Illinois boys basketball state rankings: Blue Devils fall to No. 2 in Class 4A following Shootout loss
CHICAGO — Here are this week’s Illinois Associated Press boys basketball state rankings, as compiled by a statewide panel of sportswriters and sportscasters. First-place votes in parenthesis:
Class 4A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Kenwood (11) | 22-1 | 135 | 2 |
| 2. Quincy (2) | 20-2 | 118 | 1 |
| 3. Homewood-Flossmoor (1) | 22-2 | 108 | 7 |
| 4. Bolingbrook | 22-3 | 96 | 3 |
| 5. Hinsdale Central | 21-2 | 75 | 6 |
| 6. Marist | 22-2 | 65 | NR |
| 7. Benet Academy | 20-4 | 51 | 8 |
| 8. Waubonsie Valley | 22-1 | 48 | 4 |
| 9. Lincoln Park | 21-3 | 27 | 10 |
| 10. Rich Township | 15-6 | 23 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Rock Island 10. 12, Edwardsville 5. 13, Moline 4. 14, Fremd 3. 15, Glenbard West 1. 16, Joliet West 1.
Class 3A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Brother Rice (11) | 20-3 | 128 | 2 |
| 2. DePaul College Prep (1) | 21-3 | 111 | 1 |
| 3. Morton (1) | 16-5 | 92 | 4 |
| 4. Kankakee | 18-3 | 78 | 6 |
| 5. St. Laurence | 18-5 | 51 | 8 |
| 6. Centralia | 19-3 | 50 | 7 |
| (tie) Metamora | 20-5 | 50 | 3 |
| 8. Chicago Mt. Carmel | 18-5 | 47 | 5 |
| 9. Kaneland | 20-1 | 35 | 10 |
| 10. Fenwick | 17-6 | 33 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Peoria (H.S.) 19. 12, Dixon 8. 13, Mt. Zion 7. 14, St. Patrick 3. 15, Carmel 2. 16, Crystal Lake South 1.
Class 2A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Belleville Althoff (8) | 19-4 | 149 | 2 |
| 2. Auburn (5) | 21-1 | 139 | 1 |
| 3. Williamsville (1) | 20-1 | 130 | 3 |
| 4. Bismarck-Henning (3) | 23-0 | 110 | 4 |
| 5. Pinckneyville | 20-2 | 104 | 5 |
| 6. Sherrard | 19-2 | 59 | 8 |
| 7. Benton | 18-2 | 55 | 6 |
| 8. Peoria Manual | 13-8 | 54 | 7 |
| 9. Breese Central | 16-5 | 24 | 10 |
| 10. Columbia | 18-4 | 22 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Warsaw West Hancock 17. 12, Rockford Christian 13. 13, St. Joseph-Ogden 13. 14, Chicago Dyett 11. 15, Murphysboro 7. 16, IC Catholic 7. 17, El Paso-Gridley 5. 18, Tolono Unity 4. 19, Chicago (Christ the King) 3. 20, Rockridge 3. 21, Riverton 2. 22, Kankakee (McNamara) 2. 23, Fieldcrest 1. 24, Trenton Wesclin 1.
Class 1A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Pecatonica (15) | 21-0 | 160 | 1 |
| 2. Effingham St. Anthony (1) | 19-2 | 143 | 2 |
| 3. Waltonville (1) | 18-0 | 139 | 3 |
| 4. Lanark Eastland | 20-3 | 102 | 4 |
| 5. Goreville | 17-2 | 86 | 7 |
| 6. Jacksonville Routt | 21-2 | 85 | 5 |
| 7. Hope Academy | 14-6 | 48 | 6 |
| 8. Winchester West Central | 19-4 | 41 | NR |
| 9. Mounds Meridian | 19-5 | 31 | NR |
| 10. Tuscola | 17-4 | 29 | T9 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Lexington 22. 12, Yorkville Christian 13. 13, Casey-Westfield 12. 14, Dieterich 8. 15, Peoria Christian 4. 16, Bluford Webber 3. 17, Edinburg 3. 18, South Beloit 3. 19, Hinckley-Big Rock 1. 20, Princeville 1. 21, Chicago (Fenger) 1.
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