Illinois prep football rankings: QHS, Camp Point Central remain area’s ranked teams

CHICAGO — Here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters. 

Class 8A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Loyola (14) (5-0) 149 1

2. Lincoln-Way East (1) (5-0) 136 2

3. York (5-0) 120 3

4. Barrington (5-0) 97 4

5. Maine South (4-1) 88 5

6. Palatine (3-2) 53 7

7. South Elgin (5-0) 43 8

8. Minooka (4-1) 39 10

9. Naperville Central (4-1) 21 NR

10. Warren (3-2) 18 NR

Others receiving votes: Huntley 16, Oswego 14, West Aurora 11, Naperville North 7, Glenbard West 6, O’Fallon 5, Bolingbrook 2.

Class 7A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Mount Carmel (15) (5-0) 150 1

2. Hersey (5-0) 119 3

3. Batavia (4-1) 118 2

4. Normal (5-0) 102 4

5. St. Rita (4-1) 81 5

6. Downers Grove North (5-0) 80 7

7. Edwardsville (5-0) 65 6

8. Quincy (5-0) 47 8

9. Brother Rice (3-2) 24 10

10. Hononegah (5-0) 21 NR

Others receiving votes: Prospect 8, Wheaton North 5, Bradley-Bourbonnais 5.

Class 6A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. East St. Louis (10) (3-2) 136 1

2. Kankakee (4) (5-0) 124 2

3. Geneva (5-0) 112 4

4. Washington (4-1) 81 7

5. Cary-Grove (4-1) 68 5

6. Lake Zurich (4-1) 61 3

7. Dunlap (5-0) 44 10

8. Fenwick (4-1) 40 7

9. Normal West (4-1) 35 9

10. Belvidere North (4-1) 20 NR

Others receiving votes: Chatham Glenwood 17, Lake Forest 16, TF North 10, Lemont 9, Providence 9.

Class 5A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Prairie Ridge (13) (5-0) 139 1

2. Sycamore (1) (5-0) 125 2

3. Chicago (Morgan Park) (4-1) 90 5

4. Carmel (4-1) 68 4

5. Sacred Heart-Griffin (4-1) 64 6

6. Peoria (4-1) 62 8

7. Glenbard South (5-0) 51 9

8. Antioch (5-0) 46 10

9. St. Francis (3-2) 33 NR

10. Joliet Catholic (3-2) 31 3

Others receiving votes: Morton 23, Mahomet-Seymour 15, Highland 9, Hillcrest 2.

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Rochester (9) (5-0) 126 1

2. IC Catholic (4) (5-0) 115 2

3. Morris (5-0) 101 3

4. Richmond-Burton (5-0) 91 4

5. Rockford Boylan (5-0) 73 5

6. Mt. Zion (5-0) 60 6

7. Carterville (5-0) 49 7

8. Murphysboro (5-0) 36 8

9. Geneseo (5-0) 35 9

10. St. Laurence (4-1) 19 10

Others receiving votes: Coal City 4, Wheaton Academy 3, Dixon 2, Breese Central 1.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Byron (11) (5-0) 128 1

2. Montini (2) (5-0) 118 2

3. Princeton (4-1) 82 4

4. Wilmington (4-1) 80 5

5. St. Joseph-Ogden (4-1) 59 3

6. Stanford Olympia (4-1) 57 7

7. Durand-Pecatonica (5-0) 54 8

8. Roxana (5-0) 49 10

9. Williamsville (4-1) 44 9

10. DuQuoin (5-0) 19 NR

Others receiving votes: Greenville 18, Mt. Carmel, Ill. 5, Phillips 2.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Maroa-Forsyth (13) (5-0) 130 1

2. Downs Tri-Valley (5-0) 112 2

3. Seneca (5-0) 98 3

4. Bloomington Central Catholic (5-0) 92 5

5. Knoxville (5-0) 61 7

6. Johnston City (5-0) 58 6

7. Shelbyville (5-0) 39 9

8. Athens (4-1) 36 4

9. Rockridge (4-1) 32 8

10. Momence (5-0) 18 NR

Others receiving votes: Farmington 12, Marian Central 10, Westville 6, Nashville 5, Breese Mater Dei 5, Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond 1.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Lena-Winslow (13) (5-0) 130 1

2. Forreston (5-0) 106 2

3. Camp Point Central (5-0) 101 3

4. Morrison (5-0) 90 T4

5. Greenfield-Northwestern (5-0) 64 T4

6. Althoff Catholic (4-1) 58 6

7. Newman Central Catholic (4-1) 53 7

8. Carrollton (5-0) 25 8

9. Fulton (3-2) 23 10

10. Kewanee-Annawan-Wethersfield (5-0) 16 9

Others receiving votes: Aurora Christian 12, Stark County 10, Hope Academy 9, Casey-Westfield 8, LeRoy 5, Sesser-Valier) 3, Salt Fork 1, St. Bede 1.