken (Cincinnati)
532# KIPP Columbus (Columbus)
533# Warren (Vincent)
534# Montpelier
535# Elgin (Marion)
536# Meadowbrook (Byesville)
537# Cincinnati College Prep Academy (Cincinnati)
538# South (Columbus)
539# Riverdale (Mt. Blanchard)
540# Deer Park (Cincinnati)
541# Columbus Crusaders (Galena)
542# Whitehall-Yearling (Whitehall)
543# Hardin Northern (Dola)
544# West Carrollton
545# Shenandoah (Sarahsville)
546# Rhodes (Cleveland)
547# Jefferson Area (Jefferson)
548# Lake (Millbury)
549# Goshen
550# Southeast (Ravenna)
551# Crestwood (Mantua)
552# Tri-County North (Lewisburg)
553# Fairview (Fairview Park)
554# Benjamin Logan (Bellefontaine)
555# Tuslaw (Massillon)
556# Monroe Central (Woodsfield)
557# Loudonville
558# East Clinton (Sabina)
559# Circleville
560# John Marshall (Cleveland)
561# Cuyahoga Falls
562# Buckeye Trail (Lore City)
563# Fairbanks (Milford Center)
564# Grandview Heights (Columbus)
565# Orange (Pepper Pike)
566# Indian Creek (Wintersville)
567# Bethel (Tipp City)
568# David Anderson (Lisbon)
569# Crestview (Columbiana)
570# Notre Dame (Portsmouth)
571# Columbiana
572# John F. Kennedy Catholic (Warren)
573# Whetstone (Columbus)
574# Graham Local (St. Paris)
575# Garfield Community Learning Center (Akron)
576# Independence
577# Meadowdale (Dayton)
578# Gamble Montessori (Cincinnati)
579# Edgerton
580# Valley Christian (Youngstown)
581# Wellston
582# Greenville
583# Northwest (Cincinnati)
584# Finneytown (Cincinnati)
585# Rogers (Toledo)
586# Willard
587# Rossford
588# Lutheran East (Cleveland Heights)
589# Brookside (Sheffield)
590# Northwest (McDermott)
591# Crooksville
592# Valley (Lucasville)
593# Fairfield Christian Academy (Lancaster)
594# Mt. Gilead
595# Summit Country Day (Cincinnati)
596# Bowsher (Toledo)
597# Greenon (Springfield)
598# Waterloo (Atwater)
599# Arcanum
600# Wellington
601# Waite (Toledo)
602# North (Akron)
603# Grand Valley (Orwell)
604# Northwestern (West Salem)
605# John F. Kennedy (Cleveland)
606# Troy Christian (Troy)
607# Peebles
608# Harding (Fairport Harbor)
609# Woodward (Cincinnati)
610# Jefferson (Delphos)
611# Clark Montessori (Cincinnati)
612# Shaw (East Cleveland)
613# Woodmore (Elmore)
614# Parma
615# Triad (North Lewisburg)
616# Wickliffe
617# Newton Falls
618# Trinity (Garfield Heights)
619# Shadyside
620# Shroder Paideia Academy (Cincinnati)
621# Buckeye Central (New Washington)
622# Belmont (Dayton)
623# Meigs (Pomeroy)
624# Huntington (Chillicothe)
625# Norwood
626# Arcadia
627# South Gallia (Crown City)
628# Northwood
629# Cambridge
630# Bradford
631# Plymouth
632# Adena (Frankfort)
633# Hicksville
634# Cincinnati Landmark (Cincinnati)
635# Champion (Warren)
636# Centennial (Columbus)
637# Ridgedale (Morral)
638# Mathews (Vienna)
639# West (Columbus)
640# Conotton Valley (Bowerston)
641# Ridgemont (Mount Victory)
642# Dohn Community (Cincinnati)
643# Mifflin (Columbus)
644# Grove City Christian (Grove City)
645# Cardington-Lincoln (Cardington)
646# Swanton
647# Catholic Central (Springfield)
648# Minerva
649# Clermont Northeastern (Batavia)
650# Miller (Corning)
651# Madison Plains (London)
652# Coventry (Akron)
653# River View (Warsaw)
654# Alexander (Albany)
655# Dixie (New Lebanon)
656# Jefferson Township (Dayton)
657# Memorial (Campbell)
658# South Central (Greenwich)
659# East Canton
660# Strasburg-Franklin (Strasburg)
661# Chippewa (Doylestown)
662# Ponitz Career Tech (Dayton)
663# Buckeye Local (Rayland)
664# East (Sciotoville)
665# Springfield (Akron)
666# Brooklyn
667# Southern (Racine)
668# Woodward (Toledo)
669# Covington
670# Southeastern (Chillicothe)
671# Bishop Rosecrans (Zanesville)
672# Linden-McKinley (Columbus)
673# East Tech (Cleveland)
674# Mississinawa Valley (Union City)
675# East Palestine
676# Dayton Christian (Miamisburg)
677# Collinwood (Cleveland)
678# Bucyrus
679# Lockland
680# Hilltop (West Unity)
681# Bridgeport
682# Perry (Lima)
683# Symmes Valley (Willow Wood)
684# Cardinal Stritch (Oregon)
685# St. John (Ashtabula)
686# Oak Hill
687# North Baltimore
688# Fayetteville-Perry (Fayetteville)
689# Windham
690# John Adams (Cleveland)
691# Beallsville
692# Oberlin
693# North College Hill (Cincinnati)
694# Fisher Catholic (Lancaster)
695# Wellsville
696# Miami Valley Christian Academy (Cincinnati)
697# Berne Union (Sugar Grove)
698# New London
699# Middletown Christian (Franklin)
700# River Valley (Bidwell)
701# Leetonia
702# Cory-Rawson (Rawson)
703# Beachwood
704# Frontier (New Matamoras)
705# Vanlue
706# Aquinas (Louisville)
707# Lincoln West (Cleveland)
708# Belpre
709# St. Joseph Central Catholic (Fremont)
710# Federal Hocking (Stewart)
711# West Union
712# Crestline
713# Green (Franklin Furnace)
714# Riverview East Academy (Cincinnati)
715# Manchester
716# Tuscarawas Central Catholic (New Philadelphia)
717# New Miami (Hamilton)
718# Southern Buckeye (Russellville)
719# Millersport
720# North Adams (Seaman)
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