Week 6: 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 (12) | 6-0 | 129 | 1 |
| 2. Lincoln-Way East (1) | 6-0 | 118 | 2 |
| 3. York | 6-0 | 104 | 4 |
| 4. Glenbard West | 5-1 | 75 | 3 |
| 5. Gurnee Warren | 5-1 | 69 | 5 |
| 6. O'Fallon | 5-1 | 53 | T6 |
| 6. Maine South | 4-2 | 41 | T6 |
| 8. Neuqua Valley | 5-1 | 37 | 10 |
| 9. Edwardsville | 5-1 | 22 | NR |
| 10. South Elgin | 6-0 | 18 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Plainfield North 16, Glenbrook South 13, Bolingbrook 11, Chicago (Marist) 5, Palatine 4.
Class 7A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Mt. Carmel (Chicago) (13) | 6-0 | 130 | 1 |
| 2. Hersey | 6-0 | 112 | 2 |
| 3. Prospect | 5-1 | 89 | 3 |
| 4. St. Rita (Chicago) | 4-2 | 81 | 4 |
| 5. St. Charles North | 5-1 | 68 | 7 |
| 6. Pekin | 6-0 | 65 | 5 |
| 7. Wheaton North | 5-1 | 62 | 6 |
| 8. Jacobs | 5-1 | 33 | 9 |
| 9. Batavia | 4-2 | 27 | 10 |
| 10. Lake Zurich | 5-1 | 17 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Downers North 12, Geneva 11, Hononegah 7, Brother Rice 1.
Class 6A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. East St. Louis (11) | 4-2 | 126 | 1 |
| 2. Simeon (Chicago) (2) | 6-0 | 115 | 2 |
| 3. Lemont | 6-0 | 105 | 3 |
| 4. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge | 5-1 | 83 | 4 |
| 5. Crete-Monee | 4-2 | 73 | 5 |
| 6. Chatham Glenwood | 5-1 | 58 | 7 |
| 7. Wauconda | 6-0 | 50 | 8 |
| 8. Belvidere North | 6-0 | 39 | 9 |
| 9. Niles Notre Dame | 4-2 | 22 | 6 |
| 10. Normal West | 5-1 | 18 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Champaign Centennial 10, Chicago (St. Ignatius) 8, Kenwood 6, Lisle (Benet) 2.
Class 5A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Kankakee (10) | 5-1 | 115 | 2 |
| 2. Sycamore (3) | 6-0 | 114 | 3 |
| 3. Mahomet-Seymour | 6-0 | 99 | 4 |
| 4. Peoria | 6-0 | 96 | 5 |
| 5. Morgan Park (Chicago) | 6-0 | 74 | 6 |
| 6. Morris | 5-1 | 71 | 1 |
| 7. Highland | 5-1 | 46 | T8 |
| 8. Sterling | 5-1 | 41 | 10 |
| 9. Rockford Boylan | 5-1 | 19 | NR |
| 10. Glenbard South | 5-1 | 14 | 7 |
Others receiving votes: Chicago (St. Patrick) 9, Mount Vernon 6, Providence 5, LaGrange Park (Nazareth) 4, Centralia 2.
Class 4A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (tie) Sacred Heart-Griffin (8) | 6-0 | 121 | 1 |
| 1. (tie) Richmond Burton (5) | 6-0 | 121 | 2 |
| 3. St. Francis | 6-0 | 94 | 4 |
| 4. Joliet Catholic | 5-1 | 93 | 3 |
| 5. Rochester | 5-1 | 71 | 5 |
| 6. Stillman Valley | 6-0 | 70 | 6 |
| 7. Carterville | 6-0 | 50 | 8 |
| 8. Macomb | 6-0 | 31 | 10 |
| 9. Genoa-Kingston | 5-1 | 30 | 9 |
| 10. Wheaton Academy | 5-1 | 28 | 7 |
Others receiving votes: Breese Central 3, Coal City 2, Murphysboro 1.
Class 3A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. IC Catholic (7) | 5-1 | 125 | 1 |
| 2. Reed-Custer (4) | 6-0 | 123 | 3 |
| 3. Williamsville (2) | 6-0 | 113 | 2 |
| 4. Princeton (1) | 6-0 | 105 | 4 |
| 5. Byron | 5-1 | 75 | 5 |
| 6. Fairbury Prairie Central | 6-0 | 67 | 7 |
| 7. Mt. Carmel | 6-0 | 61 | 6 |
| 8. Eureka | 6-0 | 50 | 8 |
| 9. Seneca | 6-0 | 28 | 9 |
| 10. Tolono Unity | 5-1 | 16 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Durand-Pecatonica 7.
Class 2A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Decatur St. Teresa (12) | 6-0 | 129 | 2 |
| 2. Maroa-Forsyth | 6-0 | 110 | 3 |
| 3. Bismarck-Henning | 6-0 | 92 | 4 |
| 4. North-Mac | 6-0 | 91 | 5 |
| 5. Wilmington (1) | 5-1 | 83 | 1 |
| 6. Rockridge | 5-1 | 62 | 6 |
| 7. Downs Tri-Valley | 5-1 | 56 | 7 |
| 8. Carmi White County | 6-0 | 40 | 9 |
| 9. Johnston City | 6-0 | 21 | 10 |
| 10. Pana | 5-1 | 9 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Vandalia 8, Mercer County 5, Knoxville 5, Clifton Central 3, Nashville 1.
Class 1A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Lena-Winslow (14) | 6-0 | 140 | 1 |
| 2. Colfax Ridgeview | 6-0 | 108 | 2 |
| 3. Camp Point Central | 6-0 | 102 | T3 |
| 3. Hope Academy | 6-0 | 99 | T3 |
| 5. Shelbyville | 6-0 | 72 | 6 |
| 6. St. Bede | 6-0 | 71 | 7 |
| 7. Athens | 5-1 | 56 | 5 |
| 8. Fulton | 4-2 | 40 | T8 |
| 8. Greenfield-Northwestern | 6-0 | 36 | T8 |
| 10. Ottawa Marquette | 5-1 | 31 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Tuscola 8, Kewanee-Annawan-Wethersfield 7.
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