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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) (8) (6-0)891
2.Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) (1) (6-0)812
3.Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (6-0)663
4.Wilmette (Loyola) (4-1)595
5.Park Ridge (Maine South) (5-1)556
6.Palatine (Fremd) (6-0)544
7.Gurnee (Warren) (5-1)287
8.Barrington (5-1)248
9.Elmhurst (York) (5-1)169
10.Glenview (Glenbrook South) (5-1)10T10

Others receiving votes: 11, Oswego 4. 12, Belleville (East) 4. 13, LaGrange (Lyons) 2. 14, Lincolnshire (Stevenson) 2. 15, Orland Park (Sandburg) 1.

Class 7A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Chicago (Brother Rice) (9) (5-1)991
2.St. Charles (North) (1) (6-0)882
3.Downers Grove (North) (5-1)753
4.New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West) (6-0)684
5.New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) (5-1)537
6.Batavia (4-2)416
7.Normal (Community) (5-1)388
8.Yorkville (6-0)319
9.Mt. Prospect (Prospect) (5-1)2110
10.Bradley-Bourbonnais (5-1)165

Others receiving votes: 11, Mundelein (Carmel) 11. 12, Moline 6. 13, Oak Lawn (Richards) 2. 14, Rockford (Guilford) 1.

Class 6A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.East St. Louis (8) (4-2)881
2.LaGrange Park (Nazareth) (1) (5-1)812
3.Chatham (Glenwood) (6-0)623
4.Oak Park (Fenwick) (5-1)594
5.Dunlap (6-0)515
6.Burlington (Central) (5-1)456
7.Washington (5-1)347
8.Wauconda (6-0)209
9.Lake Zurich (5-1)198
10.Riverside-Brookfield (6-0)11NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Antioch 10. 12, Normal (Community West) 6. 13, Joliet (Catholic) 5. 14, Crete-Monee 3. 15, Chicago (Simeon) 1.

Class 5A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) (9) (6-0)901
2.Cary-Grove (4-2)664
3.New Lenox (Providence) (4-2)625
4.Wheaton (St. Francis) (4-2)552
5.Belvidere (North) (6-0)456
6.Kankakee (4-2)437
7.Maple Park (Kaneland) (5-1)328
8.Bloomington (5-1)313
9.Peoria (4-2)219
10.Oak Forest (6-0)1810

Others receiving votes: 11, Chicago (Morgan Park) 11. 12, Mahomet-Seymour 9. 13, Morton 6. 14, Chicago (St. Patrick) 3. 15, Decatur (MacArthur) 2. 16, Mascoutah 1.

Class 4A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Lombard (Montini) (8) (6-0)971
2.Morris (2) (6-0)912
3.Rochester (5-1)773
4.Mount Zion (5-1)654
5.Springfield (Sacred Heart Griffin) (5-1)496
6.Carterville (6-0)395
7.Coal City (5-1)359
8.Benton (6-0)348
9.Breese (Central) (5-1)307
10.Dixon (5-1)17NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Metamora 8. 12, Marengo 4. 13, Centralia 2. 14, Cahokia 1. 15, Macomb 1.

Class 3A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Byron (6) (6-0)961
2.Elmhurst (IC Catholic) (4) (4-2)822
3.Wilmington (5-1)723
4.Bloomington (Central Catholic) (6-0)684
5.Richmond-Burton (6-0)605
6.Williamsville (6-0)516
7.Kankakee (Bishop McNamara) (6-0)367
8.Tolono (Unity) (5-1)289
9.Belleville (Althoff) (3-3)1910
10.Monmouth (6-0)14NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Vandalia 7. 12, Monticello 6. 13, Chicago (Hope Academy) 6. 14, St. Joseph (Ogden) 3. 15, Durand 2.

Class 2A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Maroa-Forsyth (8) (6-0)891
2.Taylor Ridge (Rockridge) (1) (6-0)772
3.Farmington (6-0)643
4.Westville (6-0)536
5.Seneca (6-0)514
6.El Paso-Gridley (6-0)505
7.Johnston City (6-0)437
8.Colfax (Ridgeview) (6-0)328
9.DuQuoin (5-1)119
10.Downs (Tri-Valley) (4-2)10NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Aurora (Christian) 5. 12, Pana 5. 13, Nashville 3. 14, Carlinville 2.

Class 1A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Camp Point (Central) (8) (6-0)881
2.Stockton (1) (6-0)822
3.Lena-Winslow (5-1)633
4.Casey-Westfield (6-0)575
5.Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) (5-1)466
6.Tuscola (5-1)35T8
7.Hardin (Calhoun) (6-0)3410
8.Gibson City-Melvin Sibley (5-1)287
9.Kewanee (Wethersfield) (6-0)19NR
10.Arthur (6-0)14NR

Others receiving votes: 11, Clifton (Central) 13. 12, Mount Sterling (Brown County) 8. 13, Dupo 5. 14, Heyworth 3.

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