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Illinois High School Football Poll

Illinois High School Football Poll

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Class 8A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Chicago (Mount Carmel) (9) (7-0)991
2.Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) (1) (7-0)902
3.Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (7-0)783
4.Park Ridge (Maine South) (6-1)725
5.Barrington (6-1)548
6.Gurnee (Warren) (6-1)507
7.Wilmette (Loyola) (4-2)304
8.Glenview (Glenbrook South) (6-1)2910
9.Palatine (Fremd) (6-1)246
10.Oswego (East) (6-1)9NR

Others receiving votes: 11, LaGrange (Lyons) 8. 12, Elmhurst (York) 6. 13, Lincolnshire (Stevenson) 1.

Class 7A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Chicago (Brother Rice) (11) (6-1)1101
2.Downers Grove (North) (6-1)973
3.New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West) (7-0)844
4.Batavia (5-2)656
5.New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) (6-1)645
6.St. Charles (North) (6-1)432
7.Normal (Community) (6-1)417
8.Mundelein (Carmel) (5-2)28NR
9.Mt. Prospect (Prospect) (6-1)239
10.Bradley-Bourbonnais (6-1)2110

Others receiving votes: 11, Oak Lawn (Richards) 7. 12, Wheaton (Warrenville South) 6. 13, Arlington Heights (Hersey) 6. 14, Yorkville 5. 15, Chicago (St. Rita) 4. 16, Burbank (St. Laurence) 1.

Class 6A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.East St. Louis (9) (5-2)981
2.LaGrange Park (Nazareth) (1) (6-1)912
3.Chatham (Glenwood) (7-0)763
4.Oak Park (Fenwick) (6-1)744
5.Burlington (Central) (6-1)546
6.Washington (6-1)437
7.Lake Zurich (6-1)309
8.Wauconda (7-0)278
9.Dunlap (6-1)225
10.Riverside-Brookfield (7-0)1510

Others receiving votes: 11, Antioch 11. 12, Normal (Community West) 5. 13, Crete-Monee 4.

Class 5A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) (10) (7-0)1001
2.New Lenox (Providence) (5-2)783
3.Cary-Grove (5-2)742
4.Wheaton (St. Francis) (5-2)634
5.Belvidere (North) (7-0)485
(tie)Kankakee (5-2)486
7.Peoria (5-2)409
8.Chicago (Morgan Park) (5-2)30NR
9.Oak Forest (7-0)2910
10.Maple Park (Kaneland) (5-2)127

Others receiving votes: 11, Mahomet-Seymour 9. 12, Mascoutah 6. 13, Morton 4. 14, Sycamore 3. 15, Lemont 3. 16, Decatur (MacArthur) 2. 17, Bloomington 1.

Class 4A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Lombard (Montini) (10) (7-0)1081
2.Morris (1) (7-0)982
3.Rochester (6-1)843
4.Mount Zion (6-1)674
5.Springfield (Sacred Heart Griffin) (6-1)625
6.Benton (7-0)388
(tie)Coal City (6-1)387
8.Carterville (7-0)376
9.Breese (Central) (6-1)319
10.Dixon (6-1)2310

Others receiving votes: 11, Metamora 11. 12, Cahokia 5. 13, Macomb 3.

Class 3A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Byron (7) (7-0)1151
2.Elmhurst (IC Catholic) (5) (5-2)982
3.Bloomington (Central Catholic) (7-0)854
4.Wilmington (6-1)813
5.Richmond-Burton (7-0)715
6.Williamsville (7-0)516
7.Kankakee (Bishop McNamara) (7-0)487
8.Chicago (Hope Academy) (7-0)34NR
(tie)Tolono (Unity) (6-1)348
10.Belleville (Althoff) (4-3)189

Others receiving votes: 11, Monmouth 14. 12, Vandalia 6. 13, Monticello 4. 14, Durand 1.

Class 2A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Taylor Ridge (Rockridge) (8) (7-0)922
2.Farmington (7-0)763
3.El Paso-Gridley (1) (7-0)726
4.Seneca (1) (7-0)685
5.Westville (7-0)664
6.Maroa-Forsyth (6-1)521
7.Johnston City (7-0)507
8.Colfax (Ridgeview) (7-0)378
9.DuQuoin (6-1)169
10.Downs (Tri-Valley) (5-2)1110

Others receiving votes: 11, Pana 5. 12, Nashville 2. 13, Carlinville 2. 14, Aurora (Christian) 1.

Class 1A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Stockton (5) (7-0)952
2.Camp Point (Central) (5) (7-0)911
3.Lena-Winslow (6-1)673
4.Casey-Westfield (7-0)634
5.Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) (6-1)575
6.Hardin (Calhoun) (7-0)467
7.Tuscola (6-1)386
8.Kewanee (Wethersfield) (7-0)319
9.Arthur (7-0)2310
10.Clifton (Central) (6-1)20NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Mount Sterling (Brown County) 12. 12, Gibson City-Melvin Sibley 5. 13, Dupo 2.

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