OHIO — The USA TODAY Network Ohio released its fourth high school football Super 25 poll of 2026 on Tuesday, with Massillon Washington holding the No. 1 spot ahead of Week 7 action across the state.
The Tigers collected 509 total points and 10 first-place votes in the poll, which ranks the state’s 25 best teams regardless of division. Columbus Watterson stayed close behind at No. 2 with 499 points and 9 first-place votes.
Sunbury Big Walnut checked in at No. 3 with 416 points, followed by Cincinnati Princeton at No. 4 with 415 points and one first-place vote. Lakewood St. Edward rounded out the top five with 412 points.
The poll is conducted during the regular season by a panel of sports writers and editors from across the state’s USA TODAY network. Each voter submits a Top 25 list, with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place worth 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.
Cincinnati Elder ranked sixth with 398 points, followed by Cincinnati Anderson at seventh with 352 points and one first-place vote. West Chester Lakota West sat eighth with 328 points, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit ninth with 313 points and one first-place vote, and Gahanna Lincoln 10th with 258 points.
Toledo Central Catholic (11th), Cincinnati Moeller (12th), Canton McKinley (13th), Wadsworth (14th) and Cleveland Glenville (15th) completed the upper half. Maria Stein Marion Local, the small-school powerhouse, earned the 19th spot with 161 points. Teams receiving votes just outside the rankings included Mentor, Hudson, Kirtland and Newark Licking Valley.
