The Wildcats of Head Coach Chuck Kyle '69 remain No. 1 among Ohio's big-school division teams, as this week's poll continues to feature two Jesuit Schools at the top - Saint Ignatius and Cincinnati St. Xavier.
Saint Ignatius, which finished as the Division I state runner-up to St. Xavier in 2016, received 16 first-place votes this week. - Eddie Dwyer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the weekly Associated Press poll of 2017, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
| DIVISION I | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cleveland Saint Ignatius (16) | 5-0 | 231 |
| 2. Cincinnati St. Xavier (8) | 5-0 | 216 |
| 3. Lakewood St. Edward | 5-0 | 171 |
| 4. Canton Mckinley | 5-0 | 149 |
| 5. Centerville | 5-0 | 144 |
| 6. Toledo Whitmer (1) | 5-0 | 141 |
| 7. Hilliard Bradley | 5-0 | 106 |
| 8. Huber Heights Wayne | 4-1 | 51 |
| 9. Stow-Munroe Falls | 4-1 | 37 |
| 10. Mentor | 4-1 | 33 |
Others receiving 12 or more points: Beavercreek 13. Cincinnati Elder 12