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Final Illinois High School Football Poll for 2021 Regular Season

All classes are shaken up after the final week of the regular season of Illinois High School Football. The Illinois High School Football Playoffs start this Friday, October 29, 2021.

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Final Illinois High School Football Poll for 2021 Regular Season

Class 8A

School Record Points Prv
1. Loyola (13) 9-0 130 1
2. Maine South 8-1 111 3
3. Gurnee Warren 8-1 105 4
4. Naperville Neuqua Valley 8-1 88 2
5. Lincoln-Way East 7-2 63 T6
6. Hinsdale Central 8-1 60 8
7. South Elgin 9-0 40 T6
8. Naperville Central 6-3 37 p
9. Lockport 8-1 27 NR
10. Chicago (Marist) 6-3 17 5

Others receiving votes: York 16, Naperville North 12, Bolingbrook 4, Glenbard West 3, O'Fallon 2.

Class 7A

School Record Points Prv
1. Brother Rice (9) 7-2 133 2
2. Batavia (5) 9-0 130 1
3. Wheaton North 8-1 109 3
4. Chicago St. Rita 7-2 93 5
5. Chicago Mt. Carmel 6-3 87 4
6. Normal Community 8-0 37 7
7. Hononegah 9-0 47 8
8. Moline 8-1 39 6
9. Prospect 7-2 31 6
10. Buffalo Grove 8-1 26 NR

Others receiving votes: Hersey 9, Plainfield Central 3, Hoffman Estates 2, Pekin 1.

Class 6A

School Record Points Prv
1. East St. Louis (13) 7-2 148 1
2. Cary-Grove (2) 9-0 137 2
3. Chicago (St. Ignatius) 8-1 112 4
4. Lemont 9-0 109 5
5. Wauconda 9-0 76 7
6. Crete-Monee 6-3 64 6
7. Lake Forest 7-2 56 8
8. Machesney Park Harlem 8-1 51 9
9. Washington 7-2 32 10
10. Deerfield 8-1 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge 12, Chicago (Simeon) 7, Kenwood 5, Belvidere North 2, Oak Lawn Richards 1.

Class 5A

School Record Points Prv
1. Oak Park (Fenwick) (10) 7-2 153 2
2. Kankakee (6) 9-0 141 3 in Class 6A
3. Morris 9-0 125 3
4. Mahomet-Seymour 9-0 98 4
5. Peoria 7-2 88 5
6. (tie) Mascoutah 8-1 62 6
6. (tie) Sterling 7-2 62 7
8. Glenbard South 8-1 50 8
9. Marion 8-1 36 9
10. LaGrange Park (Nazareth) 5-4 23 NR

Others receiving votes: Morton 12, Aurora (Marmion) 9, Chicago (Morgan Park) 8, Sycamore 8, Rockford Boylan 5.

Class 4A

School Record Points Prv
1. Joliet Catholic (14) 9-0 157 1
2. Rochester (3) 8-1 156 1 in Class 5A
3. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) 8-1 136 2
4. Richmond-Burton 9-0 120 3
5. Genoa-Kingston 8-1 87 5
6. Chicago (Phillips) 7-2 85 6
7. St. Francis 7-2 74 7
8. Kewanee 8-1 45 4
9. Peoria Notre Dame 6-3 26 8
10. (tie) Wheaton Academy 7-2 16 NR
10. (tie) Breese Central 8-1 16 10

Others receiving votes: Coal City 7, Stillman Valley 4, Freeburg 3, Carterville 2, Quincy Notre Dame 1.

Class 3A

School Record Points Prv
1. IC Catholic (13) 8-1 146 1
2. Byron (1) 9-0 132 3
3. Tolono Unity 9-0 111 5
4. Williamsville (1) 8-1 106 4
5. Princeton 8-1 94 6
6. Mt. Carmel 9-0 80 8
7. Reed-Custer 8-1 56 T10
8. Durand 8-1 43 T10
9. Benton 9-0 31 NR
10. Monticello 7-2 20 9

Others receiving votes: Fairfield 4, Carlinville 1, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 1.

Class 2A

School Record Points Prv
1. Wilmington (10) 9-0 135 2 in Class 3A
2. Decatur St. Teresa (4) 9-0 127 1
3. Breese Mater Dei 9-0 112 2
4. Downs Tri-Valley 9-0 86 3
5. Farmington 9-0 85 7 in Class 3A
6. Bismarck-Henning 9-0 59 4
7. Pana 9-0 49 5
8. Bishop McNamara 5-4 29 NR
9. Nashville 8-1 28 NR
10. Knoxville 8-1 24 8

Others receiving votes: Maroa-Forsyth 21, Johnston City 11, Erie-Prophetstown 2, North-Mac 1, Sterling Newman 1.

Class 1A

School Record Points Prv
1. Carrollton (4) 8-1 129 1
2. Athens (10) (8-1) 128 6 in Class 2A
3. Camp Point Central 8-1 119 4
4. Forreston 7-2 105 6
5. Lena-Winslow (1) 7-2 83 3
6. Fulton (7-2) 76 5
7. Abingdon (8-1) 68 2
8. Ottawa Marquette 8-1 34 7
9. St. Bede 7-2 32 8
10. Aurora Christian 6-3 17 9

Others receiving votes: Arcola 14, Cumberland 13, Gilman Iroquois West 5, Nokomis 2.


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