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 | 7-0 | 100 | 1 |
2. | Loyola | 7-0 | 90 | 2 |
3. | Edwardsville | 7-0 | 68 | 5 |
4. | Naperville Central | 6-1 | 66 | 6 |
5. | Hinsdale Central | 6-1 | 51 | 7 |
6. | Brother Rice | 6-1 | 38 | 9 |
7. | Oak Park River Forest | 6-1 | 32 | 4 |
8. | Barrington | 6-1 | 31 | 3 |
9. | Huntley | 7-0 | 28 | NR |
10. | Naperville Neuqua Valley | 6-1 | 27 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Maine South 8, New Trier 4, Conant 2, Oswego 2, Waubonsie Valley 1, Belleville East 1, Lyons 1.
Class 7A
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School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
1. | Glenbard West | 7-0 | 120 | 1 |
2. | Libertyville | 7-0 | 108 | 2 |
3. | Chicago Mt. Carmel | 6-1 | 89 | 4 |
4. | Geneva | 7-0 | 73 | 5 |
5. | Batavia | 6-1 | 63 | 6 |
6. | Normal Community | 6-1 | 54 | 7 |
7. | Simeon | 5-2 | 44 | 8 |
(tie) | Lincoln-Way East | 5-2 | 44 | 3 |
9. | Rockford Auburn | 6-1 | 30 | 10 |
10. | Glenbard North | 5-2 | 15 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Whitney Young 9, East St. Louis 6, Glenbrook North 5.
Class 6A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
1. | Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) | 7-0 | 99 | 1 |
2. | Montini | 7-0 | 91 | 2 |
3. | Lincoln Way North | 7-0 | 77 | 3 |
4. | Cary-Grove | 6-1 | 64 | 4 |
5. | Prairie Ridge | 6-1 | 59 | 5 |
6. | Lemont | 6-1 | 48 | 7 |
7. | Crete-Monee | 6-1 | 36 | 9 |
8. | Oak Forest | 7-0 | 35 | 10 |
9. | Harvey Thornton | 6-1 | 24 | 6 |
10. | Hinsdale South | 5-2 | 8 | NR |
Others receiving votes: DeKalb 3, Belvidere North 2, Riverside-Brookfield 2, Reavis 1, Providence 1.
Class 5A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
1. | Joliet Catholic | 7-0 | 140 | 1 |
2. | Peoria Central | 7-0 | 122 | 2 |
3. | Peoria Notre Dame | 7-0 | 102 | 3 |
4. | Washington | 7-0 | 95 | 5 |
5. | Nazareth | 5-2 | 84 | 4 |
6. | Triad | 7-0 | 68 | 6 |
7. | Lincoln Way West | 6-1 | 53 | 8 |
8. | Woodstock Marian | 5-2 | 26 | 10 |
9. | Champaign Central | 6-1 | 24 | 9 |
10. | Highland | 6-1 | 16 | 7 |
Others receiving votes: Eisenhower 10, Normal University 9, Sterling 8, St. Laurence 6, Lindblom 4, Westinghouse 3.
Class 4A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
1. | Rochester | 7-0 | 148 | 1 |
2. | Phillips | 7-0 | 134 | 2 |
3. | Rockford Lutheran | 7-0 | 121 | 3 |
4. | Althoff Catholic | 7-0 | 106 | 4 |
5. | Manteno | 7-0 | 75 | 7 |
6. | Geneseo | 6-1 | 61 | 5 |
7. | Marengo | 7-0 | 56 | 9 |
8. | Columbia | 7-0 | 56 | 8 |
9. | Taylorville | 7-0 | 30 | 10 |
10. | Murphysboro | 6-1 | 13 | 6 |
Others receiving votes: Breese Mater Dei 8, Quincy Notre Dame 5, Plano 5, Richmond-Burton 2, Harrisburg 2, Herrin 2, Bethalto Civic Memorial 2.
Class 3A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
1. | Wilmington | 7-0 | 136 | 1 |
2. | St. Joseph-Ogden | 7-0 | 127 | 2 |
3. | Bloomington Central Catholic | 6-1 | 98 | 3 |
4. | Bishop McNamara | 6-1 | 84 | 5 |
5. | Princeton | 7-0 | 81 | 4 |
6. | Sterling Newman | 6-1 | 69 | 6 |
7. | North-Mac | 7-0 | 66 | 7 |
8. | Newton | 7-0 | 51 | 8 |
9. | Monticello | 6-1 | 34 | 9 |
10. | Paxton-Buckley-Loda | 6-1 | 6 | NR |
(tie) | Tolono Unity | 5-2 | 6 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Marshall 4, New Berlin 4, Elmwood-Brimfield 2, Erie-Prophetstown 1, Byron 1.
Class 2A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
1. | Tuscola | 7-0 | 139 | 1 |
2. | Downs Tri-Valley | 7-0 | 126 | 2 |
3. | Hall | 6-1 | 98 | 5 |
4. | Chester | 7-0 | 85 | 6 |
5. | Pana | 7-0 | 79 | 7 |
6. | Maroa-Forsyth | 5-2 | 52 | 4 |
7. | Fieldcrest | 6-1 | 49 | 8 |
8. |
Orion | 6-1 | 43 | 3 |
9. | IC Catholic | 6-1 | 41 | 9 |
10. | Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley | 7-0 | 26 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Nashville 18, Eldorado 7, Rockridge 4, Shelbyville 1, Monmouth United 1, Bismarck-Henning 1.
Class 1A
School | W-L | Pts | Prv | |
1. | Lena-Winslow | 7-0 | 129 | 1 |
2. | Stark County | 7-0 | 110 | 2 |
3. | Arcola | 7-0 | 101 | 3 |
4. | Dakota | 6-1 | 86 | 4 |
5. | Polo | 7-0 | 84 | 5 |
6. | Mt. Sterling | 7-0 | 60 | 6 |
7. | Annawan/Wethersfield | 6-1 | 49 | 7 |
8. | Ottawa Marquette | 7-0 | 42 | 9 |
9. | Carrollton | 6-1 | 23 | 10 |
10. | Forreston | 5-2 | 12 | 8 |
(tie) | Galena | 5-2 | 12 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Chicago (Hope) 7, Villa Grove 4.