Anderson climbs to its highest position ever in the High School Football America Ohio Top 25 high school football rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. The Raptors move from No. 17 to No. 11 this week after beating Winton Woods 31-17, giving them a piece of the Eastern Cincinnati Conference championship. WW falls from No. 10 to No. 12 in the latest rankings.
The curtain falls on the regular season this week with No. 3 St. Edward and No. 5 Archbishop Hoban taking centerstate in one of three Top 25 head-to-head matchups this week.
No. 14 Olentangy Orange can wrap-up the Ohio Capital Conference Central Division championship with a win over No. 16 Olentangy Liberty. A win by Liberty could result in a three-way tie for the title. No. 15 Upper Arlington can claim a piece if it beats Hilliard Davidson and Liberty beats Orange.
The third head-to-head will be between No. 10 Elder and No. 20 La Salle.
Top-ranked Massillon Washington will try to close-out an 8-2 regular season when it plays arch-rival Canton McKinley in The War of 1894. This year’s game will be the 135th in the series. Massillon has won eight in a row and nine of the last ten. They also lead the all-time series 76-53-5.
McKinley (6-3), ranked No. 20 last week, falls out of the rankings after losing to Massillon Jackson last weekend.
High School Football America Ohio Top 25
| Ranking/Team | Record | Last Week |
| No. 1 Massillon Washington | (7-2) | 1 |
| No. 2 Archbishop Moeller | (8-1) | 3 |
| No. 3 St. Edward | (5-4) | 2 |
| No. 4 Avon | (9-0) | 4 |
| No. 5 Archbishop Hoban | (7-2) | 5 |
| No. 6 Glenville | (6-3) | 6 |
| No. 7 Toledo Central Catholic | (8-1) | 7 |
| No. 8 Lakota West | (8-1) | 8 |
| No. 9 St. Xavier | (6-3) | 9 |
| No. 10 Elder | (5-4) | 11 |
| No. 11 Anderson | (9-0) | 17 |
| No. 12 Winton Woods | (8-1) | 10 |
| No. 13 Pickerington North | (8-1) | 12 |
| No. 14 Olentangy Orange | (8-1) | 13 |
| No. 15 Upper Arlington | (7-2) | 14 |
| No. 16 Olentangy Liberty | (7-2) | 15 |
| No. 16 Walsh Jesuit | (9-0) | 16 |
| No. 17 Mentor | (9-0) | 18 |
| No. 19 Olentangy Berlin | (7-2) | 19 |
| No. 20 La Salle | (7-2) | 21 |
| No. 21 Bishop Watterson | (9-0) | 22 |
| No. 22 Ursuline | (8-1) | 23 |
| No. 23 Steubenville | (9-0) | 24 |
| No. 24 Austintown-Fitch | (7-2) | 25 |
| No. 25 Benedictine | (7-2) | NR |
Dropped-out: No. 20 Canton McKinley
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
