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Beth Long’s Super 25 football rankings

By Beth Long

With record and last week’s ranking

1. Homewood-Flossmoor (4-0) 1

Friday at Lockport

2. Glenbard West (4-0) 2

Saturday at No. 22 Lyons

3. Loyola (4-0) 8

Saturday vs. St. Ignatius

4. Libertyville (4-0) 4

Friday at No. 12 Stevenson

5. Montini (4-0) 6

Friday at Leo

6. Phillips (4-0) 7

Friday vs. Vocational

7. Mount Carmel (4-0) 9

Friday at De La Salle

8. Joliet Catholic (4-0) 10

Friday vs. No. 18 Marian Central

9. Hinsdale Central (4-0) 11

Saturday vs. Proviso West

10. Nazareth (3-1) 3

Friday vs. Marian Catholic

11. Naperville Central (3-1) 5

Friday vs. Wheaton-Warrenville South

12. Stevenson (3-1) 12

Friday vs. No. 4 Libertyville

13. Barrington (4-0) 13

Friday at Schaumburg

14. Oak Park-River Forest (4-0) 14

Friday vs. Downers Grove North

15. Neuqua Valley (3-1) 16

Friday at Bartlett

16. Cary-Grove (4-0) 18

Friday at Huntley

17. New Trier (4-0) 19

Friday at Evanston

18. Marian Central (4-0) NR

Friday at Joliet Catholic

19. Waubonsie Valley (3-1) NR

Friday at Metea Valley

20. Lincoln-Way East (3-1) 21

Friday at Bolingbrook

21. Simeon (2-2) 20

Friday vs. Curie

22. Lyons (4-0) 22

Saturday vs. No. 2 Glenbard West

23. Lincoln-Way West (4-0) 24

Friday vs. Thornton

24. Batavia (4-0) 25

Friday at St. Charles North

25. Marist (3-1) NR

Friday at Benet

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