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Beth Long’s Super 25 football rankings

By Beth Long

Notre Dame’s Liam Malone (48) and Mario Olivello (5) celebrate a safety. Allen Cunningham / For the Sun-Times.

With record and last week’s ranking

1. Lincoln-Way East (5-0) 1

Friday at Homewood-Flossmoor

2. Prairie Ridge (5-0) 2

Friday at McHenry

3. Maine South (4-1) 3

Friday at Niles North

4. Phillips (5-0) 4

Friday vs. South Shore

5. Loyola (4-1) 5

Friday at St. Rita

6. Lyons (5-0) 6

Friday vs. No. 13 Glenbard West

7. Homewood-Flossmoor (5-0) 7

Friday vs. Lincoln-Way East

8. Marist (5-0) 8

Friday vs. St. Patrick

9. Lake Zurich (5-0) 9

Friday at Lake Forest

10. Naperville Central (5-0) 10

Saturday vs. St. Edward (OH)

11. Nazareth (5-0) 11

Friday vs. Joliet Catholic

12. Barrington (5-0) 12

Thursday at Palatine

13. Glenbard West (4-1) 13

Friday at No. 6 Lyons

14. Batavia (5-0) 14

Friday at Geneva

15. Stevenson (4-1) 15

Thursday at Libertyville

16. Huntley (4-1) 16

Friday at West Aurora

17. St. Charles North (4-1) 18

Friday vs. Elgin

18. Neuqua Valley (4-1) 21

Friday vs. Naperville North

19. Hinsdale Central (4-1) 22

Saturday vs. Proviso West

20. Hoffman Estates (5-0) 24

Thursday at Schaumburg

21. St. Charles East (3-2) 19

Friday at Bartlett

22. South Elgin (5-0) NR

Friday at West Chicago

23. Lincoln-Way Central (4-1) NR

Friday at Stagg

24. Bolingbrook (4-1) 25

Friday vs. Lockport

25. Notre Dame (4-1) NR

Friday vs. Carmel

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