Detroit Cass Tech’s Willie Reid tackles Detroit East English’s Desjuan Johnson on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in Detroit.
The biggest surprise in this week’s rankings is that Division 2’s No. 1 team, Walled Lake Western, suddenly has a loss, even after beating Waterford Kettering, 40-21.
The loss comes in the from of a just-revealed Week 1 forfeiture to Farmington when Western learned it played an ineligible player.
Division 6 has the biggest shakeup after No. 1 Millington lost to Frankenmuth and Charlevoix fell to Maple City Glen Lake. That leaves former No. 3 Negaunee as the new No. 1 team and it has a legitimate resume to be ranked that high.
Moving up to No. 2 in Division 6 is Laingsburg, which will have its hands full this week when it plays Pewamo-Westphalia.
Clarkston and Rochester Adams moved into the Division 1 rankings following losses by Grand Blanc and Romeo. Grandville moved up a spot to No. 5 after it trounced East Kentwood, 46-3. It will be tested this week at Rockford.
Despite Losing to Novi Detroit Catholic Central in overtime, Birmingham Brother Rice moves into the Division 2 rankings despite two losses. Farmington Hills Harrison, which lost to Adams, remains in the rankings with two losses.
Byron Center takes over the Zeeland West’s No. 10 spot in Division 3 by beating West, the only ranked D-3 team to lose last week.
Every ranked team in Division 4 and Division 5 won last week, keeping those Top 10s the same.
Clinton was the only Division 7 team to lose last week, making room for Concord to make its first appearance in the rankings in years.
Defending Division 7 state champ Ishpeming, which dropped to Division 8 this season, was knocked out of the rankings for the first time in years when it lost to Norway.
Saginaw Nouvel remained in the D-8 ratings despite losing, 26-0, to South Holland (Ill.) Thornwood, a school with 1,880 students. Nouvel has 248 students.
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Mick McCabe’s rankings
Super 10
Rank, School, Record, Division
1. Detroit Cass Tech, 5-0, 1
Will finally be tested Saturday against King
2. Walled Lake Western, 4-1, 2
The loss is the recent forfeiture of Week 1
3. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 5-0, 1
A second straight overtime win, this one against Brother Rice
4. Muskegon, 4-1, 3
The Big Reds overwhelmed Reeths-Puffer, 66-0
5. Detroit King, 5-0, 2
It’s biggest challenge will be Saturday at Cass Tech
6. Lowell, 5-0, 2
An impressive 35-10 win over a good Greenville team
7. Utica Eisenhower, 5-0, 1
A last-second win over Romeo will help in the playoffs
8. Dearborn Fordson, 5-0, 1
The Tractors roll over Thurston, 45-6
9. Grandville, 5-0, 1
A thoroughly dominating 46-3 win over Kentwood
10. River Rouge, 4-1, 4
Should have its biggest test against Notre Dame Prep
Division 1
Rank, School, Record, Last week
1. Detroit Cass Tech, 5-0, 1
2. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 5-0, 2
3. Utica Eisenhower, 5-0, 3
4. Dearborn Fordson, 5-0, 4
5. Grandville, 5-0, 6
6. Davison, 5-0, 5
7. Warren Mott, 5-0, 8
8. Saline, 5-0, 9
9. Clarkston, 4-1, _
10. Rochester Adams, 4-1, _
Division 2
1. Walled Lake Western, 4-1, 1
2. Detroit King, 5-0, 2
3. Lowell, 5-0, 3
4. Midland Dow, 5-0, 4
5. Birmingham Groves, 5-0, 6
6. Temperance Bedford, 4-1, 10
7. Traverse City Central, 5-0, 5
8. Farmington Hills Harrison, 3-2, 9
9. Birmingham Brother Rice, 3-2, _
10. Portage Central, 4-1, _
Division 3
1. Muskegon, 4-1, 1
2. Grand Rapids Christian, 5-0, 2
3. Allen Park, 5-0, 3
4. Chelsea, 5-0, 4
5. Edwardsburg, 5-0, 5
6. Battle Creek Harper Creek, 5-0, 6
7. Orchard Lake St. Mary, 3-2, 7
8. DeWitt, 4-1, 8
9. Trenton, 5-0, 9
10. Byron Center, 4-1, _
Division 4
1. River Rouge, 4-1, 1
2. Birmingham Det. Country Day, 5-0, 2
3. Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 5-0, 3
4. Corunna, 5-0, 4
5. Marysville, 5-0, 5
6. Benton Harbor, 5-0, 6
7. Escanaba, 5-0, 7
8. Hamilton, 5-0, 8
9. Hudsonville Unity Christian, 5-0, 9
10. Grosse Ile, 5-0, 10
Division 5
1. Grand Rapids West Catholic, 4-1, 1
2. Menominee, 5-0, 2
3. Ithaca, 5-0, 3
4. Frankenmuth, 5-0, 4
5. Montague, 5-0, 5
6. Portland, 5-0, 6
7. Ida, 5-0, 7
8. Lansing Catholic, 4-1, 8
9. Freeland, 5-0, 9
10. Algonac, 5-0, 10
Division 6
1. Negaunee, 5-0, 3
2. Laingsburg, 5-0, 4
3. Grass Lake, 5-0, 5
4. Schoolcraft, 5-0, 6
5. Millington, 4-1, 1
6. Roscommon, 5-0, 7
7. Quincy, 5-0, 8
8. Maple City Glen Lake, 4-1, 9
9. LeRoy Pine River, 4-1, 10
10. Calumet, 4-1, _
Division 7
1. Detroit Loyola, 4-1, 1
2. Traverse City St. Francis, 5-0, 2
3. Pewamo-Westphalia, 5-0, 3
4. New Lothrop, 5-0, 4
5. Saugatuck, 5-0, 5
6. Hudson, 5-0, 7
7. Sand Creek, 5-0, 8
8. Iron Mountain, 4-1, 9
9. Ubly, 5-0, 10
10. Concord, 5-0, _
Division 8
1. Muskegon Catholic Central, 5-0, 1
2. Climax-Scotts, 5-0, 2
3. Frankfort, 5-0, 3
4. St. Ignace, 4-1, 5
5. Gaylord St Mary, 5-0, 6
6. Ottawa Lake Whiteford, 5-0, 7
7. Lake Linden-Hubbell, 5-0, 9
8. Saginaw Nouvel, 3-2, 8
9. Norway, 5-0, 10
10. Clarkston Everest, 5-0, _