Week 5: 2022 Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll
The biggest change this week came after Hersey's big win over Prospect that catapulted them from #9 to #2 in Class 7A. Catch up on the latest Illinois High School football rankings before tonight's games.
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 (10) | 5-0 | 109 | 1 |
| 2. Lincoln-Way East (1) | 5-0 | 99 | 2 |
| 3. Glenbard West | 5-0 | 89 | 4 |
| 4. York | 5-0 | 75 | 8 |
| 5. Gurnee Warren | 4-1 | 38 | 3 |
| 6. (tie) O'Fallon | 4-1 | 32 | 5 |
| 6. (tie) Maine South | 3-2 | 32 | 7 |
| 8. Glenbrook South | 5-0 | 25 | 9 |
| 9. Marist (Chicago) | 3-2 | 21 | NR |
| 10. Neuqua Valley | 4-1 | 20 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Edwardsville 19, Bolingbrook 17, Plainfield North 14, Naperville North 9, South Elgin 5, Homewood-Flossmoor 1.
Class 7A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Mt. Carmel (Chicago) (11) | 5-0 | 110 | 1 |
| 2. Hersey | 5-0 | 91 | 9 |
| 3. Prospect | 4-1 | 69 | 2 |
| 4. St. Rita (Chicago) | 3-2 | 68 | 4 |
| 5. Pekin | 5-0 | 60 | 5 |
| 6. Wheaton North | 4-1 | 53 | 7 |
| 7. St. Charles North | 4-1 | 41 | NR |
| 8. Hononegah | 5-0 | 31 | 10 |
| 9. Jacobs | 4-1 | 30 | 3 |
| 9. Batavia | 3-2 | 27 | 8 |
Others receiving votes: Downers North 11, Geneva 9, Lake Zurich 5.
Class 6A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. East St. Louis (12) | 3-2 | 120 | 1 |
| 2. Simeon (Chicago) | 5-0 | 103 | 2 |
| 3. Lemont | 5-0 | 85 | 3 |
| 4. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge | 4-1 | 77 | 4 |
| 5. Crete-Monee | 3-2 | 73 | 6 |
| 6. Niles Notre Dame | 4-1 | 57 | 7 |
| 7. Chatham Glenwood | 4-1 | 46 | 5 |
| 8. Wauconda | 5-0 | 36 | T10 |
| 9. Belivdere North | 5-0 | 27 | NR |
| 10. Normal West | 5-0 | 27 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Carmel 7, Kenwood 7, Chicago (St. Ignatius) 6, Cary-Grove 2, Antioch 1, Champaign Centennial 1.
Class 5A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Morris (6) | 5-0 | 113 | 1 |
| 2. Kankakee (4) | 4-1 | 94 | 2 |
| 3. Sycamore (1) | 5-0 | 88 | 4 |
| 4. Mahomet-Seymour (1) | 5-0 | 84 | 3 |
| 5. Peoria | 5-0 | 73 | 5 |
| 6. Morgan Park (Chicago) | 5-0 | 68 | 6 |
| 7. Glenbard South | 5-0 | 44 | 7 |
| 8. (tie) Nazareth (LaGrange Park) | 2-3 | 29 | 8 |
| 8. (tie) Highland | 4-1 | 29 | 9 |
| 10. Sterling | 4-1 | 18 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Chicago (St. Patrick) 6, Mascoutah 5, Rockford Boylan 4, Mount Vernon 3, Kaneland 2.
Class 4A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Sacred Heart-Griffin (12) | 5-0 | 120 | 2 |
| 2. Richmond Burton | 4-1 | 91 | 3 |
| 3. Joliet Catholic | 4-1 | 91 | 1 |
| 4. St. Francis | 5-0 | 88 | 4 |
| 5. Rochester | 4-1 | 67 | 5 |
| 6. Stillman Valley | 5-0 | 62 | 6 |
| 7. Wheaton Academy | 5-0 | 54 | 7 |
| 8. Carterville | 5-0 | 35 | 8 |
| 9. Genoa-Kingston | 4-1 | 20 | 9 |
| 10. Macomb | 5-0 | 15 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: St. Laurence 4, Breese Central 4, Columbia 2.
Class 3A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. IC Catholic (11) | 4-1 | 128 | 1 |
| 2. Williamsville (1) | 5-0 | 108 | 2 |
| 3. Reed-Custer (1) | 5-0 | 97 | 3 |
| 4. Princeton | 5-0 | 96 | 4 |
| 5. Byron | 4-1 | 69 | 5 |
| 6. Mt. Carmel | 5-0 | 65 | 6 |
| 7. Fairbury Prairie Central | 5-0 | 53 | 7 |
| 8. Eureka | 5-0 | 48 | 8 |
| 9. Seneca | 5-0 | 21 | T10 |
| 10. Paxton-Buckley-Loda | 5-0 | 17 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Tolono Unity 10, Durand-Pecatonica 3.
Class 2A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Wilmington (11) | 5-0 | 128 | 1 |
| 2. Decatur St. Teresa (2) | 5-0 | 118 | 2 |
| 3. Maroa-Forsyth | 5-0 | 101 | 3 |
| 4. Bismarck-Henning | 5-0 | 86 | 4 |
| 5. North-Mac | 5-0 | 85 | 5 |
| 6. Rockridge | 4-1 | 59 | 7 |
| 7. Downs Tri-Valley | 4-1 | 41 | 8 |
| 8. Knoxville | 4-1 | 23 | 6 |
| 9. Carmi White County | 5-0 | 22 | 10 |
| 10. Johnston City | 5-0 | 21 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Nashville 15, Pana 8, Vandalia 6, Mercer County 2.
Class 1A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Lena-Winslow (13) | 5-0 | 130 | 1 |
| 2. Colfax Ridgeview | 5-0 | 111 | 3 |
| 3. (tie) Camp Point Central | 5-0 | 98 | 4 |
| 3. (tie) Hope Academy | 5-0 | 98 | 5 |
| 5. Athens | 4-1 | 60 | 2 |
| 6. Shelbyville | 5-0 | 57 | 8 |
| 7. St. Bede | 5-0 | 56 | 7 |
| 8. (tie) Greenfield Northwestern | 5-0 | 33 | T8 |
| 8. (tie) Fulton | 3-2 | 33 | 6 |
| 10. Ottawa Marquette | 4-1 | 17 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Tuscola 12, Gilman Iroquois West 5, Forreston 2, Kewanee-Annawan-Wethersfield 2, Aurora Christian 1.
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