AP Top Ten

Posted October 01, 2019 1:00 am

Football

AP Top 10

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

Class 8A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Lincoln-Way East (12) (5-0) 120 1

2. Warren (5-0) 96 3

3. Hinsdale Central (5-0) 81 4

4. Loyola (3-2) 67 T5

5. Niles Notre Dame (5-0) 65 T5

6. Homewood-Flossmoor (4-1) 61 2

7. Minooka (5-0) 54 7

8. Neuqua Valley (4-1) 37 9

9. Oswego (5-0) 34 8

10. Bolingbrook (4-1) 15 10

(tie) Edwardsville (4-1) 15 NR

Others receiving votes: South Elgin 9, Barrington 5, St. Charles East 1.

Class 7A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Mt. Carmel (9) (5-0) 117 1

2. Nazareth (3) (4-1) 100 2

3. Glenbard West (5-0) 85 3

4. Phillips (5-0) 81 43

5. Batavia (4-1) 73 5

6. Hersey (5-0) 57 8

7. Brother Rice (4-1) 51 7

8. Rolling Meadows (5-0) 35 9

9. Benet (5-0) 29 10

10. St. Charles North (4-1) 14 NR

Others receiving votes: Conant 7, Normal Community 6, Hononegah 2, Willowbrook 2, Tinley Park Andrew 1.

Class 6A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Chatham Glenwood (8) (5-0) 131 1

2. Crete-Monee (3) (5-0) 117 2

3. Providence (2) (4-1) 109 4

4. Cary-Grove (4-1) 81 5

5. Richards (4-1) 78 7

6. Simeon (3-1) 74 8

7. Prairie Ridge (4-1) 50 9

8. Yorkville (1) (5-0) 42 10

9. Normal West (4-1) 35 NR

10. Antioch (4-1) 30 NR

Others receiving votes: Peoria Central 10, Lemont 7, Kaneland 3, Springfield 3.

Class 5A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. East St. Louis (14) (5-0) 140 1

2. Montini (4-1) 113 2

3. Sterling (5-0) 109 3

4. Rockford Boylan (5-0) 94 4

5. Hillcrest (4-1) 82 5

6. Sycamore (5-0) 77 7

7. Marion (5-0) 33 10

8. St. Rita (2-3) 27 8

9. Sacred Heart-Griffin (3-2) 23 6

10. Kankakee (4-1) 22 NR

Others receiving votes: Carbondale 11, Dunlap 9, Marmion 8, Morris 7, Triad 7, Cahokia 5, Joliet Catholic 3.

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. IC Catholic (12) (5-0) 120 1

2. Rochester (5-0) 105 2

3. Coal City (5-0) 99 3

4. Richmond-Burton (5-0) 81 4

5. Stillman Valley (5-0) 61 5

6. Columbia (5-0) 50 7

7. Mt. Zion (5-0) 30 NR

8. Effingham (5-0) 29 9

9. Genoa-Kingston (5-0) 28 8

10. St. Francis (4-1) 19 NR

Others receiving votes: Illinois Valley Central 18, Bishop McNamara 15, Murphysboro 3, Taylorville 1, Benton 1.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Wilmington (6) (5-0) 120 2

2. Williamsville (7) (5-0) 115 1

3. Byron (4-1) 98 3

4. Beardstown (5-0) 79 4

5. Nashville (5-0) 68 5

6. Vandalia (5-0) 62 7

7. Fairfield (5-0) 61 6

8. Pana (5-0) 31 10

9. Eureka (4-1) 29 9

10. Princeton (4-1) 12 NR

Others receiving votes: Mt. Carmel 10, Quincy Notre Dame 9, Peotone 5, Monticello 4, St. Joseph-Ogden 4, DuQuoin 2, Lisle 2, Breese Mater Dei 2, Greenville 2.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Fieldcrest (3) (5-0) 118 2

2. Clifton Central (9) (5-0) 117 1

3. Maroa-Forsyth (1) (4-1) 101 5

4. Gibson City (4-1) 87 6

5. Bismarck-Henning (5-0) 76 7

6. Decatur St. Teresa (4-1) 62 3

7. Knoxville (5-0) 59 8

8. Sterling Newman (4-1) 37 4

9. Orion (4-1) 29 9

10. Sesser (S.-Valier) (4-1) 21 NR

Others receiving votes: West Carroll 7, Auburn 1.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Forreston (6) (5-0) 99 1

(tie) Lena-Winslow (3) (5-0) 99 2

3. Mow. Cen. A&M (2) (5-0) 95 3

4. Annawan-Wethersfield (5-0) 65 5

(tie) Camp Point Central (5-0) 65 4

6. Morrison (5-0) 39 NR

7. Ottawa Marquette (5-0) 37 6

8. Aquin (5-0) 35 NR

9. Watseka (5-0) 23 NR

10. Athens (4-1) 19 NR

Others receiving votes: Aurora Christian 10, Carrollton 5, Princeville 4, Hope Academy 4, Greenfield-Northwestern 3, Tuscola 3.

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