These are Ohio's top 25 high school football teams ahead of Week 10

The Ohio High School Athletic Association has released its latest weekly Super 25 high school football rankings, ahead of the Week 10 regular season games. This panel of sports journalists and editors from across Ohio evaluates the state's top 25 teams, regardless of division, every week. The voting system awards 25 points for a first-place vote, decreasing to one point for 25th place. Here are this week's top 25 teams as of October 20, 2026:

1. Columbus Watterson leads with 667 points, backed by 23 first-place votes.

2. Cincinnati Princeton follows closely with 569 points.

3. Massillon Washington rounds out the top three with 557 points.

4. Sunbury Big Walnut secures the fourth position with 552 points.

5. Lakewood St. Edward and Cincinnati Elder are tied for fifth place, each with 546 points.

6. Gahanna Lincoln and West Chester Lakota West share the seventh spot with 421 points each.

7. Cincinnati Anderson, Cincinnati Moeller, Toledo Central Catholic, Cleveland Glenville, and Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit complete the top ten, with 416, 334, 324, 320, and 278 points respectively.

8. The rankings continue with Gnadenhutten Indian Valley at 227 points, Avon at 205, Wadsworth at 199, Maria Stein Marion Local at 198, Pickerington North at 179, Medina Highland at 165, and Liberty Center at 150.

9. Lake County Perry, Trotwood-Madison, Ironton, Canton McKinley, and Kirtland round out the top 25, with 138, 132, 126, 123, and 109 points respectively.