Illinois state football rankings: Central moves up to No. 6 in Class 1A, Brown County receives votes
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 (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.
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