Daily Herald football Top 20

1. Montini (14-0) Enters season on 24-game winning streak

2. Batavia (10-3) Senior class loaded with talent, experience

3. St. Francis (11-3) Defending Class 5A champions

4. Maine South (10-2) QB Purcell headed to Indiana

5. Glenbard West (9-2) Experienced, physical offense should score plenty

6. Downers Grove North (10-3) Reached 7A semifinals last year

7. Hersey (9-3) Kentucky-bound QB Nawrot leads Huskies

8. Geneva (4-5) Offense is going to be fun to watch

9. York (6-4) Veteran defense will cause opponents problems

10. Prospect (7-3) QB Jackson Cacini going to EIU

11. Lake Zurich (9-3) Teonic takes over talented group

12. Barrington (10-2) Osterhues 1,153 rushing yards, 20 TDs as soph

13. Warren (9-2) Blue Devils young but with potential

14. St. Charles North (10-2) Ten sophomores up on varsity

15. IC Catholic Prep (8-4) Bowen has his pick of colleges

16. Palatine (6-5) Division I recruits Evans, Egbe lead defense

17. Burlington Central (10-2) Defense looks strong again

18. Wheaton Warrenville South (7-4) Junior class is one to watch

19. Carmel Catholic (8-3) Life without Trae Taylor begins

20. Antioch (8-3) Stone, Lennon should run wild

Others to watch: Glenbard East (9-2), Rolling Meadows (7-4), Fremd (11-2) Wauconda (9-1), Naperville Central (2-7), Hinsdale Central (7-4), Cary-Grove (9-3), Jacobs (7-4), Kaneland (8-3), Glenbard North (8-4), Hoffman Estates (6-4), Libertyville (5-5)