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Wildcats Football Ranked 25th in the Nation by USA Today

By Eddie Dwyer, 11/28/16, 12:15PM EST

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Posted By Mr. Eddie Dwyer

Cleveland, Ohio - Coach Chuck Kyle's 13-1 Wildcats, who will take a 13-1 record and a 10-game winning streak into Friday's 8 PM Division I State Championship Game matchup with Cincinnati St. Xavier (9-5) at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, earned the 25th spot in USA Today's weekly Super 25 Rankings.

The Super 25 is compiled by USA Today's Football Expert Jim Halley.

The Wildcats and the Bombers will be meeting in the big-school title game for the third time, with Saint Ignatius winning both of the previous state-championship gridiron encounters with its Jesuit brothers - 24-14 in 1992 and 37-6 in 2001. Both of those games were played in then Canton's Fawcett Stadium.

Before the Wildcats' 11-4 finish in 2001, no team with more than two losses had ever won a Division I state title in Ohio and no team in any of the state's divisions had won a state crown with more than three defeats.

The corner will be previewing the third 'Cats-Bombers state-championship game matchup on Tuesday night. Saint Ignatius defeated St. Xavier in Week 9 of this season, 31-14 on Tom Ballaban Field in St. Xavier Stadium.