AP Polls for all the divisions

[biggunsbob]

The top 10 teams in the Associated Press high school football poll, with records in parentheses.Totals are based on 10 points for a first-place vote, 9 for second, etc.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has determined playoff qualifiers in eight divisions based on enrollment. The divisions in this poll are unofficial.

Division 1
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Clarkston (4) (6-0) 48
2. Lake Orion (1) (6-0) 46
3. Detroit Cass Tech (5-1) 38
4. Flint Carman-Ainsworth (6-0) 37
5. Livonia Churchill (6-0) 27
6. Warren Mott (6-0) 26
7. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (5-1) 20
T8. Detroit Catholic Central (4-2) 10
T8. Rockford (4-2) 10
10. Monroe (5-1) 6
Others receiving votes: 11, Grand Ledge 2. 11, Hartland 2. 11, Dearborn Fordson 2. 14, Saline 1.

Division 2
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Muskegon (5) (6-0) 50
2. Midland (6-0) 42
3. Lowell (5-1) 41
T4. Lansing Everett (6-0) 30
T4. Birmingham Brother Rice (4-2) 30
6. Bay City Western (6-0) 25
7. Oak Park (6-0) 21
8. Farmington (5-1) 15
9. Traverse City Central (5-1) 9
10. Mattawan (6-0) 6
Others receiving votes: 11, Farmington Hills Harrison 2. 11, Swartz Creek 2. 13, Brownstown Woodhaven 1. 13, Caledonia 1.

Division 3
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Orchard Lake St. Mary (5) (5-1) 50
2. Zeeland East (6-0) 45
3. Grand Rapids Christian (5-1) 40
4. Stevensville Lakeshore (6-0) 35
5. Fruitport (6-0) 27
6. Linden (5-1) 22
7. Milan (6-0) 18
8. Dewitt (5-1) 14
9. Lapeer West (4-2) 9
10. St. Clair (6-0) 8
Others receiving votes: 11, Auburn Hills Avondale 4. 12, Bloomfield Hills Lahser 2. 13, Tecumseh 1.

Division 4
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (5) (6-0) 50
2. Croswell-Lexington (6-0) 45
3. Paw Paw (6-0) 38
4. Grosse Ile (5-1) 32
5. Detroit Country Day (5-1) 28
6. Battle Creek Pennfield (5-1) 26
7. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (6-0) 22
8. Comstock Park (5-1) 16
9. Dearborn Heights Robichaud (6-0) 8
10. Zeeland West (4-2) 5
Others receiving votes: 11, Plainwell 2. 12, Saginaw Swan Valley 1. 12, Goodrich 1. 12, Allendale 1.

Division 5
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Flint Powers (5) (6-0) 50
2. Jackson Lumen Christi (6-0) 44
3. Muskegon Oakridge (6-0) 41
4. Frankenmuth (6-0) 32
5. Dowagiac Union (6-0) 27
T6. Kingsford (5-1) 19
T6. Portland (6-0) 19
8. Grayling (6-0) 13
9. River Rouge (6-0) 11
10. Lansing Catholic (5-1) 8
Others receiving votes: 11, Menominee 5. 12, Freeland 2. 12, Hopkins 2. 14, Reed City 1. 14, Carrollton 1.

Division 6
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Ithaca (4) (6-0) 49
2. Schoolcraft (1) (6-0) 46
3. Constantine (5-1) 40
4. Negaunee (6-0) 31
5. Clinton (6-0) 24
6. Hillsdale (6-0) 21
7. Millington (6-0) 18
8. Michigan Center (6-0) 17
9. Hemlock (5-1) 10
10. Shelby (5-1) 8
Others receiving votes: 11, Montague 6. 12, Warren Michigan Collegiate 3. 13, Watervliet 1. 13, Maple City Glen Lake 1.

Division 7
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Saginaw Nouvel (3) (5-1) 46
2. Detroit Loyola (2) (6-0) 45
3. Ishpeming (6-0) 40
4. Reese (6-0) 39
5. Mancelona (6-0) 29
6. Hartford (6-0) 24
7. Union City (5-1) 14
8. Lawton (5-1) 13
9. Decatur (5-1) 12
10. Waterford Our Lady (4-1) 4
Others receiving votes: 11, Ottawa Lake Whiteford 3. 12, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 2. 12, Marlette 2. 14, Pewamo-Westphalia 1. 14, Royal Oak Shrine 1.

Division 8
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Mendon (4) (6-0) 48
2. New Lothrop (6-0) 43
3. Beal City (1) (6-0) 38
4. Iron Mountain North Dickinson (6-0) 31
5. St. Ignace LaSalle (6-0) 28
6. Harbor Beach (5-1) 23
7. Fowler (5-1) 16
T8. L'Anse (6-0) 13
T8. Muskegon Catholic Central (4-2) 13
10. Climax-Scotts (6-0) 8
Others receiving votes: 11, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 6. 12, Crystal Falls Forest Park 4. 13, St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic 2. 13, Pickford 2.

 

[biggunsbob]

Crap my nephew's team Mason may be in trouble now after starting 4-0 with a very suspect schedule and only 6 seniors they have lost back to back games to Charlotte 42-3 and Jackson Lumen Christi 39-3 .. And now they have a hopefully easy win verses a 0-6 team coming up but then two tough games to end the season @ Waverly who is 4-2 and @ Crosswell Lexington who is 6-0 and ranked. I think they have to win the next two games.. Crosswell probably has them circled as Mason ended Lexington's 8-0 record last year.. Still a 5-4 record with that few seniors is still good in my book.. Hopefully they will dig deep and figure out a way to get it done and get to 6 wins..

 

[biggunsbob]

My daughters school Byron Center has turned their season around at 1-3 and have won a couple of games I did not think they would win. 7-3 at Middleville in a rain storm soaked field.. Now Middleville is not very good but BC changed QB's and were coming off 3 tough losses in a low.. The next game was a shocker to me.. They went to 4-1 Hamilton who is owned us the last 10 years and won going away 42-21...Funny the all-time record was 20-20 or thereabouts but it was tied.. Now with three games left they have one home game this week verses 0-6 Holland they should win and road games verses Unity Christian 4-2 and Holland Christian 2-4... At 3-3 they have a shot now to get to 6 wins...

 

[Mitchrapp]

Is HS football still where few teams get in the playoffs or does more teams get in now?

 

[biggunsbob]

No Last 10-15 years it has been 6 wins in a nine game schedule or 5 wins in a eight game schedule get you in... 256 spots make the playoffs broken up into 8 division based on schools size ..Now just about every year they do not have enough 6-3 teams to fill the spots so they take the best 5-4 teams and 4-4 teams based on computer points... They load up the top 256 teams and go 1 to 256 based on school size and break it up into 8 divisions. Every year about 5-20..... 4-4 and 5-4 teams make it

Mitch in our day you had to go 9-0 or 8-1 just to have a shot to make the playoffs and few 7-2 teams made it..

 

[biggunsbob]

I like the new system.. They changed it after I moved out west and I did not know about it until I was a able to pull fox sports detroit on Comcast for a few years and i could watch the high school playoffs from michigan on thanksgiving ... I remember Menominee crushing my high school Haslett 42-6 in 1998.. Pretty sure it happened around that time give or take a few years...

 

[biggunsbob]

I love watching Menominee and the single wing they still run from the UP.