'22 Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll Week 8
Here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters:
Class 8A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Loyola 8) | 8-0 | 98 | 1 |
| 2. Lincoln-Way East (2) | 8-0 | 91 | 2 |
| 3. York | 8-0 | 81 | 3 |
| 4. Glenbard West | 7-1 | 68 | 4 |
| 5. Gurnee Warren | 7-1 | 45 | 5 |
| 6. Maine South | 6-2 | 43 | 7 |
| 7. O'Fallon | 7-1 | 39 | 6 |
| 8. Plainfield North | 8-0 | 26 | NR |
| 9. Marist (Chicago) | 5-3 | 20 | NR |
| 10. South Elgin | 8-0 | 13 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Edwardsville 9, Glenbrook South 7, Palatine 5, Naperville Central 4, Naperville Neuqua Valley 1.
Class 7A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Mt. Carmel (Chicago) (10) | 8-0 | 100 | 1 |
| 2. Hersey | 8-0 | 84 | 2 |
| 3. Prospect | 7-1 | 73 | 3 |
| 4. St. Rita (Chicago) | 6-2 | 67 | T4 |
| 5. St. Charles North | 7-1 | 62 | T4 |
| 6. Pekin | 8-0 | 45 | 6 |
| 7. Wheaton North | 7-1 | 40 | 7 |
| 8. Jacobs | 7-1 | 31 | 8 |
| 9. (toe) Batavia | 6-2 | 18 | 10 |
| 9. (tie) Lake Zurich | 7-1 | 18 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Brother Rice 5, Moline 5, Yorkville 2.
Class 6A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. East St. Louis (9) | 6-2 | 97 | 1 |
| 2. Simeon (Chicago) | 8-0 | 89 | 2 |
| 3. Lemont | 8-0 | 81 | 3 |
| 4. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge | 7-1 | 69 | 4 |
| 5. Crete-Monee | 6-2 | 61 | 5 |
| 6. Wauconda | 8-0 | 49 | 6 |
| 7. Normal West | 7-1 | 38 | 8 |
| 8. Niles Notre Dame | 6-2 | 30 | 9 |
| 9. St. Ignatius | 6-2 | 12 | NR |
| 10. Belvidere North | 7-1 | 10 | 7 |
Others receiving votes: Grayslake North 5, Chatham Glenwood 5, Champaign Centennial 2, Antioch 1, Kenwood 1.
Class 5A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Kankakee (8) | 7-1 | 98 | 1 |
| 2. Sycamore (2) | 8-0 | 90 | 2 |
| 3. Mahomet-Seymour | 8-0 | 80 | 3 |
| 4. Morris | 7-1 | 67 | 6 |
| 5. Highland | 7-1 | 51 | 8 |
| 6. Morgan Park (Chicago) | 7-1 | 48 | 5 |
| 7. Peoria | 7-1 | 46 | 4 |
| 8. Highland | 6-1 | 38 | 7 |
| 9. Rockford Boylan | 7-1 | 36 | 9 |
| 10. Nazareth | 4-4 | 7 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Rochelle 4, Providence 3, Glenbard South 1.
Class 4A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Sacred Heart-Griffin (8) | 8-0 | 96 | 1 |
| 1. Richmond Burton (1) | 8-0 | 90 | 2 |
| 3. St. Francis (1) | 8-0 | 83 | 3 |
| 4. Rochester | 7-1 | 65 | 4 |
| 5. Joliet Catholic | 6-2 | 64 | 5 |
| 6. Stillman Valley | 8-0 | 62 | 6 |
| 7. Carterville | 8-0 | 39 | 7 |
| 8. Wheaton Academy | 7-1 | 26 | 9 |
| 9. Macomb | 8-0 | 25 | 8 |
| 10. Genoa-Kingston | 6-2 | 4 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Columbia 3, Breese Central 2, Chicago (Phillips) 1.
Class 3A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. IC Catholic (8) | 7-1 | 107 | 1 |
| 2. Reed-Custer (3) | 8-0 | 100 | 2 |
| 3. Princeton | 8-0 | 87 | 3 |
| 4. Byron | 7-1 | 70 | 4 |
| 5. Fairbury Prairie Central | 8-0 | 68 | 5 |
| 6. Mr. Carmel | 8-0 | 55 | 6 |
| 7. Williamsville | 7-1 | 49 | 7 |
| 8. Seneca | 8-0 | 33 | 8 |
| 9. Tolono Unity | 7-1 | 24 | 9 |
| 10. Benton | 7-1 | 10 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Eureka 1, Durand-Pecatonica 1.
Class 2A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Decatur St. Teresa (11) | 8-0 | 110 | 1 |
| 2. Maroa-Forsyth | 8-0 | 99 | 2 |
| 3. Wilmington | 7-1 | 83 | 5 |
| 4. Bismarck-Henning | 8-0 | 81 | 3 |
| 5. Rockridge | 7-1 | 62 | 6 |
| 6. Downs Tri-Valley | 7-1 | 57 | 7 |
| 7. Johnston City | 8-0 | 37 | 9 |
| 8. Pana | 7-1 | 31 | NR |
| 9. North-Mac | 7-1 | 20 | 4 |
| 10. Nashville | 6-2 | 15 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Carmi White County 4, Knoxville 3, Farmington 2, Mercer County 1.
Class 1A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Lena-Winslow (10) | 8-0 | 109 | 1 |
| 2. Colfax Ridgeview (1) | 8-0 | 100 | 2 |
| 3. Holfax Academy | 8-0 | 84 | 4 |
| 3. Camp Point Central | 8-0 | 74 | 3 |
| 5. Athens | 7-1 | 59 | 6 |
| 6. Fulton | 6-2 | 49 | 7 |
| 7. Shelbyville | 7-1 | 36 | 5 |
| 8. Ottawa Marquette | 7-1 | 33 | 9 |
| 9. Greenfield-Northwestern | 8-0 | 31 | 8 |
| 10. Kewanee-Annawan-Wethersfield | 7-1 | 19 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Gilman Iroquois West 3, Carrollton 3, Tuscola 2, St. Bede 2, Red Hill 1.
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