CLEVELAND, Ohio — The state’s top four high school football teams in Division I appear to be well established in place.
St. Edward, Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller, Mentor and Cincinnati St. Xavier maintain their positions in those spots since last week in the cleveland.com state football rankings entering Week 5.
This week could bring some movement in Division II, as defending state champion Avon plays host to Olmsted Falls. Top-ranked Cincinnati Anderson, a state finalist last season, visits Kings Mills Kings in a battle of 4-0 teams. Also, Massillon entertains St. Edward.
Division III sees Youngstown Ursuline drop out after its season was canceled amid hazing allegations and lawsuits. The Fighting Irish were ranked fourth in the state. Benedictine moves up into the top 10 with their exclusion.
Glenville maintains its standing atop Division IV because of its strength of schedule, a chief determining factor in the cleveland.com rankings. For the Tarblooders, that includes losses to St. Edward and Avon.
Kirtland remains atop Division VI, which saw movement with Anna’s 14-7 win against Coldwater in the Midwest Athletic Conference.
Here is a full look at this week’s state rankings:
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DIVISION I
1. St. Edward (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 1, beat Glenville 28-14
This week: Friday at Massillon
2. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 2, won at Nashville Christ Presbyterian Academy (Tenn.) 49-28
This week: Friday vs. Cincinnati St. Xavier
3. Mentor (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 3, won at Brunswick 45-7
This week: Friday vs. Medina
4. Cincinnati St. Xavier (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 4, beat Westerville North 28-0
This week: Friday at Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller
5. Cincinnati Elder (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 6, won at Cincinnati La Salle 16-8
This week: Friday at Louisville St. Xavier (Ky.)
6. Pickerington North (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 7, won at Dublin Coffman 24-0
This week: Friday vs. Thomas Worthington
7. Olentangy Orange (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 8, beat Gahanna Lincoln 35-21
This week: Friday at Olentangy Berlin
8. Cincinnati Princeton (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 9, won at Lakota West 27-10
This week: Friday vs. Lakota East
9. Upper Arlington (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 10, won at New Albany 42-7
This week: Friday vs. Grove City Central Crossing
10. Pickerington Central (3-1)
Last week: Not ranked, beat Logan 64-7
This week: Friday at Canal Winchester
DIVISION II
1. Cincinnati Anderson (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 1, beat Lebanon 36-10
This week: Friday at Kings
2. Walsh Jesuit (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 2, won at St. Ignatius 31-0
This week: Friday vs. Buffalo Canisius (N.Y.)
3. Avon (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 3, won at North Ridgeville 55-7
This week: Friday vs. Olmsted Falls
4. Archbishop Hoban (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 4, beat Akron East 52-0
This week: Friday vs. Brush
5. Sunbury Big Walnut (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 5, won at Delaware Hayes 45-7
This week: Friday vs. Westerville South
6. Wadsworth (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 6, won at North Royalton 48-14
This week: Friday vs. Twinsburg
7. Highland (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 7, beat Aurora 41-7
This week: Friday at Copley
8. Olmsted Falls (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 9, beat Elyria 38-0
This week: Friday at Avon
9. Massillon (2-2)
Last week: Ranked No. 10, beat Buffalo Lewis J. Bennett (N.Y.) 35-0
This week: Friday vs. St. Edward
10. Kings (4-0)
Last week: Not ranked, won at West Clermont 31-0
This week: Friday vs. Cincinnati Anderson
DIVISION III
1. Columbus Bishop Watterson (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 1, beat Tiffin Columbian 81-7
This week: Friday vs. Canal Winchester Harvest Prep
2. Wapakoneta (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 2, won at Ottawa-Glandorf 42-14
This week: Friday vs. St. Marys Memorial
3. Toledo Central Catholic (1-3)
Last week: Ranked No. 3, won at Brother Rice (Mich.) 28-14
This week: Friday vs. Warren De La Salle (Mich.)
4. Tippecanoe (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 5, won at Riverside Stebbins 41-6
This week: Friday at Vandalia Butler
5. Hamilton Badin (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 6, won at Columbus DeSales 38-21
This week: Friday vs. Columbus Bishop Hartley
6. Newark Licking Valley (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 7, won at Heath 41-14
This week: Friday at Newark Catholic
7. Columbus Bishop Hartley (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 8, beat Watkins Memorial 35-7
This week: Friday at Hamilton Badin
8. Canfield (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 9, won at Poland Seminary 35-13
This week: Friday vs. Youngstown Chaney
9. Villa Angela-St. Joseph (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 10, idle
This week: Friday at St. Vincent-St. Mary
10. Benedictine (4-0)
Last week: Not ranked, won at Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin 28-14
This week: Friday vs. Lake Catholic
DIVISION IV
1. Glenville (2-2)
Last week: Ranked No. 1, lost at St. Edward 28-14
This week: Friday vs. John Adams
2. Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (3-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 2, idle
This week: Friday at Lore City Buckeye Trail
3. Shelby (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 3, beat Galion 45-34
This week: Friday vs. Marengo Highland
4. Cincinnati Taft (3-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 4, beat Cincinnati Mount Healthy 69-0
This week: Friday vs. Dayton Thurgood Marshall
5. Cincinnati Indian Hill (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 5, won at Cincinnati Wyoming 28-7
This week: Friday vs. Cincinnati Mariemont
6. Lake Catholic (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 8, won at Gilmour Academy 31-14
This week: Friday at Benedictine
7. Norton (3-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 9, beat Ravenna 56-24
This week: Friday vs. Field
9. Plain City Jonathan Alder (4-0)
Last week: Not ranked, won at North Union 42-23
This week: Friday vs. Springfield Shawnee
9. Cincinnati Wyoming (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 6, lost to Cincinnati Indian Hill 28-7
This week: Friday vs. Cleves Taylor
10. Germantown Valley View (3-1)
Last week: Not ranked, won at Carlisle 35-14
This week: Friday at Eaton
DIVISION V
1. Ironton (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 1, beat Canisius (N.Y.) 55-21
This week: Friday vs. Jackson
2. Liberty Center (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 2, won at Swanton 64-0
This week: Friday vs. Bryan
3. Findlay Liberty-Benton (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 3, beat Mount Blanchard Riverdale 51-0
This week: Friday at Bloomdale Elmwood
4. Oak Harbor (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 4, beat Fostoria 49-6
This week: Friday vs. Tontogany Otsego
5. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (2-2)
Last week: Ranked No. 5, lost at Steubenville 27-24 (OT)
This week: Saturday vs. Chardon
6. Manchester (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 6, beat Canton South 35-17
This week: Friday vs. Kenston
7. Wheelersburg (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 9, beat McDermott Northwest 35-0
This week: Friday at Lucasville Valley
8. Girard (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 10, beat Struthers 48-12
This week: Friday vs. Sugarcreek Garaway
9. Versailles (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 7, lost to New Bremen 26-25
This week: Friday vs. Rockford Parkway
10. Barnesville (4-0)
Last week: Not ranked, beat Buckeye Local 56-0
This week: Friday at Monroe Central
DIVISION VI
1. Kirtland (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 1, won at Fairview 45-21
This week: Friday vs. Trinity
2. Bluffton (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 3, beat Delphos Jefferson 49-6
This week: Friday at Spencerville
3. Anna (3-1)
Last week: Not ranked, beat Coldwater 14-7
This week: Friday at St. Henry
4. Coldwater (2-2)
Last week: Ranked No. 2, lost at Anna 14-7
This week: Friday vs. Minster
5. Hamler Patrick Henry (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 5, beat Bryan 49-7
This week: Friday at Wauseon
6. Sugarcreek Garaway (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 6, won at Zanesville 48-14
This week: Friday at Girard
7. North Robinson Col. Crawford (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 7, won at Sycamore Mohawk 24-21
This week: Friday at New Washington Buckeye Central
8. New Madison Tri-Village (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 8, won at Twin Valley South 55-0
This week: Friday at Ansonia
9. Sherwood Fairview (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 9, won at Defiance Ayersville 43-14
This week: Friday vs. Defiance Tinora
10. Grandview Heights (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 10, beat Columbus Bexley 35-0
This week: Friday at Chesapeake
DIVISION VII
1. Maria Stein Marion Local (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 1, beat Delphos St. John’s 61-0
This week: Friday at New Bremen
2. Jeromesville Hillsdale (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 2, beat Doylestown Chippewa 53-0
This week: Friday at Dalton
3. St. Henry (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 3, won at Fort Recovery 33-13
This week: Friday vs. Anna
4. New Bremen (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 4, won at Versailles 26-25
This week: Friday vs. Maria Stein Marion Local
5. Lima Central Catholic (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 5, beat Harrod Allen East 36-6
This week: Friday vs. Fort Loramie
6. Minster (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 7, won at Rockford Parkway 49-20
This week: Friday at Coldwater
7. Sidney Lehman Catholic (4-0)
Last week: Ranked No. 9, beat Dayton Northridge 34-16
This week: Friday at Troy Christian
8. Sycamore Mohawk (3-1)
Last week: Ranked No. 8, lost to North Robinson Col. Crawford 24-21
This week: Friday at Bucyrus
9. McDonald (4-0)
Last week: Not ranked, beat Western Reserve 48-20
This week: Friday at Jackson-Milton
10. Mogadore (3-1)
Last week: Not ranked, won at Malvern 28-14