'22 Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll Week 8

This weekend are the final games of the 2022 regular season. Catch up on the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class before tonight's games.

Associated Press

21 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 8)	8-0	98	1
2. Lincoln-Way East (2)	8-0	91	2
3. York	8-0	81	3
4. Glenbard West	7-1	68	4
5. Gurnee Warren	7-1	45	5
6. Maine South	6-2	43	7
7. O'Fallon	7-1	39	6
8. Plainfield North	8-0	26	NR
9. Marist (Chicago)	5-3	20	NR
10. South Elgin	8-0	13	10

Others receiving votes: Edwardsville 9, Glenbrook South 7, Palatine 5, Naperville Central 4, Naperville Neuqua Valley 1.

Class 7A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Mt. Carmel (Chicago) (10)	8-0	100	1
2. Hersey	8-0	84	2
3. Prospect	7-1	73	3
4. St. Rita (Chicago)	6-2	67	T4
5. St. Charles North	7-1	62	T4
6. Pekin	8-0	45	6
7. Wheaton North	7-1	40	7
8. Jacobs	7-1	31	8
9. (toe) Batavia	6-2	18	10
9. (tie) Lake Zurich	7-1	18	9

Others receiving votes: Brother Rice 5, Moline 5, Yorkville 2.

Class 6A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. East St. Louis (9)	6-2	97	1
2. Simeon (Chicago)	8-0	89	2
3. Lemont	8-0	81	3
4. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge	7-1	69	4
5. Crete-Monee	6-2	61	5
6. Wauconda	8-0	49	6
7. Normal West	7-1	38	8
8. Niles Notre Dame	6-2	30	9
9. St. Ignatius	6-2	12	NR
10. Belvidere North	7-1	10	7

Others receiving votes: Grayslake North 5, Chatham Glenwood 5, Champaign Centennial 2, Antioch 1, Kenwood 1.

Class 5A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Kankakee (8)	7-1	98	1
2. Sycamore (2)	8-0	90	2
3. Mahomet-Seymour	8-0	80	3
4. Morris	7-1	67	6
5. Highland	7-1	51	8
6. Morgan Park (Chicago)	7-1	48	5
7. Peoria	7-1	46	4
8. Highland	6-1	38	7
9. Rockford Boylan	7-1	36	9
10. Nazareth	4-4	7	NR

Others receiving votes: Rochelle 4, Providence 3, Glenbard South 1.

Class 4A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Sacred Heart-Griffin (8)	8-0	96	1
1. Richmond Burton (1)	8-0	90	2
3. St. Francis (1)	8-0	83	3
4. Rochester	7-1	65	4
5. Joliet Catholic	6-2	64	5
6. Stillman Valley	8-0	62	6
7. Carterville	8-0	39	7
8. Wheaton Academy	7-1	26	9
9. Macomb	8-0	25	8
10. Genoa-Kingston	6-2	4	NR

Others receiving votes: Columbia 3, Breese Central 2, Chicago (Phillips) 1.

Class 3A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. IC Catholic (8)	7-1	107	1
2. Reed-Custer (3)	8-0	100	2
3. Princeton	8-0	87	3
4. Byron	7-1	70	4
5. Fairbury Prairie Central	8-0	68	5
6. Mr. Carmel	8-0	55	6
7. Williamsville	7-1	49	7
8. Seneca	8-0	33	8
9. Tolono Unity	7-1	24	9
10. Benton	7-1	10	NR

Others receiving votes: Eureka 1, Durand-Pecatonica 1.

Class 2A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Decatur St. Teresa (11)	8-0	110	1
2. Maroa-Forsyth	8-0	99	2
3. Wilmington	7-1	83	5
4. Bismarck-Henning	8-0	81	3
5. Rockridge	7-1	62	6
6. Downs Tri-Valley	7-1	57	7
7. Johnston City	8-0	37	9
8. Pana	7-1	31	NR
9. North-Mac	7-1	20	4
10. Nashville	6-2	15	10

Others receiving votes: Carmi White County 4, Knoxville 3, Farmington 2, Mercer County 1.

Class 1A

School	Record	Points	Prv
1. Lena-Winslow (10)	8-0	109	1
2. Colfax Ridgeview (1)	8-0	100	2
3. Holfax Academy	8-0	84	4
3. Camp Point Central	8-0	74	3
5. Athens	7-1	59	6
6. Fulton	6-2	49	7
7. Shelbyville	7-1	36	5
8. Ottawa Marquette	7-1	33	9
9. Greenfield-Northwestern	8-0	31	8
10. Kewanee-Annawan-Wethersfield	7-1	19	NR

Others receiving votes: Gilman Iroquois West 3, Carrollton 3, Tuscola 2, St. Bede 2, Red Hill 1.

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