Illinois boys basketball state rankings: Blue Devils remain No. 1 in Class 4A
CHICAGO — Here are this week’s Illinois Associated Press boys basketball state rankings as voted on by a statewide panel of sportswriters and sportscasters. First-place votes in parenthesis:
Class 4A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Quincy (4) | 16-1 | 80 | 1 |
| 2. Kenwood (2) | 17-1 | 75 | T2 |
| 3. Rich Township (2) | 12-4 | 74 | T2 |
| 4. Bolingbrook (1) | 17-2 | 64 | 4 |
| 5. Waubonsie Valley | 18-0 | 59 | 5 |
| 6. Benet Academy | 17-2 | 43 | 6 |
| 7. Homewood-Flossmoor | 16-2 | 35 | 7 |
| 8. Hinsdale Central | 16-2 | 24 | 9 |
| 9. Rock Island | 18-1 | 20 | 10 |
| 10. Lincoln Park | 16-3 | 8 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Niles North 3. 12, Edwardsville 3. 13, Gurnee Warren 2. 14, Alton 2. 15, Normal Community 1. 16, Rolling Meadows 1. 17, St. Ignatius 1.
Class 3A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. DePaul College Prep (8) | 17-1 | 80 | 1 |
| 2. Brother Rice | 17-1 | 70 | 2 |
| 3. Kankakee | 12-3 | 43 | 5 |
| 4. Chicago Mt. Carmel | 16-2 | 41 | 6 |
| 5. Metamora | 16-4 | 39 | 3 |
| (tie) Morton | 12-5 | 39 | 8 |
| 7. Fenwick | 14-4 | 32 | 4 |
| 8. Peoria (H.S.) | 15-4 | 31 | 7 |
| 9. St. Laurence | 15-4 | 25 | 9 |
| 10. Centralia | 15-3 | 12 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Carmel 8. 12, Waterloo 6. 13, Kaneland 5. 14, Mt. Zion 4. 15, Deerfield 3. 16, St. Patrick 2.
Class 2A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Williamsville (6) | 15-0 | 108 | 2 |
| 2. Benton (2) | 15-0 | 103 | 3 |
| 3. Peoria Manual (2) | 13-4 | 91 | 4 |
| 4. Belleville Althoff (2) | 14-4 | 89 | 1 |
| 5. Bismarck-Henning | 18-0 | 63 | 5 |
| 6. Chicago Dyett | 14-4 | 56 | 6 |
| 7. Rockford Christian | 15-0 | 41 | 7 |
| 8. Auburn | 17-1 | 24 | 9 |
| 9. Chicago (Christ the King) | 11-6 | 17 | NR |
| 10. Pinckneyville | 14-2 | 16 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Columbia 11. 12, Breese Central 8. 13, Breese Mater Dei 7. 14, Murphysboro 6. 15, IC Catholic 5. 16, Rockridge 5. 17, St. Joseph-Ogden 5. 18, Warsaw West Hancock 2. 19, Carlyle 1. 20, Tremont 1. 21, Kankakee (McNamara) 1.
Class 1A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Pecatonica (9) | 14-0 | 90 | 1 |
| 2. Effingham St. Anthony (1) | 15-2 | 83 | 3 |
| 3. Waltonville | 14-0 | 79 | 2 |
| 4. Jacksonville Routt | 17-1 | 68 | 4 |
| 5. Lanark Eastland | 14-2 | 53 | 5 |
| 6. Hope Academy | 11-5 | 45 | 7 |
| 7. Tuscola | 15-2 | 38 | 6 |
| 8. Goreville | 12-2 | 37 | 8 |
| 9. Yorkville Christian | 15-6 | 24 | 10 |
| 10. Casey-Westfield | 11-4 | 8 | 9 |
| (tie) | Lexington (15-3) | 8 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 12, Dieterich 5. 13, Bluford Webber 4. 14, Chicago (Fenger) 2. 15, LeRoy 2. 16, Mounds Meridian 2. 17, Annawan 1. 18, Dakota 1.
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