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.

Associated Press

30 Sep 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 (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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