AP Illinois football rankings

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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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