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AP Illinois football rankings

By  Pat Krillic
   
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With record, points and last week’s ranking

Class 8A

1. Stevenson (10) (8-0) 117 1

2. Glenbard West (8-0) 104 2

3. Maine South (1) (8-0) 92  3

4. Loyola (7-1) 84  4

5. Edwardsville (1) (7-1) 82  5

6. Naperville Central (7-1) 55  7

7. Homewood-Flossmoor (6-2) 34  10

8. Hinsdale Central (6-2) 29  NR

9. Brother Rice (5-3) 13  9

10. Waubonsie Valley  (7-1) 12  NR

Others receiving votes: Oak Park River Forest 11, Barrington 8, New Trier 8, Simeon 5, Palatine 3, Oswego 2, Warren 1.

Class 7A

1. Cary-Grove (10) (8-0) 127 1

2. Providence (3)  (7-1) 119 2

3. Lincoln-Way East (7-1) 105 3

4. Batavia (7-1) 86  7

5. Hononegah (7-1) 61  8

6. St. Rita (6-2) 57  4

7. Addison Trail (7-1) 46  6

8. Geneva  (7-1) 43  5

9. Highland Park  (8-0) 24  10

10. Belleville West (5-3) 9  NR

Others receiving votes: Normal 7, Bradley-Bourbonnais 7, T.F. South 6, St. Charles North 5, Libertyville 4, Mount Carmel 4, Carmel 3, Fenwick 1, Rolling Meadows 1.

Class 6A

1. Sacred Heart-Griffin  (14) (8-0) 149 1

2. Nazareth (1) (8-0) 133 2

3. Peoria Notre Dame (8-0) 117 3

4. Richards (7-1) 100 4

5. DeKalb (8-0) 87  5

6. Lemont (8-0) 65  7

7. Belvidere North (7-1) 64  6

8. Lincoln-Way West (7-1) 38  9

9. Lakes (7-1) 30  NR

10. East St. Louis (4-4) 13  8

Others receiving votes: Lincoln-Way North 10, Normal West 6, St. Francis 5, Prairie Ridge 4, Champaign Centennial 2, Marmion 1, Galesburg 1.

Class 5A

1. Geneseo (9) (8-0) 146 1

2. Joliet Catholic (7)  (6-2) 143 2

3. Highland  (7-1) 123 3

4. Normal U-High (8-0) 108 4

5. Metamora (7-1) 97  5

6. Peoria Central (7-1) 78  6

7. Montini (5-3) 73  7

8. Decatur MacArthur (6-2) 32  NR

9. Mahomet-Seymour  (6-2) 26  9

10. Sterling  (6-2) 22  10

Others receiving votes: Washington 20, St. Viator 5, Marion 3, Taylorville 3, Jerseyville Jersey 1.

Class 4A

1. Rockford Lutheran (10) (8-0) 161 2

2. Rochester (3)  (7-1)  138 1

3. Phillips (4) (7-1) 136 3

4. Greenville (8-0)  111 4

5. Manteno (8-0) 96  5

6. Quincy Notre Dame (7-1) 80  6

7. Herrin (7-1)  50  7

8. St. Edward (8-0) 46  8

9. Carterville (8-0)  37  10

10. Bishop McNamara (5-3) 29  NR

Others receiving votes: Althoff 19, Columbia 18, Johnsburg 8, Canton 3, Effingham 1, Dixon 1, Breese Mater Dei 1.

Class 3A

1. Williamsville (7) (8-0)  131 2

2. Wilmington (5) (8-0) 128 3

3. Tolono Unity (2) (7-1) 118 4

4. St. Joseph-Ogden (7-1) 90  1

5. Carlinville (7-1)  85  6

6. Nashville (7-1) 67  8

7. Mt. Carmel, Ill. (6-2) 42  NR

8. Sullivan-Okaw Valley (7-1) 26  NR

9. Robinson  (7-1) 20  NR

10. Decatur St. Teresa (6-2) 18  7

Others receiving votes: Elmwood-Brimfield 16, Erie-Prophetstown 10, New Berlin-Franklin 5, St. Bede 5, Piasa Southwestern 3, Byron 2, Fairfield 2, Marshall 1, Aurora Christian 1.

Class 2A

1. Sterling Newman (14) (8-0) 149 1

2. Eastland-Pearl City (8-0) 124 2

3. Rockridge (7-1) 118 4

4. Momence (1) (8-0) 115 3

5. Fieldcrest (8-0) 94  5

6. Clifton Central (7-1) 62  T8

7. Bismarck-Henning  (7-1) 60  7

8. Maroa-Forsyth (5-3) 28  10

9. Mercer County (6-2) 19  NR

10. El Paso-Gridley (7-1) 15  NR

Others receiving votes: Auburn 10, Lawrenceville 9, Hall 6, Johnston City 4, Orion 4, Shelbyville 3, Downs Tri-Valley 3, Chester 2.

Class 1A

1. Forreston (11)  (8-0) 127 1

2. Stark County (1) (8-0) 112 3

3. Carrollton (1) (8-0)  108 4

4. Abingdon (8-0) 95  5

5. Casey-Westfield (7-1) 65  7

6. Camp Point Central (7-1) 58  2

7. Arcola (8-0) 53  8

8. Stockton  (7-1) 45  9

9. Rockford Christian Life   (8-0) 29  10

10. Aquin  (6-2) 8  6

Others receiving votes: Lena-Winslow 4, Princeville 4, Hope Academy 3, Pawnee 2, North Greene 1, Galena 1.

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