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AP Polls for all the divisions

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The top 10 teams in the Associated Press high school football poll, with records in parentheses.Totals are based on 10 points for a first-place vote, 9 for second, etc.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has determined playoff qualifiers in eight divisions based on enrollment. The divisions in this poll are unofficial.

Division 1
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Clarkston (4) (6-0) 48
2. Lake Orion (1) (6-0) 46
3. Detroit Cass Tech (5-1) 38
4. Flint Carman-Ainsworth (6-0) 37
5. Livonia Churchill (6-0) 27
6. Warren Mott (6-0) 26
7. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (5-1) 20
T8. Detroit Catholic Central (4-2) 10
T8. Rockford (4-2) 10
10. Monroe (5-1) 6
Others receiving votes: 11, Grand Ledge 2. 11, Hartland 2. 11, Dearborn Fordson 2. 14, Saline 1.

Division 2
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Muskegon (5) (6-0) 50
2. Midland (6-0) 42
3. Lowell (5-1) 41
T4. Lansing Everett (6-0) 30
T4. Birmingham Brother Rice (4-2) 30
6. Bay City Western (6-0) 25
7. Oak Park (6-0) 21
8. Farmington (5-1) 15
9. Traverse City Central (5-1) 9
10. Mattawan (6-0) 6
Others receiving votes: 11, Farmington Hills Harrison 2. 11, Swartz Creek 2. 13, Brownstown Woodhaven 1. 13, Caledonia 1.

Division 3
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Orchard Lake St. Mary (5) (5-1) 50
2. Zeeland East (6-0) 45
3. Grand Rapids Christian (5-1) 40
4. Stevensville Lakeshore (6-0) 35
5. Fruitport (6-0) 27
6. Linden (5-1) 22
7. Milan (6-0) 18
8. Dewitt (5-1) 14
9. Lapeer West (4-2) 9
10. St. Clair (6-0) 8
Others receiving votes: 11, Auburn Hills Avondale 4. 12, Bloomfield Hills Lahser 2. 13, Tecumseh 1.

Division 4
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (5) (6-0) 50
2. Croswell-Lexington (6-0) 45
3. Paw Paw (6-0) 38
4. Grosse Ile (5-1) 32
5. Detroit Country Day (5-1) 28
6. Battle Creek Pennfield (5-1) 26
7. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (6-0) 22
8. Comstock Park (5-1) 16
9. Dearborn Heights Robichaud (6-0) 8
10. Zeeland West (4-2) 5
Others receiving votes: 11, Plainwell 2. 12, Saginaw Swan Valley 1. 12, Goodrich 1. 12, Allendale 1.

Division 5
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Flint Powers (5) (6-0) 50
2. Jackson Lumen Christi (6-0) 44
3. Muskegon Oakridge (6-0) 41
4. Frankenmuth (6-0) 32
5. Dowagiac Union (6-0) 27
T6. Kingsford (5-1) 19
T6. Portland (6-0) 19
8. Grayling (6-0) 13
9. River Rouge (6-0) 11
10. Lansing Catholic (5-1) 8
Others receiving votes: 11, Menominee 5. 12, Freeland 2. 12, Hopkins 2. 14, Reed City 1. 14, Carrollton 1.

Division 6
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Ithaca (4) (6-0) 49
2. Schoolcraft (1) (6-0) 46
3. Constantine (5-1) 40
4. Negaunee (6-0) 31
5. Clinton (6-0) 24
6. Hillsdale (6-0) 21
7. Millington (6-0) 18
8. Michigan Center (6-0) 17
9. Hemlock (5-1) 10
10. Shelby (5-1) 8
Others receiving votes: 11, Montague 6. 12, Warren Michigan Collegiate 3. 13, Watervliet 1. 13, Maple City Glen Lake 1.

Division 7
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Saginaw Nouvel (3) (5-1) 46
2. Detroit Loyola (2) (6-0) 45
3. Ishpeming (6-0) 40
4. Reese (6-0) 39
5. Mancelona (6-0) 29
6. Hartford (6-0) 24
7. Union City (5-1) 14
8. Lawton (5-1) 13
9. Decatur (5-1) 12
10. Waterford Our Lady (4-1) 4
Others receiving votes: 11, Ottawa Lake Whiteford 3. 12, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 2. 12, Marlette 2. 14, Pewamo-Westphalia 1. 14, Royal Oak Shrine 1.

Division 8
Rank, School (1st-place votes) (Record) Poll Points
1. Mendon (4) (6-0) 48
2. New Lothrop (6-0) 43
3. Beal City (1) (6-0) 38
4. Iron Mountain North Dickinson (6-0) 31
5. St. Ignace LaSalle (6-0) 28
6. Harbor Beach (5-1) 23
7. Fowler (5-1) 16
T8. L'Anse (6-0) 13
T8. Muskegon Catholic Central (4-2) 13
10. Climax-Scotts (6-0) 8
Others receiving votes: 11, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 6. 12, Crystal Falls Forest Park 4. 13, St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic 2. 13, Pickford 2.
 
Crap my nephew's team Mason may be in trouble now after starting 4-0 with a very suspect schedule and only 6 seniors they have lost back to back games to Charlotte 42-3 and Jackson Lumen Christi 39-3 .. And now they have a hopefully easy win verses a 0-6 team coming up but then two tough games to end the season @ Waverly who is 4-2 and @ Crosswell Lexington who is 6-0 and ranked. I think they have to win the next two games.. Crosswell probably has them circled as Mason ended Lexington's 8-0 record last year.. Still a 5-4 record with that few seniors is still good in my book.. Hopefully they will dig deep and figure out a way to get it done and get to 6 wins..
 
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My daughters school Byron Center has turned their season around at 1-3 and have won a couple of games I did not think they would win. 7-3 at Middleville in a rain storm soaked field.. Now Middleville is not very good but BC changed QB's and were coming off 3 tough losses in a low.. The next game was a shocker to me.. They went to 4-1 Hamilton who is owned us the last 10 years and won going away 42-21...Funny the all-time record was 20-20 or thereabouts but it was tied.. Now with three games left they have one home game this week verses 0-6 Holland they should win and road games verses Unity Christian 4-2 and Holland Christian 2-4... At 3-3 they have a shot now to get to 6 wins...
 
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Is HS football still where few teams get in the playoffs or does more teams get in now?
 
No Last 10-15 years it has been 6 wins in a nine game schedule or 5 wins in a eight game schedule get you in... 256 spots make the playoffs broken up into 8 division based on schools size ..Now just about every year they do not have enough 6-3 teams to fill the spots so they take the best 5-4 teams and 4-4 teams based on computer points... They load up the top 256 teams and go 1 to 256 based on school size and break it up into 8 divisions. Every year about 5-20..... 4-4 and 5-4 teams make it

Mitch in our day you had to go 9-0 or 8-1 just to have a shot to make the playoffs and few 7-2 teams made it..
 
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I like the new system.. They changed it after I moved out west and I did not know about it until I was a able to pull fox sports detroit on Comcast for a few years and i could watch the high school playoffs from michigan on thanksgiving ... I remember Menominee crushing my high school Haslett 42-6 in 1998.. Pretty sure it happened around that time give or take a few years...
 
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I love watching Menominee and the single wing they still run from the UP.
 
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