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Week 7: 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.

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Week 7: Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll

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Class 8A

School Record Points Prv
1. Loyola (11) 6-0 110 1
2. Naperville Neuqua Valley 6-0 96 2
3. Gurnee Warren 5-1 79 5
4. Maine South 5-1 71 8
5. Lockport 6-0 54 10
6. Chicago (Marist) 4-2 50 4
7. South Elgin 6-0 44 9
8. York 6-0 42 NR
9. Glenbard West 5-1 14 3
10. Bolingbrook 5-1 10 NR

Others receiving votes: Hinsdale Central 9. Lincoln-Way East 8. Naperville Central 8. Palatine 5. Glenbrook South 3. Glenbard North 1. O'Fallon 1.



Class 7A

School Record Points Prv
1. Brother Rice (10) 5-1 118 1
2. Batavia (2) 6-0 109 2
3. Wheaton North 5-1 88 4
4. Chicago Mt. Carmel 4-2 73 3
5. Chicago St. Rita 4-2 63 5
6. Hersey 6-0 58 6
7. Normal Community 6-0 51 7
8. Hononegah 6-0 37 8
9. Prospect 5-1 27 9
10. Collinsville 6-0 11 NR

Others receiving votes: Hoffman Estates 10. Moline 10. Buffalo Grove 2. Wheaton Warrenville South 2. Geneva 1.



Class 6A

School Record Points Prv
1. East St. Louis (11) 5-1 128 1
2. Cary-Grove (2) 6-0 118 2
3. Kankakee 6-0 98 3
4. Chicago St. Ignatius 6-0 83 5
5. Lemont 6-0 77 4
6. Crete-Monee 4-2 58 6
7. Wauconda 6-0 42 9
8. Kenwood 6-0 38 7
9. Lake Forest 5-1 24 10
10. Oak Lawn Richards 5-1 20 10

Others receiving votes: Deerfield 11. Machesney Park Harlem 7. Chatham Glenwood 7. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge 3. Washington 1.



Class 5A

School Record Points Prv
1. Rochester (10) 5-1 116 1
2. Oak Park (Fenwick) (1) 4-2 98 2
3. Mascoutah 6-0 93 3
4. Morris (1) 6-0 73 7
5. Sterling 5-1 61 9
6. Mahomet-Seymour 6-0 53 10
7. Providence 3-3 49 T4
8. Peoria 4-2 46 T4
9. Glenbard South 5-1 32 NR
10. Marion 5-1 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Metamora 10. Sycamore 10. Morton 5. Decatur MacArthur 1.



Class 4A

School Record Points Prv
1. Joliet Catholic (14) 6-0 140 1
2. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) 5-1 119 2
3. Richmond-Burton 6-0 114 3
4. St. Francis 5-1 100 4
5. Kewanee 6-0 59 8
6. Genoa-Kingston 5-1 59 7
7. Chicago (Phillips) 4-2 58 5
8. Coal City 4-2 54 6
9. Stillman Valley 5-1 28 NR
10. Peoria Notre Dame 4-2 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Dixon 10. Hyde Park 5. Breese Central 5. Quincy Notre Dame 4. Murphysboro 2.



Class 3A

School Record Points Prv
1. Wilmington (5) 6-0 121 1
2. IC Catholic (8) 6-0 114 3
3. Monticello 6-0 98 2
4. Tolono Unity 6-0 88 4
5. Williamsville 5-1 74 5
6. Byron 6-0 73 6
7. Farmington 6-0 44 8
8. Princeton 5-1 40 7
9. Montini 3-3 23 NR
10. Benton 6-0 9 NR

Others receiving votes: Mt. Carmel 8. Reed-Custer 7. Nashville 6. Chicago (Clark) 4. Durand 2. Carlinville 2. Monmouth-Roseville 1. Wheaton Academy 1.



Class 2A

School Record Points Prv
1. Decatur St. Teresa (11) 6-0 128 1
2. Breese Mater Dei (2) 6-0 115 2
3. Downs Tri-Valley 6-0 99 4
4. Maroa-Forsyth 5-1 90 5
5. Bismarck-Henning 6-0 80 6
6. Pana 6-0 66 7
7. Knoxville 6-0 47 T7
8. Clifton Central 5-1 40 10
9. Athens 5-1 22 NR
10. Vandalia 5-1 8 NR

Others receiving votes: Rushville-Industry 6. Johnston City 6. Sterling Newman 3. Bishop McNamara 2. Rockridge 2. Chester 1.



Class 1A

School Record Points Prv
1. Lena-Winslow (13) 6-0 130 1
2. Carrollton 5-1 96 4
3. Abingdon 6-0 94 3
4. Camp Point Central 5-1 94 2
5. Forreston 5-1 81 5
6. Mt. Sterling (Brown County) 5-1 50 7
7. St. Bede 5-1 46 6
8. Winchester West Central 5-1 32 9
9. Moweaqua Central A&M 4-2 22 10
10. Ottawa Marquette 5-1 16 NR

Others receiving votes: Greenfield-Northwestern 14. Catlin (Salt Fork) 12. Fulton 11. Cumberland 9. Nokomis 6. Aurora Christian 2.

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