Week Seven Associated Press High School Football Rankings

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Published on October 12 2022 11:43 am
Last Updated on October 12 2022 12:06 pm
Written by Millie Lange

The seventh week of rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class by the Associared Press.

Class 1A

1. Lena-Winslow (7-0) beat 3A#RV Durand-Pecatonica, 44-18.

2. Colfax Ridgeview (7-0) beat 3A#8 Eureka, 21-7.

3. Camp Point Central (7-0) beat Beardstown, 36-28.

4. Chicago Hope Academy (7-0) beat Chicago Christ the King, 64-0.

5. Shelbyville (7-0) beat Okaw Valley, 46-14.

6. Peru St. Bede (6-1) lost to 3A#4 Princeton, 56-7.

7. Athens (6-1) beat New Berlin, 53-7. (Loss to 3A#3 Williamsville, 41-12).

8. Fulton (5-2) beat Forreston, 30-28. (Losses to 1A#1 Lena Winslow, 54-32 and Muskegon Catholic Central, 8-7).

9. Greenfield-Northwestern (7-0) beat Pleasant Hill, 42-0.

10. Ottawa Marquette (6-1) beat Walther Christian, 52-0. (Loss to 1A#4 Chicago Hope Academy, 40-25).

RECEIVING VOTES:

-- Tuscola (5-2) lost to 2A#1 Decatur St. Teresa, 38-7.

-- Annawan-Wethersfield (6-1) beat Stark County, 34-13. (Loss to 1A#10 Ottawa Marquette, 24-7).

 

Class 2A

1. Decatur St. Teresa (7-0) beat 1A#RV Tuscola, 38-7.

2. Maroa-Forsyth (7-0) beat 3A#3 Williamsville, 24-20.

3. Bismarck-Henning (7-0) beat Georgetown Ridge Farm, 59-0.

4. Virden North-Mac (7-0) beat Gillespie, 49-0.

5. Wilmington (6-1) beat Lisle, 39-6. (Loss to 3A#2 Reed-Custer, 50-5).

6. Rockridge (6-1) beat Sherrard, 35-21. (Loss to 3A#4 Princeton, 41-22).

7. Downs Tri-Valley (6-1) beat Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, 60-14. (Loss to 1A#2 Colfax Ridgeview, 21-16).

8. Carmi White County (7-0) beat Eldorado, 46-8.

9. Johnston City (7-0) beat Sesser Valier, 33-28.

10. Pana (6-1) beat Greenville, 55-19. (Lost to 2A#RV Vandalia, 34-10).

RECEIVING VOTES:

-- Vandalia (5-2) lost to Piasa Southwestern, 21-14.

-- Mercer County (5-2) lost to 3A#6 Fairbury Prairie Central, 53-6. (Other loss to 2A#RV Knoxville, 32-22).

-- Knoxville (5-2) beat Carthage Illini West, 34-0. (Losses to 1A#RV Annawan-Wethersfield, 27-19 and 3A#RV Durand-Pecatonica, 16-7).

-- Clifton Central (5-2) lost to Gilman Iroquois West, 39-32. (Other loss to 2A#3 Bismarck Henning, 43-7).

-- Nashville (5-2) beat Pinckneyville, 14-10. (Losses to 4A#7 Carterville, 28-7 and Freeburg, 38-20).

 

Class 3A

1. Elmhurst IC Catholic (6-1) beat Riverside-Brookfield, 48-14. (Loss to 4A#4 Joliet Catholic, 23-22).

2. Braidwood Reed-Custer (7-0) beat Streator, 73-14.

3. Williamsville (6-1) lost to 2A#2 Maroa-Forsyth, 24-20. 

4. Princeton (7-0) beat 1A#6 Peru St. Bede, 56-7.

5. Byron (6-1) beat Oregon, 48-6. (Loss to 4A#6 Stillman Valley, 15-7).

6. Fairbury Prairie Central (7-0) beat 2A#RV Mercer County, 53-0.

7. Mt. Carmel (7-0) beat Paris, 47-14.

8. Eureka (6-1) lost to 1A#2 Colfax Ridgeview, 21-7.

9. Seneca (7-0) beat Momence, 54-0.

10. Tolono Unity (6-1) beat Rantoul, 53-14. (Loss to 3A#6 Fairbury Prairie Central, 34-12).

RECEIVING VOTES:

-- Durand-Pecatonica (5-2) lost to 1A#1 Lena Winslow, 44-18. (Other loss to 1A#8 Fulton, 31-22).

 

Class 4A

1t. Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin (7-0) beat 6A#6 Chatham Glenwood, 49-0.

1t. Richmond-Burton (7-0) beat Johnsburg, 42-14.

3. Wheaton St. Francis (7-0) beat Kankakee Bishop McNamara, 83-0.

4. Joliet Catholic (5-2) lost to 7A#RV Chicago Brother Rice, 31-24. (Other loss to 6A#5 Crete-Monee, 48-42).

5. Rochester (6-1) beat Normal U-High, 56-14. (Loss to 4A#1t Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin, 62-27).

6. Stillman Valley (7-0) beat Winnebago, 28-14.

7. Carterville (7-0) beat Madison, 45-19.

8. Macomb (7-0) beat Lewistown, 58-14.

9. Genoa-Kingston (5-2) lost to Dixon, 21-13. (Other loss to 3A#5 Byron, 35-15).

10. Wheaton Academy (6-1) beat Elgin St. Edward, 38-7. (Loss to 3A#1 Elmhurst IC Catholic, 42-20).

RECEIVING VOTES:

-- Breese Central (6-1) beat Roxana, 20-13. (Loss to Breese Mater Dei, 27-14).

-- Coal City (5-2) beat Peotone, 28-14. (Loss to 5A#6 Morris, 49-10 and 2A#5 Wilmington, 17-7).

-- Murphysboro (6-1) beat Harrisburg, 32-21. (Loss to 4A#7 Carterville, 49-28).

Class 5A

1. Kankakee (6-1) beat Chicago Heights Bloom, 34-6. (Loss to 5A#RV LaGrange Park Nazareth, 2-0).

2. Sycamore (7-0) beat Woodstock North, 48-15.

3. Mahomet-Seymour (7-0) beat Taylorville, 58-6.

4. Peoria High (7-0) beat Bloomington, 54-0.

5. Chicago Morgan Park (7-0) beat Chicago Brooks, 52-0.

6. Morris (6-1) beat Woodstock, 61-0. (Loss to 4A#1t Richmond-Burton, 31-7).

7. Highland (6-1) beat Waterloo, 49-10. (Loss to 8A#9 Edwardsville, 31-28).

8. Sterling (6-1) beat Rock Island, 56-19. (Loss to 4A#3 Wheaton St. Francis, 35-27).

9. Rockford Boylan (6-1) beat Machesney Park Harlem, 49-14. (Loss to 6A#8 Belvidere North, 31-28).

10. Glenbard South (6-1) beat West Chicago, 41-8. (Loss to 8A#10 South Elgin, 49-27).

RECEIVING VOTES:

-- Chicago St. Patrick (4-3) lost to Oak Park Fenwick, 36-27. (Other losses to 6A#9 Niles Notre Dame, 35-14 and 7A#4 Chicago St. Rita, 27-0).

-- Mount Vernon (3-4) lost to Cahokia, 32-26. (Other losses to Mascoutah, 43-36, Belleville Althoff by forfeit, Troy Triad by forfeit).

-- New Lenox Providence (4-3) lost to 8A#1 Loyola, 34-22. (Other losses to 7A#7 Wheaton North, 28-0 and 4A#4 Joliet Catholic, 49-41).

-- LaGrange Park Nazareth (3-4) beat Chicago Leo, 42-6. (Losses to 6A#3 Lemont, 24-17 and 8A#RV Chicago Marist, 31-3 and 6A#9 Niles Notre Dame, 22-17 amd 7A #4 Chicago St. Rita, 33-10).

-- Centralia (5-2) lost to Marion, 32-31. (Other loss to Mascoutah, 37-28).

 

Class 6A

1. East St. Louis (5-2) beat Alton, 80-0. (Losses to the nationally-ranked pair of Baltimore St. Francis (Md.), 20-13 and Fairburn Creekside (Ga.), 10-8).

2. Chicago Simeon (7-0) beat 6A#RV Chicago Kenwood, 29-0.

3. Lemont (7-0) beat Oak Lawn Richards, 68-30.

4. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge (6-1) beat Carpentersville Dundee-Crown, 35-14. (Loss to 7A#8 Algonquin Jacobs, 42-35).

5. Crete-Monee (5-2) beat Rich Township, 30-26. (Losses to 8A#2 Lincoln-Way East, 41-15 and Merrillville Andrean (Ind.), 30-28).

6. Chatham Glenwood (5-2) lost to 4A#1t Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin, 49-0. (Other loss to 4A#5 Rochester, 27-14).

7. Wauconda (7-0) beat Lake Villa Lakes, 54-7.

8. Belvidere North (7-0) beat 7A#RV Rockton Hononegah, 27-17.

9. Niles Notre Dame (5-2) beat Chicago DePaul, 33-7. (Losses to 7A#1 Chicago Mt. Carmel, 42-0 and 6A#RV Lisle Benet, 21-14).

10. Normal West (6-1) beat Quincy Notre Dame, 17-0. (Loss to 4A#1t Richmond-Burton, 33-26).

RECEIVING VOTES:

-- Champaign Centennial (7-0) beat Peoria Notre Dame, 28-20.

-- Chicago St. Ignatius (5-2) beat Arlington Heights St. Viator, 50-20. (Losses to 5A#HM Chicago St. Patrick, 19-14 and 7A#1 Chicago Mt. Carmel, 41-17).

-- Chicago Kenwood (4-3) lost to 6A#2 Chicago Simeon, 29-0. (Other losses to 5A#5 Chicago Morgan Park, 22-13 and Glenbard North, 21-18).

-- Lisle Benet (4-3) beat South Bend St. Joseph (Ind.), 7-0. (Losses to 7A#RV Chicago Brother, 13-10 and 7A#4 Chicago St. Rita, 41-12 and Noblesville (Ind.), 21-13

Class 7A

1. Chicago Mt. Carmel (7-0) beat Burbank St. Laurence, 42-0.

2. Arlington Heights Hersey (7-0) beat Wheeling, 49-0.

3. Mount Prospect (6-1) beat Buffalo Grove, 55-27. (Loss to 7A#2 Arlington Heights Hersey, 41-34).

4. Chicago St. Rita (5-2) beat Woodstock Marian, 52-19. (Losses to 8A#1 Loyola, 34-14 and 7A#1 Chicago Mt. Carmel, 35-3).

5. St. Charles North (6-1) beat St. Charles East, 38-7. (Loss to 8A#RV Palatine, 26-14).

6. Pekin (7-0) beat Canton, 63-18.

7. Wheaton North (6-1) beat Wheaton Warrenville South, 8-7. (Loss to 7A#5 St. Charles North, 22-21).

8. Algonquin Jacobs (6-1) beat Cary-Grove, 41-7. (Loss to Huntley, 37-20).

9. Batavia (5-2) beat 7A#RV Geneva, 33-7. (Losses to 8A#2 Lincoln-Way East, 31-16 and 7A#7 Wheaton North, 27-24).

10. Lake Zurich (6-1) beat Lake Forest, 14-6. (Loss to 7A#5 St. Charles North, 21-10).

RECEIVING VOTES:

-- Downers North (5-2) lost to 8A#4 Glenbard West, 28-21. (Other loss to 8A#3 Elmhurst York, 24-17).

-- Geneva (5-2) lost to 7A#9 Batavia, 33-7. (Other loss to 7A#5 St. Charles North, 35-20).

-- Rockton Hononegah (5-2) lost to 6A#8 Belvidere North, 27-17. (Other loss to 5A#9 Rockford Boylan, 33-13).

-- Chicago Brother Rice (4-3) beat 4A#4 Joliet Catholic, 31-24. (Losses to 8A#1 Loyola, 57-21 and 7A#1 Chicago Mt. Carmel, 28-21 and 8A#4 Chicago St. Rita, 17-12).

 

Class 8A

1. Wilmette Loyola (7-0) beat 5A#RV New Lenox Providence, 34-22.

2. Lincoln-Way East (7-0) beat Homewood-Flossmoor, 52-14.

3. Elmhurst York (7-0) beat Hinsdale Central, 31-7.

4. Glenbard West (6-1) beat 7A#RV Downers North, 28-21. (Loss to 8A#3 Elmhurst York, 17-13).

5. Gurnee Warren (6-1) beat Waukegan, 47-0. (Loss to 7A#10 Lake Zurich, 23-14).

6. O'Fallon (6-1) beat Belleville West, 49-8. (Loss to 6A#1 East St. Louis, 60-21).

7. Maine South (5-2) beat Niles West, 45-7. (Losses to 8A#5 Gurnee Warren, 19-17 and 7A#3 Mount Prospect, 42-41).

8. Naperville Neuqua Valley (6-1) beat Aurora Waubonsie Valley, 28-0. (Loss to Wheaton Warrenville South, 10-7).

9. Edwardsville (6-1) beat Belleville East, 28-27. (Loss to 8A#6 O'Fallon, 32-31).

10. South Elgin (7-0) beat Elgin, 49-25.

RECEIVING VOTES:

-- Plainfield North (7-0) beat Minooka, 22-21.

-- Glenbrook South (6-1) beat Winnetka New Trier, 24-7. (Loss to 8A#7 Maine South, 23-16).

-- Bolingbrook (4-3) lost to Lockport, 34-33. (Other losses to 8A#2 Lincoln-Way East, 42-32 and 6A#2 Chicago Simeon, 35-31).

-- Chicago Marist (4-3) beat Lombard Montini, 37-7. (Losses to 8A#1 Loyola, 28-17 and 8A#4 Glenbard West, 33-31 and 7A#1 Chicago Mt. Carmel, 42-7).

-- Palatine (6-1) beat Barrington, 41-14. (Loss to 8A#RV Glenbrook South, 43-42).