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title: "Metro Detroit HS football rankings after Week 7"
url: https://www.hereannarbor.com/2026/10/12/metro-detroit-hs-football-rankings-week-8/
date: 2026-10-12T10:13:25-04:00
modified: 2026-10-12T10:13:25-04:00
author: "HERE Detroit"
categories: ["High-School-Sports"]
site: "HERE Ann Arbor"
attribution: "HERE Ann Arbor"
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# Metro Detroit HS football rankings after Week 7

> Detroit, Mich. — Detroit Catholic Central remained unbeaten at 7-0 after a 27-20 win over Orchard Lake St. Mary’s and sat atop Metro Detroit high school football rankings entering Week 8. Clarkston also stayed perfect at 7-0 with a 56-21 win over Lake Orion. Oxford improved to 6-1 by beating West Bloomfield 51-7. Orchard Lake

*Source: [HERE Ann Arbor](https://www.hereannarbor.com/2026/10/12/metro-detroit-hs-football-rankings-week-8/) — October 12, 2026 by HERE Detroit*

Detroit, Mich. — Detroit Catholic Central remained unbeaten at 7-0 after a 27-20 win over Orchard Lake St. Mary’s and sat atop Metro Detroit high school football rankings entering Week 8.

Clarkston also stayed perfect at 7-0 with a 56-21 win over Lake Orion. Oxford improved to 6-1 by beating West Bloomfield 51-7. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s fell to 5-2 with the loss to Catholic Central.

In other Metro results, Romeo rolled past Sterling Heights Stevenson 63-21 to stay 7-0. Grosse Pointe South beat Utica Eisenhower 42-6. Harper Woods defeated Birmingham Seaholm 47-7. Walled Lake Western routed Walled Lake Northern 77-28.

Dearborn Divine Child stayed 7-0 with a 27-0 win over Detroit U-D Jesuit. Gibraltar Carlson edged Woodhaven 31-28. Northville beat Belleville 30-7 and climbed in statewide Super 25 conversation.

Statewide rankings after Week 7 of the MHSAA season also noted East Kentwood’s win over Caledonia among the major movers.