Illinois high school football state rankings

Dana Becker

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There was no change at the top of the largest classifications of Illinois high school football in-state rankings released this week, as Mount Carmel, Brother Rice and East St. Louis all held the top spots.

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Mount Carmel, a perfect 3-0, received nine of the 11 first-place votes from members of the media in Class 8A. Brother Rice also earned nine in 7A and East St. Louis gathered eight in 6A.

The other No. 1 ranked teams are Crystal Lake (5A), Montini (4A), Byron (3A), Maroa-Forsyth (2A) and Central (1A) by the Associated Press.

Here are the latest Illinois high school football Associated Press rankings for this week:

Illinois High School Football State Associated Press Rankings

Class 8A

  1. Mount Carmel
  2. Lincoln-Way East
  3. Loyola
  4. Glenbard West
  5. Fremd
  6. Maine South
  7. Lyons
  8. Barrington
  9. Oswego
  10. Warren

Class 7A

  1. Brother Rice
  2. Downers Grove North
  3. St. Charles North
  4. Batavia
  5. Normal
  6. Lincoln-Way Central
  7. St. Rita
  8. Bradley-Bourbonnais
  9. Lincoln-Way West
  10. Prospect

Class 6A

  1. East St. Louis
  2. Nazareth
  3. (tie) Fenwick
  4. Glenwood
  5. Burlington Central
  6. Dunlap
  7. Normal Community West
  8. Washington
  9. Joliet Catholic
  10. Geneva

Class 5A

  1. Prairie Ridge
  2. St. Francis
  3. Providence
  4. Morton
  5. Peoria
  6. Cary-Grove
  7. Bloomington
  8. Kaneland
  9. Belvidere North
  10. Morgan Park

Class 4A

  1. Montini
  2. Rochester
  3. Morris
  4. Mount Zion
  5. Breese Central
  6. Sacred Heart Griffin
  7. Carterville
  8. Coal City
  9. Benton
  10. Metamora

Class 3A

  1. Byrson
  2. Elmhurst IC Catholic
  3. Althoff
  4. Ogden
  5. Bloomington Central Catholic
  6. Williamsville
  7. Richmond-Burton
  8. Bishop McNamara
  9. Tolono Unity

Class 2A

  1. Maroa-Forsyth
  2. Taylor Ridge
  3. Farmington
  4. Seneca
  5. Westville
  6. Johnston City
  7. Tri-Valley
  8. El Paso-Gridley
  9. Aurora Christian
  10. DuQuoin

Class 1A

  1. Camp Point Central
  2. Stockton
  3. Newman Central Catholic
  4. Gibson City-Melvin Sibley
  5. Lena-Winslow
  6. Cifton Central
  7. Casey-Westfield
  8. Galena
  9. Tuscola
  10. Mount Sterling

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Dana Becker

Dana Becker is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He has been a sports writer since 2000, covering high school sports, the Big 12 and more for On SI, The Fort Dodge Messenger, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others.