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 (10) | 5-0 | 100 | 1 |
2 | Homewood-Flossmoor | 5-0 | 88 | 2 |
3 | Brother Rice | 5-0 | 82 | 4 |
4 | Palatine | 5-0 | 53 | 5 |
5 | Naperville Neuqua Valley | 5-0 | 51 | 8 |
6 | Lincoln-Way East | 4-1 | 41 | 6 |
7 | Edwardsville | 5-0 | 36 | 7 |
8 | Barrington | 5-0 | 34 | 9 |
9 | Oak Park-River Forest | 5-0 | 18 | 10 |
10 | Lyons | 5-0 | 13 | NR |
Other receiving votes: Hinsdale Central 12, Glenbard West 8, Marist 6, Naperville North 4, St. Charles East 4
Class 7A
No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1 | East St. Louis (9) | 5-0 | 90 | 1 |
2 | Bradley-Bourbonnais | 4-1 | 83 | 5 |
3 | Fenwick | 4-1 | 67 | 4 |
4 | Chicago Mt. Carmel | 3-2 | 55 | 2 |
5 | St. Charles North | 4-1 | 49 | 9 |
6 | Batavia | 4-1 | 44 | 3 |
7 | Normal Community | 4-1 | 40 | 8 |
T-8 | Lincoln-Way West | 4-1 | 37 | 7 |
T-8 | Benet | 4-1 | 37 | NR |
10 | Rolling Meadows | 5-0 | 14 | NR |
Other receiving votes: St. Patrick 10, St. Rita 10, Machesney Park Harlem 5, Lake Zurich 4, Schaumburg 2, Libertyville 1, Hononegah 1, Highland Park 1
Class 6A
No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1 | Sacred Heart Griffin (Spr.) (7) | 5-0 | 96 | 1 |
2 | Prairie Ridge (3) | 5-0 | 93 | 2 |
3 | Cary-Grove | 4-1 | 77 | 3 |
4 | Lemont | 5-0 | 64 | 4 |
5 | Rockford Boylan | 5-0 | 54 | 5 |
6 | Danville | 5-0 | 42 | 6 |
7 | Rockford Auburn | 4-1 | 34 | 7 |
8 | St. Laurence | 4-1 | 32 | 9 |
9 | DeKalb | 4-1 | 20 | 8 |
10 | Quincy | 4-1 | 14 | 10 |
Other receiving votes: De La Salle 10, Crete-Monee 9, Bloomington 2, Montini 1, Oak Lawn Richards 1, Rock Island 1
Class 5A
No. | Team | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1 | Peoria Central (11) | 5-0 | 119 | 1 |
2 | Sterling (1) | 5-0 | 109 | 2 |
3 | Peoria Notre Dame | 4-1 | 88 | 5 |
4 | Rochelle | 4-1 | 69 | 8 |
5 | Eisenhower | 5-0 | 66 | 7 |
6 | Metamora | 4-1 | 51 | 3 |
7 | Morris | 4-1 | 49 | 9 |
8 | Centralia | 4-1 | 42 | 4 |
9 | Woodstock North | 4-1 | 18 | 6 |
T-10 | Washington | 3-2 | 12 | NR |
T-10 | Highland | 4-1 | 12 | NR |
Other receiving votes: Rich Central 5, Triad 5, Vernon Hills 5, Woodstock Marian 4, Cahokia 3, Thornridge 3
Class 4A
No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1 | Althoff Catholic (11) | 5-0 | 130 | 1 |
2 | Rochester (2) | 5-0 | 124 | 2 |
3 | Phillips | 4-1 | 112 | 3 |
4 | Johnsburg (1) | 5-0 | 104 | 5 |
5 | Columbia | 5-0 | 76 | 6 |
6 | Genoa-Kingston | 5-0 | 65 | 8 |
7 | Aurora Central Catholic | 5-0 | 49 | 10 |
8 | Geneseo | 4-1 | 46 | 4 |
9 | Marengo | 4-1 | 30 | 9 |
10 | Mt. Zion | 4-1 | 13 | NR |
Other receiving votes: Canton 6, St. Edward 4, Taylorville 4, Richmond-Burton 4, Wheaton Academy 1, Plano 1, Rockford Lutheran 1
Class 3A
No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1 | IC Catholic (13) | 5-0 | 130 | 1 |
2 | Wilmington | 5-0 | 116 | 2 |
3 | Monticello | 5-0 | 97 | 3 |
4 | Byron | 5-0 | 80 | 4 |
5 | Newton | 5-0 | 70 | 5 |
6 | North-Mac | 5-0 | 68 | 6 |
7 | Herscher | 5-0 | 50 | 7 |
8 | Pana | 5-0 | 39 | 8 |
9 | Breese Central | 5-0 | 28 | 9 |
10 | Elmwood-Brimfield | 5-0 | 16 | 10 |
Other receiving votes: Bloomington Central Catholic 12, Mt. Carmel 6, Williamsville 2, Westville 1
Class 2A
No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1 | Downs Tri-Valley (11) | 5-0 | 119 | 1 |
2 | Deer Creek-Mackinaw (1) | 5-0 | 103 | 2 |
3 | Sterling Newman | 5-0 | 97 | 3 |
4 | Mendon Unity | 5-0 | 81 | 4 |
5 | Eastland-Pearl City | 5-0 | 71 | 5 |
6 | Maroa-Forsyth | 4-1 | 53 | 6 |
7 | Fulton | 4-1 | 41 | 7 |
8 | Hamilton West Hancock | 5-0 | 37 | 9 |
9 | Orion | 4-2 | 27 | 8 |
10 | Red Bud | 5-0 | 19 | 10 |
Other receiving votes: Wethersfield 7, El Paso-Gridley 4, St. Bede 1
Class 1A
No. | School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1 | Decatur St. Teresa (11) | 5-0 | 119 | 1 |
2 | Ottawa Marquette | 5-0 | 97 | 2 |
3 | Tuscola | 5-0 | 94 | 3 |
4 | Forreston (1) | 5-0 | 93 | 4 |
5 | Stockton | 5-0 | 68 | 5 |
6 | Athens | 5-0 | 57 | 6 |
7 | Lena-Winslow | 4-1 | 52 | 8 |
8 | Argenta-Oreana | 5-0 | 28 | T-9 |
9 | Mt. Sterling (Brown County) | 4-1 | 22 | T-9 |
10 | Aquin | 5-0 | 19 | NR |
Other receiving votes: Decatur Lutheran (LSA) 6, Bureau Valley 4, Milledgeville 1