Here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.
Class 8A
| No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1 | Loyola (9) | 8-0 | 90 | 1 |
| 2 | Brother Rice | 8-0 | 81 | 2 |
| 3 | Homewood-Flossmoor | 8-1 | 70 | 3 |
| 4 | Palatine | 8-0 | 55 | 5 |
| 4 (tie) | Naperville Neuqua Valley | 8-0 | 55 | 4 |
| 6 | Hinsdale Central | 8-0 | 41 | 7 |
| 7 | Edwardsville | 7-1 | 32 | 9 |
| 8 | St. Charles East | 8-0 | 20 | T10 |
| 9 | Naperville North | 7-1 | 14 | NR |
| 10 | Marist | 7-1 | 8 | NR |
Other receiving votes: Oswego 7, Glenbard West 7, Stevenson 6, Barrington 6, Lincoln-Way East 3
Class 7A
| No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1 | East St. Louis (8) | 8-0 | 89 | 1 |
| 2 | Bradley-Bourbonnais (1) | 8-0 | 79 | 2 |
| 3 | Fenwick | 7-1 | 70 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Charles North | 7-1 | 61 | 4 |
| 5 | Rolling Meadows | 8-0 | 47 | 7 |
| 6 | Normal Community | 7-1 | 46 | 8 |
| 6 (tie) | Batavia | 7-1 | 46 | 6 |
| 8 | Benet | 6-2 | 17 | 5 |
| 9 | Lincoln-Way Central | 6-2 | 8 | NR |
| 10 | Machesney Park Harlem | 6-2 | 7 | NR |
| 10 (tie) | Glenbrook North | 7-1 | 7 | NR |
Other receiving votes: Lincoln Way West 5, Highland Park 4, Lake Zurich 4, Chicago Mt. Carmel 2, St. Rita 2, Hoffman Estates 1
Class 6A
| No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1 | Sacred Heart-Griffin (Spr.) (7) | 8-0 | 88 | 1 |
| 2 | Prairie Ridge (2) | 8-0 | 83 | 2 |
| 3 | Cary-Grove | 7-1 | 71 | 3 |
| 4 | Lemont | 8-0 | 63 | 4 |
| 5 | Rockford Auburn | 7-1 | 47 | 5 |
| 6 | DeKalb | 7-1 | 42 | 6 |
| 7 | Crete-Monee | 6-2 | 31 | 7 |
| 8 | Quincy | 7-1 | 19 | 10 |
| 9 | Antioch | 8-0 | 17 | NR |
| 10 | Rockford Boylan | 7-1 | 9 | 9 |
Other receiving votes: Marmion 7, St. Laurence 5, Oak Lawn Richards 4, Danville 4, Montini 4, Reavis 1
Class 5A
| No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1 | Peoria Central (11) | 8-0 | 110 | 1 |
| 2 | Sterling | 8-0 | 99 | 2 |
| 3 | Highland | 7-1 | 83 | 3 |
| 4 | Peoria Notre Dame | 6-2 | 76 | 4 |
| 5 | Washington | 6-2 | 63 | 6 |
| 6 | Morris | 6-2 | 55 | 8 |
| 7 | Centralia | 6-2 | 41 | 10 |
| 8 | Morgan Park | 7-1 | 14 | NR |
| 8 (tie) | Vernon Hills | 6-2 | 14 | NR |
| 10 | Chicago (Solorio Academy) | 6-2 | 11 | NR |
Other receiving votes: Belvidere 8, Triad 8, Rochelle 5, Metamora 4, Cahokia 3, Payton 3, Decatur Eisenhower 2, Hillcrest 2, Woodstock Marian 2, Kankakee 1, Glenbard South 1
Class 4A
| No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1 | Althoff Catholic (9) | 8-0 | 114 | 1 |
| 2 | Phillips (1) | 7-1 | 102 | 2 |
| 3 | Rochester | 7-1 | 92 | 4 |
| 4 | Johnsburg (1) | 8-0 | 91 | 3 |
| 5 | Columbia (1) | 8-0 | 75 | 5 |
| 6 | Genoa-Kingston | 8-0 | 64 | 6 |
| 7 | Mt. Zion | 7-1 | 44 | 7 |
| 8 | Canton | 7-1 | 31 | 8 |
| 9 | Aurora Central Catholic | 7-1 | 21 | 9 |
| 10 | Plano | 6-2 | 9 | NR |
Other receiving votes: Rockford Lutheran 5, Herrin 4, Richmond-Burton 3, Breese Mater Dei 2, Geneseo 2, Taylorville 1
Class 3A
| No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1 | IC Catholic (14) | 8-0 | 140 | 1 |
| 2 | Wilmington | 8-0 | 122 | 2 |
| 3 | Monticello | 8-0 | 106 | 3 |
| 4 | Byron | 8-0 | 96 | 4 |
| 5 | Herscher | 8-0 | 75 | 6 |
| 6 | North-Mac | 8-0 | 72 | 5 |
| 7 | Newton | 8-0 | 61 | 7 |
| 8 | Mt. Carmel | 8-0 | 32 | 10 |
| 9 | Bloomington Central Catholic | 7-1 | 29 | 9 |
| 10 | Farmington | 8-0 | 14 | NR |
Other receiving votes: Pana 5, Elmwood-Brimfield 5, Breese Central 4, Westville 4, Williamsville 4, Carlinville 1
Class 2A
| No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1 | Downs Tri-Valley (11) | 8-0 | 136 | 1 |
| 2 | Deer Creek-Mackinaw (3) | 8-0 | 122 | 2 |
| 3 | Sterling Newman | 8-0 | 114 | 3 |
| 4 | Mendon Unity | 8-0 | 95 | 4 |
| 5 | Maroa-Forsyth | 7-1 | 77 | 6 |
| 6 | Hamilton West Hancock | 8-0 | 64 | 7 |
| 7 | Fulton | 6-2 | 55 | 8 |
| 8 | Wethersfield | 7-1 | 35 | 9 |
| 9 | Eastland-Pearl City | 7-1 | 30 | 5 |
| 10 | St. Bede | 6-2 | 25 | NR |
Other receiving votes: Carmi White County 6, Red Bud 4, DuQuoin 4, Eldorado 3
Class 1A
| No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1 | Forreston (11) | 8-0 | 128 | 1 |
| 2 | Tuscola (2) | 8-0 | 114 | 2 |
| 3 | Ottawa Marquette | 8-0 | 97 | 3 |
| 4 | Stockton | 8-0 | 94 | 4 |
| 5 | Decatur St. Teresa | 7-1 | 78 | 6 |
| 6 | Lena-Winslow | 6-2 | 59 | 8 |
| 7 | Decatur Lutheran (LSA) | 8-1 | 38 | NR |
| 8 | Athens | 6-2 | 37 | 9 |
| 9 | Mt. Sterling (Brown County) | 6-2 | 27 | 10 |
| 10 | Argenta-Oreana | 7-1 | 17 | 5 |
Other receiving votes: Aquin 16, Bureau Valley 4, Camp Point Central 3, Dakota 2, Arcola 1