Week 5: 2022 Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll
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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