Illinois prep football state rankings: Central only area team cracking preseason top 10
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 | Pts |
| 1. Lincoln-Way East (7) | 95 |
| 2. Loyola (2) | 91 |
| 3. Glenbard West | 79 |
| 4. Bolingbrook | 75 |
| 5. Gurnee Warren | 63 |
| 6. Naperville Neuqua Valley (1) | 54 |
| 7. Maine South | 48 |
| 8. Chicago (Marist) | 34 |
| 9. O’Fallon | 20 |
| 10. Naperville North | 16 |
| (tie) Hinsdale Central | 16 |
Others receiving votes: Lockport 12, York 5, Palatine 3, Edwardsville 1, Glenbrook South 1.
Class 7A
| School | Pts |
| 1. Chicago Mt. Carmel (9) | 99 |
| 2. Batavia (1) | 83 |
| 3. Chicago (St. Rita) | 72 |
| 4. Prospect | 48 |
| 5. Willowbrook | 42 |
| 6. Glenbard North | 31 |
| 7. Jacobs | 29 |
| 8. Brother Rice | 19 |
| 9. Wheaton North | 13 |
| 10. Moline | 12 |
Others receiving votes: Pekin 11, Normal Community 9, Hononegah 9, St. Charles North 4, Hoffman Estates 3, Lincoln Way West 2, Yorkville 1.
Class 6A
| School | Pts |
| 1. East St. Louis (9) | 99 |
| 2. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge | 81 |
| 3. Crete-Monee | 71 |
| 4. Chicago (St. Ignatius) | 63 |
| 4. Cary-Grove (1) | 63 |
| 6. Lemont | 47 |
| 7. Kenwood | 41 |
| 8. Lake Forest | 24 |
| 9. Rock Island | 12 |
| 10. Machesney Park Harlem | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Chatham Glenwood 8, Crystal Lake Central 6, Chicago (Kennedy) 6, Washington 5, Chicago (Simeon) 4, Deerfield 3, Niles Notre Dame 3, Oak Lawn Richards 3, Antioch 2.
Class 5A
| School | Pts |
| 1. Kankakee (9) | 108 |
| 2. LaGrange Park (Nazareth) | 80 |
| 3. Mahomet-Seymour (1) | 75 |
| 4. Morris | 67 |
| 5. Oak Park (Fenwick) (1) | 48 |
| 6. Peoria | 46 |
| 7. Rockford Boylan | 33 |
| 8. Sycamore | 26 |
| 9. Sterling | 25 |
| 10. Chicago (Morgan Park) | 22 |
Others receiving votes: Glenbard South 19, Mascoutah 16, Highland 11, Marion 9, Morton 7, Kaneland 5, Chicago (St. Patrick) 5, Decatur MacArthur 2, Jacksonville 1.
Class 4A
| School | Pts | |
| 1. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) | (4) | 76 |
| 2. Joliet Catholic (4) | 71 | |
| 3. Rochester | 61 | |
| 4. St. Francis | 55 | |
| 5. Richmond-Burton | 46 | |
| 6. Genoa-Kingston | 28 | |
| 7. Chicago (Phillips) | 23 | |
| 8. Effingham | 16 | |
| 9. Coal City | 14 | |
| 10. Wheaton Academy | 11 |
Others receiving votes: Breese Central 10, Quincy Notre Dame 7, Carterville 4, Freeburg 4, St. Laurence 4, Peoria Notre Dame 3, Cahokia 3, Stillman Valley 2, Kewanee 1, Marengo 1.
Class 3A
| School | Pts |
| 1. Byron (8) | 97 |
| 2. IC Catholic (2) | 85 |
| 3. Reed-Custer | 64 |
| (tie) Tolono Unity | 64 |
| (tie) Williamsville | 64 |
| 6. Princeton | 53 |
| 7. Mt. Carmel | 36 |
| 8. Eureka | 26 |
| 9. Monticello | 23 |
| 10. Benton | 18 |
Others receiving votes: Fairbury Prairie Central 9, Durand-Pecatonica 4, Hillsboro 3, Montini 3, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 1.
Class 2A
| School | Pts |
| 1. Wilmington (8) | 98 |
| 2. Decatur St. Teresa (2) | 84 |
| 3. Downs Tri-Valley | 77 |
| 4. Pana | 65 |
| 5. Breese Mater Dei | 48 |
| 6. Farmington | 40 |
| 7. Maroa-Forsyth | 36 |
| 8. Nashville | 29 |
| 9. Bishop McNamara | 21 |
| 10. Bismarck-Henning | 15 |
Others receiving votes: Sterling Newman 11, Mercer County 8, Rockridge 7, Knoxville 5, Erie-Prophetstown 4, Tremont 1, North-Mac 1.
Class 1A
| School | Pts |
| 1. Lena-Winslow (10) | 100 |
| 2. Athens | 71 |
| 3. Colfax Ridgeview (1) | 70 |
| 4. Moweaqua Central A&M | 64 |
| 5. Carrollton | 58 |
| 6. Forreston | 57 |
| 7. Gilman Iroquois West | 39 |
| 8. Fulton | 36 |
| 9. Arcola | 29 |
| 10. Camp Point Central | 21 |
Others receiving votes: Aurora Christian 12, Abingdon 9, Jacksonville Routt 9, Cumberland 7, Annawan-Wethersfield 6, Ottawa Marquette 4, St. Bede 4, Greenfield-Northwestern 3, Tuscola 2, Catlin (Salt Fork) 2, Galena 1, Mt. Sterling (Brown County) 1.
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