High school football state poll: Which area teams are ranked this week?

Waynesville High School junior quarterback Alex Amburgy drops back to pass during their game on Thursday night against Oakwood at Spartan Community Stadium. Waynesville won 45-14. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY MICHAEL COOPER

Waynesville High School junior quarterback Alex Amburgy drops back to pass during their game on Thursday night against Oakwood at Spartan Community Stadium. Waynesville won 45-14. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY MICHAEL COOPER
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By Associated Press
Oct 9, 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 (9) 7-1 171

2. Pickerington North (3) 8-0 146

3. Hilliard Bradley (3) 8-0 138

4. Cincinnati Princeton 8-0 110

5. Milford (1) 8-0 109

6. Gahanna Lincoln 8-0 92

7. Canton McKinley (1) 7-1 90

8. Lewis Center Olentangy (1) 7-1 69

9. Centerville (2) 7-1 33

10. Cincinnati Moeller 5-3 32

(tie) Delaware Olentangy Berlin 7-1 32

Others receiving 12 or more points: Cleveland Heights 17. Wadsworth 17.

DIVISION II

1. Massillon Washington (13) 8-0 191

2. Akron Hoban (5) 7-0 176

3. Avon 8-0 158

4. Cincinnati Anderson (1) 7-1 125

5. Canal Winchester 8-0 109

6. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 7-1 78

7. Painesville Riverside 7-1 74

8. Cincinnati Withrow 7-1 65

9. Hudson 6-2 31

(tie) Troy (1) 7-1 31

Others receiving 12 or more points: Cincinnati Winton Woods 29. Medina Highland 18.

DIVISION III

1. Toledo Central Catholic (16) 8-0 192

2. Badin (3) 8-0 168

3. Youngstown Ursuline (1) 8-0 162

4. Columbus Bishop Watterson 8-0 136

5. Norton 8-0 89

6. London 8-0 79

7. Chagrin Falls Kenston 7-1 63

8. Tiffin Columbian 7-1 56

9. Celina 7-1 27

(tie) Trotwood-Madison 6-2 27

Others receiving 12 or more points: Geneva 26. Bloom-Carroll 14. Medina Buckeye 12.

DIVISION IV

1. Clinton-Massie (13) 8-0 186

2. Sandusky Perkins (1) 7-0 159

3. Canton South 8-0 125

4. Thornville Sheridan 8-0 122

5. Steubenville (1) 7-1 117

6. Cincinnati Wyoming 8-0 111

7. Cleveland Glenville (4) 5-3 80

8. Mentor Lake Catholic 7-1 72

9. Cincinnati Taft 6-2 33

10. Springfield Shawnee (1) 7-1 29

Others receiving 12 or more points: Columbus Bishop Hartley 27. Streetsboro 20.

DIVISION V

1. Perry (10) 8-0 181

2. Liberty Center (4) 8-0 156

3. Coldwater (4) 8-0 134

4. Valley View (2) 8-0 130

5. Ironton 7-1 99

6. Oak Harbor 8-0 96

7. Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 6-1 69

8. Creston Norwayne 8-0 59

9. Canfield S. Range 7-1 50

10. Waynesville 7-1 47

Others receiving 12 or more points: Brookville 16. Milan Edison 15. Garrettsville Garfield 13.

DIVISION VI

1. Versailles (10) 7-1 172

2. West Jefferson (4) 8-0 153

3. Kirtland (3) 7-1 149

4. Sugarcreek Garaway (2) 8-0 135

5. Williamsburg (1) 8-0 130

6. Bluffton 8-0 112

7. Rootstown 7-0 59

8. Cincinnati Country Day 8-0 44

9. Columbia Station Columbia 8-0 42

10. West Liberty-Salem 7-1 26

Others receiving 12 or more points: Tri-Village 22. Bainbridge Paint Valley 13.

DIVISION VII

1. Marion Local (19) 8-0 199

2. Ansonia (1) 8-0 164

3. Danville 8-0 119

4. Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 8-0 110

5. Hamler Patrick Henry 7-1 93

6. Dalton 6-1 72

7. Tiffin Calvert 7-0 67

8. Minster 7-1 59

8. Malvern 7-1 59

10. McComb 7-1 44

Others receiving 12 or more points: Antwerp 24. Beaver Eastern 22. Reedsville Eastern 20. Steubenville Catholic Central 13.

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