Wednesday, September 27, 2000
Ohio football polls
How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the second of eight weekly 2000 Associated Press polls, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
DIVISION I
1. Cleve. St. Ignatius (33) 5-0 ....... 347
2. Massillon Washington 5-0 ....... 300
3. Moeller 5-0 ....... 242
4. Upper Arlington (1) 5-0 ....... 238
5. Pickerington 5-0 ....... 196
6. Shaker Hts. 5-0 ....... 186
7. Solon (2) 5-0 ....... 150
8. Canton GlenOak 5-0 ....... 130
9. Massillon Perry 5-0 ....... 74
10. Colerain (1) 5-0 ....... 29
DIVISION II
1. Youngs. Chaney (17) 5-0 ....... 302
2. Defiance (2) 5-0 ....... 263
3. Niles McKinley (5) 5-0 ....... 225
4. Avon Lake (2) 5-0 ....... 198
5. Marysville (2) 5-0 ....... 184
6. Cols. DeSales (3) 4-1 ....... 151
7. Tol. St. Francis 4-1 ....... 122
8. Akron Buchtel (2) 4-1 ....... 94
9. Trenton Edgewood 4-1 ....... 63
10. Piqua 4-1 ....... 62
Others receiving 12 or more points: 18 (tie), Roger Bacon (1), McNicholas 14. 20, Cols. Brookhaven 13.
DIVISION III
1. Portsmouth (23) 5-0 ....... 313
2. McConnelsville Morgan (2) 5-0 ....... 202
3. Akron Hoban (3) 4-1 ....... 185
4. Sunbury Big Walnut (2) 5-0 ....... 179
5. Cols. Watterson 4-1 ....... 138
6. Orrville (1) 4-1 ....... 134
7. Day. Chaminade-Julienne 4-1 ....... 133
8. Canton Cath. (2) 4-1 ....... 131
9. Canton South 5-0 ....... 70
10. Wintersville Indian Creek (2) 5-0 ....... 57
DIVISION IV
1. Sandusky Perkins (21) 5-0 ....... 328
2. Germantown Valley View (2) 5-0 ....... 272
3. Youngs. Ursuline (3) 5-0 ....... 229
4. Newark Licking Valley (3) 5-0 ....... 206
5. Coshocton (3) 5-0 ....... 190
6. Cleve. VASJ (1) 5-0 ....... 161
7. Ironton (1) 5-0 ....... 154
8. Louisville Aquinas 5-0 ....... 152
9. Akron Manchester (1) 4-1 ....... 81
10. Coldwater 4-1 ....... 61
Others receiving 12 or more points: 13, Wyoming 21. 14, Loudonville 16. 15, Huron 13, 16, Indian Hill 12.
DIVISION V
1. Amanda-Clearcreek (19) 4-1 ....... 296
2. Liberty Center (4) 5-0 ....... 243
3. Cols. Ready (4) 4-0 ....... 237
4. Bluffton (1) 5-0 ....... 188
5. Massillon Tuslaw 5-0 ....... 151
6. Morral Ridgedale (1) 5-0 ....... 130
7. St. Henry 4-1 ....... 122
8. Johnstown Northridge (1) 5-0 ....... 107
9. Hemlock Miller 5-0 ....... 81
10. Cols. Academy 5-0 ....... 79
DIVISION VI
1. Delphos St. John's (32) 5-0 ....... 364
2. (tie), Mogadore (2) 5-0 ....... 261
Maria Stein Marion Local (1) 5-0 ....... 261
4. Norwalk St. Paul 5-0 ....... 208
5. Portsmouth Notre Dame 5-0 ....... 188
6. E. Canton 5-0 ....... 150
7. Cuyahoga Hts. 5-0 ....... 142
8. Covington 5-0 ....... 116
9. Toronto (2) 5-0 ....... 95
10. McDonald 4-1 ....... 38
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