'22 Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll Week 7

Not many changes as the rankings seem to be leveling off near the end of the season, but here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class before tonight's games.

Associated Press

14 Oct 2022 — 4 min read

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	Record	Points	Prv
1. Loyola (9)	7-0	108	1
2. Lincoln-Way East (2)	7-0	101	2
3. York	7-0	88	3
4. Glenbard West	6-1	74	4
5. Gurnee Warren	6-1	59	5
6. O'Fallon	6-1	44	6
7. Maine South	5-2	34	7
8. Neuqua Valley	6-1	31	8
9. Edwardsville	6-1	20	9
10. South Elgin	7-0	15	10

Others receiving votes: Plainfield North 13, Glenbrook South 8, Palatine 5, Chicago (Marist) 3, Naperville Central 1, Lyons 1.

Class 7A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Mt. Carmel (Chicago) (11)	7-0	110	1
2. Hersey	6-1	94	2
3. Prospect	6-1	76	3
4. (tie) St. Rita (Chicago)	5-2	66	4
4. (tie) St. Charles North	6-1	66	5
6. Pekin	7-0	56	6
7. Wheaton North	6-1	48	7
8. Jacobs	6-1	36	8
9. Batavia	5-2	25	9
10. Lake Zurich	6-1	21	10

Others receiving votes: Brother Rice 4, Yorkville 2, Moline 1.

Class 6A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. East St. Louis (11)	5-2	110	1
2. Simeon (Chicago)	7-0	96	2
3. Lemont	7-0	88	3
4. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge	6-1	73	4
5. Crete-Monee	5-2	58	5
6. Wauconda	7-0	54	7
7. Belvidere North	7-0	45	8
8. Normal West	6-1	26	10
9. Niles Notre Dame	5-2	23	9
10. Champaign Centennial	7-0	14	NR

Others receiving votes: Chicago (St. Ignatius) 11, Chatham Glenwood 5, Grayslake North 2.

Class 5A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Kankakee (10)	6-1	100	1
2. Sycamore (1)	7-0	96	2
3. Mahomet-Seymour	7-0	84	3
4. Peoria	7-0	81	4
5. Morgan Park (Chicago)	7-0	68	5
6. Morris	6-1	53	6
7. Sterling	6-1	39	8
8. Highland	6-1	38	7
9. Rockford Boylan	6-1	27	9
10. Glenbard South	6-1	13	10

Others receiving votes: LaGrange Park (Nazareth) 2, Providence 2, Rochelle 2.

Class 4A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Sacred Heart-Griffin (9)	7-0	107	T1
1. Richmond Burton (1)	7-0	97	T1
3. St. Francis (1)	7-0	92	3
4. Rochester	6-1	75	5
5. Joliet Catholic	5-2	63	4
6. Stillman Valley	7-0	55	6
7. Carterville	7-0	42	7
8. Macomb	7-0	32	8
9. Wheaton Academy	6-1	27	10
10. Breese Central	6-1	11	NR

Others receiving votes: Genoa-Kingston 2, Coal City 1, Murphysboro 1.

Class 3A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. IC Catholic (10)	6-1	115	1
2. Reed-Custer (2)	7-0	109	2
3. Princeton	7-0	97	4
4. Byron	6-1	74	5
5. Fairbury Prairie Central	7-0	71	6
6. Mr. Carmel	7-0	60	7
7. Williamsville	6-1	49	3
8. Seneca	7-0	41	9
9. Tolono Unity	6-1	20	10
10. Eureka	6-1	19	8

Others receiving votes: Benton 3, Durand-Pecatonica 2.

Class 2A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Decatur St. Teresa (9)	7-0	117	1
2. Maroa-Forsyth (3)	7-0	111	2
3. Bismarck-Henning	7-0	92	3
4. North-Mac	7-0	84	4
5. Wilmington	6-1	71	5
6. Rockridge	6-1	57	6
7. Downs Tri-Valley	6-1	46	7
8. Carmi White County	7-0	35	8
9. Johnston City	7-0	23	9
10. Nashville	5-2	11	NR

Others receiving votes: Pana 8, Knoxville 4, Red Bud 1.

Class 1A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Lena-Winslow (13)	7-0	130	1
2. Colfax Ridgeview	7-0	114	2
3. Camp Point Central	7-0	98	3
3. Hope Academy	7-0	96	4
5. Shelbyville	7-0	74	5
6. Athens	6-1	53	7
7. Fulton	5-2	45	8
8. Greenfield-Northwestern	7-0	39	9
9. Ottawa Marquette	6-1	27	10
10. St. Bede	6-1	26	6

Others receiving votes: Kewanee-Annawan-Wethersfield 9, Tuscola 3, Gilman Iroquois West 1.

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