State football polls: New area team No. 1 in D-III

Alter’s Peter Riazzi celebrates. Alter defeated host Centerville 10-7 in a Week 3 high school football game on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. MARC PENDLETON / STAFF

Alter’s Peter Riazzi celebrates. Alter defeated host Centerville 10-7 in a Week 3 high school football game on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. MARC PENDLETON / STAFF

How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2018, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):

DIVISION I

1, Cincinnati Colerain (22) 9-0 238

2, Mentor (2) 8-1 201

3, Hilliard Davidson 8-1 162

4, Solon 8-1 119

5, Northmont 8-1 117

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6, Canton McKinley 8-1 77

(tie) Lakewood St. Edward 6-2 77

8, Dublin Coffman 8-1 76

9, Reynoldsburg 8-1 59

10, Pickerington Central 7-2 49

Others receiving 12 or more points: Cleveland St. Ignatius 44. Springfield 36. Euclid 30.

DIVISION II

1, Akron Hoban (18) 9-0 233

2, Toledo Central Catholic (4) 9-0 201

3, Massillon Washington 9-0 170

4, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (1) 9-0 148

5, Wadsworth 9-0 130

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6, Maple Heights 9-0 86

7, Cincinnati Winton Woods 8-1 60

8, Kings 8-1 59

9, Avon 8-1 53

10, Barberton 9-0 52

Others receiving 12 or more points: Avon Lake 46. Olmsted Falls (1) 16. Troy 12.

DIVISION III

1, Alter (8) 8-1 213

2, Bellbrook (13) 9-0 204

3, Canfield (1) 8-1 147

4, Chagrin Falls Kenston 8-1 108

5, Thornville Sheridan 8-1 103

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6, Columbus Eastmoor Academy 8-1 101

7, Columbus Bishop Hartley (2) 7-2 72

8, Akron East 8-1 47

(tie) Wapakoneta 8-1 47

10, Trotwood-Madison 6-3 37

Others receiving 12 or more points: Medina Buckeye 34. Granville 30. Hillsboro 24. Norwalk 24. Fenwick 20. Chardon 18. Chaminade Julienne 16. Clyde 16. Alliance Marlington 13. Athens 12.

DIVISION IV

1, St. Marys Memorial (12) 9-0 202

2, Cincinnati Wyoming (4) 9-0 191

3, Hubbard (1) 9-0 165

4, Steubenville (5) 8-1 149

5, Bellville Clear Fork (2) 9-0 119

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6, St. Clairsville 9-0 110

7, Clinton-Massie 8-1 98

8, London 9-0 80

9, Perry 8-1 72

10, Cincinnati Indian Hill 8-1 42

Others receiving 12 or more points: Gallipolis Gallia Academy 14. Girard 13.

DIVISION V

1, Genoa Area (11) 9-0 202

2, Madison (3) 9-0 184

3, Wheelersburg (5) 8-1 160

4, Liberty Center (1) 9-0 145

5, Johnstown-Monroe 8-1 120

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6, Gates Mills Gilmour Academy (1) 9-0 102

7, Anna (2) 7-2 76

8, Oak Harbor 8-1 69

9, Leavittsburg Labrae 8-1 49

10, West Lafayette Ridgewood 8-1 27

Others receiving 12 or more points: Marion Pleasant 25. Wickliffe 19. Akron Manchester 19.

DIVISION VI

1, Marion Local (21) 9-0 228

2, Kirtland (1) 9-0 179

3, Lima Central Catholic 8-0 141

4, Mogadore 8-1 117

5, Rootstown 9-0 110

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6, Coldwater 7-2 78

7, McDonald (1) 9-0 77

8, Galion Northmor 9-0 75

9, St. Henry 7-2 58

10, Mechanicsburg 8-1 52

Others receiving 12 or more points: Bainbridge Paint Valley 47. Beverly Fort Frye 28. Creston Norwayne 14.

DIVISION VII

1, Sycamore Mohawk (13) 9-0 200

2, Edgerton (2) 9-0 176

3, Pandora-Gilboa (1) 9-0 166

4, Canal Winchester Harvest Prep (3) 9-0 134

5, Fort Loramie 8-1 118

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6, McComb 8-1 109

7, Tiffin Calvert 8-1 86

8, Convoy Crestview 8-1 59

9, Minster (3) 6-3 58

10, Norwalk St. Paul (1) 8-1 44

(tie) Glouster Trimble 8-1 44

Others receiving 12 or more points: Windham 19. Cleveland Cuyahoga Heights 14.

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