Associated Press High School Football Rankings

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Published on September 1 2022 9:27 am
Last Updated on September 1 2022 9:27 am
Written by Millie Lange

Here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters: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. Loyola (8) (1-0) 115 2

2. Lincoln-Way East (3) (1-0) 109 1

3. Glenbard West (1-0) 92 3

4. Bolingbrook (1-0) 80 4

5. Gurnee Warren (1-0) 60 5

6. Naperville Neuqua Valley (1) (1-0) 59 6

7. Maine South (1-0) 43 7

8. O'Fallon (1-0) 37 9

9. Naperville North (1-0) 21 T10

10. Edwardsville (1-0) 15 NR

Others receiving votes: Chicago (Marist) 13, Lockport 6, York 5, Glenbrook South 3, Palatine 2.

Class 7A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Chicago Mt. Carmel (12) (1-0) 120 1

2. Batavia (1-0) 108 3

3. Prospect (1-0) 92 5

4. Glenbard North (1-0) 64 7

5. Chicago (St. Rita) (0-1) 60 4

6. Jacobs (1-0) 57 8

7. Brother Rice (1-0) 50 9

8. Wheaton North (1-0) 34 10

9. Pekin (1-0) 23 NR

(tie) Moline (1-0) 23 10

Others receiving votes: Hononegah 5, Lake Zurich 5, Geneva 4, Willowbrook 4, Yorkville 4, Normal Community 3, Hersey 3, Downers North 1.

Class 6A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. East St. Louis (11) (0-1) 120 1

2. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge (1) (1-0) 115 2

3. Cary-Grove (1) (1-0) 105 5

4. Lemont (1-0) 74 6

5. Crete-Monee (0-1) 73 3

6. Niles Notre Dame (1-0) 45 NR

7. Chatham Glenwood (1-0) 40 NR

8. Machesney Park Harlem (1-0) 35 10

(tie) Chicago (Simeon) (1-0) 35 NR

10. Kenwood (0-1) 28 7

Others receiving votes: Chicago (St. Ignatius) 24, Deerfield 13, Lake Forest 5, Carmel 2, Wauconda 1.

Class 5A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. LaGrange Park (Nazareth) (12) (1-0) 120 2

2. Kankakee (0-1) 95 1

3. Mahomet-Seymour (1-0) 92 3

4. Morris (1-0) 89 4

5. Sycamore (1-0) 46 8

6. Peoria (1-0) 44 6

7. Rockford Boylan (1-0) 43 7

8. Chicago (St. Patrick) (1-0) 40 NR

9. Sterling (1-0) 32 9

10. Chicago (Morgan Park) (1-0) 25 10

Others receiving votes: Kaneland 12, Oak Park (Fenwick) 6, Glenbard South 6, Highland 4, Mascoutah 4, Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 1, Decatur MacArthur 1.

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Joliet Catholic (6) (1-0) 114 2

(tie) Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (6) (1-0) 114 1

3. St. Francis (1-0) 92 4

4. Richmond-Burton (1-0) 74 5

5. Rochester (0-1) 62 3

6. Genoa-Kingston (1-0) 58 6

7. Stillman Valley (1-0) 47 NR

8. Wheaton Academy (1-0) 34 10

9. Breese Central (1-0) 20 NR

10. Carterville (1-0) 15 NR

Others receiving votes: Freeburg 6, Cahokia 6, Quincy Notre Dame 5, Chicago (Phillips) 5, Peoria Notre Dame 4, Coal City 3, St. Laurence 1.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. IC Catholic (10) (1-0) 127 2

2. Reed-Custer (2) (1-0) 108 T3

3. Williamsville (1) (1-0) 101 T3

4. Princeton (1-0) 86 6

5. Byron (0-1) 72 1

6. Mt. Carmel (1-0) 63 7

7. Eureka (1-0) 51 8

8. Fairbury Prairie Central (1-0) 49 NR

9. Durand-Pecatonica (1-0) 23 NR

10. Hillsboro (1-0) 9 NR

Others receiving votes: Tolono Unity 7, Peotone 6, St. Joseph-Ogden 6, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 5, Greenville 2.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Wilmington (10) (1-0) 118 1

2. Decatur St. Teresa (2) (1-0) 107 2

3. Downs Tri-Valley (1-0) 94 3

4. Maroa-Forsyth (1-0) 82 7

5. Nashville (1-0) 66 8

6. Bismarck-Henning (1-0) 51 10

7. Vandalia (1-0) 43 NR

8. Mercer County (1-0) 37 NR

9. Sterling Newman (1-0) 25 NR

10. Knoxville (1-0) 12 NR

Others receiving votes: Erie-Prophetstown 8, North-Mac 6, Breese Mater Dei 4, Pana 3, Farmington 2, Rockridge 1, Tremont 1.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Lena-Winslow (12) (1-0) 121 1

2. Athens (1) (1-0) 113 2

3. Moweaqua Central A&M (1-0) 93 4

4. Colfax Ridgeview (1-0) 90 3

5. Forreston (1-0) 72 6

6. Camp Point Central (1-0) 69 10

7. Fulton (1-0) 42 8

8. Tuscola (1-0) 27 NR

9. Gilman Iroquois West (1-0) 26 7

10. Hope Academy (1-0) 12 NR

(tie) Jacksonville Routt (1-0) 12 NR

Others receiving votes: Carrollton 10, Greenfield-Northwestern 7, Annawan-Wethersfield 6, Ottawa Marquette 5, St. Bede 5, Mt. Sterling (Brown County) 2, Catlin (Salt Fork) 2, Shelbyville 1.