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 · 103 games rated · home edge -0.67 · prior from 2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18 · 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 |  Muskego | 9-0 | D1Division rank #1 | 82.5early | 71.8 | 1 | ArrowheadD1 (71.8) |
2new |  Saint Mary's Springs | 4-3 | — | 82.2early | — | 0 | — |
3new |  Lake Country Lutheran | 7-1 | D4Division rank #1 | 81.4early | 46.2 | 0 | Saint Francis (46.2) |
4new |  Bay Port | 2-5 | — | 81.0early | — | 0 | — |
5new |  Fond du Lac | 6-0 | — | 80.7early | — | 0 | — |
6new |  Stratford | 5-1 | D4Division rank #2 | 80.6early | 52.9 | 0 | Wittenberg-BirnamwoodD4 (52.9) |
7new |  Kimberly | 6-1 | — | 80.2early | — | 0 | — |
8new |  Regis | 5-0 | — | 79.1early | 58.3 | 0 | Elk MoundD4 (58.3) |
9new |  Waunakee | 6-0 | — | 78.1early | — | 0 | — |
10new |   Potosi/ | 5-2 | — | 76.6early | 52.5 | 0 | Pecatonica/Argyle (52.5) |
11new |  Edgar | 7-0 | D6Division rank #1 | 76.3early | 45.1 | 0 | Athens (45.1) |
12new |  Waukesha West | 6-2 | D1Division rank #2 | 75.9early | — | 0 | — |
13new |  Lakeside Lutheran | 7-1 | D3Division rank #1 | 75.7early | 58.8 | 0 | Racine St. Catherine'sD3 (58.8) |
14new |  Black Hawk | 0-0 | — | 75.5early | — | 0 | — |
15new |  Franklin | 4-1 | D1Division rank #3 | 74.7early | 64.7 | 1 | Kenosha Bradford/Kenosha Reuther (64.7) |
16new |  Hudson | 7-1 | D1Division rank #4 | 74.6early | 71.7 | 1 | MenomonieD1 (71.7) |
17new |  Saint Croix Central | 5-2 | D3Division rank #2 | 74.5early | 38.1 | 0 | AmeryD3 (38.1) |
18new |  Lake Mills | 7-2 | D3Division rank #3 | 74.4early | 48.7 | 0 | Watertown Luther PrepD4 (48.7) |
19new |  Freedom | 6-1 | D3Division rank #4 | 73.7early | 51.1 | 0 | WinneconneD3 (51.1) |
20new |  Wrightstown | 6-3 | D3Division rank #5 | 73.6early | 49.5 | 0 | DenmarkD3 (49.5) |
21new |  Northwestern | 6-2 | D3Division rank #6 | 73.4early | 35.6 | 0 | Chetek-Weyerhaeuser (35.6) |
22new |  Brookfield East | 4-4 | D1Division rank #5 | 73.3early | — | 0 | — |
23new |  DeForest | 6-1 | — | 72.8early | — | 0 | — |
24new |  Bangor | 7-0 | — | 72.6early | — | 0 | — |
25new |  Mukwonago | 6-2 | D1Division rank #6 | 72.3early | 60.1 | 1 | Waukesha NorthD1 (60.1) |
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 188 of 394 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Eight | 8 | 66.3 | Muskego (82.5) |
| Fox Valley Association | 8 | 64 | Fond du Lac (80.7) |
| Fox River Classic-North | 7 | 62.6 | Bay Port (81.0) |
| Big Rivers | 8 | 62.4 | Hudson (74.6) |
| North Eastern | 6 | 60.4 | Freedom (73.7) |
| Mississippi Valley | 6 | 59.4 | River Falls (72.0) |
| Southeast | 7 | 58.8 | Franklin (74.7) |
| Greater Metro | 8 | 58.7 | Brookfield East (73.3) |
| Cloverbelt | 7 | 58.5 | Regis (79.1) |
| Southern Lakes | 8 | 57.4 | Burlington (70.8) |
| Capitol | 7 | 57.1 | Lakeside Lutheran (75.7) |
| Woodland | 5 | 56.4 | Grafton (71.4) |
| East Central | 6 | 56.3 | Berlin (65.7) |
| Central Wisconsin - Large | 7 | 55.5 | Stratford (80.6) |
| Badger - Large | 8 | 54.4 | Waunakee (78.1) |
| Middle Border | 7 | 54.4 | Saint Croix Central (74.5) |
| Marawood | 7 | 54 | Edgar (76.3) |
| Parkland | 8 | 54 | Catholic Memorial (71.4) |
| Wisconsin Flyway | 7 | 53.9 | Saint Mary's Springs (82.2) |
| Eastern Wisconsin | 7 | 53.2 | Chilton (67.0) |
| North Shore | 8 | 53.1 | Whitefish Bay (66.5) |
| Valley Football Association | 7 | 52.9 | Hortonville (71.3) |
| Southwest Wisconsin Activities | 7 | 52.5 | Mineral Point (66.7) |
| Bay | 7 | 52.4 | Xavier (67.2) |
| Lakeland | 6 | 51.7 | Grantsburg (71.1) |
| Metro Classic | 8 | 51.5 | Lake Country Lutheran (81.4) |
| Big Eight | 7 | 51.2 | Verona (63.0) |
| Badger - Small | 7 | 51.1 | Monona Grove (65.2) |
| Great Northern | 7 | 50.4 | Medford (69.7) |
| Southwest Wisconsin | 5 | 50.3 | Prairie du Chien (61.0) |
| Rock Valley | 8 | 50.1 | Evansville (59.5) |
| Big East | 8 | 49.4 | Cedar Grove-Belgium (71.4) |
| Eastern Suburban | 8 | 47.9 | Markesan (59.6) |
| Dunn-St. Croix | 7 | 47.6 | Spring Valley (66.8) |
| Heart O' North | 8 | 47.3 | Northwestern (73.4) |
| Coulee | 7 | 46.4 | Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (64.2) |
| Central Wisconsin - Small | 8 | 46.4 | Iola-Scandinavia (63.0) |
| Scenic Bluffs | 7 | 44.4 | Bangor (72.6) |
| Trailways | 7 | 43.6 | Lourdes Academy (70.9) |
| Packerland | 6 | 41.9 | Bonduel (53.7) |
| Midwest Classic | 8 | 40.5 | Racine Lutheran (67.4) |
| South Central | 6 | 40.4 | Mauston (61.8) |
| Ridge & Valley | 6 | 39.8 | Highland (54.3) |
| Dairyland | 6 | 39.4 | Melrose-Mindoro (51.3) |
| Northwoods | 7 | 38.2 | Coleman (60.7) |
| Fox River Classic-South | 5 | 36.2 | Manitowoc Lincoln (48.6) |
| Milwaukee City (Blackbourn) | 5 | 26.4 | Milwaukee Reagan (48.7) |