Which Greater Columbus high school football teams made the first AP poll?

Colin Gay, The Columbus Dispatch

September 6, 2022 at 11:46 AM·2 min read

The first Ohio state Associated Press high school football poll is out.

New Albany and Harvest Prep were the only two Columbus-area teams to finish in the top-10 in Division I and Division V, respectively, while Pickerington North, Hilliard Bradley and Dublin Jerome each earned votes in Division I, Big Walnut earned votes in Division II, and Bishop Watterson earned votes in Division III.

Here's a look at where Columbus-area teams finished in the first edition of the poll.

Division I

New Albany's Christian Manville (32) catches a pass during the season opener at Impact Stadium in Marysville on Aug. 19, 2022. The visiting Eagles beat the Monarchs 35-0.

Lakewood St. Edward (11)
Moeller (3)
Elder
Lakota West (1)
Centerville (1)
Cleveland St. Ignatius
Princeton
Springfield
Fairfield (1) and New Albany

Others receiving 12 or more points: Pickerington North 45. Hilliard Bradley 32. Clayton Northmont 24. Cleveland Heights 15. Dublin Jerome 14.

Division II

Winton Woods (7)
Akron Hoban (4)
Medina Highland (2)
Massillon Washington
Kings
Piqua
Toledo Central Catholic (2)
Uniontown Lake
Hudson
Xenia (1)

Others receiving 12 or more points: Big Walnut 40. North Ridgeville (1) 40. Austintown-Fitch 40. Macedonia Nordonia 37. Fremont Ross 34. Dover 25. Avon 24. Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 16.

Division III

Chardon (12)
Badin (1)
Canfield (2)
Western Brown (1)
Tipp City Tippecanoe (1)
Granville
Tallmadge
Medina Buckeye
Bellbrook
Youngstown Ursuline

Others receiving 12 or more points: Circleville 23. Bishop Watterson 20. Gates Mills Gilmour Academy 14. Mansfield 12. Wapakoneta 12.

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Division IV

Cleveland Glenville (10)
Van Wert (1)
Wyoming (4)
Steubenville (1)
Millersburg West Holmes (1)
Sandusky Perkins
New Lexington
Chillicothe Unioto
Girard
Jefferson Area

Others receiving 12 or more points: McConnelsville Morgan 18. Reading 15. Elyria Catholic 15. Beloit West Branch 14. Gallipolis Gallia Academy 13. Bellevue 12.

Division V

Eastmoor Academy quarterback Stephon Simpkins dodges a sack attempt by Harvest Prep's Rashad Debose on Sept. 2.

Ironton (6)
Coldwater (7)
Harvest Prep (2)
Canfield South Range
Liberty Center
Milton-Union (1)
Sugarcreek Garaway
Archbold (1)
Bloomdale Elmwood
West Lafayette Ridgewood and Pemberville Eastwood

Others receiving 12 or more points: Madeira 24. Minford 23. Creston Norwayne 22. Wheelersburg 19. Chillicothe Zane Trace 18. Cadiz Harrison Central 14.

Division VI

Maria Stein Marion Local (10)
Kirtland (7)
Versailles
Carey
Beverly Fort Frye
Ashland Crestview
Mogadore
Williamsburg
Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant
Rootstown

Others receiving 12 or more points: North Robinson Colonel Crawford 26. Columbia Station Columbia 25. Toledo Ottawa Hills 24. Galion Northmor 18.

Division VII

Mechanicsburg (3)
Warren John F. Kennedy (5)
New Bremen (2)
Newark Catholic (5)
Arlington
Toronto
South Charleston Southeastern (1)
Convoy Crestview
Hannibal River
Lowellville

Others receiving 12 or more points: Ansonia 25. Antwerp 20. Ft. Loramie 19. Reedsville Eastern 17. Caldwell 17. Springfield Catholic Central 16. Franklin Furnace Green 15. Lima Central Catholic 12.

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio high school football poll: Where Greater Columbus teams placed

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