HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

ASSOCIATED PRESS STATE POLL

TUESDAY, SEPT. 15, 2026

DIVISION I

Rank, School (1st place votes), (Record), Total points

1. Cincinnati Elder (3) (4-0); Lakewood St. Edward (5) (4-0), 71
2. —

3. Cincinnati Princeton (4-0) 57

4. West Chester Lakota West (4-0) 49

5. Gahanna Lincoln (4-0) 45

6. Perrysburg (4-0) 27

7. Worthington Kilbourne (4-0) 26

8. Columbus St. Charles (4-0), Cincinnati Winton Woods (3-1). 13

9. —

10. Cincinnati Moeller (2-2), Mentor (3-1) 12

Others receiving votes: 12, Canton McKinley 11. 13, Columbus Upper Arlington 9. 14, Pickerington North 7. 15, Cleveland St. Ignatius 7. 16, Hilliard Bradley 5. 17, Cincinnati St. Xavier 3. 18, Toledo Whitmer 1. 19, Grove City 1.

DIVISION II

1. Columbus Bishop Watterson (4) (4-0) 70

2. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (4-0); Massillon Washington (3) (4-0), 60

3. —

4. Sunbury Big Walnut (4-0) 51

5. Wadsworth (4-0) 33

6. Cincinnati Anderson (1) (3-1) 32

7. Toledo Central Catholic (3-1) 30

8. Trotwood-Madison (3-1) 25

9. Harrison (4-0) 21

10. Findlay (4-0) 17

Others receiving votes: 11, Avon 9. 12, Oregon Clay 7. 13, Hamilton Badin 6. 14, Columbus St. Francis DeSales 5. 15, New Albany 5. 16, Mayfield 3. 17, Eastlake North 3. 18, Ashland 2. 19, Medina Highland 1.

DIVISION III

1. Steubenville (6) (4-0) 77

2. Bellbrook (1) (4-0) 68

3. Celina (1) (4-0); Plain City Jonathan Alder (4-0) 42

4. —

5. Willoughby South (4-0) 31

6. Chillicothe (4-0 ) 26

7. Newark Licking Valley (4-0) 24

8. Kettering Archbishop Alter (3-1); Tipp City Tippecanoe (3-1) 23

9. —

10. Salem (4-0) 17

Others receiving votes: 11, Columbus South 10. 12, Garfield Heights 9. 13, Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin 8. 14, Goshen 8. 15, Cincinnati Hughes 7. 16, St. Marys Memorial 7. 17, Columbus Linden McKinley 6. 18, Wapakoneta 4. 19, Gates Mills Hawken 3. 20, Thornville Sheridan 3. 21, Cincinnati Northwest 2.

DIVISION IV

1. Rocky River (2) (4-0) 52

2. Cincinnati Wyoming (1) (4-0) 50

3. Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (2) (3-0) 49

5. —

6. New Lexington (4-0) 40

7. Ottawa-Glandorf (4-0) 37

8. Beloit West Branch (4-0) 26

9. Dayton Oakwood (4-0) 22

10. Canal Fulton Northwest (4-0) 15

Others receiving votes: 11, Uhrichsville Claymont 12. 12, Peninsula Woodridge 11. 13, Urbana 10. 14, Belmont Union Local 10. 15, Cincinnati North College Hill 7. 16, East Liverpool 5. 17, Bellevue 3. 18, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy 2. 19, Bellville Clear Fork 1.

DIVISION V

1. Perry (6) (4-0) 70

2. Ironton (1) (4-0) 59

3. Coldwater (4-0) 54

4. Archbold (4-0); Bluffton (4-0) 32

5. —

6. Barnesville (4-0); Waynesville (4-0) 28

7. —

8. Beverly Fort Frye (4-0) 24

9. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (1) (2-2) 18

10. Martins Ferry (4-0); Girard (4-0) 15

Others receiving votes: 10, Girard 15. 12, Port Clinton 13. 13, LaGrange Keystone 12. 14, Conneaut 12. 15, St. Paris Graham 8. 16, Richwood North Union 7. 17, Williamsburg 5. 18, Wheelersburg 3. 19, Youngstown Liberty 2. 20, Castalia Margaretta 1. 21, Wooster Triway 1. 22, Worthington Christian 1.

DIVISION VI

1. Liberty Center (4) (4-0) 60

2. Canfield S. Range (1) (4-0 ) 55

3. Lima Central Catholic (4-0) 53

4. Kirtland (2) (3-1) 50

5. New Madison Tri-Village (1) (4-0) 47

6. Newark Catholic (4-0) 22

7. Collins Western Reserve (4-0) 21

8. Sugarcreek Garaway (4-0) 20

9. St. Henry (2-2); Mineral Ridge (4-0) 17

10. —

Others receiving votes: 11, Columbus Grove 13. 12, Elmore Woodmore 11. 13, Nelsonville-York 11. 14, Cincinnati Deer Park 10. 15, Wickliffe 7. 16, Van Buren 7. 17, Smithville 5. 18, Jeromesville Hillsdale 4. 19, Versailles 3. 20, Hamler Patrick Henry 2. 21, Columbia Station Columbia 2. 22, Hannibal River 1. 23, Delta 1. 24, Mechanicsburg 1.

DIVISION VII

1. Maria Stein Marion Local (8) (4-0) 80

2. Minster (4-0) 50

3. Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (4-0) 49

4. Ansonia (4-0) 41

5. McDonald (4-0) 37

6. Leipsic (4-0) 35

7. Willow Wood Symmes Valley (4-0); Danville (4-0) 32

8. —

9. North Baltimore (4-0) 19

10. Toronto (4-0) 14

Others receiving votes: 11, New Bremen 12. 12, Strasburg-Franklin 10. 13, Shadyside 9. 14, Ft. Loramie 9. 15, Sycamore Mohawk 7. 16, Mogadore 3. 17, Lancaster Fisher Catholic 1.