Football: Columbus Grove stays at No. 2 in latest D-VII AP poll

Columbus Grove (7-0) and Marion Local (7-0) remained in the top two spots this week in the fifth weekly Division VII state poll, voted upon by Associated Press members throughout Ohio.

Minster (6-1) dropped to fourth in D-VII and Bluffton (7-0) fell to No. 5 in D-VI.

Wapakoneta (7-0) stayed at No.6 in D-III and Coldwater (7-0) is back down to No. 2 in D-VI.

Anna (5-2) is also up to No. 9 in D-VI after previously being unranked.

Other area teams receiving votes included Lima Senior (D-II, 17), LCC (D-VII, 6), Versailles, (D-V, 6) and Ada (D-VII, 4).

The Top 10 teams in each Associated Press Ohio high school football poll, along with first-place votes in parentheses and win-loss records, are included below.

Division I

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Mentor (10) (7-0)

133

1

2.

Cincinnati Winton Woods (7-0)

114

T2

3.

Cincinnati Moeller (3) (6-1)

105

T2

4.

West Chester Lakota West (1) (6-1)

69

4

5.

Columbus Upper Arlington (6-1)

60

NR

6.

Perrysburg (6-1)

59

6

7.

Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (6-1)

45

9

8.

Galloway Westland (6-1)

42

10

9.

Powell Olentangy Liberty (5-2)

41

5

10.

Lakewood St. Edward (4-3)

26

7

Others receiving votes: 11, Grove City 13. 12, Hamilton 11. 13, Springboro 10. 14, Pickerington North 9. 15, Lorain 8. 16, Canton McKinley 5. 17, Cincinnati St. Xavier 5. 18, Cincinnati Princeton 4. 19, Lewis Center Olentangy 4. 20, Toledo Whitmer 3. 21, Pickerington Central 2. 22, Centerville 1. 23, Cincinnati Elder 1.

Division II

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Avon (8) (7-0)

124

1

2.

Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (2) (7-0)

103

3

3.

Cincinnati Anderson (3) (7-0)

101

2

4.

Medina Highland (7-0)

67

4

5.

Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (7-0)

64

6

6.

Wadsworth (7-0)

62

10

7.

Xenia (1) (7-0)

55

8

8.

Sunbury Big Walnut (6-1)

26

NR

9.

Massillon Washington (5-2)

23

9

(tie)

Columbus Walnut Ridge (7-0)

23

NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Akron Hoban 21. 12, Macedonia Nordonia 19. 13, Harrison 19. 14, Lima Senior 17. 15, North Ridgeville 15. 16, Ashland 9. 17, Cincinnati La Salle 7. 18, Columbus St. Francis DeSales 6. 19, Columbus Franklin Heights 6. 20, Austintown-Fitch 2. 21, Hamilton Badin 1.

Division III

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Columbus Bishop Watterson (5) (7-0)

114

1

2.

Steubenville (2) (7-0)

101

2

3.

Toledo Central Catholic (3) (6-1 )

89

3

4.

Tipp City Tippecanoe (2) (7-0)

78

5

5.

Aurora (1) (7-0)

72

7

6.

Wapakoneta (7-0)

60

6

7.

Gates Mills Gilmour Academy (1) (7-0)

51

8

8.

Youngstown Ursuline (6-1)

47

4

(tie)

Dresden Tri-Valley (7-0 )

47

9

10.

Athens (7-0)

32

NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Granville 21. 12, Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph 18. 13, London 12. 14, Bellbrook 11. 15, Cleveland Benedictine 5. 16, Rocky River 4. 17, Gates Mills Hawken 4. 18, Medina Buckeye 2. 19, Wintersville Indian Creek 2.

Division IV

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Mentor Lake Catholic (9) (7-0)

125

2

2.

Sandusky Perkins (1) (6-1)

84

1

3.

Cincinnati Wyoming (3) (7-0)

82

T3

4.

Perry (6-1)

72

T3

5.

Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (7-0)

66

6

6.

Shelby (7-0)

53

9

7.

Ontario (7-0)

51

7

8.

Cleveland Glenville (1) (5-2)

50

5

9.

St. Clairsville (7-0)

46

NR

10.

Beloit West Branch (7-0)

34

8

Others receiving votes: 11, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 32. 12, Streetsboro 27. 13, Germantown Valley View 19. 14, Lorain Clearview 16. 15, Cincinnati Indian Hill 7. 16, Springfield Kenton Ridge 3. 17, Struthers 1. 18, Urbana 1. 19, Chillicothe Unioto 1.

Division V

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Canfield S. Range (5) (7-0)

122

1

2.

Liberty Center (3) (7-0)

105

2

3.

Milan Edison (3) (7-0)

88

5

4.

Oak Harbor (7-0)

65

6

5.

Ironton (2) (6-1)

57

3

6.

Jamestown Greeneview (1) (7-0)

48

T9

7.

Proctorville Fairland (7-0)

41

NR

7.

Canal Winchester Harvest Prep (5-1)

41

4

9.

Gahanna Columbus Academy (7-0)

36

8

10.

Camden Preble Shawnee (7-0)

35

T9

Others receiving votes: 11, Barnesville 29. 12, Sugarcreek Garaway 28. 13, Belmont Union Local 18. 14, Pemberville Eastwood 16. 15, Akron Manchester 15. 16, Waynesville 7. 17, Versailles 6. 18, Garrettsville Garfield 5. 19, Findlay Liberty-Benton 5. 20, Wooster Triway 1. 21, West Liberty-Salem 1. 22, LaGrange Keystone 1.

Division VI

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Kirtland (8) (7-0)

132

2

2.

Coldwater (6) (7-0)

130

1

3.

Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (7-0)

95

3

4.

Columbus Grandview Heights (7-0)

81

5

5.

Bluffton (7-0)

79

4

6.

Galion Northmor (7-0)

64

6

7.

West Lafayette Ridgewood (7-0)

54

7

8.

Newcomerstown (7-0)

32

NR

9.

Anna (5-2)

28

NR

10.

Huron (6-1)

19

10

Others receiving votes: 11, Dalton 13. 12, Andover Pymatuning Valley 10. 13, Woodsfield Monroe Central 9. 14, St. Bernard 8. 15, Hamler Patrick Henry 5. 16, Bainbridge Paint Valley 5. 17, Cincinnati Country Day 3. 18, Leavittsburg Labrae 2. 19, Beverly Fort Frye 1.

Division VII

Rank

School

Total Points

Previous

1.

Maria Stein Marion Local (14) (7-0)

140

1

2.

Columbus Grove (7-0)

114

2

3.

Jeromesville Hillsdale (7-0)

85

3

4.

Minster (6-1)

76

4

5.

Monroeville (7-0)

71

6

6.

Edon (7-0)

70

7

7.

Berlin Center Western Reserve (6-1)

59

5

8.

Beaver Eastern (7-0)

39

9

9.

Steubenville Catholic Central (6-1)

19

T10

(tie)

Warren John F. Kennedy (6-1)

19

NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Malvern 18. 12, Gibsonburg 12. 13, Ansonia 11. 14, Windham 10. 15, Sycamore Mohawk 8. 16, Lima Central Catholic 6. 17, Sidney Lehman 6. 18, Ada 4. 19, Glouster Trimble 3.