STATE CHAMPS! Top 20 rankings after Week 8 of the 2022 season: Dakota moves into Top 5, Cass Tech, Romeo and Mona Shores enter the Top 20

STATE CHAMPS! Top 20 Football Rankings – Week 8 – Presented by ALTA Equipment Company
1 Belleville (8-0) – Division 1 – 24k magic in the air in the ‘Ville
(Last Ranking: 1) Up next: at #14 Brighton on October 22nd at Noon on Bally Sports Detroit
2 Warren De La Salle (7-1) – Division 2 – Dynamic, determined and downright deadly
(Last Ranking: 3) Up next: vs. U of D Jesuit on October 22nd – Prep Bowl at Ford Field
3 Rochester Adams (7-1) – Division 1 – All the right moves, all the right personnel
(Last Ranking: 4) Up next: at Sterling Heights Stevenson on October 21st
4 West Bloomfield (7-1) – Division 1 – Lake Show playing its best football down the stretch
(Last Ranking: 5) Up next: vs. Utica Eisenhower on October 21st
5 Macomb Dakota (8-0) – Division 1 – Fast and furious like Vin Diesel and Paul Walker
(Last Ranking: 6) Up next: vs. Detroit Mumford on October 21st
6 Caledonia (8-0) – Division 1 – Clocking and rocking, team of destiny in the making
(Last Ranking: 7) Up next: vs. #10 Rockford on October 21st
7 Detroit Catholic Central (6-2) – Division 1 – Feisty and fearless, this club doesn’t blink
(Last Ranking: 9) Up next: Bye Week
8 Davison (7-1) – Division 1 – The will of a champion and letting it all hang out
(Last Ranking: 10) Up next: at Lapeer on October 21st
9 Dexter (8-0) – Division 2 – Dropping science, kicking butt every time they hit the field this fall
(Last Ranking: 11) Up next: at Chelsea on October 21st
10 Rockford (8-0) – Division 1 – Quietly playing great football right now
(Last Ranking: 10) Up next: at #6 Caledonia on October 21st
11 Detroit King (5-2) – Division 3 – Might not lose again, never count Dante Moore & Co, out
(Last Ranking: 2) Up next: at Cincinnati Moeller on October 21st
12 Clarkston (6-2) – Division 1 – Can you say mega statement win vs. Lapeer?
(Last Ranking: 13) Up next: at Oak Park on October 21st
13 River Rouge (5-2) – Division 3 – Always answers the call, don’t worry about these cats
(Last Ranking: 8) Up next: at #16 Southfield A&T on October 21st
14 Brighton (8-0) – Division 1 – It’s an orange, orange world on Metro Detroit’s westside
(Last Ranking: 17) Up next: vs. #1 Belleville on October 22nd at Noon on Bally Sports Detroit
15 Forest Hills Central (8-0) – Division 2 – Has opponents running for the hills
(Last Ranking: 18) Up next: vs. Forest Hills Northern on October 21st
16 Southfield A&T (6-2) – Division 1 – Will clean things up, get right for the playoffs
(Last Ranking: 14) Up next: vs. #13 River Rouge on October 21st
17 Detroit Cass Tech (5-3) – Division 1 – No. 17 in the state riding a bullet train
(Last Ranking: NR) Up next: at Brother Rice on October 21st
18 Walled Lake Western (7-1) – Division 3 – Grabbed an outright LVC title in Week 8
(Last Ranking: 20) Up next: vs. Walled Lake Central on October 21st
19 Romeo (6-2) – Division 1 – Welcome back to the party, boys!
(Last Ranking: NR) Up next: at Grand Blanc on October 21st
20 Mona Shores (7-1) – Division 2 – Seat at the table, fellas!
(Last Ranking: NR) Up next: at Muskegon on October 21st