First Associated Press Ohio High School Football Rankings Released

With 146 teams unbeaten through the opening three weeks, the rankings were close throughout — although St. Xavier amassed a 102-point advantage over No. 2 Canton McKinley in Division I.

Mooney leads Coldwater by just one point in Division IV, while Alter has a 10-point lead on Columbus DeSales in III and St. Henry is ahead of Hamler Patrick Henry by 15 points in V.

The poll will continue for eight weeks, with state champions crowned on Oct. 31 just before the start of the playoffs.

How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the first weekly Associated Press poll of 2006, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):

DIVISION I

1. Cin. St. Xavier (20) 3-0 241
2. Can. McKinley (2) 3-0 139
3. Cin. Colerain 3-0 138
4. Lakewood St. Edward 2-1 111
4. Mentor (2) 3-0 111
6. Cin. Elder 3-0 73
7. Westerville S. 3-0 67
8. Clayton Northmont (1) 3-0 59
9. Massillon Washington (1) 2-1 49
10. Lancaster 3-0 43
10. Cin. Moeller 2-1 43

Others receiving 12 or more points: 12, Cle. Glenville 42. 13, Cle. St. Ignatius 36. 14, Fremont Ross 33. 15, Euclid 30. 16 (tie), Hilliard Davidson, Troy 25. 18, Elyria 22. 19, W. Chester Lakota W. 20. 20, Solon 19. 21, Brunswick 18. 22, Centerville 17. 23, Cin. Glen Este 12.

DIVISION II

1, Tol. Cent. Cath. (13) 3-0 183
2, Macedonia Nordonia (5) 3-0 161
3, Pickerington Central (1) 3-0 83
4, Cin. Turpin 3-0 77
5, Maple Hts. 3-0 71
6, Cin. Winton Woods 2-1 67
7, Powell Olentangy Liberty 3-0 64
8, Day. Carroll (1) 3-0 61
9, Parma Padua 3-0 51
10, New Philadelphia (2) 3-0 50

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Uniontown Lake (1) 49. 12, Cols. Watterson 43. 13, Lewis Center Olentangy 42. 14, Akr. Hoban 38. 15 (tie), Wapakoneta, Ashland 34. 17, Cols. St. Charles (1) 33. 18, New Carlisle Tecumseh 28. 19 (tie), Pataskala Watkins Memorial, Day. Col. White, Trotwood-Madison 23. 22 (tie), Piqua, Sylvania Southview (1) 22. 24, Olmsted Falls 19. 25, Canfield (1) 18. 26, Barberton 14. 27 (tie), Avon Lake, Tallmadge 12.

DIVISION III

1, Kettering Alter (5) 3-0 151
2, Cols. DeSales (6) 3-0 141
3, Steubenville (7) 3-0 135
4, Sunbury Big Walnut 3-0 125
5, Cin. Indian Hill (2) 3-0 106
6, Dover (1) 3-0 99
7, Cambridge 3-0 74
8, Niles McKinley (1) 3-0 73
9, Napoleon 3-0 67
10, New Albany 3-0 59

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Beloit W. Branch (1) 58. 12, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (1) 50. 13, Youngs. Liberty 29. 14 (tie), Millersburg W. Holmes 27, Clyde 27. 16, Sandusky Perkins (1) 24. 17, Eaton 22. 18, Mentor Lake Cath. 21. 19 (tie), St. Marys Memorial, Delaware Buckeye Valley, Cin. McNicholas 19. 22 (tie), Gallipolis Gallia, Urbana (1) 15.

DIVISION IV

1, Youngs. Mooney (8) 3-0 175
2, Coldwater (10) 3-0 174
3, Plain City Jonathan Alder (1) 3-0 132
4, Youngs. Ursuline (2) 3-0 127
5, Bellaire (3) 3-0 124
6, Oak Harbor (1) 3-0 73
7, Huron 3-0 68
8, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 3-0 53
9, Williamsport Westfall 3-0 47
10, Milton-Union 3-0 42

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Lemon-Monroe 41. 12, Garfield Hts. Trinity (1) 39. 13, Sparta Highland 38. 14, New Lexington 30. 15, Cin. Wyoming 29. 16 (tie), Akr. SVSM, Perry 28. 18 (tie), Martins Ferry, Massillon Tuslaw 16. 20 (tie), Ironton, Brookfield 14. 22, Brookville 13.

DIVISION V

1, St. Henry (8) 3-0 168
2, Hamler Patrick Henry (5) 3-0 153
3, Amanda-Clearcreek (2) 3-0 106
4, Columbiana Crestview (3) 3-0 86
5, Smithville 3-0 78
6, N. Lima S. Range (1) 3-0 77
7, Reading 3-0 61
8, Sherwood Fairview 3-0 59
9, Cols. Ready 3-0 47
10, W. Salem NW (1) 3-0 44

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11 (tie), Delta, Bedford Chanel (1), Lima Cent. Cath. 42. 14, Warren JFK (1) 40. 15, Versailles (1) 39. 16, Barnesville 35. 17, Marion Pleasant 29. 18, W. Lafayette Ridgewood (1) 27. 19, Attica Seneca E. 19. 20, Lucasville Valley 17. 21 (tie), Lisbon David Anderson, Howard E. Knox, W. Jefferson, Lafayette Allen E. 16. 25, Findlay Liberty-Benton 15. 26, Bucyrus Wynford (1) 14. 27 (tie), Cin. Hills, Haviland Wayne Trace, Defiance Ayersville 13.

DIVISION VI

1, Dola Hardin Northern (6) 3-0 174
2, Delphos St. John's (4) 2-1 147
3, Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (3) 3-0 138
4, Lancaster Fisher Cath. (1) 3-0 122
5, Columbiana 3-0 100
6, Spring. Cath. Cent. (4) 3-0 95
7, Cle. Cuyahoga Hts. (2) 3-0 72
8, Covington (1) 3-0 60
9, Mogadore 2-1 53
10, Steubenville Cath. Cent. 2-1 51

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Berlin Center Western Reserve (2) 39. 12, N. Lewisburg Triad 37. 13 (tie), Monroeville, Shadyside (1) 34. 15, Sycamore Mohawk (1) 33. 16, Beallsville 30. 17 (tie), Old Washington Buckeye Trail, Fremont St. Joseph (1), Maria Stein Marion Local 20. 20 (tie), Lucas, Sandusky St. Mary 19. 22, Newark Cath. 16. 23 (tie), Norwalk St. Paul, Antwerp 13.