Illinois boys basketball state rankings: Blue Devils drop to No. 3, Titans climb to No. 10 in final poll
CHICAGO — Here are the latest Associated Press Illinois boys basketball state rankings, as compiled by a statewide panel of sportswriters and sportscasters. First-place votes are in parenthesis:
Class 4A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Kenwood (11) | 27-1 | 118 | 1 |
| 2. Marist | 28-2 | 92 | 5 |
| 3. Quincy (1) | 27-3 | 86 | 2 |
| 4. Waubonsie Valley | 28-1 | 74 | 7 |
| 5. Bolingbrook | 27-4 | 70 | 6 |
| 6. Homewood-Flossmoor | 27-3 | 66 | 3 |
| 7. Hinsdale Central | 28-3 | 56 | 4 |
| 8. Lisle Benet | 25-5 | 34 | 9 |
| 9. Evanston Township | 25-4 | 32 | 8 |
| 10. Edwardsville | 26-2 | 23 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Fremd 3. 12, Lincoln Park 2. 13, Rock Island 2. 14, Normal Community 1. 15, Bradley-Bourbonnais 1.
Class 3A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. DePaul College Prep (10) | 26-3 | 116 | 1 |
| 2. St. Laurence | 24-5 | 92 | 3 |
| 3. Kankakee | 23-5 | 70 | 4 |
| 4. Brother Rice | 24-6 | 62 | 2 |
| 5. Morton | 22-6 | 59 | 6 |
| 6. Chicago Mt. Carmel | 25-5 | 57 | 9 |
| 7. Metamora | 25-6 | 46 | 7 |
| (tie) Kaneland | 26-1 | 46 | 8 |
| 9. Centralia (2) | 25-4 | 43 | 5 |
| 10. Peoria (H.S.) | 24-6 | 32 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Mt. Zion 12. 12, Marion 9. 13, Deerfield 6. 14, Mount Vernon 4. 15, Lemont 3. 16, Lake Forest 2. 17, Herrin 1.
Class 2A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Belleville Althoff (11) | 25-4 | 128 | 1 |
| 2. Pinckneyville (1) | 26-3 | 106 | 5 |
| 3. Benton | 25-3 | 88 | 7 |
| 4. Breese Central | 24-5 | 76 | 6 |
| 5. Bismarck-Henning (2) | 29-1 | 72 | 2 |
| 6. Auburn | 27-3 | 69 | 4 |
| 7. Williamsville | 26-3 | 55 | 3 |
| 8. Peoria Manual | 16-12 | 48 | 9 |
| 9. Sherrard | 26-3 | 31 | 8 |
| 10. West Hancock ( | 27-4 | 25 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Columbia 15. 12, Chicago Dyett 13. 13, St. Joseph-Ogden 8. 14, Murphysboro 7. 15, Nashville 7. 16, Crane 4. 17, Tolono Unity 4. 18, El Paso-Gridley 3. 19, Leo 3. 20, Rockford Christian 2. 21, Kankakee (McNamara) 1. 22, Downs Tri-Valley 1. 23, Peoria Notre Dame 1. 24, Pleasant Plains 1. 25, Princeton 1. 26, Westville 1.
Class 1A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Pecatonica (11) | 28-1 | 128 | 1 |
| 2. Goreville | 26-3 | 104 | 5 |
| 3. Effingham St. Anthony (1) | 25-4 | 81 | 3 |
| 4. Waltonville | 23-4 | 77 | 6 |
| 5. Lanark Eastland | 25-4 | 69 | 2 |
| 6. Hope Academy | 20-7 | 64 | 4 |
| 7. Mounds Meridian (1) | 22-7 | 60 | 8 |
| 8. Jacksonville Routt | 26-4 | 41 | 7 |
| 9. Tuscola | 24-6 | 29 | 9 |
| 10. Lexington | 23-7 | 17 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Yorkville Christian 15. 12, Bluford Webber 11. 13, Winchester-West Central 5. 14, LeRoy 4. 15, Chicago (Fenger) 3. 16, Bowen 2. 17, St. Anne 2. 18, Dieterich 2. 19, Princeville 1.
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