Illinois girls basketball state rankings: QND climbs into tie for No. 1 in Class 3A
CHICAGO — Here are this week’s Illinois Associated Press girls 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. Benet (3) | 17-1 | 48 | 1 |
| 2. Lyons (1) | 19-1 | 43 | 2 |
| 3. Kenwood (1) | 18-1 | 40 | 3 |
| 4. Alton | 18-1 | 34 | 4 |
| 5. Fremd | 16-4 | 25 | 6 |
| 6. Huntley | 18-0 | 22 | 7 |
| (tie) Waubonsie Valley | 16-1 | 22 | 5 |
| 8. Loyola | 17-2 | 17 | 8 |
| 9. Nazareth | 16-2 | 13 | 10 |
| 10. Whitney Young | 11-7 | 6 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Maine South 3. 12, Prospect 2.
Class 3A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Quincy Notre Dame (2) | 17-1 | 45 | 2 |
| (tie) Washington (2) | 21-1 | 45 | 1 |
| 3. St. Ignatius (1) | 15-3 | 40 | 4 |
| 4. Morton | 15-4 | 37 | 9 |
| 5. Mount Vernon | 15-3 | 29 | 3 |
| 6. Chicago Heights Marian Catholic | 18-2 | 21 | 7 |
| 7. Galesburg | 17-3 | 20 | 6 |
| 8. Sterling | 17-2 | 15 | 8 |
| 9. Bethalto Civic Memorial | 16-2 | 13 | 5 |
| 10. Effingham | 15-4 | 3 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Dixon 2. 12, Morris 2. 13, Montini 2. 14, Glenbard South 1.
Class 2A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Breese Central (7) | 17-1 | 70 | 1 |
| 2. Peoria Notre Dame | 17-3 | 62 | T2 |
| 3. Nashville | 15-2 | 45 | 4 |
| 4. Stillman Valley | 18-0 | 44 | T2 |
| 5. Byron | 17-1 | 31 | 8 |
| 6. Central-Southeastern | 17-3 | 30 | T5 |
| 7. Teutopolis | 15-4 | 22 | T5 |
| 8. Deer Creek-Mackinaw | 16-2 | 14 | NR |
| 9. Carlyle | 15-3 | 12 | 7 |
| 10. Watseka | 15-1 | 9 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Sullivan 8. 12, Pittsfield 8. 13, Breese Mater Dei 7. 14, Sherrard 6. 15, Bishop McNamara 6. 16, Bloomington Central Catholic 4. 17, Aurora Central Catholic 4. 18, Tremont 2. 19, Manteno 1.
Class 1A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Abingdon-Avon (4) | 17-3 | 40 | 2 |
| 2. Effingham St. Anthony | 14-4 | 30 | 1 |
| 3. Okawville | 10-5 | 28 | 4 |
| 4. Pecatonica | 16-4 | 26 | 6 |
| 5. Cissna Park | 14-4 | 18 | 3 |
| 6. Hardin Calhoun | 13-4 | 14 | NR |
| (tie) Orangeville | 18-3 | 14 | 5 |
| 8. Monmouth United | 17-2 | 13 | NR |
| 9. Brown County | 14-5 | 8 | T9 |
| (tie) Catlin (Salt Fork) | 17-2 | 8 | T9 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Brownstown/St. Elmo 7. 12, Roanoke-Benson 7. 13, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 6. 14, St. Edward 1.
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