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Here the Illinois Media football rankings for Oct. 1, based on a statewide vote of sports writers and broadcasters, with records, points, previous rankings and first-place votes in parentheses:<\/p>\n

Class 1A<\/strong>
\n1. Brown County (13) 6-0 130 1
\n2. Calhoun 6-0 114 2
\n3. Lena-Winslow 4-2 94 3
\n4. Heyworth 6-0 84 5
\n5. Stockton 5-1 75 6
\n6. Camp Point Central 5-1 72 4
\n7. Arthur-Lovington-A-H 6-0 65 8
\n8. Forreston 5-1 37 9
\n9. Dwight 5-1 20 10
\n10. Tuscola 5-1 19 7
\nOthers receiving votes: Salt Fork 4, Galena 1.<\/p>\n

Class 2A<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Wilmington (9) 6-0 126 1
\n2. El Paso-Gridley (3) 6-0 116 2
\n3. Maroa-Forsyth (1) 6-0 106 3
\n4. Riverdale 6-0 88 4
\n5. Tri-Valley 5-1 75 5
\n6. Johnston City 6-0 63 6
\n7. Aurora Christian 5-1 39 7
\n8. West Frankfort 6-0 38 9
\n9. Rockridge 5-1 37 10
\n10. Westville 5-1 15 RV
\nOthers receiving votes: Erie-Prophetstown 5, Nashville 4, Flora 1.<\/p>\n

Class 3A<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. IC Catholic (7) 6-0 123 1
\n2. Byron (6) 6-0 122 2
\n3. St. Joseph-Ogden 6-0 104 3
\n4. Richmond-Burton 6-0 93 4
\n5. Durand-Pecatonica (Du-Pec) 6-0 66 6
\n6. Bishop McNamara 5-1 60 7
\n7. Olympia 5-1 50 NR
\n8. Hillsboro 6-0 32 10
\n9. Mt. Carmel 6-0 23 RV
\n10. Monticello 4-2 20 8
\nOthers receiving votes: Williamsville 17, Tolono Unity 5.<\/p>\n

Class 4A<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Rochester (14) 6-0 149 1
\n2. Morris (1) 6-0 133 3
\n3. Montini 4-2 108 2
\n4. Breese Central 6-0 100 4
\n5. Centralia 6-0 99 5
\n6. Coal City 5-1 71 6
\n7. Bloomington CC 5-1 62 7
\n8. Carterville 6-0 48 8
\n9. Dixon 5-1 23 10
\n10. Cahokia 4-2 18 RV
\nOthers receiving votes: Metamora 9, Sterling 5, Freeburg 4.<\/p>\n

Class 5A<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Providence (8) 5-1 132 2
\n2. Mahomet-Seymour (6) 6-0 125 1
\n3. Sacred Heart-Griffin 5-1 101 5
\n4. Morgan Park 5-1 81 6
\n5. Kankakee 4-2 79 4
\n6. Antioch 6-0 70 7
\n7. (tie) Morton 5-1 60 8
\nTriad 5-1 60 60 3
\n9. Wheaton Academy 6-0 31 10
\n10. Kaneland 5-1 26 9
\nOthers receiving votes: Cary-Grove 6, St. Francis 4, Woodstock 1.<\/p>\n

Class 6A<\/strong>
\n1. Geneva (12) 5-1 129 1
\n2. Normal West (1) 6-0 113 2t
\n3. Fenwick 4-2 96 2t
\n4. Harlem 6-0 86 4
\n5. Dunlap 5-1 68 7
\n6. Wauconda 6-0 66 8
\n7. Wheaton North 5-1 45 5
\n8. Joliet Catholic 4-2 39 9
\n9. (tie) Nazareth 2-4 20 6
\nOak Lawn 6-0 20 RV
\nOthers receiving votes: Pekin 12, King 10, Crete-Monee 1, Riverside-Brookfield 1.<\/p>\n

Class 7A<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. East St. Louis (14) 5-1 140 1
\n2. Brother Rice 4-2 123 2
\n3. Hersey 6-0 113 3
\n4. Downers Grove North 6-0 98 4
\n5. Prospect 6-0 81 6
\n6. Normal 6-0 69 7
\n7. (tie) Batavia 4-2 43 5
\nGlenbard West 4-2 21 9
\n9. (tie) St. Patrick 5-1 21 NR
\nSt. Rita 3-3 21 RV
\nOthers receiving votes: Wheaton-Warrenville South 9, Lincoln-Way Central 5, Jacobs 2, Hononegah 1, Willowbrook 1.<\/p>\n

Class 8A<\/strong>
\n1. Loyola (10) 6-0 118 1
\n2. Lincoln-Way East (2) 6-0 110 3
\n3. Mount Carmel 4-2 86 2
\n4. Bolingbrook 5-1 74 4
\n5. Maine South 5-1 67 5
\n6. Huntley 6-0 62 6
\n7. Oswego 5-1 54 7
\n8. St. Ignatius 5-1 42 8
\n9. Lyons 5-1 30 9
\n10. Homewood-Flossmoor 4-2 8 10
\nOthers receiving votes: Fremd 5, Sandburg 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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