Posted By Mr. Eddie Dwyer

Two-time defending state champion St. Edward is ranked No. 1 in the initial poll for 2016, followed by Cincinnati Colerain and Saint Ignatius.

The Stow Bulldogs, in the fourth spot, were the only other area team to crack the Top 10.

Here is the complete poll for Division 1.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the first weekly Associated Press poll of 2016, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):

DIVISION I

Team Rec Pts

1, Lakewood St. Edward (11) 3-0 189
2, Cincinnati Colerain (8) 3-0 178
3, Cleveland Saint Ignatius (1) 3-0 126
4, Stow-Munroe Falls (1) 3-0 104
5, Huber Heights Wayne (1) 2-0-1 80 
6, Pickerington Central 3-0 77
7, Hilliard Bradley 3-0 65
8, Pickerington North 3-0 50
9, Lewis Center Olentangy 3-0 47 
10, Massillon Jackson 3-0 46

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Hamilton 34. 11, Columbus Upper Arlington 34. 13, North Canton Hoover 32. 14, Findlay 30. 15, Cincinnati Moeller 17. 15, Powell Olentangy Liberty 17. 17, Mason 15.