Illinois prep football rankings: Chicago Mt. Carmel leapfrogs QHS for top spot, QND drops to No. 4 despite victory
CHICAGO — Here are this week’s Illinois Associated Press state football rankings, as voted on by a statewide panel of sportswriters and sportscasters. First-place votes in parenthesis:
Class 8A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Lincoln-Way East (11) | 7-0 | 110 | 1 |
| 2. Naperville Central | 7-0 | 86 | 2 |
| 3. Oswego | 7-0 | 79 | 3 |
| 4. Lyons | 7-0 | 75 | T6 |
| 5. Chicago (Marist) | 6-1 | 71 | 5 |
| 6. Loyola | 5-2 | 66 | T6 |
| 7. Palatine | 6-1 | 31 | NR |
| 8. Barrington | 6-1 | 28 | 8 |
| 9. York | 6-1 | 25 | 9 |
| 10. Fremd | 6-1 | 21 | 4 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Aurora West 12. 12, Minooka 1.
Class 7A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Chicago Mt. Carmel (6) | 5-2 | 94 | 3 |
| 2. Quincy (4) | 7-0 | 93 | 2 |
| 3. Batavia | 6-1 | 76 | 4 |
| (tie) Downers North | 6-1 | 76 | 1 |
| 5. St. Charles North | 6-1 | 66 | 5 |
| 6. Chicago (St. Rita) | 5-2 | 46 | 8 |
| (tie) Normal Community (1) | 6-1 | 46 | 6 |
| 8. Edwardsville | 6-1 | 43 | 7 |
| 9. Brother Rice | 4-3 | 29 | 9 |
| 10. Bradley-Bourbonnais | 6-1 | 19 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Prospect 12. 12, Hononegah 2. 13, Glenbard East 2. 14, Hersey 1.
Class 6A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. East St. Louis (10) | 7-0 | 109 | 1 |
| 2. Cary-Grove (1) | 7-0 | 99 | 2 |
| 3. Geneva | 7-0 | 83 | 3 |
| 4. Kankakee | 6-1 | 78 | 4 |
| 5. Libertyville | 7-0 | 62 | 5 |
| 6. Oak Park (Fenwick) | 6-1 | 57 | 6 |
| 7. Belvidere North | 7-0 | 37 | 7 |
| 8. Oak Lawn Richards | 6-1 | 33 | 8 |
| 9. Chicago (Simeon) | 6-1 | 24 | 9 |
| 10. Bloomington | 6-1 | 12 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Lake Forest 4. 12, Washington 4. 13, Crete-Monee 2. 14, Dunlap 1.
Class 5A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. LaGrange Park (Nazareth) (11) | 6-1 | 110 | 1 |
| 2. Sycamore | 7-0 | 97 | 2 |
| 3. Joliet Catholic | 4-3 | 76 | 3 |
| 4. Peoria | 6-1 | 65 | 6 |
| 5. St. Francis Wheaton | 5-2 | 58 | 7 |
| 6. Chicago (Morgan Park) | 6-1 | 57 | 5 |
| 7. Rochelle | 6-1 | 55 | 8 |
| 8. Morris | 5-2 | 28 | 10 |
| 9. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge | 5-2 | 23 | 4 |
| 10. Mahomet-Seymour | 5-2 | 16 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Burlington Central 9. 12, Triad 5. 13, Woodstock North 4. 14, Benet 1. 15, Carmel 1.
Class 4A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Breese Central (8) | 7-0 | 119 | 1 |
| 2. Dixon (3) | 7-0 | 116 | 2 |
| 3. St. Laurence (1) | 6-1 | 100 | 3 |
| 4. Wheaton Academy (1) | 6-1 | 87 | 4 |
| 5. Manteno | 7-0 | 71 | 5 |
| 6. Rochester | 5-2 | 69 | 6 |
| 7. Olney (Richland County) | 7-0 | 38 | 8 |
| 8. Normal University | 5-2 | 37 | 9 |
| 9. Coal City | 5-2 | 28 | 7 |
| 10. Murphysboro | 6-1 | 26 | T10 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Greenville 11. 12, Cahokia 6. 13, IC Catholic 6. 14, Waterloo 1.
Class 3A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Byron (9) | 7-0 | 99 | 1 |
| 2. Wilmington (1) | 7-0 | 85 | 2 |
| 3. Montini | 5-2 | 74 | 4 |
| 4. St. Joseph-Ogden | 7-0 | 72 | 3 |
| 5. Monmouth-Roseville | 7-0 | 52 | 6 |
| 6. Seneca | 6-0 | 48 | 5 |
| 7. DePaul College Prep | 6-1 | 33 | T8 |
| 8. Monticello | 6-1 | 25 | NR |
| 9. Eureka | 7-0 | 24 | T8 |
| 10. Princeton | 6-1 | 20 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Williamsville 17. 12, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 1.
Class 2A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Maroa-Forsyth (8) | 7-0 | 98 | 1 |
| 2. Farmington | 7-0 | 80 | 2 |
| 3. Bismarck-Henning | 7-0 | 77 | 6 |
| 4. Quincy Notre Dame (2) | 6-1 | 73 | 3 |
| 5. Downs Tri-Valley | 6-1 | 48 | 7 |
| 6. Chester | 7-0 | 40 | 8 |
| 7. Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond | 7-0 | 33 | 9 |
| (tie) Johnston City | 6-1 | 33 | 5 |
| 9. Momence | 6-1 | 29 | 4 |
| 10. Chicago Christian | 6-1 | 19 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Rockridge 9. 12, Eastland-Pearl City 6. 13, Vandalia 3. 14, Pana 2.
Class 1A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Althoff Catholic (8) | 7-0 | 98 | 1 |
| 2. Lena-Winslow (2) | 7-0 | 92 | 2 |
| 3. LeRoy | 7-0 | 77 | 3 |
| 4. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley | 7-0 | 56 | 5 |
| 5. Camp Point Central | 6-1 | 52 | 6 |
| 6. Casey-Westfield | 7-0 | 37 | T7 |
| 7. Hardin (Calhoun) | 6-1 | 33 | T7 |
| 8. Princeville | 7-0 | 28 | NR |
| 9. Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) | 6-1 | 26 | T9 |
| 10. Sesser (S.-Valier) | 7-0 | 20 | T9 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Stark County 15. 12, Greenfield-Northwestern 10. 13, Carrollton 4. 14, Aurora Christian 2.
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