ES Power Rating · Football
Early season: these ratings lean on each program’s last three seasons until this year’s games say otherwise. Treat them as a starting point, not a verdict.
Through week 2 · 348 games rated · home edge +1.38 · prior from 2016-17 · How it works →
Last calculated Thu, Sep 17 · 7:26 AM CDT
Top 25
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| Rank | Team | Record | Div | ES | SOS | QW | Best win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1▲4 |  Bangor | 13-0 | D7Division rank #1 | 90.5early | 62 | 2 | LoyalD7 (63.6) |
2▲8 |  Stanley- | 8-1 | D5Division rank #1 | 87.6early | 72.8 | 2 | StratfordD5 (77.1) |
3▲4 |  Waunakee | 13-0 | D2Division rank #1 | 87.3early | 53.9 | 0 | Fort Atkinson (54.7) |
4▼3 |  Saint Mary's Springs | 14-0 | D6Division rank #1 | 85.5early | 71.4 | 2 | AmherstD5 (83.8) |
5▼2 |  Amherst | 12-1 | D5Division rank #2 | 83.8early | 70.2 | 0 | OmroD4 (54.9) |
6– |  Menomonie | 11-1 | D2Division rank #2 | 81.9early | 52.1 | 1 | HolmenD2 (60) |
7▲1 |  Saint Croix Central | 12-2 | D4Division rank #1 | 81.6early | 60.4 | 1 | Durand-ArkansawD5 (67.3) |
8▲30 |  Muskego | 9-4 | D1Division rank #1 | 81.3early | 58 | 1 | ArrowheadD1 (58.9) |
9▲7 |  Edgar | 10-1 | D7Division rank #2 | 80.3early | 57.8 | 0 | Baldwin-Woodville (57.9) |
10▼6 |  Franklin | 10-2 | D1Division rank #2 | 79.0early | 61.7 | 1 | Wilmot UnionD2 (65.1) |
11▲4 |  Kimberly | 14-0 | D1Division rank #3 | 78.4early | 68 | 2 | Fond du LacD1 (70.6) |
12▲8 |  Brookfield Central | 13-1 | D2Division rank #3 | 77.5early | 45.1 | 0 | Oconomowoc (53) |
13▼2 |  Gale- | 9-1 | D4Division rank #2 | 77.1early | 56.2 | 1 | West SalemD3 (70.9) |
14▲30 |  Stratford | 7-3 | D5Division rank #3 | 77.1early | 71.3 | 0 | AntigoD3 (55) |
15▲31 |  New Berlin Eisenhower | 13-1 | D3Division rank #1 | 77.1early | 67.3 | 2 | PlymouthD3 (70.5) |
16▲12 |  Grantsburg | 11-1 | D5Division rank #4 | 76.9early | 50 | 0 | CumberlandD5 (58.1) |
17▼5 |  Onalaska | 9-2 | D3Division rank #2 | 76.9early | 55.3 | 1 | River ValleyD4 (66) |
18– |  Abbotsford | 10-3 | D7Division rank #3 | 76.7early | 45.5 | 0 | Gilman (49.5) |
19▼17 |  Catholic Memorial | 8-3 | D3Division rank #3 | 76.5early | 51 | 0 | Waukesha North (57.1) |
20▼6 |  Rice Lake | 11-2 | D3Division rank #4 | 75.5early | 47.8 | 0 | MedfordD3 (47.8) |
21▲8 |  West De Pere | 10-2 | D3Division rank #5 | 74.5early | 47.2 | 0 | New LondonD3 (51.3) |
22▲21 |  Lake Country Lutheran | 12-1 | D5Division rank #5 | 73.3early | 47.5 | 1 | Mineral PointD6 (59.7) |
23▲31 |  Iola- | 11-3 | D6Division rank #2 | 73.2early | 53.6 | 1 | MarathonD6 (61.1) |
24▲15 | Sun Prairie | 13-1 | — | 73.2early | 42.6 | 0 | MiddletonD1 (57.4) |
25▲27 |  Appleton North | 9-3 | D1Division rank #4 | 72.5early | 54.4 | 1 | NeenahD1 (63.7) |
Rankings and records here update once a day, when the ratings are recalculated each morning; each school’s page updates after every game. Records are the official season record: a forfeit counts, a Seeding Only replacement does not. The rating itself uses only played games; hover a record to see how many.
By division
WIAA divisions are on file for only 201 of 405 teams this season, so the by-division tables are left out. The division comes from each season’s WIAA team page: those pages print it from 2017 onwards, and not at all for 2016.
Conference strength
mean ES rating of members| Conference | Teams | Mean ES | Top team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Rivers | 8 | 61.8 | Menomonie (81.9) |
| Classic Eight | 9 | 61.2 | Muskego (81.3) |
| Cloverbelt | 7 | 60.8 | Stanley-Boyd (87.6) |
| Middle Border | 8 | 59.3 | Saint Croix Central (81.6) |
| Capitol - North | 6 | 58.6 | Lodi (68.6) |
| Central Wisconsin - Large | 8 | 58.5 | Amherst (83.8) |
| Valley Football Association-North | 5 | 58 | Kimberly (78.4) |
| Southern Lakes | 8 | 57.8 | Badger (65.8) |
| Mississippi Valley | 8 | 57.2 | Onalaska (76.9) |
| Greater Metro | 9 | 56.4 | Brookfield Central (77.5) |
| Marawood | 6 | 56 | Edgar (80.3) |
| Dunn-St. Croix | 7 | 56 | Spring Valley (72.0) |
| Eastern Wisconsin | 8 | 55.4 | Valders (69.8) |
| Southeast | 7 | 54.9 | Franklin (79.0) |
| Parkland | 7 | 54.6 | New Berlin Eisenhower (77.1) |
| Badger - South | 8 | 54.3 | Monona Grove (67.8) |
| Valley Football Association-South | 5 | 53.9 | Fond du Lac (70.6) |
| Fox River Classic | 10 | 53.6 | Bay Port (71.9) |
| Southwest Wisconsin | 6 | 53.6 | Platteville (66.6) |
| Scenic Bluffs | 7 | 52.7 | Bangor (90.5) |
| Trailways - Large | 4 | 52.5 | Markesan (59.1) |
| Big East | 9 | 52.3 | Cedar Grove-Belgium (71.7) |
| East Central | 8 | 52.3 | Plymouth (70.5) |
| Coulee | 6 | 52.1 | Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (77.1) |
| Bay | 9 | 51.5 | West De Pere (74.5) |
| Heart O' North | 7 | 50.8 | Chetek-Weyerhaeuser (66.9) |
| Cloverwood | 8 | 50.5 | Abbotsford (76.7) |
| Marinette-Oconto/Packerland/Northern Lakes Large | 7 | 50.5 | Kewaunee (70.1) |
| Wisconsin Flyway | 7 | 50.1 | Saint Mary's Springs (85.5) |
| Valley Football Association-West | 5 | 50 | Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln (65.4) |
| Badger - North | 7 | 49.9 | Waunakee (87.3) |
| North Eastern | 9 | 48.6 | Wrightstown (65.5) |
| North Shore | 10 | 47.8 | Homestead (68.6) |
| Lakeland North | 6 | 47.2 | Grantsburg (76.9) |
| Southwest Wisconsin Activities | 7 | 47 | Fennimore (62.6) |
| Big Eight | 9 | 46.7 | Madison La Follette (61.7) |
| Lakeland South | 4 | 46.6 | Clear Lake (67.6) |
| Capitol - South | 4 | 46 | Cambridge (52.7) |
| Rock Valley | 8 | 45.9 | Clinton (68.7) |
| Midwest Classic | 7 | 45.7 | Lake Country Lutheran (73.3) |
| Metro Classic | 8 | 45.1 | Racine St. Catherine's (66.3) |
| Central Wisconsin - Small | 5 | 44.7 | Wild Rose (63.2) |
| Six Rivers | 4 | 44.3 | Highland (65.6) |
| Great Northern | 7 | 44.2 | Antigo (55.0) |
| Woodland | 6 | 43.5 | Whitnall (55.7) |
| South Central | 6 | 42.3 | Mauston (53.8) |
| Dairyland | 6 | 41 | Melrose-Mindoro (60.4) |
| Ridge & Valley | 4 | 39 | De Soto (59.5) |
| Trailways - Small | 6 | 37.9 | Johnson Creek (57.6) |
| Marinette-Oconto/Packerland/Northern Lakes Small | 4 | 36.5 | Crivitz (50.6) |
| Milwaukee City (Blackbourn) | 4 | 36 | Milwaukee Madison (49.9) |