The season's first poll is out. Here are the rankings of Illinois high school girls basketball teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters:
Class 4A
No. | Team | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. | Maine West (7) | 9-0 | 70 | - |
2. | Fremd | 9-0 | 58 | - |
3. | Rock Island | 6-0 | 56 | - |
4. | Benet (1) | 8-1 | 51 | - |
5. | Edwardsville | 8-1 | 46 | - |
6. | Hononegah | 5-0 | 36 | - |
7. | Montini | 6-1 | 34 | - |
8. | Rolling Meadows | 8-1 | 19 | - |
9. | Boylan | 7-0 | 13 | - |
10. | Normal Community | 7-3 | 9 | - |
Others receiving votes: Normal West 8, Geneva 8, Whitney Young 7, Kenwood 7, Glenbrook South 6, Stevenson 3, Mother McAuley 3, Quincy 2, Thornwood 2, Zion-Benton 1, Glenbard West 1
Class 3A
No. | Team | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. | Richwoods (7) | 9-0 | 70 | - |
2. | Kankakee | 7-0 | 49 | - |
3. | Carterville | 8-1 | 47 | - |
4. | Morton | 7-1 | 45 | - |
5. | Behtalto Civic Memorial | 8-0 | 37 | - |
6. | Burlington Central | 5-1 | 32 | - |
7. | Geneseo | 7-0 | 24 | - |
T-8. | Charleston | 8-0 | 16 | - |
T-8. | St. Viator | 6-1 | 16 | - |
T-10. | Bishop McNamara/Nazareth | 4-1/7-0 | 11/11 | - |
Others receiving votes: Highland 8, Sandwich 7, Effingham 6, Providence 4, Breese Mater Dei 2
Class 2A
No. | Team | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. | Harrisburg (1) | 7-0 | 66 | - |
2. | Eureka | 9-0 | 62 | - |
3. | Greeneville (1) | 8-0 | 49 | - |
4. | Chicago Marshall (4) | 5-3 | 47 | - |
5. | Teutopolis (1) | 8-2 | 46 | - |
6. | St. Joseph-Ogden (1) | 8-0 | 42 | - |
7. | Pleasant Plains | 7-2 | 36 | - |
8. | Quincy Notre Dame | 5-0 | 29 | - |
9. | Knoxville | 7-0 | 19 | - |
10. | Sullivan | 5-1 | 15 | - |
Others receiving votes: Watseka 14, Riverdale 12, Walther Lutheran 10, Vienna 10, Illini West 9, Carlinville 9, Harlan 7, Alleman 5, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 3, Hamilton County 2, Fieldcrest 1, Bismarck-Henning 1, Hamilton 1.
Class 1A
No. | Team | W-L | Pts | Prv |
1. | Danville Schlarman (7) | 6-1 | 70 | - |
2. | Goreville | 6-0 | 50 | - |
3. | Illini Bluffs | 8-0 | 42 | - |
4. | Annawan | 5-1 | 41 | - |
5. | Shiloh | 6-0 | 35 | - |
6. | Lewistown | 7-0 | 34 | - |
7. | Stockton | 5-1 | 26 | - |
8. | Jacksonville Routt | 7-1 | 20 | - |
9. | Centralia Christ Our Rock | 8-1 | 14 | - |
10. | Brimfield | 8-1 | 11 | - |
Others receiving votes: Newark 10, Hope 9, Springfield Lutheran 9, Amboy 7, Lanark Eastland 4, Winchester 2, Concord Triopia 1