Illinois prep football rankings: QHS, QND hold steady, Macomb moves into top 10 in Class 4A
QUINCY — Here are the latest Associated Press state rankings for the eight classes of Illinois prep football teams as voted on by a panel of sportswriters and sportscasters. First-place votes are in parentheses:
Class 8A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Lincoln-Way East (14) | 5-0 | 140 | 1 |
| 2. Barrington | 5-0 | 114 | 2 |
| 3. York | 5-0 | 100 | T3 |
| 4. Oswego | 5-0 | 95 | T3 |
| 5. Naperville Central | 5-0 | 88 | 5 |
| 6. Chicago (Marist) | 4-1 | 59 | 7 |
| 7. Loyola | 3-2 | 54 | 6 |
| 8. Lyons | 5-0 | 48 | 8 |
| 9. Fremd | 5-0 | 36 | 9 |
| 10. Sandburg | 4-1 | 18 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Minooka 13. 12, Aurora West 4. 13, Chicago (St. Ignatius) 1.
Class 7A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Chicago Mt. Carmel (12) | 4-1 | 136 | 1 |
| 2. Batavia (2) | 5-0 | 124 | 2 |
| 3. Downers North | 5-0 | 113 | 3 |
| 4. Chicago (St. Rita) | 4-1 | 88 | 4 |
| 5. Quincy | 5-0 | 82 | 5 |
| 6. St. Charles North | 4-1 | 60 | 6 |
| 7. Edwardsville | 4-1 | 56 | 8 |
| 8. Normal Community | 4-1 | 37 | 10 |
| 9. Bradley-Bourbonnais | 4-1 | 19 | 7 |
| 10. Lincoln Way West | 3-2 | 17 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Hersey 14. 12, Brother Rice 9. 13, Lincoln-Way Central 5. 14, Hononegah 4. 15, Rolling Meadows 3. 16, Glenbard East 2. 17, Schaumburg 1.
Class 6A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. East St. Louis (12) | 5-0 | 138 | 1 |
| 2. Cary-Grove (2) | 5-0 | 126 | 2 |
| 3. Kankakee | 4-1 | 106 | 3 |
| 4. Geneva | 5-0 | 99 | 4 |
| 5. Libertyville | 5-0 | 79 | 6 |
| 6. Oak Park (Fenwick) | 4-1 | 51 | 7 |
| 7. Belvidere North | 5-0 | 44 | 9 |
| 8. Bloomington | 5-0 | 42 | NR |
| 9. Chatham Glenwood | 4-1 | 26 | 10 |
| 10. Lake Forest | 4-1 | 23 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: 11, Dunlap 11. 12, Oak Lawn Richards 10. 13, Chicago (Simeon) 9. 14, Normal West 3. 15, Kaneland 2. 16, Wauconda 1.
Class 5A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. LaGrange Park (Nazareth) (13) | 4-1 | 139 | 1 |
| 2. Sycamore (1) | 5-0 | 104 | 5 |
| 3. Joliet Catholic | 3-2 | 99 | 2 |
| 4. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge | 4-1 | 92 | 3 |
| 5. Morris | 4-1 | 76 | 8 |
| 6. Chicago (Morgan Park) | 4-1 | 52 | 7 |
| 7. Peoria | 4-1 | 47 | 6 |
| 8. St. Francis Wheaton | 3-2 | 38 | 4 |
| 9. Providence | 3-2 | 30 | NR |
| 10. Triad | 5-0 | 29 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Carmel 15. 12, Benet 15. 13, Mahomet-Seymour 14. 14, Rochelle 9. 15, Burlington Central 8. 16, Woodstock North 3.
Class 4A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. St. Laurence (11) | 5-0 | 135 | 1 |
| 2. Breese Central (2) | 5-0 | 118 | 2 |
| 3. Dixon | 5-0 | 105 | 3 |
| 4. Rochester | 3-2 | 72 | 4 |
| 5. Wheaton Academy | 4-1 | 66 | 6 |
| 6. Greenville | 5-0 | 64 | 9 |
| 7. Manteno | 5-0 | 52 | 10 |
| 8. IC Catholic (1) | 2-3 | 43 | 5 |
| 9. Coal City | 4-1 | 37 | NR |
| 10. Macomb | 5-0 | 23 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 11, Olney (Richland County) 12. 12, St. Viator 11. 13, Mt. Zion 8. 14, Murphysboro 5. 15, Rockford Boylan 5. 16, Waterloo 4. 17, Cahokia 4. 18, Normal University 2. 19, Effingham 2. 20, Chicago Sullivan 2.
Class 3A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Byron (11) | 5-0 | 127 | 1 |
| 2. Wilmington (2) | 5-0 | 115 | 2 |
| 3. St. Joseph-Ogden | 5-0 | 98 | 4 |
| 4. Seneca | 5-0 | 76 | 5 |
| 5. Montini | 3-2 | 69 | 6 |
| 6. Monmouth-Roseville | 5-0 | 52 | NR |
| (tie) Paxton-Buckley-Loda | 5-0 | 52 | 8 |
| 8. DePaul College Prep | 4-1 | 26 | 7 |
| 9. Princeton | 4-1 | 22 | 3 |
| 10. Williamsville | 4-1 | 21 | 9 |
| (tie) Eureka | 5-0 | 21 | NR |
| (tie) Durand-Pecatonica | (5-0) | 21 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: 13, Monticello 8. 14, Dwight 3. 15, Peotone 2. 16, DuQuoin 2.
Class 2A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Maroa-Forsyth (10) | 5-0 | 118 | 1 |
| 2. Farmington | 5-0 | 101 | 2 |
| 3. Quincy Notre Dame (2) | 4-1 | 86 | 3 |
| 4. Momence | 5-0 | 83 | 4 |
| 5. Johnston City | 5-0 | 69 | T5 |
| 6. Bismarck-Henning | 5-0 | 65 | 7 |
| 7. Chester | 5-0 | 40 | 8 |
| 8. Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond | 5-0 | 35 | 9 |
| 9. Downs Tri-Valley | 4-1 | 28 | NR |
| 10. Eastland-Pearl City | 4-1 | 10 | NR |
| (tie) Bloomington Central Catholic | (3-2) | 10 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 12, Rockridge 7. 13, Pana 6. 14, Chicago Christian 2.
Class 1A
| School | Record | Total Points | Previous |
| 1. Althoff Catholic (8) | 5-0 | 125 | 2 |
| 2. Lena-Winslow (4) | 5-0 | 117 | 1 |
| 3. Hardin (Calhoun) (1) | 5-0 | 108 | 3 |
| 4. LeRoy | 5-0 | 81 | 5 |
| 5. Camp Point Central | 4-1 | 73 | 4 |
| 6. Stark County | 5-0 | 50 | 7 |
| 7. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley | 5-0 | 47 | 9 |
| 8. Casey-Westfield | 5-0 | 30 | 10 |
| 9. Greenfield-Northwestern | 4-1 | 22 | 6 |
| 10. Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) | 4-1 | 19 | NR |
| (tie) Sesser-Valier | 5-0 | 19 | NR |
Others receiving votes: 10, Sesser (S.-Valier) 19. 12, Princeville 11. 13, Jacksonville Routt 7. 14, Nokomis 6.
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