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UPSSA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POLLS

BIG FIVE

1.  Marquette     (2)  3-0    22
2.  Iron Mtn.      (2)  3-0    20
3.  Menominee  (1)  2-1    15
4.  Kingsford           2-1      7
5.  Negaunee          3-0      6

Others:  Escanaba (2-1) 3, Ishpeming (2-1) 1, Westwood (2-0) 1

LITTLE FIVE

1.  N. Dickinson (3)  2-0   23
2.  St. Ignace     (2)  3-0   22
3.  Forest Park         2-1   15
4.  Stephenson        2-1      7
5.  LL-Hubbell          2-1     4

Others:  Ontonagon (2-1) 3, Munising (2-1) 1

EIGHT MAN

1.  Cedarville    (3)  3-0     23
2.  Rapid River  (2)  3-0    14

Others:  Superior Central (2-1) 4, Engadine (3-0) 4

The UPSSA is voting based on the Detroit Free Press listings of what divisions the teams SHOULD be in at the end of the season. 

U.P. football teams, division and enrollment:

D2: Marquette (1131)
D3: Sault High (915)
D4: Escanaba (855)
D5: Menominee (584)
    Kingsford (568)
    Gladstone (493)
D6: Negaunee (444)
    Gwinn (392)
    Calumet (386)
    Houghton (382)
    Iron Mountain (381)
    Manistique (373)
D7: Westwood (351)
    Ishpeming (316)
    Newberry (270)
    West Iron County (278)
    Ironwood (262)

D 8: L’Anse (246)
     Norway (245)
     Rudyard (245)
     Bessemer (235)
     St. Ignace (230)
     Stephenson (226)
     Pickford (215)
     North Central (199)
     Munising (197)
     Bark River-Harris (185)
     Forest Park (174)
     Ontonagon (166)
     Baraga (161)
     Lake Linden-Hubbell (154)
     North Dickinson (127)

Plus the others in 8-man:  Superior Central, Rapid River, Cedarville, Engadine, Brimley, E-TC and Mid Peninsula.

Key games this week:  Marquette at Escanaba, Iron Mtn. at Negaunee, Westwood at Ishpeming, Stephenson at ND, Ontonagon at FP and

Cedarville at Engadine.