| National Rank | Regional Rank | State Rank | High School Team | State Class | Record | 2021 Final Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Center Grove (IN) | 6A | 14-0 | Beat Westfield in the 6A State Finals (27-21) | |
| 2 | 1 | Cary-Grove (IL) | 6A | 14-0 | Beat East St. Louis in the 6A State Finals (37-36) | |
| 3 | 1 | St. Edward (OH) | D1 | 15-1 | Beat Springfield in the Division 1 State Finals (23-13) | |
| 4 | 2 | East St. Louis (IL) | 6A | 11-3 | Lost to Cary-Grove in the 6A State Finals (37-36) | |
| 5 | 2 | Upper Arlington (OH) | D1 | 14-1 | Lost to St. Edward in the Division 1 State Playoffs (16-10) | |
| 6 | 1 | St. Xavier (KY) | 6A | 14-1 | Beat Louisville Male in the 6A State Finals (31-21) | |
| 7 | 3 | Lockport (IL) | 8A | 13-1 | Beat Maine South in the 8A State Finals (24-6) | |
| 8 | 3 | Springfield (OH) | D1 | 13-2 | Lost to St. Edward in the Division 1 State Finals (23-13) | |
| 9 | 4 | Wheaton North (IL) | 7A | 13-1 | Beat St. Rita in the 7A State Finals (35-6) | |
| 10 | 1 | Franklin (WI) | D1 | 14-0 | Beat Sun Prairie in the Division 1 State Finals (38-17) | |
| 11 | 1 | Lakeville South (MN) | 6A | 13-0 | Beat Maple Grove in the 6A State Finals (13-7) | |
| 12 | 2 | Louisville Male (KY) | 6A | 13-1 | Lost to St. Xavier in the 6A State Finals (31-21) | |
| 13 | 5 | Loyola Academy (IL) | 8A | 12-1 | Lost to Lockport in the 8A State Playoffs (35-21) | |
| 14 | 4 | Pickerington Central (OH) | D1 | 12-2 | Lost to Upper Arlington in the Division 1 State Playoffs (21-14) | |
| 15 | 2 | Cathedral (IN) | 5A | 14-1 | Beat Zionsville in the 5A State Finals (34-14) | |
| 16 | 3 | Westfield (IN) | 6A | 12-2 | Lost to Center Grove in the 6A State Finals (27-21) | |
| 17 | 2 | Southeast Polk (IA) | 5A | 12-1 | Beat Ankeny in the 5A State Finals (24-7) | |
| 18 | 2 | Sun Pairie (WI) | D1 | 13-1 | Lost to Franklin in the Division 1 State Finals (38-17) | |
| 19 | 1 | Warren De La Salle (MI) | D2 | 13-0 | Beat Traverse City Central in the Division 2 State Championship (41-14) | |
| 20 | 6 | Joliet Catholic (IL) | 4A | 14-0 | Beat Sacred Heart Griffin in the 4A State Finals (56-27) | |
| 21 | 5 | Medina (OH) | D1 | 13-1 | Lost to St. Edward in the Division 1 State Playoffs (41-6) | |
| 22 | 3 | Waunakee (WI) | D2 | 14-0 | Beat Homestead in the Division 2 State Finals (33-21) | |
| 23 | 3 | South Warren (KY) | 5A | 14-1 | Beat Frederick Douglass in the 5A State Finals (38-26) | |
| 24 | 7 | Maine South (IL) | 8A | 12-2 | Lost to Lockport in the 8A State Finals (24-6) | |
| 25 | 4 | Merrillville (IN) | 6A | 12-1 | Lost to Westfield in the 6A State Playoffs (48-19) | |
| 26 | 6 | Lakota West (OH) | D1 | 11-2 | Lost to Archbishop Moeller in the Division 1 State Playoffs (21-17) | |
| 27 | 2 | Manakata West (MN) | 5A | 13-0 | Beat Mahtomedi in the 5A State Finals (24-10) | |
| 28 | 8 | Fenwick (IL) | 5A | 12-2 | Beat Kankakee in the 5A State Finals (35-15) | |
| 29 | 5 | Fort Wayne Carroll (IN) | 6A | 10-2 | Lost to Westfield in the 6A State Playoffs (37-14) | |
| 30 | 3 | Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (IA) | 3A | 12-1 | Lost to Harlan in the 3A State Finals (42-28) | |
| 31 | 7 | St. Xavier (OH) | D1 | 10-3 | Lost to Lakota West in the Division 1 State Playoffs (12-2) | |
| 32 | 9 | St. Rita (IL) | 7A | 11-2 | Lost to Wheaton North in the 7A State Finals (35-6) | |
| 33 | 10 | Neuqua Valley (IL) | 8A | 10-2 | Lost to Maine South in the 8A State Playoffs (14-13) | |
| 34 | 8 | Winton Woods (OH) | D2 | 13-3 | Beat Archbishop Hoban in the Division 2 State Finals (21-10) | |
| 35 | 6 | Brownsburg (IN) | 6A | 9-3 | Lost to Ben Davis in the 6A State Playoffs (32-14) | |
| 36 | 7 | Carmel (IN) | 6A | 9-2 | Lost to Brownsburg in the 6A State Playoffs (31-7) | |
| 37 | 3 | Maple Grove (MN) | 6A | 11-3 | Lost to Lakeville South in the 6A State Finals (13-7) | |
| 38 | 2 | Detroit King (MI) | D3 | 13-1 | Beat DeWitt in the Division 3 State Championship | |
| 39 | 5 | Lexington Christin (KY) | 2A | 14-1 | Lost to Beechwood in the 2A State Finals (23-21) | |
| 40 | 10 | Archbishop Hoban (OH) | D2 | 12-4 | Lost to Winton Woods in the Division 2 State Finals (21-10) | |
| 41 | 11 | Brother Rice (IL) | 7A | 10-3 | Lost to Wheaton North in the 7A State Playoffs (45-27) | |
| 42 | 5 | Xavier (IA) | 4A | 11-2 | Lost to Lewis Central in the 4A State Finals (34-24) | |
| 43 | 3 | Belleville (MI) | D1 | 13-1 | Beat Rochester Adams in the Division 1 State Championship (55-33) | |
| 44 | 8 | Hamilton Southeastern (IN) | 6A | 8-3 | Lost to Westfield in the 6A State Playoffs (24-22) | |
| 45 | 12 | Batavia (IL) | 7A | 10-1 | Lost to Chicago Mt Carmel in the 7A State Playoffs (16-14) | |
| 46 | 6 | Ankney (IA) | 5A | 10-3 | Lost to Southeast Polk in the 5A State Finals (24-7) | |
| 47 | 11 | Archbishop Moeller (OH) | D1 | 11-4 | Lost to Springfield in the Division 1 State Playoffs (22-21) | |
| 48 | 13 | Prospect (IL) | 7A | 10-3 | Lost to St. Rita in the 7A State Playoffs (42-20) | |
| 49 | 4 | Oak Creek (WI) | D1 | 9-2 | Lost to Franklin in the Division 1 State Playoffs (10-7) | |
| 50 | 6 | Boyle County (KY) | 4A | 14-1 | Beat Johnson Central in the 4A State Finals (30-13) | |
| 51 | 4 | St. Thomas Academy (MN) | 5A | 10-1 | Lost to Manakata West in the 5A State Playoffs (21-14) | |
| 52 | 5 | Mukwonago (WI) | D1 | 11-2 | Lost to Sun Prairie in the Division 1 State Playoffs (38-31) | |
| 53 | 7 | Humboldt (IA) | 3A | 11-1 | Lost to Harlan in the 3A State Playoffs (45-19) | |
| 54 | 12 | Piqua (OH) | D2 | 12-1 | Lost to Winton Woods in the Division 2 State Playoffs (38-17) | |
| 55 | 9 | Mount Vernon (IN) | 4A | 14-1 | Beat Northridge in the 4A State Finals (45-14) | |
| 56 | 14 | Lincoln Way East (IL) | 8A | 9-3 | Lost to Loyola Academy in the 8A State Playoffs (3-0) | |
| 57 | 13 | Kings (OH) | D2 | 11-1 | Lost to Winton Woods in the Division 2 State Playoffs (31-21) | |
| 58 | 5 | Rochester Adams (MI) | D1 | 13-1 | Lost to Belleville in the Division 1 State Championship (55-33) | |
| 59 | 10 | Roncalli (IN) | 4A | 12-1 | Lost to Mount Vernon in the 4A State Playoffs (27-21) | |
| 60 | 14 | Uniontown Green (OH) | D2 | 11-4 | Lost to Winton Woods in the Division 2 State Playoffs (20-7) | |
| 61 | 15 | Avon (OH) | D2 | 12-3 | Lost to Archbishop Hoban in the Division 2 State Playoffs (30-24) | |
| 62 | 5 | Shakopee (MN) | 6A | 8-3 | Lost to Lakeville South in the 6A State Playoffs (42-35) | |
| 63 | 16 | Massillon Washington (OH) | D2 | 11-3 | Lost to Uniontown Green in the Division 2 State Playoffs (26-25) | |
| 64 | 11 | Decatur Central (IN) | 5A | 9-2 | Lost to Cathedral in the 5A State Playoffs (31-7) | |
| 65 | 17 | Toledo Central Catholic (OH) | D2 | 11-3 | Lost to Avon in the Division 2 State Playoffs (43-42) | |
| 66 | 6 | DeWitt (MI) | D3 | 12-1 | Lost to Detroit King in the D3 State Championship (25-21) | |
| 67 | 12 | Gibson Southern (IN) | 3A | 14-1 | Beat Brebeuf Jesuit Prep in the 3A State Finals (45-35) | |
| 68 | 16 | Glenbard North (IL) | 8A | 8-4 | Lost to Lockport in the 8A State Playoffs (28-22) | |
| 69 | 7 | Grand Blanc (MI) | D1 | 12-1 | Lost to Rochester Adams in the Division 1 State Playoffs (40-20) | |
| 70 | 17 | Hononegah (IL) | 7A | 11-1 | Lost to St. Rita in the 7A State Playoffs (36-16) | |
| 71 | 6 | Appleton North (WI) | D1 | 10-3 | Lost to Franklin in the Division 1 State Playoffs (26-19) | |
| 72 | 7 | Frederick Douglass (KY) | 5A | 13-2 | Lost to South Warren in the 5A State Finals (38-26) | |
| 73 | 8 | West Bloomfield (MI) | D1 | 10-2 | Lost to Rochester Adams in the Division 1 State Playoffs (14-13) | |
| 74 | 18 | Marist (IL) | 8A | 9-4 | Lost to Maine South in the 8A State Playoffs (35-33) | |
| 75 | 9 | Rockford (MI) | D1 | 11-2 | Lost to Grand Blanc in the Division 1 State Playoffs (28-27) |
EFN National Power Rankings
2021 Top 75 High School Football Rankings (Midwest Region)
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#1
Center Grove (IN)
14-0
#2
Cary-Grove (IL)
14-0
#3
St. Edward (OH)
15-1
#4
East St. Louis (IL)
11-3
#5
Upper Arlington (OH)
14-1
#6
St. Xavier (KY)
14-1
#7
Lockport (IL)
13-1
#8
Springfield (OH)
13-2
#9
Wheaton North (IL)
13-1
#10
Franklin (WI)
14-0
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