A look at the final Associated Press high school football rankings of the 2026 season, listing the Top 10 teams in Michigan for 11-player football and eight-player football. With record in parentheses and first-place votes in brackets.
Rank — School (record) (first-place votes) — Total Points
1 Detroit Cass Tech (9-0) (5) 50
2 (tie). Detroit Catholic Central (8-1) 40
2 (tie). East Kentwood (9-0) 40
4 Saline (9-0) 34
5 Howell (9-0) 31
6 Grand Blanc (9-0) 26
7 Romeo (9-0) 22
8 Clarkston (8-1) 15
9 Grand Ledge (9-0) 9
10 Portage Central (8-1) 8
Others receiving votes: none
1 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice (7-2) (2) 44
2 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (6-3) (1) 42
3 Muskegon Mona Shores (8-1) (2) 40
4 Gibraltar Carlson (9-0) 38
5 Grosse Pointe South (8-1) 32
6 Caledonia (7-2) 26
7 Byron Center (7-2) 21
8 South Lyon (7-2) 15
9 Milford (8-1) 10
10 Walled Lake Western (7-2) 5
Others receiving votes: Midland Dow 1; Temperance-Bedford 1.
Chelsea (9-0) (5), 50 points
Detroit Martin Luther King (6-3), 42
Mason (8-1), 34
Harper Woods (7-2), 30
DeWitt (7-2), 27
Mount Pleasant (8-1), 25
Coopersville (8-1), 24
Zeeland West (7-2), 16
Port Huron (9-0), 16
St. Joseph (7-2), 8
Receiving votes: Fenton 2, Warren De La Salle 1
Goodrich (9-0) (5) 50
Dearborn Divine Child (8-1) 37
Portland (9-0) 36
Edwardsburg (9-0) 34
Grand Rapids South Christian (8-1) 34
Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills (8-1) 33
Paw Paw (8-1) 15
Forest Hills Eastern (8-1) 14
Marshall (8-1) 13
Vicksburg (7-2) 4
Receiving votes: Stevensville Lakeshore 3, Hastings 2
1 (tie). Grand Rapids Catholic Central (7-2) (2) 44
1 (tie). Grand Rapids West Catholic (7-2) (2) 44
Frankenmuth (8-1) 42
Kingsford (9-0) (1) 39
Swan Valley (8-1) 24
Berrien Springs (8-1) 20
Monroe Jefferson (8-1) 19
Hopkins (8-1) 17
Kalamazoo Hackett (9-0) 14
Lake Odessa Lakewood (8-1) 10
Others receiving votes: West Branch Ogemaw Heights 1, Shepherd 1.
Jackson Lumen Christi (7-2) (5) 50
Almont (9-0) 44
Kingsley (9-0) 35
Clinton (8-1) 31
Marine City (9-0) 30
Sanford Meridian (9-0) 29
Detroit Edison (8-1) 25
Ecorse (8-1) 15
Belding (7-2) 7
Napoleon (8-1) 4
Montrose (7-2) 4
Others receiving votes: Adrian Mason 1.
Pewamo-Westphalia (8-0) (3) 44
Menominee (8-1) (2) 42
Millington (9-0) 41
Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central (8-1) 37
Constantine (8-1) 33
Ithaca (8-1) 21
Schoolcraft (7-2) 13
North Muskegon (8-1) 10
Burton Bendle (9-0) 9
Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port (7-2) 6
Others receiving votes: Harrison 5, Ottawa Lake-Whiteford 4, McBain 4, Hanover-Horton 4, Cassopolis 2.
1 Beal City (9-0) (4) 49
Decatur (9-0) 43
Hudson (8-1) (1) 42
Springport (8-1) 30
Clarkston Everest Collegiate (8-1) 27
New Lothrop (8-1) 22
Madison Heights Madison (7-2) 19
Royal Oak Shrine Catholic (8-1) 12
Bark River-Harris (8-1) 10
Maple City Glen Lake (7-2) 8
Others receiving votes: Unionville-Sebewaing 4, Iron Mountain 3, Fowler 3, Ubly 2, Manchester 1.
Blanchard Montabella (8-1) (5) 50
Dryden (9-0) 45
Colon (8-1) 34
Deckerville (8-1) 33
Merrill (8-1) 31
Dansville (7-2) 21
Bridgman (8-1) 20
Pickford (7-2) 17
Climax-Scotts (7-2) 14
(tie) Rudyard (7-2) 4
10, (tie) Marlette (7-2) 4
Others receiving votes: Ishpeming 2
Mendon (9-0) (3) 48
Lake Linden-Hubbell (9-0) (2) 44
Portland St. Patrick (9-0) 39
Gaylord St. Mary (9-0) 38
Marion (9-0) 30
St. Ignace (8-1) 23
(tie) Bay City All Saints (8-1) 15
(tie) Litchfield (8-1) 15
Grand Rapids Sacred Heart (8-1) 11
Powers North Central (7-2) 6
Others receiving votes: Kinde North Huron 4, Britton Deerfield 1, Marcellus 1.
