David Goricki's prep football rankings: Week 9
Here are new prep football rankings for Week 9 by David Goricki of The Detroit News, with how each team fared in Week 8. Goricki ranks the top teams in the state, and in the four Metro Detroit regions.
STATE SUPER 20
1. Detroit Cass Tech (8-0) – beat Detroit Pershing, 62-0
2. Walled Lake Western (7-1) – beat Lakeland, 21-14
3. Detroit Catholic Central (8-0) – beat Warren DeLaSalle, 17-7
4. Utica Eisenhower (8-0) – beat Warren Mott, 38-6
5. Detroit King (7-1) – beat Detroit East English, 27-25
6. Saline (8-0) – beat Tecumseh, 63-14
7. Muskegon (7-1) – beat Muskegon Mona Shores, 36-15
8. River Rouge (7-1) – beat Detroit U. Prep Science & Math, 62-0
9. Allen Park (8-0) – beat Lincoln Park, 50-8
10. Dearborn (7-1) – beat Dearborn Fordson, 28-23
11. Lowell (8-0), beat Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern, 41-34
12. Birmingham Groves (8-0) – beat Farmington, 46-0
13. Dearborn Fordson (7-1) – lost to Dearborn, 28-23
14. Grandville (7-1) – beat Caledonia, 42-0
15. Davison (8-0) – beat Bay City Western, 56-7
16. Rockford (6-2) – beat East Kentwood, 45-7
17. DeWitt (7-1) – beat Menominee, 48-14
18. Benton Harbor (8-0) – beat Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 47-21
19. Oak Park (6-2) – beat Birmingham Seaholm, 34-15
20. Detroit Country Day (8-0) – beat U-D Jesuit, 28-21
DETROIT
1. Cass Tech (8-0) – beat Pershing, 62-0
2. King (7-1) – beat East English, 27-25
3. Loyola (7-1) – beat Bloomfield Hills Cran.-Kingswood, 30-3
4. Jesuit (5-2) – lost to Detroit Country Day, 28-21
5. East English (4-4) – lost to King, 27-25
6. Mumford (7-1) – beat Western, 26-6
7. Denby (7-1) – beat Cody, 16-8
8. Cody (5-3) – lost to Denby, 16-8
9. Western (4-4), lost to Mumford, 26-6
10. Cesar Chavez (4-4) – beat Dearborn Heights Star Int., 44-14
NORTH
1. Walled Lake Western (7-1) – beat Lakeland, 21-14
2. Detroit Catholic Central (8-0) – beat Warren DeLaSalle, 17-7
3. Birmingham Groves (8-0) – beat Farmington, 46-0
4. Oak Park (6-2) – beat Birmingham Seaholm, 34-15
5. Detroit Country Day (8-0) – beat U-D Jesuit, 28-21
6. Clarkston (6-2) – beat Lake Orion, 45-16
7. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (5-3) – beat Wheaton (Ill.) Warren. South, 28-10
8. Birmingham Brother Rice (5-3) – beat Traverse City Central, 20-17 (3OT)
9. Rochester Adams (6-2) – beat Rochester Hills Stoney Creek, 24-6
T10. Brighton (7-1) – beat Howell, 41-20
T10. Bloomfield Hills (8-0) – beat Berkley, 42-16
WEST
1. Saline (8-0) – beat Tecumseh, 63-14
2. River Rouge (7-1) – beat Detroit University Prep Science & Math, 62-0
3. Allen Park (8-0) – beat Lincoln Park, 50-8
4. Dearborn (7-1) – beat Dearborn Fordson, 28-23
5. Dearborn Fordson (7-1) – lost to Dearborn, 28-23
6. Canton (6-2) – beat Westland John Glenn, 49-0
7. Northville (7-1) – beat Novi, 27-19
8. Belleville (6-2) – beat Dearborn Edsel Ford, 20-14
9. Wyandotte (7-1) – beat Taylor Kennedy, 42-0
T10. Romulus (7-1) – beat Redford Thurston, 49-28
T10. Woodhaven (6-2) – beat Melvindale, 49-28
EAST
1. Utica Eisenhower (8-0) - beat Warren Mott, 38-6
2. Warren Mott (6-2) – lost to Utica Eisenhower, 38-6
3. Macomb Dakota (5-3) – beat Romeo, 45-7
4. Romeo (5-3) – lost to Macomb Dakota, 45-7
5. Grosse Pointe South (6-2) – beat L’Anse Creuse North, 21-0
6. Warren Cousino (7-1) – beat Port Huron, 40-37
7. Marysville (8-0) – beat St. Clair, 28-27
8. L’Anse Creuse North (6-2) – lost to Grosse Pointe South, 21-0
9. Grosse Pointe North (6-2) – beat Roseville, 42-14
10. Grosse Pointe Liggett (8-0) – beat Sterling Heights Parkway Christian, 38-20