High School Football State Poll: Which area teams are ranked this week?

Valley View running back Micah Valenti carries the ball during their game against Brookville Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 at Valley View's Niswonger Field in Germantown. Valley View won 49-21. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Valley View running back Micah Valenti carries the ball during their game against Brookville Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 at Valley View's Niswonger Field in Germantown. Valley View won 49-21. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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By Associated Press
Updated Oct 17, 2023
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Below is this week’s Associated Press state football poll, with voting points and first-place votes in parentheses:

DIVISION I

1. Lakewood St. Edward (11) 8-1 164

2. Hilliard Bradley (4) 9-0 137

3. Pickerington North (1) 9-0 129

4. Cincinnati Princeton 9-0 107

5. Milford 9-0 105

6. Gahanna Lincoln 9-0 93

7. Lewis Center Olentangy 8-1 59

8. Delaware Olentangy Berlin 8-1 49

9. Centerville (2) 8-1 40

10. Cincinnati Moeller 5-4 20

Others receiving 12 or more points: Cleveland Heights 18. Canton McKinley 15. Findlay 12.

DIVISION II

1. Massillon Washington (13) 9-0 173

2. Akron Hoban (3) 8-0 157

3. Avon 9-0 137

4. Canal Winchester 9-0 105

(tie) Cincinnati Anderson (1) 8-1 105

6. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 8-1 84

7. Cincinnati Withrow 8-1 63

8. Painesville Riverside 8-1 56

9. Troy (1) 8-1 37

10. Cincinnati Winton Woods 7-2 26

Others receiving 12 or more points: Hudson 21. Medina Highland 18.

DIVISION III

1. Toledo Central Catholic (13) 9-0 169

2. Badin (3) 9-0 148

3. Youngstown Ursuline (2) 9-0 144

4. Columbus Bishop Watterson 9-0 124

5. Norton 9-0 75

6. London 9-0 67

7. Chagrin Falls Kenston 8-1 61

8. Tiffin Columbian 8-1 47

9. Geneva 8-1 40

10. Celina 8-1 30

Others receiving 12 or more points: Trotwood-Madison 26. Chardon 16.

DIVISION IV

1. Clinton-Massie (11) 9-0 167

2. Sandusky Perkins (2) 8-0 146

3. Steubenville (1) 8-1 131

4. Canton South 9-0 109

5. Cleveland Glenville (3) 6-3 77

6. Thornville Sheridan 8-1 61

7. Columbus Bishop Hartley 7-2 48

8. Cincinnati Wyoming 8-1 47

9. Cincinnati Taft 7-2 44

10. Springfield Shawnee (1) 8-1 32

Others receiving 12 or more points: Mentor Lake Catholic 31. Beloit West Branch 19. Chillicothe Unioto 17. Streetsboro 16.

DIVISION V

1. Perry (10) 9-0 156

2. Liberty Center (3) 9-0 134

3. Coldwater (3) 9-0 131

4. Valley View (2) 9-0 127

5. Ironton 8-1 100

6. Oak Harbor 9-0 90

7. Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 7-1 66

8. Canfield S. Range 8-1 65

9. Waynesville 7-2 20

10. Creston Norwayne 8-1 19

Others receiving 12 or more points: Brookville 15. Barnesville 12. Proctorville Fairland 12.

DIVISION VI

1. Kirtland (5) 8-1 147

(tie) West Jefferson (8) 9-0 147

3. Versailles (3) 7-2 131

4. Sugarcreek Garaway (1) 9-0 130

5. Bluffton 9-0 103

6. Rootstown 8-0 69

7. Williamsburg 8-1 54

8. Cincinnati Country Day 9-0 46

9. Columbia Station Columbia 9-0 45

10. West Liberty-Salem (1) 8-1 42

Others receiving 12 or more points: Tri-Village 21.

DIVISION VII

1. Marion Local (15) 9-0 177

2. Ansonia (3) 9-0 145

3. Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 9-0 110

4. Danville 9-0 101

5. Dalton 7-1 87

6. Tiffin Calvert 8-0 84

7. Minster 8-1 72

8. Hamler Patrick Henry 7-2 45

9. McComb 8-1 44

10. Malvern 8-1 36

Others receiving 12 or more points: Beaver Eastern 27.

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