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2022 Illinois High School Football Preseason Top 10 Poll

Here are the preseason rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.

Associated Press

25 Aug 2022 — 4 min read

Review the season week-by-week:

Here are the preseason rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters:

Class 8A

School	Points
1. Lincoln-Way East (7)	95
2. Loyola (2)	91
3. Glenbard West	79
4. Bolingbrook	75
5. Gurnee Warren	63
6. Neuqua Valley (1)	54
7. Maine South	48
8. Marist	34
9. O'Fallon	20
10. (tie) Naperville North	16
10. (tie) Hinsdale Central	16

Others receiving votes: Lockport 12, York 5, Palatine 3, Edwardsville 1, Glenbrook South 1.

Class 7A

School	Points
1. Mount Carmel (9)	99
2. Batavia (1)	83
3. 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	Points
1. East St. Louis (9)	99
2. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge	81
3. Crete-Monee	71
4. St. Ignatius	63
5. 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	Points
1. Kankakee (9)	108
2. LaGrange Park (Nazareth)	80
3. Mahomet-Seymour (1)	75
4. Morris	67
5. Fenwick (1)	48
6. Peoria	46
7. Rockford Boylan	33
8. Sycamore	36
9. Sterling	25
10. 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	Points
1. Sacred Heart-Griffin (4)	76
2. Joliet Catholic (4)	71
3. Rochester	61
4. St. Francis	55
5. Richmond-Burton	46
6. Genoa-Kingston	28
7. 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	Points
1. Byron (8)	97
2. IC Catholic (2)	85
3. (tie) Reed-Custer	64
3. (tie) Tolono Unity	64
3. (tie) Williamsville	64
6. Princeton	53
7. Mount 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	Points
1. Wilmington (8)	98
2. Decatur St. Theresa (2)	84
3. Downs Tri-Valley	77
4. Pana	65
5. Breese Mater Dei	48
6. Farmington	40
7. Nashville	29
8. Bishop McNamara	21
10. Bismarck-Henning	21

Others receiving votes: Sterling Newman 11, Mercer County 8, Rockridge 7, Knoxville 5, Erie-Prophetstown 4, Tremont 1, North-Mac 1.

Class 1A

School	Points
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.