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. | Homewood-Flossmoor (10) | 8-0 | 100 | 1 |
| 2. | Loyola | 8-0 | 90 | 2 |
| 3. | Edwardsville | 8-0 | 68 | 3 |
| 4. | Naperville Central | 7-1 | 64 | 4 |
| 5. | Hinsdale Central | 7-1 | 56 | 5 |
| 6. | Huntley | 8-0 | 46 | 9 |
| 7. | Brother Rice | 7-1 | 42 | 6 |
| 8. | Oak Park River Forest | 7-1 | 34 | 7 |
| 9. | Barrington | 7-0 | 28 | 8 |
| 10. | Maine South | 6-2 | 13 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Niles Notre Dame 7, Naperville Neuqua Valley 3, Oswego 2, Palatine 1, New Trier 1
Class 7A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. | Glenbard West (12) | 8-0 | 120 | 1 |
| 2. | Libertyville | 8-0 | 108 | 2 |
| 3. | Chicago Mt. Carmel | 6-1 | 89 | 3 |
| 4. | Batavia | 7-1 | 72 | 5 |
| 5. | Normal Community | 7-1 | 71 | 6 |
| 6. | Simeon | 6-2 | 50 | T7 |
| 7. | Lincoln-Way East | 6-2 | 41 | T7 |
| (tie) | Geneva | 7-1 | 33 | 4 |
| 9. | Rockford Auburn | 7-1 | 27 | 9 |
| 10. | Glenbard North | 6-2 | 19 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Benet 16, Whitney Young 8, East St. Louis 5, Glenbrook North 1
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Class 6A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. | Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (10) | 8-0 | 109 | 1 |
| 2. | Montini (1) | 8-0 | 100 | 2 |
| 3. | Lincoln Way North | 8-0 | 85 | 3 |
| 4. | Cary-Grove | 7-1 | 72 | 4 |
| 5. | Prairie Ridge | 7-1 | 60 | 5 |
| 6. | Lemont | 7-1 | 58 | 6 |
| 7. | Crete-Monee | 7-1 | 41 | 7 |
| 8. | Harvey Thornton | 7-1 | 37 | 9 |
| 9. | DeKalb | 7-1 | 11 | NR |
| 10. | Normal West | 5-3 | 7 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Riverside-Brookfield 7, Oak Forest 6, Belvidere North 5, Hinsdale South 4, Reavis 2, Oak Lawn Richards 1
Class 5A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. | Washington (8) | 8-0 | 112 | 4 |
| 2. | Joliet Catholic (4) | 7-1 | 106 | 1 |
| 3. | Nazareth | 6-2 | 80 | 5 |
| 4. | Triad | 8-0 | 80 | 6 |
| 5. | Lincoln Way West | 7-1 | 58 | 7 |
| 6. | Peoria Notre Dame | 7-1 | 54 | 3 |
| 7. | Peoria Central | 7-1 | 54 | 2 |
| 8. | Woodstock Marian | 6-2 | 33 | 8 |
| 9. | Champaign Central | 7-1 | 33 | 9 |
| 10. | Highland | 7-1 | 17 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: St. Laurence 13, Sterling 9, Westinghouse 6, Lindblom 2, Normal University 2, Centralia 1
Class 4A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. | Rochester (14) | 8-0 | 165 | 1 |
| 2. | Phillips | 8-0 | 140 | 2 |
| 3. | Rockford Lutheran (1) | 8-0 | 121 | 3 |
| 4. | Althoff Catholic (1) | 8-0 | 115 | 4 |
| 5. | Manteno | 8-0 | 75 | 5 |
| 6. | Geneseo | 7-1 | 74 | 6 |
| 7. | Marengo | 8-0 | 68 | 7 |
| 8. | Columbia | 8-0 | 38 | 8 |
| 9. | Taylorville | 8-0 | 28 | 9 |
| 10. | Murphysboro | 7-1 | 16 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Breese Mater Dei 8, Richmond-Burton 8, Quincy Notre Dame 6, Plano 4, Herrin 2
Class 3A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. | St. Joseph-Ogden (4) | 8-0 | 139 | 2 |
| 2. | Wilmington (11) | 8-0 | 137 | 1 |
| 3. | Bloomington Central Catholic | 7-1 | 107 | 3 |
| 4. | Bishop McNamara | 7-1 | 101 | 4 |
| 5. | Princeton | 8-0 | 85 | 5 |
| 6. | Sterling Newman | 7-1 | 75 | 6 |
| 7. | North-Mac | 8-0 | 70 | 7 |
| 8. | Newton | 8-0 | 51 | 8 |
| 9. | Monticello | 7-1 | 38 | 9 |
| 10. | Paxton-Buckley-Loda | 7-1 | 18 | T10 |
Others receiving votes: Elmwood-Brimfield 3, Byron 1
Class 2A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. | Tuscola (14) | 8-0 | 147 | 1 |
| 2. | Downs Tri-Valley (1) | 8-0 | 136 | 2 |
| 3. | Pana | 8-0 | 108 | 5 |
| 4. | Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley | 8-0 | 82 | 10 |
| 5. | Maroa-Forsyth | 6-2 | 71 | 6 |
| 6. | Orion | 7-1 | 64 | 8 |
| 7. | Hall | 7-1 | 63 | 3 |
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8. |
IC Catholic | 7-1 | 49 | 9 |
| 9. | Chester | 7-1 | 45 | 4 |
| 10. | Eldorado | 8-0 | 23 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Fieldcrest 16, Bismarck-Henning 11, Rockridge 7, Nashville 2, Lawrenceville 1
Class 1A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. | Lena-Winslow | 8-0 | 139 | 1 |
| 2. | Stark County | 8-0 | 110 | 2 |
| 3. | Arcola | 8-0 | 109 | 3 |
| 4. | Polo | 8-0 | 92 | 5 |
| 5. | Dakota | 7-1 | 90 | 4 |
| 6. | Mt. Sterling | 8-0 | 65 | 6 |
| 7. | Annawan/Wethersfield | 7-1 | 61 | 7 |
| 8. | Ottawa Marquette | 8-0 | 42 | 8 |
| 9. | Carrollton | 7-1 | 31 | 9 |
| 10. | Forreston | 6-2 | 20 | T10 |
Others receiving votes: Villa Grove 7, Galena 3, Pawnee 1