Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll
Here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters:
| Class 8A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Naperville Central (3) | (2-0) | 74 | 4 |
| 2. Maine South (3) | (2-0) | 72 | 5 |
| 3. Chicago (Marist) (2) | (2-0) | 68 | 3 |
| 4. Gurnee Warren | (1-1) | 45 | 1 |
| 5. Naperville Neuqua Valley | (2-0) | 42 | 6 |
| 6. Lincoln-Way East | (1-1) | 41 | 2 |
| (tie) Glenbard West | (2-0) | 41 | 7 |
| 8. Bolingbrook | (2-0) | 23 | 8 |
| 9. Homewood-Flossmoor | (2-0) | 15 | 10 |
| 10. Hinsdale Central | (1-1) | 5 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Lockport 4, O’Fallon 4, Oswego East 4, South Elgin 1, New Trier 1.
| Class 7A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Loyola (8) | (2-0) | 89 | 2 |
| 2. Chicago Mt. Carmel (1) | (2-0) | 81 | 1 |
| 3. Brother Rice | (2-0) | 69 | 3 |
| 4. Chicago (St. Rita) | (1-1) | 58 | 6 |
| 5. Wheaton North | (1-1) | 56 | 4 |
| 6. St. Charles North | (2-0) | 43 | 5 |
| 7. Batavia | (2-0) | 41 | 7 |
| 8. Hersey | (2-0) | 24 | 10 |
| 9. Prospect | (2-0) | 14 | T8 |
| 10. Pekin | (2-0) | 7 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Normal Community 5, Buffalo Grove 3, Bradley-Bourbonnais 2, Wheaton Warrenville South 2, Hononegah 1.
| Class 6A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Cary-Grove (9) | (2-0) | 90 | 1 |
| 2. Kankakee | (2-0) | 72 | 6 |
| 3. Crete-Monee | (1-1) | 66 | 2 |
| 4. Lemont | (2-0) | 56 | 9 |
| 5. Springfield | (2-0) | 48 | 7 |
| 6. Crystal Lake Central | (2-0) | 43 | 8 |
| 7. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge | (2-0) | 31 | NR |
| 8. Washington | (1-1) | 18 | 3 |
| 9. Lake Forest | (1-1) | 15 | 4 |
| 10. Kenwood | (2-0) | 12 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Deerfield 9, Rockford Boylan 8, Chicago (Simeon) 6, Vernon Hills 5, Lisle (Benet) 5, Oak Lawn Richards 4, Carmel 3, Belvidere North 2, Wauconda 1, Chatham Glenwood 1.
| Class 5A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. East St. Louis (7) | (2-0) | 79 | 1 |
| 2. Rochester (1) | (1-1) | 71 | 2 |
| 3. Oak Park (Fenwick) | (2-0) | 60 | 6 |
| 4. Providence | (1-1) | 36 | 4 |
| 5. Marion | (2-0) | 35 | 8 |
| 6. Mascoutah | (2-0) | 33 | 10 |
| 7. Peoria | (1-1) | 25 | 3 |
| 8. Sycamore | (1-1) | 23 | 9 |
| 9. Morris | (1-0) | 19 | NR |
| 10. Metamora | (2-0) | 14 | NR |
| (tie) Glenbard South | (2-0) | 14 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Sterling 11, Chicago (Morgan Park) 7, Aurora (Marmion) 5, Mahomet-Seymour 4, LaGrange Park (Nazareth) 2, Decatur MacArthur 2.
| Class 4A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Joliet Catholic (9) | (2-0) | 90 | 1 |
| 2. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) | (2-0) | 80 | 2 |
| 3. Richmond-Burton | (2-0) | 70 | 3 |
| 4. Quincy Notre Dame | (2-0) | 60 | 4 |
| 5. St. Francis | (1-1) | 56 | 6 |
| 6. Genoa-Kingston | (2-0) | 38 | 5 |
| 7. Mt. Zion | (2-0) | 31 | 8 |
| 8. Coal City | (1-1) | 22 | 9 |
| 9. Murphysboro | (2-0) | 17 | 10 |
| 10. Chicago (Phillips) | (0-2) | 12 | 7 |
Others receiving votes: Bethalto Civic Memorial 8, Stillman Valley 4, Harrisburg 3, Cahokia 2, Dixon 1, Taylorville 1.
| Class 3A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Wilmington (4) | (2-0) | 75 | 1 |
| 2. Princeton (4) | (2-0) | 71 | 2 |
| 3. Monticello | (2-0) | 61 | 3 |
| 4. Tolono Unity | (2-0) | 45 | 4 |
| 5. Williamsville | (1-1) | 41 | 5 |
| 6. Montini | (1-1) | 40 | T9 |
| 7. Byron | (2-0) | 33 | 6 |
| 8. Farmington | (2-0) | 31 | 7 |
| 9. Mt. Carmel | (2-0) | 21 | T9 |
| 10. Paxton-Buckley-Loda | (2-0) | 9 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Reed-Custer 5, Nashville 3, Durand 2, Peotone 1, Carlinville 1, Wheaton Academy 1.
| Class 2A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Decatur St. Teresa (5) | (2-0) | 75 | 1 |
| 2. IC Catholic (3) | (2-0) | 71 | 3 |
| 3. Maroa-Forsyth | (2-0) | 68 | 2 |
| 4. Breese Mater Dei | (2-0) | 53 | 4 |
| 5. Downs Tri-Valley | (2-0) | 38 | 6 |
| 6. Bismarck-Henning | (2-0) | 36 | T7 |
| (tie) Rockridge | (1-1) | 36 | 9 |
| 8. Pana | (2-0) | 23 | 10 |
| 9. Sterling Newman | (1-1) | 14 | 5 |
| 10. Rushville-Industry | (2-0) | 8 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Bishop McNamara 6, Tremont 5, Clifton Central 3, Knoxville 3, Athens 1.
| Class 1A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Moweaqua Central A&M (3) | (2-0) | 75 | T1 |
| 2. Lena-Winslow (5) | (2-0) | 73 | T1 |
| 3. Mt. Sterling (Brown County) | (2-0) | 53 | 3 |
| 4. Fulton | (2-0) | 45 | T4 |
| (tie) Kewanee (Wethersfield) | (2-0) | 45 | T4 |
| 6. Cumberland | (2-0) | 37 | 8 |
| 7. Aurora Christian | (2-0) | 33 | T9 |
| 8. Camp Point Central | (2-0) | 25 | T9 |
| 9. Carrollton | (1-1) | 15 | NR |
| 10. St. Bede | (2-0) | 8 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Winchester West Central 7, Greenfield-Northwestern 6, Tuscola 5, Forreston 4, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 4, Galena 2, Ottawa Marquette 2, Hope Academy 1.
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