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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Winners through the 65 years of The Associated Press Ohio high school football poll. (Note: only one division 1947-1965; state playoffs began in 1972.) (-X denotes also won state playoff championship):
Big School (Division I, Class AAA)
1947-Barberton
1948-Massillon
1949-Massillon
1950-Massillon
1951-Massillon
1952-Massillon
1953-Massillon
1954-Massillon
1955-Canton McKinley
1956-Canton McKinley
1957-Cleve. Benedictine
1958-Alliance
1959-Massillon
1960-Massillon
1961-Niles McKinley
1962-Tol. Central Cath.
1963-Niles McKinley
1964-Massillon
1965-Massillon
1966-Cols. Watterson
1967-Upper Arlington
1968-Upper Arlington
1969-Upper Arlington
1970-Massillon
1971-Warren Harding
1972-Massillon
1973-Warren Western Reserve
1974-Cin. Moeller
1975-Lakewood St. Edward
1976-Cin. Moeller -X
1977-Cin. Moeller -X
1978-Cin. Princeton -X
1979-Cin. Moeller -X
1980-Cin. Moeller -X
1981-Cin. Moeller
1982-Cin. Moeller -X
1983-Cin. Moeller
1984-Cin. Moeller
1985-Cin. Princeton
1986-Centerville
1987-Cleve. St. Joseph
1988-Cleve. St. Ignatius -X
1989-Cleve. St. Ignatius -X
1990-Cleve. St. Ignatius
1991-Cin. Princeton
1992-Cleve. St. Ignatius -X
1993-Cleve. St. Ignatius -X
1994-Euclid
1995-Cleve. St. Ignatius -X
1996-Troy
1997-Canton McKinley-X
1998-Upper Arlington
1999-Grove City
2000-Cleve. St. Ignatius
2001-Cin. Colerain
2002-Warren Harding
2003-Warren Harding
2004-Cin. Colerain
2005-Cin. St. Xavier-X
2006-Cin. Colerain
2007-Cin. St. Xavier-X
2008-Cleve. Glenville
2009-Cleve. St. Ignatius
2010-Cleve. Glenville
2011-Hilliard Davidson
Class AA
1970-New Lexington
1971-Steubenville Cath.
1972-Cols. Watterson
1973-Washington Court House
1974-Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary
1975-Cin. Wyoming
1976-New Lexington
1977-Elyria Cath.
1978-Cin. Wyoming
1979-St. Marys Memorial
1980-Orrville
1981-Youngs. Mooney
1982-Urbana
1983-Urbana
1984-Elyria Cath. -X
1985-Louisville Aquinas
1986-Ironton
Class A
1965-Dover St. Joseph
1966-Marion Cath.
1967-Portsmouth Notre Dame
1968-Newark Cath.
1969-Norwalk St. Paul
1970-Portsmouth Notre Dame
1971-Marion Pleasant
1972-Marion Pleasant -X
1973-Newark Cath.
1974-McDonald
1975-Newark Cath.
1976-Woodsfield
1977-Sullivan Black River
1978-Newark Cath. -X
1979-Mogadore -X
1980-Mogadore
1981-Waynesville
1982-West Jefferson
1983-Mogadore
1984-Newark Cath. -X
1985-Mogadore
1986-Delphos Jefferson
Division II
1987-Minerva
1988-Steubenville
1989-Fostoria
1990-St. Marys Memorial
1991-Fostoria -X
1992-Fostoria
1993-Fostoria
1994-Celina
1995-Celina
1996-Akron Springfield
1997-Defiance-X
1998-Chardon
1999-Dover
2000-Youngs. Chaney
2001-Avon Lake
2002-Louisville
2003-Avon Lake-X
2004-Avon Lake
2005-Avon Lake
2006-Ashland
2007-Cols. DeSales
2008-Cols. DeSales
2009-Louisville
2010-Cols. Marion-Franklin
2011-Trotwood-Madison
Division III
1987-Youngs. Mooney -X
1988-Ironton
1989-Cin. Acad. of Phys. Ed.
1990-Mentor Lake Cath.
1991-Cin. Acad. of Phys. Ed.
1992-Mentor Lake Cath. -X
1993-Ironton
1994-Steubenville
1995-Hillsboro
1996-Mentor Lake Cath.
1997-Minerva
1998-Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit
1999-Poland Seminary-X
2000-Portsmouth
2001-Sunbury Big Walnut
2002-Akron Buchtel
2003-Steubenville
2004-Steubenville
2005-Steubenville-X
2006-Steubenville-X
2007-Canal Fulton NW
2008-Thornville Sheridan
2009- Youngs. Mooney-X
2010-Alliance Marlington
2011-Steubenville
Division IV
1987-Cols. Academy -X
1988-Cols. Academy
1989-Wheelersburg -X
1990-Campbell Memorial
1991-Akron Manchester
1992-Akron Manchester
1993-Aurora
1994-Germantown Valley View -X
1995-Orrville
1996-Germantown Valley View -X
1997-Germantown Valley View-X
1998-Germantown Valley View
1999-Youngs. Mooney
2000-Sandusky Perkins
2001-Ironton
2002-Coldwater
2003-Versailles-X
2004-Coldwater
2005-Coldwater-X
2006-Youngs. Mooney-X
2007-Youngs. Mooney
2008-Coldwater
2009-Kettering Alter-X
2010-Clarksville Clinton-Massie
2011-Kenton
Division V
1987-Newark Cath. -X
1988-Archbold -X
1989-Sandusky St. Mary's
1990-St. Henry -X
1991-Newark Cath. -X
1992-Newark Cath.
1993-St. Henry
1994-Versailles -X
1995-Cin. Mariemont
1996-Versailles
1997-Marion Pleasant
1998-Liberty Center
1999-Bedford Chanel
2000-Liberty Center
2001-Bedford Chanel
2002-Marion Pleasant
2003-Marion Pleasant
2004-Amanda-Clearcreek
2005-Hamler Patrick Henry-X
2006-N. Lima S. Range
2007-Maria Stein Marion Local-X
2008-Youngs. Ursuline-X
2009-Hamler Patrick Henry
2010-Youngs. Ursuline-X
2011-Lima Cent. Cath.
Division VI
1994-Delphos St. John's
1995-St. Henry -X
1996-St. Henry
1997-Delphos St. John's-X
1998-Delphos St. John's-X
1999-Delphos St. John's-X
2000-Delphos St. John's
2001-Mogadore
2002-Maria Stein Marion Local
2003-Columbus Grove-X
2004-Bascom Hopewell-Loudon
2005-Dola Hardin Northern
2006-Covington
2007-Bascom Hopewell-Loudon
2008-Bascom Hopewell-Loudon
2009-Delphos St. John's
2010-Delphos St. John's-X
2011-Berlin Center Western Reserve
Note: Through the 2010 playoffs, 53 of the 182 AP poll champions have gone on to also win the state playoff title.
