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 1 · 172 games rated · home edge +0.95 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1new |  Saint Mary's Springs | 14-0 | D6Division rank #1 | 87.1early | 57.3 | 0 | MarkesanD6 (57.3) |
2new |  Catholic Memorial | 8-3 | D3Division rank #1 | 84.4early | 55.8 | 0 | Mukwonago (55.8) |
3new |  Amherst | 12-1 | D5Division rank #1 | 84.0early | 53.6 | 0 | OmroD4 (53.6) |
4new |  Franklin | 10-2 | D1Division rank #1 | 83.9early | 53.3 | 0 | WaterfordD2 (53.3) |
5new |  Bangor | 13-0 | D7Division rank #1 | 83.3early | 52.3 | 0 | Melrose-MindoroD6 (52.3) |
6new |  Menomonie | 11-1 | D2Division rank #1 | 80.3early | 48.3 | 0 | Oshkosh North (48.3) |
7new |  Waunakee | 13-0 | D2Division rank #2 | 80.2early | 49.6 | 0 | Fort Atkinson (49.6) |
8new |  Saint Croix Central | 12-2 | D4Division rank #1 | 79.0early | 66.4 | 1 | Durand-ArkansawD5 (66.4) |
9new |  Oak Creek | 6-4 | D1Division rank #2 | 79.0early | 51.7 | 0 | Wisconsin Lutheran (51.7) |
10new |  Stanley- | 8-1 | D5Division rank #2 | 78.4early | 69.1 | 1 | StratfordD5 (69.1) |
11new |  Gale- | 9-1 | D4Division rank #2 | 78.3early | 47 | 0 | NekoosaD4 (47) |
12new |  Onalaska | 9-2 | D3Division rank #2 | 78.2early | 61.2 | 1 | River ValleyD4 (61.2) |
13new |  Regis | 9-2 | D6Division rank #2 | 77.5early | 58.5 | 0 | Fall CreekD6 (58.5) |
14new |  Rice Lake | 11-2 | D3Division rank #3 | 77.3early | 49.2 | 0 | MedfordD3 (49.2) |
15new |  Kimberly | 14-0 | D1Division rank #3 | 76.7early | 66.9 | 1 | Fond du LacD1 (66.9) |
16new |  Edgar | 10-1 | D7Division rank #2 | 75.8early | 56.5 | 0 | Baldwin-Woodville (56.5) |
17new |  Bay Port | 11-1 | D1Division rank #4 | 75.2early | 30.1 | 0 | Sheboygan North (30.1) |
18new |  Abbotsford | 10-3 | D7Division rank #3 | 74.9early | 41.1 | 0 | CrandonD6 (41.1) |
19new |  Homestead | 9-2 | D2Division rank #3 | 74.1early | 44 | 0 | Port WashingtonD3 (44) |
20new |  Brookfield Central | 13-1 | D2Division rank #4 | 73.8early | 31.5 | 0 | Wauwatosa East (31.5) |
21new |  Brookfield East | 10-2 | D2Division rank #5 | 73.6early | 54.1 | 0 | Wauwatosa West (54.1) |
22new |  Loyal | 8-3 | D7Division rank #4 | 73.1early | 40.5 | 0 | AthensD7 (40.5) |
23new |  Pewaukee | 8-3 | D3Division rank #4 | 72.5early | 45.3 | 0 | Milwaukee Riverside/Golda Meir (45.3) |
24new |  West Salem | 8-3 | D3Division rank #5 | 72.4early | 45.9 | 0 | Arcadia (45.9) |
25new |  Notre Dame | 10-3 | D3Division rank #6 | 72.3early | 31.7 | 0 | Sheboygan South (31.7) |
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 403 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 | 63.2 | Menomonie (80.3) |
| Cloverbelt | 7 | 61.5 | Stanley-Boyd (78.4) |
| Classic Eight | 9 | 61.4 | Catholic Memorial (84.4) |
| Capitol - North | 6 | 59.6 | Lodi (66.3) |
| Southeast | 7 | 58.8 | Franklin (83.9) |
| Middle Border | 8 | 58.5 | Saint Croix Central (79.0) |
| Central Wisconsin - Large | 8 | 58.3 | Amherst (84.0) |
| Mississippi Valley | 8 | 57.5 | Onalaska (78.2) |
| Dunn-St. Croix | 7 | 57.4 | Spring Valley (69.3) |
| Greater Metro | 9 | 56.9 | Brookfield Central (73.8) |
| Badger - South | 8 | 56.6 | Monona Grove (69.9) |
| Valley Football Association-South | 5 | 56.2 | Neenah (69.5) |
| Eastern Wisconsin | 8 | 55.2 | Two Rivers (67.0) |
| Parkland | 7 | 54.5 | Pewaukee (72.5) |
| East Central | 8 | 54.3 | Plymouth (67.0) |
| Cloverwood | 8 | 54.1 | Abbotsford (74.9) |
| Southern Lakes | 8 | 54.1 | Badger (65.5) |
| Fox River Classic | 10 | 53.6 | Bay Port (75.2) |
| Valley Football Association-North | 5 | 53.4 | Kimberly (76.7) |
| Scenic Bluffs | 7 | 52.5 | Bangor (83.3) |
| Wisconsin Flyway | 7 | 52.2 | Saint Mary's Springs (87.1) |
| Marawood | 6 | 52.2 | Edgar (75.8) |
| Southwest Wisconsin | 6 | 52.2 | Platteville (68.1) |
| Marinette-Oconto/Packerland/Northern Lakes Large | 7 | 52.1 | Southern Door (65.9) |
| Trailways - Large | 4 | 52 | Pardeeville (57.9) |
| Bay | 9 | 51.5 | West De Pere (72.0) |
| Coulee | 6 | 51 | Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (78.3) |
| Big East | 9 | 49.3 | Cedar Grove-Belgium (72.3) |
| Valley Football Association-West | 5 | 49.3 | Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln (61.4) |
| North Eastern | 9 | 49.2 | Luxemburg-Casco (70.0) |
| Heart O' North | 7 | 48.2 | Chetek-Weyerhaeuser (71.4) |
| Six Rivers | 4 | 48.1 | Highland (66.3) |
| North Shore | 10 | 47.5 | Homestead (74.1) |
| Badger - North | 7 | 47.2 | Waunakee (80.2) |
| Southwest Wisconsin Activities | 7 | 47 | Darlington (70.2) |
| Big Eight | 9 | 46.9 | Middleton (66.3) |
| Lakeland South | 4 | 46.9 | Clear Lake (65.3) |
| Midwest Classic | 7 | 46.3 | Lake Country Lutheran (69.1) |
| Metro Classic | 8 | 46.1 | Racine St. Catherine's (68.8) |
| Great Northern | 7 | 46.1 | Antigo (59.3) |
| Lakeland North | 6 | 45.3 | Grantsburg (72.1) |
| Rock Valley | 8 | 45.2 | Clinton (65.5) |
| South Central | 6 | 45.1 | Wautoma (55.8) |
| Capitol - South | 4 | 44.7 | Cambridge (52.7) |
| Central Wisconsin - Small | 5 | 44.5 | Wild Rose (62.5) |
| Woodland | 6 | 43.9 | Whitnall (56.6) |
| Dairyland | 6 | 43 | Cochrane-Fountain City (59.7) |
| Ridge & Valley | 4 | 42.9 | Ithaca (61.3) |
| Trailways - Small | 6 | 33.6 | Lourdes Academy (49.0) |
| Marinette-Oconto/Packerland/Northern Lakes Small | 4 | 31 | Crandon (41.1) |