Michigan high school football rankings: Top 10 teams in each division

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are the Detroit Free Press' rankings for the top 10 teams in each division following Week 5 of the 2026 Michigan high school football season, compiled by preps writer Jared Ramsey. Be sure to check out our Super 25 rankings in MHSAA football.

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Michigan high school football rankings after Week 5

Rank, school, record, last week's ranking

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Division 1

1. Detroit Cass Tech, 5-0 (1).
2. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 5-0 (2).
3. Saline, 5-0 (3).
4. East Kentwood, 5-0 (4).
5. Clarkston, 5-0 (6).
6. Howell, 5-0 (5).
7. Romeo, 5-0 (8).
8. Grand Blanc, 5-0 (7).
9. Northville, 5-0 (10).
10. Oxford, 4-1 (9).

Division 2

1. Orchard Lake St. Mary's, 4-1 (1).
2. Caledonia, 4-1 (4).
3. Birmingham Brother Rice, 4-1 (2).
4. Byron Center, 4-1 (5).
5. Grosse Pointe South, 4-1 (3).
6. Gibraltar Carlson, 5-0 (6).
7. Muskegon Mona Shores, 4-1 (7).
8. Temperance Bedford, 5-0 (9).
9. South Lyon East, 5-0 (10).
10. St. Clair Shores Lakeview, 4-1 (NR).

Division 3

1. Detroit King, 4-1 (1).
2. Chelsea, 5-0 (2).
3. Mason, 5-0 (3).
4. DeWitt, 4-1 (4).
5. Harper Woods, 4-1 (5).
6. Mt. Pleasant, 5-0 (6).
7. Coopersville, 5-0 (9).
8. Warren De La Salle, 3-2 (7).
9. Port Huron, 5-0 (10).
10. Zeeland West, 4-1 (8).

Division 4

1. Dearborn Divine Child, 5-0 (1).
2. Goodrich, 5-0 (2).
3. Grand Rapids South Christian, 4-1 (3).
4. Vicksburg, 5-0 (4).
5. Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills, 4-1 (5).
6. Hudsonville Unity Christian, 3-2 (6).
7. Edwardsburg, 5-0 (8).
8. Portland, 5-0 (9).
9. Macomb Lutheran North, 5-0 (10).
10. Paw Paw, 4-1 (NR).

Division 5

1. Grand Rapids West Catholic, 4-1 (1).
2. Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 4-1 (3).
3. Monroe Jefferson, 5-0 (2).
4. Frankenmuth, 4-1 (5).
5. Saginaw Swan Valley, 5-0 (6).
6. Ida, 5-0 (7).
7. Kalamazoo United, 5-0 (8).
8. Kingsford, 5-0 (NR).
9. Hopkins, 5-0 (10).
10. Ogemaw Heights, 4-1 (4).

Division 6

1. Jackson Lumen Christi, 4-1 (1).
2. Almont, 5-0 (2).
3. Kingsley, 5-0 (3).
4. Clinton, 5-0 (4).
5. Belding, 5-0 (5).
6. Marine City, 5-0 (6).
7. Detroit Edison, 4-1 (7).
8. Sanford Meridian, 5-0 (NR).
9. Ecorse, 5-0 (10).
10. Montrose, 4-1 (9).

Division 7

1. Menominee, 5-0 (1).
2. Pewamo-Westphalia, 5-0 (2).
3. Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central, 5-0 (3).
4. Ithaca, 5-0 (4).
5. Saginaw Valley Lutheran, 5-0 (5).
6. Millington, 5-0 (6).
7. Constantine, 4-1 (7).
8. Cass City, 5-0 (8).
9. Galesburg-Augusta (9).
10. Schoolcraft, 4-1 (10).

Division 8

1. Beal City, 5-0 (1).
2. Madison Heights Madison, 4-1 (2).
3. Fowler, 5-0 (3).
4. Hudson, 4-1 (4).
5. Ubly, 4-1 (5).
6. Clarkston Everest Collegiate, 4-1 (6).
7. East Jordan, 4-1 (7).
8. Decatur, 5-0 (8).
9. New Lothrop, 4-1 (9).
10. Royal Oak Shrine Catholic, 5-0 (NR).

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Jared Ramsey covers high school sports for theDetroit Free Press. Contact him at [e-mail].

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