COLUMBUS – Marion Local and Trotwood-Madison continued their reigns atop the Associated Press’ state football rankings this week.
Trotwood-Madison from the Greater Western Ohio Conference is ranked No. 1 in Division III, and Marion Local from the Midwest Athletic Conference is ranked No. 1 in Division VI. Both teams have been ranked first in their respective divisions in all four AP state polls this season.
A number of other schools with local connections also are ranked this week. Centerville from the GWOC is ranked No. 4 in Division I, Sidney from the GWOC is ranked No. 6 in Division II, Anna from the MAC is ranked No. 8 in Division V, St. Henry from the MAC is ranked No. 6 in Division VI, Coldwater from the MAC is ranked No. 8 in Division VI, Delphos St. John’s from the MAC is ranked No. 9 in Division VII, and Minster from the MAC is ranked No. 14 in Division VII.
No Darke County teams have been ranked in this season’s state polls.
Below is how a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2017, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
| DIVISION I | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cleveland St. Ignatius (18) | 6-0 | 260 |
| 2. Cincinnati St. Xavier (9) | 6-0 | 248 |
| 3. Lakewood St. Edward | 6-0 | 212 |
| 4. Centerville | 6-0 | 168 |
| 5. Toledo Whitmer (1) | 6-0 | 155 |
| 6. Canton McKinley | 6-0 | 151 |
| 7. Hilliard Bradley | 6-0 | 115 |
| 8. Mentor | 5-1 | 52 |
| 9. Stow-Munroe Falls | 5-1 | 40 |
| 10. Pickerington North | 5-1 | 19 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 16. Pickerington Central 13.
| DIVISION II | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Avon (19) | 6-0 | 249 |
| 2. Cincinnati Winton Woods (8) | 6-0 | 244 |
| 3. Cincinnati La Salle | 5-1 | 182 |
| 4. Cincinnati Anderson | 6-0 | 181 |
| 5. Medina Highland | 6-0 | 154 |
| 6. Sidney | 6-0 | 121 |
| 7. Wadsworth (1) | 6-0 | 115 |
| 8. Columbus Walnut Ridge | 6-0 | 89 |
| 9. Cleveland Benedictine | 5-1 | 47 |
| 10. Grafton Midview | 5-1 | 39 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Akron Hoban 25. Sylvania Northview 23. Hudson 15. Dayton Belmont 14. Barberton 13. Massillon Washington 13.
| DIVISION III | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Trotwood-Madison (22) | 6-0 | 261 |
| 2. Clyde (1) | 6-0 | 198 |
| 3. Canfield (4) | 6-0 | 192 |
| 4. Toledo Central Catholic | 5-1 | 151 |
| 5. Sandusky | 6-0 | 128 |
| 6. Columbus Marion-Franklin | 6-0 | 115 |
| 7. Parma Padua | 6-0 | 103 |
| 8. Medina Buckeye | 6-0 | 90 |
| 9. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary | 6-0 | 78 |
| 10. Franklin | 5-1 | 44 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Columbus Bishop Hartley 38. Bay Village Bay (1) 26. Columbus St. Francis DeSales 19. Kettering Archbishop Alter 16. New Philadelphia 14. Tallmadge 13. Chardon 12.
| DIVISION IV | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Steubenville (22) | 6-0 | 252 |
| 2. Germantown Valley View (3) | 6-0 | 223 |
| 3. Perry (1) | 6-0 | 164 |
| 4. Bellville Clear Fork | 6-0 | 162 |
| 5. Clarksville Clinton-Massie (1) | 6-0 | 153 |
| 6. Poland Seminary (1) | 6-0 | 137 |
| 7. London | 6-0 | 104 |
| 8. Shelby | 6-0 | 87 |
| 9. Oberlin Firelands | 6-0 | 63 |
| 10. Cincinnati Wyoming | 6-0 | 61 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Girard 18. Cincinnati Indian Hill 17. Plain City Jonathan Alder 16. Newark Licking Valley 15. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney 13.
| DIVISION V | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pemberville Eastwood (15) | 6-0 | 232 |
| 2. Wheelersburg (9) | 6-0 | 213 |
| 3. Canfield S. Range (2) | 6-0 | 201 |
| 4. Portsmouth West | 6-0 | 166 |
| 5. Marion Pleasant (1) | 5-0 | 145 |
| 6. Orwell Grand Valley | 6-0 | 108 |
| 7. Sullivan Black River | 6-0 | 102 |
| 8. Anna | 5-1 | 98 |
| 9. Jamestown Greeneview | 6-0 | 83 |
| 10. Archbold (1) | 5-1 | 37 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Liberty Center 26. Milan Edison 21. Belmont Union Local 20. Gahanna Columbus Academy 19. Tontogany Otsego 18. Bethel-Tate 17.
| DIVISION VI | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Maria Stein Marion Local (26) | 6-0 | 278 |
| 2. Kirtland (1) | 6-0 | 201 |
| 3. Mogadore (1) | 6-0 | 196 |
| 4. Nelsonville-York | 6-0 | 153 |
| 5. Sarahsville Shenandoah | 6-0 | 129 |
| 6. St. Henry | 5-1 | 102 |
| 7. Rootstown | 6-0 | 97 |
| 8. Coldwater | 4-2 | 96 |
| 9. Creston Norwayne | 5-1 | 91 |
| 10. Findlay Liberty-Benton | 5-1 | 38 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Smithville 28. Mechanicsburg 22. West Liberty-Salem 16.
| DIVISION VII | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dalton (19) | 6-0 | 264 |
| 2. Cleveland Cuyahoga Heights (3) | 6-0 | 222 |
| 3. Norwalk St. Paul (5) | 6-0 | 212 |
| 4. Pandora-Gilboa (1) | 6-0 | 170 |
| 5. Danville | 5-1 | 149 |
| 6. Windham | 5-1 | 89 |
| 7. Convoy Crestview | 5-1 | 87 |
| 8. Sidney Lehman | 5-1 | 85 |
| 9. Delphos St. John’s | 4-2 | 40 |
| 10. Haviland Wayne Trace | 5-1 | 32 |
| (tie) Lucas | 5-1 | 32 |
| (tie) Canal Winchester Harvest Prep | 5-1 | 32 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: McComb 30. Minster 22. Warren John F. Kennedy 16. Lisbon David Anderson 16.
