IMPORTANT: Please keep all Preseason talk on this post strictly here please. DO NOT share on social media....,all polls will eventually be released for free once they are completed...but this is the early stage of the process I like to share strictly with you here EXCLUSIVELY. I can and will ban any violators of this rule. Thanks for understanding.
My process for coming up with the 2020 Preseason Chicagoland Top 30 poll you ask? Throwing darts at a dartboard? No...not quite even though it might play out that way from time to time. So the first thing I do is go through every Chicagoland area conference and come up with the team I feel are Top 30 ranking worthy. Some conferences in my mind are clear no brainers...but others are pretty balanced and doesn't really have anyone I'd consider as a "no" brainer. Also just because I list schools as Top 30 worthy it does NOT mean they will end up being ranked.
My Rough/First Draft list of Top 30 "worthy" schools to consider
Mount Carmel
Loyola
Marist
Brother Rice
St. Rita
Montini Catholic
Providence
Notre Dame
Nazareth Academy
Benet Academy
St. Laurence
Joliet Catholic
Fenwick
Vernon Hills
Maine West
Deerfield
Maine South
New Trier
Simeon
Phillips
Morgan Park
Kenwood
Batavia
STCE
Wheaton South
STCN
DeKalb
Naper Central
NV
Prairie Ridge
Cary Grove
Huntley
Sycamore
Morris Richmond Burton
Wheaton St. Francis
ICCP
Prospect
RM
Hersey
Barrington
Fremd
Warren Township
Lake Zurich
Antioch
Hillcrest
Lemont
Richards
Crete-Monee
Kankakee
Plain E
Oswego
Minooka
Plain N
LW East
H-F
Lockport
Bolingbrook
Andrew
LWW
South Elgin
Bartlett
Glenbard South
Willowbrook
DGS
Glenbard West
Hins Central
OPRF
Next? Teams (somewhat in order) under consideration for the Top 30
Mount Carmel
LW East
Marist
Warren Township
Loyola
Nazareth Academy
Glenbard West
Brother Rice
Batavia
H-F
St. Rita
Prairie Ridge
Bolingbrook
Phillips
Maine South
Naper Cent
Montini
DeKalb
Joliet Catholic
Oswego
HIns C
Fremd
Lake Zurich
Prospect
Hillcrest
Cary Grove
Simeon
Willowbrook
Providence
Wheaton St Francis
Neuqua Valley
Crete Monee
Wheaton South
The Others (Not yet in power rankings order)
Notre Dame St. Laurence Benet Academy Fenwick Maine West Vernon Hills New Trier Morgan Park Kenwood Huntley Sycamore Marengo ICCP Hersey Barrington Lakes Lemont Richards Kankakee Kankakee Minooka Plain North Lockport Andrew LWW South Elgin Bartlett Glenbard South OPRF
Chicagoland Top 30 (in rankings order) first draft! THIS IS NOT FINAL!
Mount Carmel
LW East
Marist
Warren Township
Loyola
Nazareth Academy
Glenbard West
Brother Rice
Batavia
H-F
Prairie Ridge
St. Rita
Bolingbrook
Phillips
Maine South
DeKalb
Cary Grove
Naper Central
Lake Zurich
Joliet Catholic
Oswego
Montini
Hinsdale Central
Fremd
St. Charles North
Prospect
Rolling Meadows
Simeon
Willowbrook
Providence Catholic
The Others: (in no order)
Nequa Valley Wheaton St. Francis/Notre Dame St. Laurence Benet Academy Fenwick Maine West Vernon Hills New Trier Morgan Park Kenwood Richmond Burton Huntley Sycamore Marengo ICCP Hersey Barrington Lakes Lemont Richards Kankakee Minooka Plain North Lockport Andrew LWW South Elgin Bartlett Glenbard South OPRF
Chicagoland Top 30 Thoughts and notes:
I feel good about the Top 30 teams here...but admittedly I don't feel great about the overall order. Several teams in my eyes are pretty close together, In most years I would at least have a better idea on overall talent level via various high school 7on7/Linemen challenges that I would have seen bu now....but that's is a no go this preseason.
So feel free to dig in here....post your thoughts/oder of the Top 30...who is too high or too low or not included.
Fire away.
Who do you like? Who's ranked too high? Too low? Missing a team? Post it all here.
My process for coming up with the 2020 Preseason Chicagoland Top 30 poll you ask? Throwing darts at a dartboard? No...not quite even though it might play out that way from time to time. So the first thing I do is go through every Chicagoland area conference and come up with the team I feel are Top 30 ranking worthy. Some conferences in my mind are clear no brainers...but others are pretty balanced and doesn't really have anyone I'd consider as a "no" brainer. Also just because I list schools as Top 30 worthy it does NOT mean they will end up being ranked.
My Rough/First Draft list of Top 30 "worthy" schools to consider
Mount Carmel
Loyola
Marist
Brother Rice
St. Rita
Montini Catholic
Providence
Notre Dame
Nazareth Academy
Benet Academy
St. Laurence
Joliet Catholic
Fenwick
Vernon Hills
Maine West
Deerfield
Maine South
New Trier
Simeon
Phillips
Morgan Park
Kenwood
Batavia
STCE
Wheaton South
STCN
DeKalb
Naper Central
NV
Prairie Ridge
Cary Grove
Huntley
Sycamore
Morris Richmond Burton
Wheaton St. Francis
ICCP
Prospect
RM
Hersey
Barrington
Fremd
Warren Township
Lake Zurich
Antioch
Hillcrest
Lemont
Richards
Crete-Monee
Kankakee
Plain E
Oswego
Minooka
Plain N
LW East
H-F
Lockport
Bolingbrook
Andrew
LWW
South Elgin
Bartlett
Glenbard South
Willowbrook
DGS
Glenbard West
Hins Central
OPRF
Next? Teams (somewhat in order) under consideration for the Top 30
Mount Carmel
LW East
Marist
Warren Township
Loyola
Nazareth Academy
Glenbard West
Brother Rice
Batavia
H-F
St. Rita
Prairie Ridge
Bolingbrook
Phillips
Maine South
Naper Cent
Montini
DeKalb
Joliet Catholic
Oswego
HIns C
Fremd
Lake Zurich
Prospect
Hillcrest
Cary Grove
Simeon
Willowbrook
Providence
Wheaton St Francis
Neuqua Valley
Crete Monee
Wheaton South
The Others (Not yet in power rankings order)
Notre Dame St. Laurence Benet Academy Fenwick Maine West Vernon Hills New Trier Morgan Park Kenwood Huntley Sycamore Marengo ICCP Hersey Barrington Lakes Lemont Richards Kankakee Kankakee Minooka Plain North Lockport Andrew LWW South Elgin Bartlett Glenbard South OPRF
Chicagoland Top 30 (in rankings order) first draft! THIS IS NOT FINAL!
Mount Carmel
LW East
Marist
Warren Township
Loyola
Nazareth Academy
Glenbard West
Brother Rice
Batavia
H-F
Prairie Ridge
St. Rita
Bolingbrook
Phillips
Maine South
DeKalb
Cary Grove
Naper Central
Lake Zurich
Joliet Catholic
Oswego
Montini
Hinsdale Central
Fremd
St. Charles North
Prospect
Rolling Meadows
Simeon
Willowbrook
Providence Catholic
The Others: (in no order)
Nequa Valley Wheaton St. Francis/Notre Dame St. Laurence Benet Academy Fenwick Maine West Vernon Hills New Trier Morgan Park Kenwood Richmond Burton Huntley Sycamore Marengo ICCP Hersey Barrington Lakes Lemont Richards Kankakee Minooka Plain North Lockport Andrew LWW South Elgin Bartlett Glenbard South OPRF
Chicagoland Top 30 Thoughts and notes:
I feel good about the Top 30 teams here...but admittedly I don't feel great about the overall order. Several teams in my eyes are pretty close together, In most years I would at least have a better idea on overall talent level via various high school 7on7/Linemen challenges that I would have seen bu now....but that's is a no go this preseason.
So feel free to dig in here....post your thoughts/oder of the Top 30...who is too high or too low or not included.
Fire away.
Who do you like? Who's ranked too high? Too low? Missing a team? Post it all here.
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