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Illinois Media football rankings for Sept. 9, based on a statewide vote of sports writers and broadcasters, with records, preseason rankings, points and first-place votes in parentheses:<\/p>\n

Class 1<\/strong>A
\n1. Brown County (11) 3-0 125 1
\n2. Calhoun 3-0 109 2
\n3. Lena-Winslow (2) 1-2 97 4
\n4. Camp Point Central 3-0 92 3
\n5. Heyworth 3-0 76 5
\n6. Oakwood 3-0 68 6
\n7. Stockton 2-1 42 7
\n8. Arthur-Lovington-A-H 3-0 40 8
\n9. Tuscola 3-0 26 RV
\n10. Galena 3-0 14 RV
\nOthers receiving votes: Stark County 11, Carlyle 6, Forreston 5, Greenfield-Northwestern 4.<\/p>\n

Class 2A<\/strong>
\n1. Wilmington (10) 3-0 118 1
\n2. El Paso-Gridley (1) 3-0 105 2
\n3. Maroa-Forsyth (1) 3-0 100 3
\n4. Tri-Valley 3-0 82 4
\n5. Aurora Christian 3-0 64 5
\n6. Rockridge 3-0 52 7
\n7. Riverdale 3-0 45 8
\n8. St. Teresa 3-0 38 9
\n10. Farmington 2-1 19 RV
\nOthers receiving votes: Johnston City 14, Flora 10, Sterling Newman 9, Westville 4, West Frankfort 3, Nashville 1, Sullivan 1.<\/p>\n

Class 3A<\/strong>
\n1. (tie) Byron (6) 3-0 123 1t
\nIC Catholic (7) 3-0 123 1t
\n3. St. Joseph-Ogden 3-0 96 3
\n4. Richmond-Burton 3-0 93 4
\n5. Monticello 3-0 81 5
\n6. Williamsville 3-0 58 6
\n7. Tolono Unity 2-1 51 7
\n8. Durand-Pecatonica (Du-Pec) 3-0 30 8
\n9. Bishop McNamara 2-1 20
\n10. (tie) Benton 3-0 13 RV
\nHillsboro 3-0 13 RV
\nOthers receiving votes: Greenville 4, Manteno 3, Mt. Carmel 3, Olympia 3, Breese Mater Dei 1.<\/p>\n

Class 4A<\/strong>
\n1. Rochester (10) 3-0 126 1
\n2. Montini (2) 2-1 112 2
\n3. Morris 3-0 99 3
\n4. Breese Central (1) 3-0 87 5t
\n5. Centralia 3-0 76 7
\n6. Geneseo 3-0 55 8
\n7. (tie) Coal City 2-1 36 9
\nBloomington Central Catholic 2-1 36 4
\n9. Metamora 2-1 29 5t
\n10. Cahokia 2-1 23 10
\nOthers receiving votes: Carterville 13, Macomb 13, Dixon 6, Freeburg 2, Highland 2<\/p>\n

Class 5A<\/strong>
\n1. Providence (14) 3-0 140 1
\n2. Mahomet-Seymour 3-0 110 2
\n3. Kaneland 3-0 92 4
\n4. Triad 3-0 90 8
\n5. Sacred Heart-Griffin 2-1 84 5
\n6. Kankakee 2-1 66 6
\n7. Morgan Park 2-1 58 7
\n8. St. Francis 1-2 49 3
\n9. Antioch 3-0 42 10
\n10. MacArthur 3-0 16 RV
\nOthers receiving votes: Morton 9, Wheaton Academy 5, Carbondale 1, Cary-Grove 1, Sycamore 1.<\/p>\n

Class 6A<\/strong>
\n1. East St. Louis (13) 2-1 139 1
\n2. Fenwick (1) 3-0 125 2
\n3. Geneva 2-1 103 5
\n4. Normal West 3-0 92 4
\n5. Nazareth 1-2 81 3
\n6. Dunlap 3-0 64 8
\n7. Harlem 3-0 54 9
\n8. Carmel 2-1 50 7
\n9. Bradley-Bourbonnais 3-0 30 RV
\n10. Wheaton North 3-0 26 NR
\nOthers receiving votes: King 3, Joliet Catholic 2, Wauconda 1.<\/p>\n

Class 7A<\/strong>
\n1. Brother Rice (9) 2-1 125 2
\n2. Hersey (4) 3-0 121 1
\n3. Downers Grove North 3-0 103 3
\n4. Batavia 2-1 81 5
\n5. Glenbard West 2-1 63 7
\n6. (tie) St. Rita 1-2 54 4
\nProspect 3-0 54 9
\n8. Normal 3-0 51 8
\n9. Lincoln-Way West 3-0 37 10
\n10. Wheaton-Warrenville South 2-1 11 RV
\nOthers receiving votes: Jacobs 7, Guilford 3, St. Charles North 3, St. Patrick 1, Quincy 1.<\/p>\n

Class 8A<\/strong>
\n1. Loyola (9) 3-0 122 1
\n2. Mount Carmel (2) 2-1 119 2
\n3. Lincoln-Way East (2) 3-0 105 3
\n4. Oswego 3-0 96 4
\n5. Lyons 3-0 71 6
\n6. Fremd 3-0 56 7
\n7. Sandburg 3-0 51 8
\n8. Maine South 2-1 30 10
\n9. Homewood-Flossmoor 2-1 24 5
\n10. Bolingbrook 2-1 14 RV
\nOthers receiving votes: Huntley 13, Marist 5, New Trier 5, Evanston 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Illinois Media football rankings for Sept. 9, based on a statewide vote of sports writers and broadcasters, with records, preseason rankings, points and first-place votes in parentheses: Class 1A 1. 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