State football rankings: QND, Brown County move up, Central cracks top 10

Here are the Illinois high school football state rankings, as voted on by a panel of sportswriters and compiled by the Associated Press. The rankings were released Tuesday afternoon:

Class 8A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Gurnee Warren (7) (1-0) 79 1

2. Lincoln-Way East (1) (1-0) 72 2

3. Chicago (Marist) (1-0) 62 3

4. Naperville Central (1-0) 52 7

5. Maine South (1-0) 49 4

6. Naperville Neuqua Valley (1-0) 35 6

7. Glenbard West (1-0) 30 T10

8. Bolingbrook (1-0) 12 NR

9. O’Fallon (1-0) 10 NR

10. Homewood-Flossmoor (1-0) 9 NR

Others receiving votes: Hinsdale Central 8, Edwardsville 6, Lockport 3, South Elgin 3, Oswego East 3, New Trier 2, Evanston Township 2, Huntley 2, Palatine 1.

Class 7A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Chicago Mt. Carmel (4) (1-0) 82 5

2. Loyola (4) (1-0) 80 2

3. Brother Rice (1) (1-0) 77 3

4. Wheaton North (1-0) 53 4

5. St. Charles North (1-0) 49 6

6. Chicago (St. Rita) (0-1) 44 1

7. Batavia (1-0) 40 7

t-8. Prospect (1-0) 18 8

t-8. Wheaton Warrenville South (1-0) 18 10

10. Hersey (1-0) 11 NR

Others receiving votes: Normal Community 10, Bradley-Bourbonnais 3, Pekin 3, Buffalo Grove 2, DeKalb 2, Hononegah 2, Lincoln Way West 1.

Class 6A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Cary-Grove (10) (1-0) 100 1

2. Crete-Monee (0-1) 73 2

3. Washington (1-0) 67 3

4. Lake Forest (1-0) 61 4

5. Rockford Boylan (1-0) 60 5

6. Kankakee (1-0) 51 8

7. Springfield (1-0) 40 10

8. Crystal Lake Central (1-0) 17 NR

t-9. Lemont (1-0) 15 NR

t-9. Oak Lawn Richards (1-0) 15 NR

Others receiving votes: Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge 13, Chicago (Simeon) 13, Vernon Hills 9, Kenwood 5, Lisle (Benet) 4, Kaneland 4, Antioch 2, Deerfield 1.

Class 5A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. East St. Louis (8) (1-0) 89 1

2. Rochester (1) (1-0) 79 2

3. Peoria High (1-0) 72 3

4. Providence (1-0) 56 5

5. Sterling (1-0) 52 6

6. Oak Park (Fenwick) (1-0) 37 10

7. Decatur MacArthur (1-0) 27 T7

8. Marion (1-0) 22 T7

9. Sycamore (0-1) 18 4

10. Mascoutah (1-0) 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Metamora 9, Chicago (Morgan Park) 5, Morris 5, Glenbard South 4, LaSalle-Peru 4, Highland 2, Aurora (Marmion) 1.

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Joliet Catholic (9) (1-0) 99 1

2. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (1) (1-0) 90 2

3. Richmond-Burton (1-0) 77 4

4. Quincy Notre Dame (1-0) 68 5

5. Genoa-Kingston (1-0) 47 7

6. St. Francis (0-1) 42 3

7. Chicago (Phillips) (0-1) 41 6

8. Mt. Zion (1-0) 37 T10

9. Coal City (0-1) 16 8

10. Murphysboro (1-0) 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Cahokia 7, Woodstock Marian 3, Stillman Valley 3, Harrisburg 2, Peoria Notre Dame 2, Bethalto Civic Memorial 1, Johnsburg 1, St. Laurence 1.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Wilmington (6) (1-0) 86 1

2. Princeton (3) (1-0) 75 4

3. Monticello (1-0) 68 3

4. Tolono Unity (1-0) 50 T5

5. Williamsville (0-1) 49 2

6. Byron (1-0) 39 7

7. Farmington (1-0) 35 T5

8. Nashville (1-0) 31 8

t-9. Montini (0-1) 17 10

t-9. Mt. Carmel (1-0) 17 9

Others receiving votes: Paxton-Buckley-Loda 10, Benton 6, Carlinville 4, Peotone 3, Reed-Custer 2, Eureka 2, Fairbury Prairie Central 1.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Decatur St. Teresa (7) (1-0) 87 1

2. Maroa-Forsyth (1-0) 75 4

3. IC Catholic (2) (1-0) 70 7

4. Breese Mater Dei (1-0) 60 T6

5. Sterling Newman (1-0) 51 T6

6. Downs Tri-Valley (1-0) 36 9

t-7. Bishop McNamara (0-1) 30 3

t-7. Bismarck-Henning (1-0) 30 NR

9. Rockridge (0-1) 27 2

10. Pana (1-0) 8 NR

Others receiving votes: North-Mac 5, Athens 4, Knoxville 3, Althoff Catholic 2, Clifton Central 2, Rushville-Industry 2, Momence 1, Bloomington Central Catholic 1, Gillespie 1.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

t-1. Moweaqua Central A&M (2) (1-0) 81 1

t-1. Lena-Winslow (7) (1-0) 81 2

3. Mt. Sterling Brown County (1-0) 61 4

t-4. Fulton (1-0) 53 7

t-4. Annawan/Wethersfield (1-0) 53 6

6. Tuscola (1-0) 34 NR

7. Forreston (1-0) 33 T9

8. Cumberland (1-0) 25 8

t-9. Aurora Christian (1-0) 13 NR

t-9. Camp Point Central (1-0) 13 NR

Others receiving votes: Jacksonville Routt 11, St. Bede 9, Arcola 7, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 6, Greenfield-Northwestern 6, Carrollton 5, Galena 3, Stark County 1.