FB RANKINGS: First set of state rankings released

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By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Associated Press has released its first set of polls for the 2012 Ohio high school football season, and your leaders after Week 3 contests are Division I Cleveland St. Ignatius, D2 Toledo Central Catholic, D3 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, D4 Columbus Bishop Hartley, D5 Coldwater, and D6 Maria Stein Marion Local.

Teams are listed by ranking followed by school, number of first-place votes (if applicable), record, and vote total. Your initial AP rankings from Sept. 10:

DIVISION I
1. Cleveland St. Ignatius (15) 3-0 190
2. Cincinnati Colerain (2) 3-0 164
3. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (3) 3-0 140
4. Lakewood St. Edward 3-0 137
5. Pickerington North 3-0 63
6. Dublin Coffman (1) 3-0 60
7. Canton GlenOak 3-0 58
8. Findlay 3-0 51
9. Austintown-Fitch (2) 3-0 50
10. Toledo Whitmer 3-0 42

Others receiving 12 or more points: Cincinnati St. Xavier, Canton McKinley, Springboro, Mentor, Willoughby South, Massillon Washington, Hilliard Darby, Cleveland Glenville, Gahanna Lincoln, Lewis Center Olentangy, North Canton Hoover

DIVISION II
1. Toledo Central Catholic (8) 3-0 179
2. Aurora (5) 3-0 112
3. Chardon (3) 3-0 108
4. Cincinnati Turpin (2) 3-0 103
5. Tiffin Columbian (1) 3-0 95
6. Trotwood-Madison (2) 1-2 73
7. Zanesville 3-0 65
8. Dresden Tri-Valley (1) 3-0 61
9. Copley 3-0 43
10. Mansfield Madison (1) 3-0 40

Others receiving 12 or more points: Columbus Marion Franklin, Cincinnati Winton Woods, Cincinnati Mount Healthy, Trenton Edgewood, Tipp City Tippecanoe, Cincinnati Northwest, New Philadelphia, Grafton Midview, Fremont Ross, Kent Roosevelt (1), Franklin, Lodi Cloverleaf, Norwalk, Maple Heights

DIVISION III
1. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (6) 3-0 159
2. Dayton Thurgood Marshall (2) 3-0 146
3. Chagrin Falls (7) 3-0 139
4. Steubenville (3) 3-0 122
5. Kettering Archbishop Alter (1) 2-0 119
6. Columbus Bishop Watterson (1) 3-0 86
7. Alliance Marlington (1) 3-0 82
8. Elida (1) 3-0 79
9. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (1) 1-2 52
10. Bellevue 3-0 48

Others receiving 12 or more points: Napoleon, Granville, Bryan, Millersburg West Holmes, Jefferson Area, Hubbard (1), Niles McKinley, Plain City Jonathan Alder, Thornville Sheridan, Columbus St. Francis DeSales, Struthers

DIVISION IV
1. Columbus Bishop Hartley (8) 3-0 164
2. Creston Norwayne (5) 3-0 135
3. Clarksville Clinton-Massie (2) 3-0 134
4. Genoa Area 3-0 103
5. Ironton (1) 3-0 97
6. Ottawa-Glandorf (3) 3-0 87
7. St. Clairsville (1) 3-0 63
8. Brookfield (1) 3-0 61
9. Columbus Bishop Ready 3-0 60
10. Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy 3-0 52

Others receiving 12 or more points: Richwood North Union, Martins Ferry, Streetsboro (1), Hamilton Badin (1), Middlefield Cardinal, Gates Mills Hawken, Milton-Union, Kenton, Wickliffe, Perry, Dayton Chaminade Julienne, Beachwood

DIVISION V
1. Coldwater (5) 3-0 197
2. Youngstown Ursuline (7) 3-0 179
3. Kirtland (8) 3-0 150
4. Lima Central Catholic (1) 3-0 103
5. Bucyrus Wynford 3-0 77
6. Hamler Patrick Henry 3-0 64
7. Liberty Center (1) 3-0 57
7. Columbiana Crestview 3-0 57
9. Northwood 3-0 45
10. Cuyahoga Heights 3-0 43

Others receiving 12 or more points: Loudonville, Sugarcreek Garaway, West Liberty Salem (1), Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas, Anna, Findlay Liberty-Benton, Defiance Tinora, Covington, Bellaire, Oak Hill, Lucasville Valley

DIVISION VI
1. Maria Stein Marion Local (15) 3-0 208
2. Mogadore (5) 3-0 140
3. Delphos St. John's (1) 2-1 125
4. McComb 3-0 105
5. Ada 3-0 102
6. Minster 3-0 92
7. Leipsic (1) 3-0 85
8. Malvern (1) 3-0 64
9. North Robinson Colonel Crawford 3-0 56
10. Shadyside 3-0 48

Others receiving 12 or more points: Fairport Harbor Harding, Warren John F. Kennedy (1), St. Henry, Youngstown Christian, Canal Winchester Harvest Preparatory, Portsmouth Sciotoville, Fort Loramie, Willow Wood Symmes Valley