Chiefs break into top 10 of state AP football rankings

COLUMBUS — Climbing to 5-0 with a 13-point win last Friday at Nelsonville-York has vaulted the Logan Chieftains into the top 10 in this week's state Associated Press football rankings.
The Chiefs are ranked No. 8 in Division II in the weekly poll of a state panel of statewide sportswriters and broadcasters.
Logan was 15th in the season's first poll two weeks ago and moved to No. 12 last week before breaking into the top ten this week.
The Chieftains are expected to retain their No. 2 positioning in the state Division II Region 5 computer ratings when the Ohio High School Athletic Association announces those numbers on Tuesday.
Logan trails fellow undefeated Worthington Kilbourne both in the DII state poll and in Region 5 computer points. Kilbourne is No. 6 in this week's AP poll.
Jackson, which lost 28-7 to undefeated Wheelersburg last week, fell out of the state rankings. Wheelersburg is now No. 3 in the state in Division V.
Columbus DeSales (4-1), the Chiefs' week-eight opponent, is now No. 12 in Division III. DeSales' only loss this season was to Lancaster, which is now tied for fifth in Division I.
How a state panel of sports writers and broadcasters rates Ohio high school football teams in the third weekly Associated Press poll of 2015, by OHSAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):
1, Lake. St. Edward (14);4-1;220
2, Huber Hts. Wayne (6);5-0;219
3, Cin. Colerain;4-1;157
4, Westerville Cen. (2);5-0;156
5, Lancaster (2);5-0;114
(tie) Findlay;5-0;114
7, Cin. Elder;4-1;111
(tie) Cin. St. Xavier (1);4-1;111
9, Hilliard Darby;5-0;53
10, Fairfield;4-1;30
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Mentor 26. 12, Hilliard Davidson 13. 13, Berea-Midpark 12.
DIVISION II
1, Cin. La Salle (23);5-0;248
2, Perrysburg (1);5-0;207
3, Aurora;5-0;174
4, Grafton Midview (1);5-0;143
(tie) Mayfield;5-0;143
6, Worth. Kilbourne;5-0;131
7, Cin. Turpin;5-0;98
8, LOGAN;5-0;39
9, Maple Heights;5-0;26
10, Hudson;4-1;25
(tie) Avon;4-1;25
Others receiving 12 or more points: 12, Warren G. Harding 18. 13, Cle. Glenville 14.
DIVISION III
1, Cle. Benedictine (14);5-0;222
2, Akron Hoban (7);5-0;209
3, Poland Seminary (3);5-0;169
4, Wapakoneta;5-0;134
5, Zanesville;5-0;107
6, Medina Buckeye;5-0;86
7, Trotwood-Madison;4-1;81
8, Sandusky Perkins;5-0;72
9, Akron SV-SM;4-1;63
10, St. Marys Mem.;5-0;55
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Tipp City Tippecanoe 34. 12, Cols. DeSales 12.
DIVISION IV
1, Steubenville (17);5-0;212
2, Middle. Fenwick (4);5-0;179
3, Perry (2);5-0;170
4, Johnstown-Monroe (1);5-0;155
5, St. Clairsville;4-0;140
6, Kettering Alter;4-1;92
7, Chardon ND-CL;5-0;83
8, Hamilton Badin;4-1;56
9, Cin. Indian Hill;5-0;46
10, Peninsula Woodridge;5-0;42
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Youngs. Ursuline 27. 12, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 21. 13, Salem 18. 14, Byesville Meadowbrook 14. 15, Maysville 12.
DIVISION V
1, Coldwater (21);5-0;232
2, Columbiana Crestv. (3);5-0;194
3, Wheelersburg;5-0;170
4, Zane Trace;5-0;136
5, Cadiz Harrison Cen.;5-0;116
6, Millbury Lake;5-0;108
7, Milan Edison;5-0;94
8, Brookville;5-0;79
9, Swanton;5-0;38
10, Apple Crk. Waynedale;4-1;37
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Creston Norwayne 27. 12, Magnolia Sandy Valley 20. 13, Elyria Catholic 14.
DIVISION VI
1, Marion Local (19);5-0;226
2, Cin. Country Day (1);5-0;172
3, Spencerville;5-0;152
4, Col. Station Columbia (2);5-0;139
5, Paint Valley;5-0;113
6, Lucasville Valley;5-0;110
7, Cle. Cuyahoga Hts.;5-0;85
8, Mechanicsburg;5-0;75
9, Lisbon Anderson (2);5-0;39
10, Defiance Ayersville;5-0;31
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Beverly Fort Frye 26. 12, Columbus Grove 23. 13, Defiance Tinora 18. 14, Bucyrus Wynford 14. 15, Jeromesville Hillsdale 13.
DIVISION VII
1, Danville (14);5-0;207
2, Caldwell (4);5-0;183
3, Fort Recovery (3);5-0;141
4, Lucas;5-0;135
5, Warren JFK (2);4-1;124
6, Mogadore;4-1;105
7, Minster;3-2;83
8, W. Unity Hilltop;5-0;70
9, McComb (1);4-1;68
10, Miami Val. Christian;5-0;36
Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Norwalk St. Paul 35. 12, Bellaire St. John 30. 13, Trimble 22. 14, North Jackson Jackson-Milton 16. 15, DeGraff Riverside 15. 16, Vienna Mathews 12.