Big shakeup in this week’s football polls
ISHPEMING – There’s some big changes in this week’s Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association (UPSSA) football polls. There is a new #1 team in all three polls. Ishpeming is the #1 ranked team in the Big School Poll. Forest Park sits alone in first place for the first time this season. After a 20-19 win over Cedarville on Friday, Rapid River is the top ranked team in the Eight Man football poll.
BIG SCHOOL
1. Ishpeming (5) 6-0 33
2. Menominee (2) 6-0 30
3. West Iron Co. 6-0 19
4. Marquette 5-1 16
5. Iron Mountain 4-2 6
Other: Sault Ste. Marie 3-3, 1
LITTLE SCHOOL
1. Forest Park (3) 4-1 30
2. St. Ignace (4) 6-0 29
3. Munising 5-1 21
4. LL-Hubbell 5-1 17
5. BR-Harris 5-1 6
Other: Gogebic 3-2, 2. Gogebic played an eight-man game against Ontonagon on Saturday so the game doesn’t not count on its 11-man record.
EIGHT MAN
1. Rapid River (7) 6-0 35
2. Cedarville 5-1 28