Illinois boys basketball state rankings: QHS, Camp Point Central in top 10 to start new year

CHICAGO — Here are the Associated Press boys prep basketball polls with rank, team, first-place votes:

Class 4A

1. Chicago Curie (4) 14-1 119 2

2. Collinsville (4) 16-0 97 10

(tie) Homewood-Flossmoor (4) 13-1 97 4

4. Normal Community (1) 12-1 82 1

5. Gurnee Warren 15-1 76 8

(tie) Lisle Benet 14-1 76 5

7. Quincy 14-1 71 3

8. Bolingbrook 12-2 25 NR

9. Winnetka New Trier 15-2 23 NR

10. Downers Grove North 12-2 22 9

Others receiving votes: Moline 11. Aurora Waubonsie Valley 7. Chicago Kenwood 4. Romeoville 2. Chicago Marist 1. DeKalb 1. Chicago Heights Bloom 1.

Class 3A

1. Chicago DePaul College Prep (5) 15-0 124 5

2. Chicago Mt. Carmel (6) 16-2 120 1

3. Harvey Thornton 11-2 97 3

4. Centralia (3) 16-0 81 NR

5. Mt. Zion 15-0 72 7

6. Metamora 12-3 60 NR

7. Morton 15-2 49 10

(tie) Chicago Brother Rice 15-2 49 2

9. Kankakee 13-1 45 9

10. Peoria Richwoods 11-2 37 4

Others receiving votes: East St. Louis 10. Chicago Heights Marian Catholic 10. Decatur MacArthur 3. Champaign Centennial 3. Richland County Olney 3. Sterling 2. Chicago Hyde Park 2. Chicago De La Salle 1. Belvidere North 1. Crystal Lake South 1.

Class 2A

1. Breese Central (7) 14-2 136 2

2. Tolono Unity (2) 13-0 104 6

3. Peoria Manual (4) 9-4 96 3

4. Byron 11-0 82 9

5. Benton 14-1 71 NR

6. El Paso-Gridley 13-2 61 NR

7. Beecher (2) 16-0 51 NR

8. St. Joseph-Ogden 12-2 43 10

9. Taylor Ridge Rockridge 12-3 41 1

10. Chicago Christ the King 12-2 35 8

Others receiving votes: Chicago Phillips 34. Minonk Fieldcrest 21. Clinton 11. Trenton Wesclin 10. Peoria Notre Dame 9. Bismarck-Henning 5. Pinckneyville 5. Teutopolis 4. Macomb 3. Rockford Christian 1. Belleville Althoff 1. Shelbyville 1.

Class 1A

1. Tuscola (16) 15-0 160 1

2. Effingham St. Anthony 13-4 103 4

3. Illini Bluffs 15-4 96 3

4. Aurora Christian 13-2 86 9

5. Goreville 14-1 81 NR

6. Pecatonica 11-3 62 2

7. Winchester West Central 15-2 47 NR

8. Camp Point Central 10-2 46 NR

9. Scales Mound 12-2 44 5

10. Lexington 13-3 27 NR

Others receiving votes: Serena 26. Waltonville 23. Springfield Calvary 18. Casey-Westfield 15. Mounds Meridian 13. South Beloit 12. Chicago Manley 6. Annawan 5. Bluford Webber 5. Altamont 3. Calvary Christian Academy 2.