Illinois boys basketball state rankings: Blue Devils open 2025 as No. 1 team in Class 4A
CHICAGO — Here are the Associated Press boys basketball state rankings as compiled by a statewide panel of sportswriters and sportscasters. First-place votes in parenthesis:
Class 4A
| Rank | School | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. | Quincy (6) (13-1) | 90 | T2 |
| 2. | Kenwood (3) (14-1) | 80 | 1 |
| (tie) | Rich Township (1) (9-4) | 80 | NR |
| 4. | Bolingbrook (15-2) | 74 | T2 |
| 5. | Waubonsie Valley (15-0) | 67 | 4 |
| 6. | Lisle (Benet Academy) (15-2) | 46 | 6 |
| 7. | Homewood-Flossmoor (14-2) | 36 | 5 |
| 8. | Gurnee Warren (11-3) | 25 | NR |
| 9. | Hinsdale Central (13-2) | 19 | NR |
| 10. | Rock Island (15-1) | 10 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Simeon 6. 12, Alton 5. 13, Waukegan 3. 14, Lincoln Park 3. 15, Normal Community 2. 16, St. Ignatius 1. 17, Curie 1. 18, Edwardsville 1. 19, Evanston Township 1.
Class 3A
| Rank | School | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. | DePaul College Prep (9) (15-1) | 98 | 1 |
| 2. | Brother Rice (14-1) | 84 | 4 |
| 3. | Metamora (15-3) | 63 | T8 |
| 4. | Fenwick (13-3) | 60 | 5 |
| 5. | Kankakee (11-2) | 47 | T8 |
| 6. | Chicago Mt. Carmel (13-2) | 41 | 7 |
| 7. | Peoria (H.S.) (1) (14-4) | 36 | 2 |
| 8. | Morton (11-5) | 34 | NR |
| 9. | St. Laurence (13-3) | 33 | 6 |
| 10. | Mt. Zion (12-3) | 26 | 3 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Carmel 9. 12, Centralia 6. 13, Kaneland 4. 14, East Peoria 3. 15, Lemont 3. 16, Waterloo 2. 17, St. Patrick 1.
Class 2A
| Rank | School | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. | Belleville (Althoff Catholic) (6) (13-3) | 117 | 6 |
| 2. | Williamsville (3) (13-0) | 110 | 4 |
| 3. | Benton (3) (15-0) | 104 | 2 |
| 4. | Peoria Manual (2) (10-4) | 86 | 1 |
| 5. | Bismarck-Henning (16-0) | 71 | 5 |
| 6. | Chicago Dyett (12-3) | 69 | 7 |
| 7. | Rockford Christian (12-0) | 45 | 9 |
| 8. | Columbia (11-4) | 24 | 3 |
| 9. | Auburn (15-1) | 23 | NR |
| 10. | Pinckneyville (13-2) | 19 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Murphysboro 18. 12, Chicago (Christ the King) 15. 13, Warsaw West Hancock 12. 14, Breese Mater Dei 8. 15, Breese Central 8. 16, Carlyle 6. 17, Crane 6. 18, Rockridge 6. 19, St. Joseph-Ogden 5. 20, Warrensburg-Latham 5. 21, Riverton 4. 22, Chicago King 4. 23, IC Catholic 3. 24, Kankakee (McNamara) 1. 25, Sherrard 1.
Class 1A
| Rank | School | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. | Pecatonica (12) (11-0) | 130 | 2 |
| 2. | Waltonville (13-0) | 111 | 3 |
| 3. | Effingham St. Anthony (1) (13-2) | 101 | 5 |
| 4. | Jacksonville Routt (14-1) | 82 | NR |
| 5. | Lanark Eastland (1) (12-2) | 78 | 1 |
| 6. | Tuscola (15-1) | 63 | 4 |
| 7. | Hope Academy (9-4) | 50 | 8 |
| 8. | Goreville (11-2) | 46 | NR |
| 9. | Casey-Westfield (11-3) | 31 | 7 |
| 10. | Yorkville Christian (12-5) | 28 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Dieterich 12. 12, Annawan 11. 13, LeRoy 5. 14, Chicago (Fenger) 5. 15, Mounds Meridian 5. 16, Lexington 4. 17, Bluford Webber 3. 18, Dakota 2. 19, Unity Christian 2. 20, Illini Bluffs 1.
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