My Week 6 AP poll ballot

As usual, just voting in the upper five classes. If I was picking the lower ones as well, Aurora Christian would get a No. 1 vote in 3A and Hales would be in the 1A mix.

CLASS 8A

1. Maine South

2. Bolingbrook

3. Mount Carmel

4. Loyola

5. Marist

6. Neuqua Valley

7. Hinsdale Central

8. Palatine

9. Waubonsie Valley

10. O’Fallon

CLASS 7A

1. Glenbard West

2. Lincoln-Way East

3. Wheaton North

4. Rockford Boylan

5. Batavia

6. Cary-Grove

7. Providence

8. Lake Zurich

9. East St. Louis

10. Thornton

CLASS 6A

1. Crete-Monee

2. Lemont

3. Chatham Glenwood

4. Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin

5. Kaneland

6. Normal West

7. Richards

8. Rock Island

9. St. Patrick

10. Peoria Rchwoods

CLASS 5A

1. Montini

2. Joliet Catholic

3. Morris

4. Marian Central

5. Normal U-High

6. Charleston

7. Washington, Ill.

8. Robeson

9. Sycamore

10. Rochelle

CLASS 4A

1. Rock Island Alleman

2. Rochester

3. Bishop McNamara

4. North Chicago

5. Breese Mater Dei

6. Macomb

7. Mt. Carmel, Ill.

8. Immaculate Conception

9. Sandwich

10. Coal City

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