High School Football: Which teams enter Week 9 at the top of the power rankings?

Each week, the top high school football teams in the Dayton Daily News coverage area will be recognized in our power rankings.

The penultimate week of the regular season will feature games between some of the top teams in Divisions II and III, and many quality matchups for those at the top of D-VII.

Here are the full area power rankings heading into Week 9:

(All games are at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, unless noted)

1. Lakota West (7-1): def. Colerain 49-0; at Sycamore (1-7).

2. Springfield (6-2): def. Beavercreek 21-0; hosts Fairmont (3-5).

3. Springboro (5-3): def. Fairmont 21-14; hosts Centerville (2-6).

4. Lebanon (6-2): lost 63-60 at Turpin; hosts Walnut Hills (0-8).

5. Wayne (4-4): def. Miamisburg 52-21; hosts Beavercreek (4-4).

Others: Beavercreek, Centerville, Fairfield, Fairmont, Hamilton, Lakota East, Miamisburg, Middletown, Northmont.

1. Trotwood (7-1): def. Mount Healthy 49-0; bye week.

2. Troy (7-1): def. Sidney 49-0; hosts Tippecanoe (7-1).

3. Badin (6-2): def. Carroll 49-20; at Alter (5-3).

4. Butler (6-2): def. West Carrollton 35-6; hosts Piqua (3-5).

5. Xenia (4-4): def. Fairborn 44-30; hosts Greenville (2-6).

Others: Belmont, Edgewood, Fairborn, Piqua, Ross, Sidney, Stebbins, Talawanda.

1. Bellbrook (8-0): def. Monroe 56-0; at Oakwood (7-1).

2. Tippecanoe (7-1): def. Greenville 65-0; at Troy (7-1).

3. Alter (5-3): lost 20-7 at McNicholas; hosts Badin (6-2).

4. Monroe (5-3): lost 56-0 to Bellbrook; at Ross (3-5).

5. Chaminade Julienne (2-6): def. Fenwick 14-10; hosts Carroll (2-6).

Others: Bethel, Carroll, Franklin, Greenville, Ponitz, Tecumseh, Thurgood Marshall, West Carrollton.

1. Valley View (6-2): def. Edgewood 28-10; at Brookville (3-5).

2. Kenton Ridge (7-1): def. Urbana 21-14; at Jonathan Alder (6-2).

3. Oakwood (7-1): def. Carlisle 27-14; hosts Bellbrook (8-0).

4. Urbana (6-2): lost 21-14 at Kenton Ridge; hosts Bellefontaine (2-6).

5. Eaton (4-4): def. Brookville 62-48; at Waynesville (6-2).

Others: Dunbar, Meadowdale, Northridge, Shawnee.

1. Graham (7-1): def. Shawnee 49-0; at Indian Lake (5-3).

2. Coldwater (6-2): lost 20-7 to Anna; at St. Henry (5-3).

3. West Liberty-Salem (5-2): def. Triad 49-14; hosts West Jefferson (7-1).

4. Miami East (7-1): def. Milton-Union 32-0; at Troy Christian (3-5).

5. Fenwick (4-4): lost 14-10 to Chaminade Julienne; at Cincinnati McNicholas (6-2).

Others: Arcanum, Brookville, Carlisle, Dayton Christian, Greeneview, Greenon, Madison, Milton-Union, Northwestern, Preble Shawnee, Stivers, Waynesville.

1. Tri-Village (8-0): def. Bradford 45-7; hosts Preble Shawnee (6-2).

2. St. Henry (5-3): def. Minster 48-12; hosts Coldwater (6-2).

3. Anna (5-3): def. Coldwater 20-7; hosts Delphos St. John's (1-7).

4. Mechanicsburg (6-2): lost 27-13 to West Jefferson; at Northeastern (1-7).

5. Covington (5-3): def. Northridge 33-13; hosts Milton-Union (2-6).

Others: Dixie, Mechanicsburg, National Trail, Northeastern, Troy Christian, Versailles.

1. Marion Local (8-0): def. New Bremen 42-7; hosts Minster (6-2).

2. Ansonia (7-1): def. Dixie 56-14; hosts Arcanum (6-2).

3. Riverside (7-1): def. Troy Christian 34-6; hosts Cedarville (2-6).

4. Minster (6-2): lost 48-12 to St. Henry; at Marion Local (8-0).

5. Fort Loramie (5-3): lost 35-20 at Columbus Grove; hosts Bluffton (7-1).

Others: Bradford, Catholic Central, Cedarville, Fort Recovery, Lehman Catholic, Mississinawa Valley, New Bremen, Southeastern, Triad, Tri-County North, Twin Valley South.

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