Week 7 Associated Press Top 10 polls Class 8A thru 1A

[EdgyTim]

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	W-L	Pts	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

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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	W-L	Pts	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	W-L	Pts	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	W-L	Pts	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	W-L	Pts	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
5. 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	W-L	Pts	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	W-L	Pts	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	W-L	Pts	Prv
1. Lena-Winslow (13)	(6-0)	130	1
2. Carrollton	(5-1)	96	4
3. Abingdon	(6-0)	94	3
3. 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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[Blue Ruin]

At least they didn't put Rita ahead of MC.

 

[SiuCubFan8]

AP voters don’t see much in 4A after 1-4, big spread.

 

[RockSoup]

At least they didn't put Rita ahead of MC.

What’s interesting to me is in the BR v JCA thread, they were talking about who was playing or available and who was out. And then there’s a mention of Jalen Grant and how that made a ‘huge’ difference in some MC team in the past.

What if I told you that a player that Alabama offered but who committed to Ohio State (not a MAC school), a player who has scored a TD every 6 times he’s touched the ball at the HS level missed 43 minutes of that 48 minute game. A game that St. Rita was snapping from the 4 yard line for the game-winning FG before an awesome block and return changed the outcome. I don’t know if you can be in one thread discussing the impact of one player missing and then readily dismiss such a thing in your need for that ranking to be above St. Rita.

Drop St. Rita out of the top 10, I don’t think anyone around them would care. They know they had their shot the first 3 games for whatever regular season respectability mattered, but the season took a different turn right out of the gate. But a lot of depth has been created since then and everyone will be back soon enough, bigger, faster, stronger and healthier for the season that comes after the regular season; even that one player that people forgot.

Enjoy that ranking!

 

[RD_Watcher]

York goes from NR to 8, and Glenbard West only drops from 3 to 9? Very interesting…

Glenbard West has yet to beat a team with a winning record - much less a playoff caliber team - and has the least amount of opponent wins in their own conference.

 

[Wittymoniker1]

What’s interesting to me is in the BR v JCA thread, they were talking about who was playing or available and who was out. And then there’s a mention of Jalen Grant and how that made a ‘huge’ difference in some MC team in the past.

What if I told you that a player that Alabama offered but who committed to Ohio State (not a MAC school), a player who has scored a TD every 6 times he’s touched the ball at the HS level missed 43 minutes of that 48 minute game. A game that St. Rita was snapping for the game-winning FG before an awesome block and return changed the outcome. I don’t know if you can be in one thread discussing the impact of one player missing and then readily dismiss such a thing in your need for that ranking to be above St. Rita.

Drop St. Rita out of the top 10, I don’t think anyone around them would care. They know they had their shot the first 3 games for whatever regular season respectability mattered, but the season took a different turn right out of the gate. But a lot of depth has been created since then and everyone will be back soon enough, bigger, faster, stronger and healthier for the season that comes after the regular season; even that one player that people forgot.

Enjoy that ranking!

Hard to argue against this--and we all know, in the end, it's the final pairings/brackets that will rule the day.

One damn game at a time. Woodstock Marian is Cascia's next opponent and should not be taken lightly.

Now, let's do this!

 

[RockSoup]

Hard to argue against this--and we all know, in the end, it's the final pairings/brackets that will rule the day.

One damn game at a time. Woodstock Marian is Cascia's next opponent and should not be taken lightly.

Now, let's do this!

Great point witmonk, every week this year has brought us many state-wide surprises. One week at a time.

 

[Blue Ruin]

One week at a time.

Yes. And the AP rankings involve only the past, not the future.

 

[RockSoup]

Yes. And the AP rankings involve only the past, not the future.

Enjoy the past then!!!

 

[crusader_of_90]

I need to catch a Mascoutah game.

 

[Formicidae13]

Surprised to see Collinsville ranked in 7A, their signature win right now is a 10-7 victory over a 5A school. This may be the first time they’ve ever been ranked though, so good for them

 

[doctor_d]

Voting looks like some AP voters didn’t realize that IC is 3A.

 

[doctor_d]

AP voters don’t see much in 4A after 1-4, big spread.

Plano should be considered if Rich-Burt is truly for real (seems like they are)

 

[Blue Ruin]

Enjoy the past then!!!

I don't dispute that Rita will be better at the end of the season than they were in the beginning, but so will Carmel.

 

[Coach Percy]

Voting looks like some AP voters didn’t realize that IC is 3A.

IC petitioned up to 4A

 

[onceaknightalwaysaknight]

IC petitioned up to 4A

IC petitioned up to 3A. IHSA mistakenly put them in 4A.