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Beth Long’s Super 25 football rankings

By Beth Long

With record and last week’s ranking

1. Loyola (3-0) 1

Saturday vs. St. Francis

2. Homewood-Flossmoor (3-0) 3

Friday at Lockport

3. Mount Carmel (2-1) 2

Friday vs. DePaul Prep at Lane

4. Glenbard West (3-0) 4

Saturday vs. Downers Grove North

5. Brother Rice (3-0) 6

Friday vs. Montini

6. Neuqua Valley (3-0) 8

Friday vs. Wheaton-Warrenville South

7. Lincoln-Way East (2-1) 5

Friday at Bolingbrook

8. Marist (2-1) 9

Friday vs. Marian Central

9. Oak Park (3-0) 10

Friday vs. Proviso West

10. Bolingbrook (2-1) 11

Friday vs. Lincoln-Way East

11. Barrington (3-0) 19

Friday at Evanston

12. Lyons (3-0) 13

Friday vs. Leyden

13. Waubonsie Valley (2-1) 14

Friday at Naperville Central

14. Glenbard North (2-1) 16

Saturday at Thornton

15. Maine South (1-2) 7

Friday vs. Conant

16. Fenwick (3-0) 24

Friday at Leo

17. Batavia (3-0) 17

Friday vs. Elgin

18. Prairie Ridge (3-0) NR

Friday vs. Crystal Lake South

19. Palatine (3-0) 23

Friday at New Trier

20. Libertyville (2-1) 19

Friday vs. Waukegan

21. Oswego East (3-0) 21

Friday at Plainfield South

22. IC Catholic (3-0) 25

Friday vs. Chicago Christian

23. Lincoln-Way West (3-0) NR

Friday vs. Stagg

24. Stevenson (2-1) NR

Friday at Mundelein

25. Crete-Monee (1-2) 15

Friday vs. Kankakee

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