{"id":17643,"date":"2025-09-04T12:08:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=17643"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:08:27","slug":"illinois-high-school-football-poll-sept-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/football\/17643-illinois-high-school-football-poll-sept-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois High School Football Poll &#8212; Sept. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Class 8A<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1.<\/td>\n<td>Chicago (Mount Carmel) (9) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>108<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2.<\/td>\n<td>Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) (1) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>99<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.<\/td>\n<td>Wilmette (Loyola) (1) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>89<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.<\/td>\n<td>Gurnee (Warren) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>62<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.<\/td>\n<td>Palatine (Fremd) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6.<\/td>\n<td>Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7.<\/td>\n<td>LaGrange (Lyons) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8.<\/td>\n<td>Palatine (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9.<\/td>\n<td>Elmhurst (York) (0-1)<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10.<\/td>\n<td>Glenview (Glenbrook South) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others receiving votes: 11, Chicago (Marist) 16. 12, Oswego 10. 13, Hinsdale (Central) 7. 14, Park Ridge (Maine South) 6.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Class 7A<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1.<\/td>\n<td>Downers Grove (North) (8) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>113<\/td>\n<td>T1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2.<\/td>\n<td>Chicago (Brother Rice) (3) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>108<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.<\/td>\n<td>Chicago (St. Rita) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>87<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.<\/td>\n<td>Batavia (1) (0-1)<\/td>\n<td>64<\/td>\n<td>T1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.<\/td>\n<td>St. Charles (North) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>62<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6.<\/td>\n<td>Normal (Community) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7.<\/td>\n<td>Oak Lawn (Richards) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8.<\/td>\n<td>Arlington Heights (Hersey) (0-1)<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9.<\/td>\n<td>New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10.<\/td>\n<td>New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>T10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>(tie)<\/td>\n<td>Bradley-Bourbonnais (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others receiving votes: 12, Mt. Prospect (Prospect) 15. 13, Chicago (Kenwood) 2. 14, Wheaton (Warrenville South) 1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Class 6A<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1.<\/td>\n<td>East St. Louis (9) (0-1)<\/td>\n<td>108<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2.<\/td>\n<td>LaGrange Park (Nazareth) (2) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>101<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.<\/td>\n<td>Oak Park (Fenwick) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>86<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.<\/td>\n<td>Geneva (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>66<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.<\/td>\n<td>Chatham (Glenwood) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6.<\/td>\n<td>Joliet (Catholic) (0-1)<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7.<\/td>\n<td>Burlington (Central) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8.<\/td>\n<td>Crete-Monee (0-1)<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9.<\/td>\n<td>Normal (Community West) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10.<\/td>\n<td>Libertyville (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others receiving votes: 11, Quincy 11. 12, Pekin 10. 13, Dunlap 5. 14, Wauconda 1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Class 5A<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1.<\/td>\n<td>Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) (8) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>106<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2.<\/td>\n<td>Wheaton (St. Francis) (2) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>95<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.<\/td>\n<td>Cary-Grove (1) (0-1)<\/td>\n<td>83<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.<\/td>\n<td>Peoria (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>62<\/td>\n<td>T6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.<\/td>\n<td>Sycamore (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>58<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6.<\/td>\n<td>Chicago (Morgan Park) (0-1)<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<td>T6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7.<\/td>\n<td>New Lenox (Providence) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8.<\/td>\n<td>Kankakee (0-1)<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9.<\/td>\n<td>Normal (University) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10.<\/td>\n<td>Morton (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others receiving votes: 11, Mahomet-Seymour 8. 12, Maple Park (Kaneland) 4. 13, Lake Forest 3. 14, Freeport 3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Class 4A<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1.<\/td>\n<td>Lombard (Montini) (8) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>104<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2.<\/td>\n<td>Rochester (1) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>98<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.<\/td>\n<td>Mount Zion (1) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>80<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.<\/td>\n<td>Morris (1) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>76<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.<\/td>\n<td>Coal City (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6.<\/td>\n<td>Breese (Central) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7.<\/td>\n<td>Metamora (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>T8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8.<\/td>\n<td>Dixon (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<td>T8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9.<\/td>\n<td>Springfield (Sacred Heart Griffin) (0-1)<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10.<\/td>\n<td>Rochelle (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>(tie)<\/td>\n<td>Carterville (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others receiving votes: 10, \u00a013. 12, Highland 11. 13, Cahokia 8. 14, Benton 7. 15, Quincy (Notre Dame) 4. 16, Centralia 1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Class 3A<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1.<\/td>\n<td>Byron (9) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>108<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2.<\/td>\n<td>Elmhurst (IC Catholic) (1) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>94<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.<\/td>\n<td>Belleville (Althoff) (1) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>91<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.<\/td>\n<td>Tolono (Unity) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>66<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.<\/td>\n<td>St. Joseph (Ogden) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>58<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.<\/td>\n<td>Wilmington (0-1)<\/td>\n<td>58<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7.<\/td>\n<td>Williamsville (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8.<\/td>\n<td>Richmond-Burton (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9.<\/td>\n<td>Bloomington (Central Catholic) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10.<\/td>\n<td>Monticello (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others receiving votes: 11, Kankakee (Bishop McNamara) 11. 12, Princeton 5. 13, Durand 5. 14, Greenville 3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Class 2A<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>School<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1.<\/td>\n<td>Maroa-Forsyth (10) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2.<\/td>\n<td>Downs (Tri-Valley) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>85<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.<\/td>\n<td>Taylor Ridge (Rockridge) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>72<\/td>\n<td>T4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.<\/td>\n<td>Farmington (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>64<\/td>\n<td>T4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.<\/td>\n<td>Seneca (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6.<\/td>\n<td>Westville (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7.<\/td>\n<td>Johnston City (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8.<\/td>\n<td>Pana (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9.<\/td>\n<td>Nashville 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(1-0)<\/td>\n<td>71<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.<\/td>\n<td>Casey-Westfield (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6.<\/td>\n<td>Clifton (Central) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7.<\/td>\n<td>Dwight (0-0)<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8.<\/td>\n<td>Stockton (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>T10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9.<\/td>\n<td>Galena (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>T10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10.<\/td>\n<td>Mount Sterling (Brown County) (1-0)<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others receiving votes: 11, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 11. 12, Greenfield 11. 13, Tuscola 10. 14, Fithian (Oakwood) 7. 15, Arthur 6. 16, Hardin (Calhoun) 6. 17, Momence 4. 18, Kewanee (Wethersfield) 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Class 8A Rank School Total Points Previous 1. 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