Week 1: 2022 Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll
Review the season week-by-week:
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) | 1-0 | 115 | 2 |
| 2. Lincoln-Way East (3) | 1-0 | 109 | 1 |
| 3. Glenbard West | 1-0 | 92 | 3 |
| 4. Bolingbrook | 1-0 | 80 | 4 |
| 5. Gurnee Warren | 1-0 | 60 | 5 |
| 6. Neuqua Valley (1) | 1-0 | 59 | 6 |
| 7. Maine South | 1-0 | 43 | 7 |
| 8. O'Fallon | 1-0 | 37 | 9 |
| 9. Naperville North | 1-0 | 21 | T10 |
| 10. Edwardsville | 1-0 | 15 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Chicago (Marist) 13, Lockport 6, York 5, Glenbrook South 3, Palatine 2.
Class 7A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Mt. Carmel (12) | 1-0 | 120 | 1 |
| 2. Batavia | 1-0 | 108 | 3 |
| 3. Prospect | 1-0 | 92 | 5 |
| 4. Glenbard North | 1-0 | 64 | 7 |
| 5. St. Rita | 0-1 | 60 | 4 |
| 6. Jacobs | 1-0 | 57 | 8 |
| 7. Brother Rice | 1-0 | 50 | 9 |
| 8. Wheaton North | 1-0 | 34 | 10 |
| 9. (tie) Pekin | 1-0 | 23 | NR |
| 9. (tie) Moline | 1-0 | 23 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Hononegah 5, Lake Zurich 5, Geneva 4, Willowbrook 4, Yorkville 4, Normal Community 3, Hersey 3, Downers North 1.
Class 6A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. East St. Louis (11) | 0-1 | 120 | 1 |
| 2. Prairie Ridge (1) | 1-0 | 115 | 2 |
| 3. Cary-Grove (1) | 1-0 | 105 | 5 |
| 4. Lemont | 1-0 | 74 | 6 |
| 5. Crete-Monee | 0-1 | 73 | 3 |
| 6. Niles Notre Dame | 1-0 | 45 | NR |
| 7. Chatham Glenwood | 1-0 | 40 | NR |
| 8. (tie) Machesney Park Harlem | 1-0 | 35 | 10 |
| 8. (tie) Simeon | 1-0 | 35 | NR |
| 10. Kenwood | 0-1 | 28 | 7 |
Others receiving votes: Chicago (St. Ignatius) 24, Deerfield 13, Lake Forest 5, Carmel 2, Wauconda 1.
Class 5A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Nazareth (12) | 1-0 | 120 | 2 |
| 2. Kankakee | 0-1 | 95 | 1 |
| 3. Mahomet-Seymour | 1-0 | 92 | 3 |
| 4. Morris | 1-0 | 89 | 4 |
| 5. Sycamore | 1-0 | 46 | 8 |
| 6. Peoria | 1-0 | 44 | 6 |
| 7. Rockford Boylan | 1-0 | 43 | 7 |
| 8. St. Patrick (Chicago) | 1-0 | 40 | NR |
| 9. Sterling | 1-0 | 32 | 9 |
| 10. Morgan Park | 1-0 | 25 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Kaneland 12, Oak Park (Fenwick) 6, Glenbard South 6, Highland 4, Mascoutah 4, Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 1, Decatur MacArthur 1.
Class 4A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (tie) Joliet Catholic (6) | 1-0 | 114 | 2 |
| 1. (tie) Sacred Hear-Griffin (6) | 1-0 | 114 | 1 |
| 3. St. Francis | 1-0 | 92 | 4 |
| 4. Richmond-Burton | 1-0 | 74 | 5 |
| 5. Rochester | 0-1 | 62 | 3 |
| 6. Genoa-Kingston | 1-0 | 58 | 6 |
| 7. Stillman Valley | 1-0 | 47 | NR |
| 8. Wheaton Academy | 1-0 | 34 | 10 |
| 9. Breese Central | 1-0 | 20 | NR |
| 10. Carterville | 1-0 | 15 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Freeburg 6, Cahokia 6, Quincy Notre Dame 5, Chicago (Phillips) 5, Peoria Notre Dame 4, Coal City 3, St. Laurence 1.
Class 3A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. IC Catholic (10) | 1-0 | 127 | 2 |
| 2. Reed-Custer (2) | 1-0 | 108 | T3 |
| 3. Williamsville (1) | 1-0 | 101 | T3 |
| 4. Princeton | 1-0 | 86 | 6 |
| 5. Byron | 0-1 | 72 | 1 |
| 6. Mt. Carmel | 1-0 | 63 | 7 |
| 7. Eureka | 1-0 | 51 | 8 |
| 8. Fairbury Prairie Central | 1-0 | 49 | NR |
| 9. Durand-Pecatonica | 1-0 | 23 | NR |
| 10. Hillsboro | 1-0 | 9 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Tolono Unity 7, Peotone 6, St. Joseph-Ogden 6, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 5, Greenville 2.
Class 2A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Wilmington (10) | 1-0 | 118 | 1 |
| 2. Decatur St. Teresa (2) | 1-0 | 107 | 2 |
| 3. Downs Tri-Valley | 1-0 | 94 | 3 |
| 4. Maroa-Forsyth | 1-0 | 82 | 7 |
| 5. Nashville | 1-0 | 66 | 8 |
| 6. Bismarck-Henning | 1-0 | 51 | 10 |
| 7. Vandalia | 1-0 | 43 | NR |
| 8. Mercer County | 1-0 | 37 | NR |
| 9. Sterling Newman | 1-0 | 25 | NR |
| 10. Knoxville | 1-0 | 12 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Erie-Prophetstown 8, North-Mac 6, Breese Mater Dei 4, Pana 3, Farmington 2, Rockridge 1, Tremont 1.
Class 1A
| School | Record | Points | Prv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Lena-Winslow (12) | 1-0 | 121 | 1 |
| 2. Athens (1) | 1-0 | 113 | 2 |
| 2. Moweaqua Central A&M | 1-0 | 93 | 4 |
| 4. Colfax Ridgeview | 1-0 | 90 | 3 |
| 5. Forreston | 1-0 | 72 | 6 |
| 6. Camp Point Central | 1-0 | 69 | 10 |
| 7. Fulton | 1-0 | 42 | 8 |
| 8. Tuscola | 1-0 | 27 | NR |
| 9. Gilman Iroquois West | 1-0 | 26 | NR |
| 10. (tie) Jacksonville Routt | 1-0 | 12 | NR |
| 10. (tie) Hope Academy | 1-0 | 12 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Carrollton 10, Greenfield-Northwestern 7, Annawan-Wethersfield 6, Ottawa Marquette 5, St. Bede 5, Mt. Sterling (Brown County) 2, Catlin (Salt Fork) 2, Shelbyville 1.
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