At the midway point of the season, I thought it might be interesting to see how many high school football teams across Ohio remain unbeaten (with News-Herald area teams in bold and CAPS):

DIVISION I
Region 1 (6 of 32): Austintown-Fitch, Cleveland Heights, North Royalton, SOUTH, St. Edward, St. Ignatius
Region 2 (2 of 28): Canton McKinley (4-0), Toledo Whitmer
Region 3 (6 of 29): Dublin Coffman, Gahanna Lincoln, Hilliard Darby, Lewis Center Olentangy, Pickerington North, Westerville South
Region 4 (3 of 30): Cin. Colerain, Lakota West, Springboro
TOTAL: 17 of 119

DIVISION II
Region 5 (2 of 28): CHARDON, New Philadelphia
Region 6 (4 of 30): Midview, Norwalk, Tiffin Columbian, Toledo Central Catholic
Region 7 (3 of 30): Licking Heights, Tri-Valley, Zanesville
Region 8 (5 of 29): Cin. Northwest, Cin. Turpin, Mount Healthy, Tipp City Tippecanoe, Western Brown
TOTAL: 14 of 117

DIVISION III
Region 9 (1 of 30): Niles McKinley
Region 10 (4 of 30): Bellevue, Bryan, Elida, Napoleon (4-0-1)
Region 11 (2 of 30): Marlington, West Holmes
Region 12 (1 of 30): Kettering Alter (4-0-1)
TOTAL: 8 of 120

(If you're wondering about the ties, by the way, the Week 3 Napoleon-Kettering Alter game was suspended by lightning after playing a little more than two minutes and was never restarted, instead being declared a 0-0 tie.)

DIVISION IV
Region 13 (3 of 32): Brookfield, HAWKEN, Norwayne
Region 14 (5 of 31): Bishop Hartley, Bishop Ready, Genoa Area, North Union, Ottawa Glandorf
Region 15 (3 of 30): Ironton, Minford, St. Clairsville
Region 16 (3 of 29): Batavia, Cin. Hills Christian, Clinton Massie
TOTAL: 14 of 122

DIVISION V
Region 17 (3 of 29): Columbiana Crestview, KIRTLAND, Sugarcreek Garaway
Region 18 (4 of 29): Lima Central Catholic, Northwood, Oberlin, Patrick Henry
Region 19 (2 of 29): Bucyrus Wynford, Lucasville Valley
Region 20 (5 of 30): Cin. Country Day, Coldwater, Covington, Dayton Christian, West Liberty-Salem
TOTAL: 14 of 117

DIVISION VI
Region 21 (3 of 31): Mogadore, Shadyside, Youngstown Christian
Region 22 (2 of 30): Leipsic, McComb
Region 23 (1 of 30): Colonel Crawford
Region 24 (1 of 33): Ada
TOTAL: 7 of 124

So, with 719 high school football teams across Ohio, 74 - or about 10.3 percent - are still unbeaten, and four are from the N-H area. It'll be interesting how much of a hit that percentage takes as the second half of the season plays itself out.

- Chris Lillstrung | @CLillstrungNH