Massillon Washington and St. Edward neck-and-neck in the Ohio Top 25 high school football rankings

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It’s been quite a year at the top of the High School Football America Ohio Top 25, powered by NFL Play Football. Massillon Washington, St. Edward and Archbishop Hoban have been battling all season long for the overall No. 1 ranking.

Two-time defending Division I champ St. Ed began the season at No. 1, but dropped to No. 2 after losing to Massillon Washington 15-13 on September 15. Since mid-September, the Tigers have been at the top team in our rankings created with our proprietary algorithm. St. Ed has remained No. 2, followed by Archbishop Hoban at No. 3.

Who will finish the year at No. 1? That will be determined this weekend in Canton with three of huge championship matchups.

Top-ranked Massillon Washington can wrap-up No. 1 when it plays Hoban for the Division II championship on Thursday. Hoban’s only loss was 14-7 to St. Ed in the regular season finale for both teams.

If Hoban beats the Tigers, then our rankings algorithm may have to work overtime, especially if St. Ed beats No. 14 Springfield for the Division I title and No. 4 Toledo Central Catholic wins the Division III against No. 25 Bishop Watterson.

Below is the Ohio Top 25 heading into this weekend’s finals.

High School Football America Ohio Top 25

Ranking/TeamRecordLast Week
No. 1 Massillon Washington(15-0)1
No. 2 St. Edward(14-1)2
No. 3 Archbishop Hoban(13-1)3
No. 4 Toledo Central Catholic(15-0)4
No. 5 Archbishop Moeller(10-5)5
No. 6 Avon(14-1)6
No. 7 Glenville(12-3)7
No. 8 Princeton (12-1)8
No. 9 Lincoln (Gahanna)(12-1)9
No. 10 Pickerington North(11-2)10
No. 11 Elder(7-5)11
No. 12 St. Xavier(7-5)13
No. 13 Lakota West(11-3)14
No. 14 Springfield (10-5)19
No. 15 Hillard Bradley(13-2)15
No. 16 Anderson (13-1)12
No. 17 Withrow (12-2)16
No. 18 Medina (10-4)17
No. 19 Cleveland Heights(11-2)18
No. 20 Dublin Coffman(10-4)20
No. 21 Winton Woods(8-4)21
No. 22 Milford(11-1)22
No. 23 Walsh Jesuit(12-2)23
No. 24 Centerville(9-2)24
No. 25 Bishop Watterson (14-1)NR

Dropped-out: No. 25 Chardon 

Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.