High School on SI Midwest Region Rankings — Sept. 10, 2025

We recently released our High School on SI Power 25 national high school football rankings.
Now, we break it down by region.
Here’s a look at our preseason Top 10 teams in the Midwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota).
High School on SI Midwest Region Rankings — Sept. 10, 2025
1. East St. Louis (Ill.) (0-1) (No. 25 nationally)
2. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) (3-0)
3. Cass Tech (Detroit) (2-0)
4. Brownsburg (Ind.) (3-0)
5. Mount Carmel (Chicago) (2-0)
6. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati) (2-1)
7. St. Xavier (Cincinnati) (3-0)
8. Avon (Ohio) (2-1)
9. Catholic Central (Novi, Mich.) (2-0)
10. Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.) (2-0)
Under Consideration
Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio)
Arrowhead (Hartland, Wis.)
Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)
Lincoln (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Ill.)
Maple Grove (Minn.)
New Palestine (Ind.)
Northwest (Waukee, Iowa)

René Ferrán has written about high school sports in the Pacific Northwest since 1993, with his work featured at the Idaho Press Tribune, Tri-City Herald, Seattle Times, Tacoma News Tribune, The Columbian and The Oregonian before he joined SBLive Sports in 2020.