Illinois girls state basketball polls: Quincy Notre Dame moves to No. 1 in Class 2A
QUINCY — For the first time since 2012, when the Quincy Notre Dame girls basketball team won the second of its three straight state championships, the Raiders are the No. 1-ranked team in the state.
QND and Winnebago switched spots atop the Class 2A state poll after the Raiders beat third-ranked Illini West on the road and the Indians suffered their second loss in a week. Illini West, which had a 22-game win streak snapped with the loss to QND, remains at No. 3.
Unity moved up to No. 4 in the Class 1A poll, while Brown County checked in at No. 7.
Here are the girls prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes, record and total points.
Class 4A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Stevenson (6) | 24-1 | 75 | T1 |
| 2. Benet (2) | 20-2 | 73 | T1 |
| 3. Loyola | 22-2 | 58 | T3 |
| 4. Edwardsville | 19-4 | 45 | 4 |
| 5. Kenwood | 16-4 | 38 | 5 |
| 6. Naperville North | 22-2 | 28 | 6 |
| 7. Fremd | 20-5 | 27 | T3 |
| 8. Normal Community | 19-4 | 25 | 7 |
| 9. Hersey | 22-4 | 23 | 8 |
| 10. Barrington | 19-5 | 20 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Bolingbrook 12. O’Fallon 5. Joliet West 5. Homewood-Flossmoor 4. Hononegah 1. Whitney Young 1.
Class 3A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Geneseo (9) | 24-0 | 99 | 1 |
| 2. Sycamore (1) | 21-0 | 76 | 2 |
| 3. Peoria Notre Dame | 19-1 | 69 | 3 |
| 4. Peoria Central | 19-3 | 66 | 5 |
| (tie) Morton | 20-3 | 66 | 6 |
| 6. Nazareth | 19-2 | 61 | 4 |
| 7. Mattoon | 20-2 | 34 | 8 |
| 8. Bethalto Civic Memorial | 22-3 | 26 | 9 |
| 9. Lincoln | 18-6 | 20 | 7 |
| 10. Metamora | 18-2 | 11 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Deerfield 6. Montini 5. Washington 5. Chicago Heights Marian Catholic 4. Waterloo 1. Mahomet-Seymour 1.
| Class 2A | |||
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Quincy Notre Dame (5) | 19-1 | 104 | 2 |
| 2. Winnebago (6) | 23-2 | 101 | 1 |
| 3. Illini West (Carthage) | 24-2 | 83 | 3 |
| 4. Pana | 23-1 | 76 | T4 |
| 5. Paris | 22-3 | 63 | T4 |
| 6. Carterville | 20-5 | 39 | 6 |
| 7. Fieldcrest | 23-1 | 37 | 7 |
| (tie) Teutopolis | 14-6 | 37 | 8 |
| 9. Chicago (Noble Street Butler) | 18-8 | 26 | 10 |
| 10. Arthur-Lovington-Hammond-Atwood | 22-2 | 15 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Peotone 9. Freeburg 4. Chester 3. Clinton 3. Sherrard 2. Benton 1. Princeton 1. Rockridge 1.
| Class 1A | |||
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Okawville (8) | 24-1 | 106 | 1 |
| 2. Brimfield (3) | 19-4 | 96 | 2 |
| 3. Tri-County | 21-3 | 86 | 4 |
| 4. Mendon Unity | 21-4 | 68 | 6 |
| 5. Serena | 24-2 | 46 | 7 |
| 6. River Ridge | 17-2 | 36 | 5 |
| 7. Brown County | 21-4 | 33 | 9 |
| 8. Galena | 20-3 | 32 | 8 |
| 9. Neoga | 19-4 | 27 | NR |
| 10. Cowden-Herrick | 19-4 | 24 | 3 |
Others receiving votes: Orangeville 23. Greenfield 7. Christopher 5. Carlyle 4. Effingham St. Anthony 4. Elmwood 3. Father McGivney Catholic 1. Catlin (Salt Fork) 1. Havana 1. Morrison 1. Mt. Pulaski 1.
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