Following last week’s games and entering Week 9 of the 2022 high school football schedule, the Ohio High School Athletic Association released its official weekly football computer ratings Tuesday. The computer ratings are released every Tuesday beginning in the fifth week of the season, leading up to the final report on Sunday, Oct. 23, when 448 schools – the top 16 in each region – will qualify for the playoffs.
There are 711 schools in this week’s 11-player football computer ratings. The 72 largest schools are in Division I, while the remaining schools are divided equally in Divisions II through VII (approximately 106 schools in each division). The top 20 schools in each region are listed by division and region. The football page at OHSAA.org includes an explanation of how the ratings are calculated. The top 16 teams in each region in the final report will qualify for the playoffs.
In the computer report, Centerburg, Danville and Highland were each ranked fourth in their divisions, joined by Mount Gilead as a No. 7 and Fredericktown as a No. 14.
Div 5, Region 18 -- Highland (6-2) defeated Galion 35-21 and moved up five positions to No. 4. Fredericktown (5-3) remained at No. 14 after beating East Knox, 31-8. Liberty Center remains No.1 at 8-0.
Div. 5, Region 19 - Centerburg (7-1) moved up two spots to No.4 after upsetting Danville, 16-11. Following a 28-20 loss to Johnstown-Monroe, Utica (2-6) dropped three positions to No. 19. No.1 is Ironton (8-0).
Div. 6, Region 23 – Mount Gilead (5-3), defeated previously sixth-ranked Northmor, 36-9 and jumped from No. 10 to No. 7. Northmor (5-3) was defeated by Mount Gilead and fell from No.6 to No.14. East Knox (2-6) keeps its No. 20 spot despite losing to Fredericktown, 31-8. Beverly Fort Frye (7-1) remains No. 1.
Div. 7, Region 25 -- Danville (6-2) lost a tough 16-11 game to Centerburg and dropped two positions from No.2 to No.4 this week. Warren John F. Kennedy is No. 1 (7-1).
