A look at the Associated Press high school football rankings of the 2026 season, listing the Top 10 teams in Michigan for 11-player football and eight-player football heading into Week 8. With record in parentheses and first-place votes in brackets.
Rank — School (record) (first-place votes) — Total Points
1. Detroit Catholic Central (8-0) (5) 50
2. Detroit Cass Tech (8-0) 44
3. East Kentwood (8-0) 38
4. Saline (8-0) 34
5. Howell (8-0) 30
6. Grand Blanc (8-0) 26
7. Romeo (8-0) 20
8. Clarkston (7-1) 15
9 (tie). Grand Ledge (8-0) 7
9 (tie). Oxford (7-1) 7
Others receiving votes: Portage Central 3; Northville 1.
1. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (5-3) (3) 45
2. Muskegon Mona Shores (7-1) (2) 43
3. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice (6-2) 37
4. Grosse Pointe South (7-1) 35
5. Gibraltar Carlson (8-0) 31
6. Caledonia (6-2) 25
7. Byron Center (6-2) 19
8. South Lyon (6-2) 12
9. Walled Lake Western (7-1) 11
10. Temperance Bedford (7-1) 10
Others receiving votes: Milford 7.
1. Chelsea (8-0) (3), 47
2. Detroit Martin Luther King (6-2) (2), 46
3. Harper Woods (7-1), 42
4. Coopersville (8-0), 30
5. DeWitt (6-2), 28
6. Zeeland West (7-1), 24
7. Port Huron (8-0), 22
8. Mount Pleasant (7-1), 15
9. Mason (7-1), 13
10. St. Joseph (7-1), 6
Receiving votes: Fenton 3, Warren De La Salle 2
1. Goodrich (8-0) (5), 50
2. Dearborn Divine Child (7-1), 45
3. Grand Rapids South Christian (7-1), 40
4. Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills (7-1), 33
5. Edwardsburg (8-0), 29
6. Portland (8-0), 25
7. Vicksburg (7-1), 21
8. Paw Paw (7-1), 15
9. Forest Hills Eastern (7-1), 10
10. Marshall (7-1), 3
11. Hudsonville Unity Christian (5-3), 3
Receiving votes: Hastings 1
1. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (7-1) (5) 50
2. Frankenmuth (7-1) 38
3. Monroe Jefferson (8-0) 38
4. Grand Rapids West Catholic (6-2) 36
5. Kingsford (8-0) 33
6. Berrien Springs (8-0) 27
7. Saginaw Swan Valley (7-1) 19
8. Hopkins (7-1) 12
9. Lake Odessa Lakewood (7-1) 9
10. Kalamazoo Hackett (8-0) 9
Others receiving votes: West Branch Ogemaw Heights 2, Ida 1, Shepherd 1.
1. Jackson Lumen Christi (7-1) (5) 50
2. Almont (8-0) 45
3. Kingsley (8-0) 36
4. Marine City (8-0) 33
5. Detroit Edison (8-0) 30
6. Sanford Meridian (8-0) 28
7. Clinton (7-1) 20
8. Montrose (7-1) 11
9. Ecorse (7-1) 10
10. Traverse City St. Francis (6-2) 6
Others receiving votes: Adrian Mason 4, Belding 1, Algonac 1.
1. Pewamo-Westphalia (8-0) (3) 45
2. Menominee (7-1) (2) 39
3. Millington (8-0) 38
4. Ithaca (8-0) 38
5. Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central (7-1) 34
6. Constantine (7-1) 28
7. Burton Bendle (8-0) 15
8. North Muskegon (7-1) 11
9. Hanover Horton (7-1) 7
10. Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port-Laker (6-2) 6.
Others receiving votes: Harrison 4, Schoolcraft 3, Ottawa Lake-Whiteford 3, Union City 2, McBain 1.
1. Beal City (8-0) (5) 50
2. Decatur (8-0) 41
3. Royal Oak Shrine Catholic (8-0) 40
4. Hudson (7-1) 35
5. Madison Heights Madison (7-1) 32
6. Springport (7-1) 21
7. New Lothrop (7-1) 19
8. Bark River-Harris (7-1) 16
9. Fowler (6-2) 6
10. Clarkston Everest Collegiate (7-1) 5
Others receiving votes: East Jordan 4, Unionville-Sebewaing 3, Maple City Glen Lake 2, Manchester 1.
1. Blanchard Montabella (7-1) (5) 50
2. Dryden (8-0) 45
3. (tie) Dansville (7-1) 32
4. (tie) Deckerville (7-1) 32
5. Colon (7-1) 31
6. Merrill (7-1) 30
7. Bridgman (7-1) 18
8. Pickford (6-2) 15
9. Climax-Scotts (6-2) 11
10. (tie) Ishpeming (6-2) 3
11. (tie) Rudyard (6-2) 3
12. (tie) Marlette (6-2) 3
Others receiving votes: Crystal Falls Forest Park 2.
1. Mendon (8-0) (3) 48
2. Lake Linden-Hubbell (8-0) (2) 43
3. (tie) Gaylord St. Mary (8-0) 37
4. (tie) Portland St. Patrick (8-0) 37
5. Bay City All Saints (8-0) 32
6. Marion (8-0) 27
7. St. Ignace (7-1) 18
8. Marcellus (6-2) 9
9. Litchfield (7-1) 8
10. Kinde North Huron (7-1) 7
Others receiving votes: Grand Rapids Sacred Heart 5, Powers North Central 3, Britton Deerfield 1.
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