Daily Herald football Top 20

School Week 9 result/Playoff opponent

1. Hersey (9-0) Beat Prospect 48-35 / winner of Yorkville/Palatine

2. Geneva (8-1) Beat St. Charles East 42-21 / winner Noble-Bulls/Carmel

3. Downers Grove North (8-1) Beat Proviso East 58-0 / winner of Prosser/West Chicago

4. Maine South (8-1) Beat Glenbrook South 41-34 / winner of O’Fallon/Joliet West

5. Prospect (8-1) Lost to Hersey 48-35 / winner of Hampshire/DePaul Prep

6. IC Catholic Prep (8-1) Beat Joliet Catholic 6-0 / winner of Genoa/North Boone

7. Huntley (9-0) Beat McHenry 51-0 / winner of Curie/Oswego East

8. Montini (7-2) Beat St. Francis 28-24 / winner of Geneseo/North Chicago

9. Batavia (7-2) Beat WW South 27-24 / winner of Lincoln-Way Central/Jefferson

10. Antioch (9-0) Beat Wauconda 21-0 / winner of Payton/Glenbard South

11. York (6-3) Beat Lyons 16-14 / Bloom

12. Glenbard West (6-3) Beat Proviso West 56-6 / winner of Moline/Benet

13. Wheaton Warrenville South (6-3) Lost to Batavia 27-24 / winner of Joliet Catholic/Bourbonnais

14. Naperville North (7-2) Lost to East St. Louis 35-8 / winner of Fremd/Taft

15. Wheaton North (6-3) Beat Glenbard North 14-7 / winner of Addison Trail/Rolling Meadows

16. Hinsdale Central (6-3) Beat Oak Park-River Forest 21-19 / Lake Park

17. Jacobs (8-1) Beat Crystal Lake S. 56-21 / winner of Hoffman Estates/Glenbard N.

18. Libertyville (7-2) Beat Zion-Benton 35-8 / winner of Noble-Muchin/Noble-UIC

19. Barrington (5-4) Beat Schaumburg 70-0 / Waubonsie Valley

20. Fremd (6-3) Beat Palatine 28-7 / Chicago Taft

Others to watch: Cary-Grove 7-2, Lake Zurich 6-3, Kaneland 8-1, Grant 7-2, Wauconda 7-2, Aurora Christian 8-1, Hoffman Estates 5-4, Conant 6-3, Buffalo Grove 6-3, Burlington Central 6-3, St. Francis 4-5, Wheaton Academy 7-2, Naperville Central 5-4, St. Charles North 5-4, Palatine 4-5