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AP Top Ten

Football

AP Top Ten

Here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sports writers:

Class 8A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Lincoln-Way E. (8) (8-0) 80 1

2. Loyola (6-2) 66 2

3. Warren (8-0) 59 3

4. Home-Flossmoor (7-1) 54 5

5. Neuqua Valley (7-1) 52 T6

6. Minooka (8-0) 36 8

7. Niles Notre Dame (7-1) 35 4

8. Oswego (8-0) 24 9

9. Hinsdale Central (7-1) 19 T6

10. Bolingbrook (6-2) 5 10

Others receiving votes: South Elgin 4, Maine South 3, Edwardsville 1, Huntley 1, St. Charles East 1.

Class 7A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Mt. Carmel (7) (8-0) 79 1

2. Nazareth (1) (8-0) 69 2

3. Glenbard West (8-0) 67 3

4. Hersey (8-0) 49 4

5. Phillips (7-1) 47 5

6. Batavia (6-2) 37 7

7. Rolling Meadows (8-0) 34 6

8. Willowbrook (7-1) 27 9

9. Normal Community (7-1) 21 10

10. Benet (6-2) 4 8

Others receiving votes: Glenbard East 4, DeKalb 1, Maine West 1.

Class 6A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Chat-Glenwood (7) (8-0) 79 1

2. Crete-Monee (1) (8-0) 71 2

3. Simeon (6-1) 62 3

4. Prairie Ridge (7-1) 54 6

(tie) Richards (7-1) 54 5

6. Antioch (7-1) 31 7

7. Providence (6-2) 30 8

8. Cary-Grove (6-2) 19 4

9. Normal West (6-2) 17 NR

10. Peoria Central (7-1) 10 NR

Others receiving votes: Lemont 8, Yorkville 3, Kaneland 2.

Class 5A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. East St. Louis (9) (8-0) 90 1

2. Sterling (8-0) 77 2

3. Hillcrest (7-1) 68 T3

4. Rockford Boylan (8-0) 60 T3

5. Montini (6-2) 51 5

6. Sycamore (7-1) 43 6

7. St. Rita (5-3) 35 8

8. Kankakee (7-1) 24 9

9. Carbondale (7-1) 20 10

10. Dunlap (7-1) 12 NR

Others receiving votes: Cahokia 7, Joliet Catholic 6, Marion 2.

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Rochester (7) (8-0) 88 2

2. Coal City (2) (8-0) 82 3

3. Richmond-Burton (8-0) 58 4

4. St. Francis (7-1) 52 10

5. IC Catholic (7-1) 51 1

6. Mt. Zion (8-0) 49 6

7. Stillman Valley (8-0) 48 5

8. Columbia (8-0) 30 8

9. Illinois Valley Central (8-0) 15 NR

10. Effingham (7-1) 7 7

Others receiving votes: Tolono Unity 6, Murphysboro 4, Bishop McNamara 2, Fairbury Prairie Central 2, Genoa-Kingston 1.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Williamsville (7) (8-0) 97 2

2. Byron (1) (7-1) 87 3

3. Wilmington (1) (7-1) 69 1

3. Beardstown (1) (8-0) 69 4

5. Vandalia (8-0) 65 5

6. Fairfield (8-0) 54 7

7. Princeton (7-1) 37 9

8. DuQuoin (8-0) 32 NR

9. Breese Mater Dei (7-1) 14 NR

10. Pana (7-1) 12 8

Others receiving votes: Nashville 9, Mt. Carmel 4, Eureka 1.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Fieldcrest (6) (8-0) 95 1

2. Clifton Central (3) (8-0) 92 2

3. Maroa-Forsyth (7-1) 78 3

4. Gibson City (1) (7-1) 73 4

5. Decatur St. Teresa (7-1) 62 5

6. Knoxville (8-0) 50 6

7. Sterling Newman (7-1) 38 7

8. Bismarck-Henning (7-1) 32 8

9. Auburn (6-2) 20 9

10. Flora (6-2) 7 NR

Others receiving votes: Chester 3.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Lena-Winslow (9) (8-0) 90 1

2. Mow. Central A&M (8-0) 79 2

3. Ann-Wethersfield (8-0) 68 3

4. Morrison (8-0) 55 4

5. Aquin (8-0) 53 7

6. Hope Academy (7-1) 45 8

7. Camp Point Central (7-1) 31 9

8. Forreston (6-2) 20 6

9. Athens (6-2) 15 10

10. Carrollton (7-1) 14 NR

Others receiving votes: Greenfield-Northwestern 9, Kirkland Hiawatha 5, Tuscola 4, Ottawa Marquette 3, Arcola 2, Argenta-Oreana 2.