Week 8 Associated Press state football rankings

Class 8A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Loyola (9) (7-0) 90 1

2. Brother Rice (7-0) 80 T2

3. Homewood-Flossmoor (7-0) 71 T2

4. Neuqua Valley (7-0) 57 4

5. Palatine (7-0) 53 5

6. Barrington (7-0) 37 6

7. Hinsdale Central (7-0) 35 10

8. Lincoln-Way East (6-1) 31 7

9. Edwardsville (6-1) 11 NR

10. Lyons (6-1) 6 8

(tie)St. Charles East (7-0) 6 NR

Others receiving votes: Glenbard West 5, Stevenson 4, Marist 3, Naperville North 3, Oswego 3.

Class 7A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. East St. Louis (9) (7-0) 98 1

2. Bradley-Bourbonnais (1) (7-0) 82 2

3. Fenwick (6-1) 75 3

4. St. Charles North (6-1) 63 4

5. Benet (6-1) 60 5

6. Batavia (6-1) 49 6

7. Rolling Meadows (7-0) 45 8

8. Normal (6-1) 43 7

9. Mount Carmel (4-3) 18 9

10. Glenbrook North (7-0) 8 NR

Others receiving votes: Lincoln-Way West 4, Highland Park 2, Lake Zurich 1, Machesney Park Harlem 1, St. Rita 1.

Class 6A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Spr) (8) (7-0) 88 1

2. Prairie Ridge (1) (7-0) 82 2

3. Cary-Grove (6-1) 66 3

4. Lemont (7-0) 65 4

5. Rockford Auburn (6-1) 44 8

6. DeKalb (6-1) 36 9

7. Crete-Monee (5-2) 29 10

8. Danville (6-1) 23 6

9. Rockford Boylan (6-1) 13 5

10. Quincy (6-1) 12 NR

Others receiving votes: Antioch 10, St. Laurence 7, Reavis 6, Marmion 6, Montini 3, Richards 2, Grayslake North 2, Rock Island 1.

Class 5A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Peoria Central (9) (7-0) 107 1

2. Sterling (2) (7-0) 101 2

3. Highland (6-1) 70 7

4. Peoria Notre Dame (5-2) 56 3

5. Rochelle (5-2) 55 4

6. Washington (5-2) 45 T8

7. Decatur Eisenhower (6-1) 40 T8

8. Morris (5-2) 35 NR

9. Metamora (5-2) 26 5

10. Centralia (5-2) 15 6

Others receiving votes: Morgan Park 14, Thornridge 9, Solorio 7, Triad 6, Woodstock Marian 6, Glenbard South 4, Hillcrest 3, Marion 2, Vernon Hills 2, Sycamore 1, Belvidere 1.

Class 4A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Althoff Catholic (10) (7-0) 109 1

2. Phillips (6-1) 101 3

3. Johnsburg (1) (7-0) 95 4

4. Rochester (1) (6-1) 83 2

5. Columbia (7-0) 73 5

6. Genoa-Kingston (7-0) 57 6

7. Mt. Zion (6-1) 41 9

8. Canton (6-1) 35 10

9. Aurora Central Catholic (6-1) 23 7

10. Richmond-Burton (5-2) 16 NR

Others receiving votes: Plano 10, Geneseo 6, Herrin 5, Rockford Lutheran 4, Taylorville 2.

Class 3A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. IC Catholic (12) (7-0) 120 1

2. Wilmington (7-0) 102 2

3. Monticello (7-0) 86 3

4. Byron (7-0) 77 4

5. North-Mac (7-0) 62 T6

6. Herscher (7-0) 58 T6

7. Newton (7-0) 56 5

8. Pana (7-0) 38 9

9. Bloomington Central Catholic (6-1) 20 NR

10. Mt. Carmel (7-0) 11 NR

Others receiving votes: Breese Central 8, Williamsville 7, Farmington 6, Westville 4, Elmwood-Brimfield 4, Carlinville 1.

Class 2A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Downs Tri-Valley (11) (7-0) 119 1

2. Deer Creek-Mackinaw (1) (7-0) 104 2

3. Sterling Newman (7-0) 96 3

4. Mendon Unity (7-0) 80 4

5. Eastland-Pearl City (7-0) 72 5

6. Maroa-Forsyth (6-1) 55 6

7. Hamilton West Hancock (7-0) 37 8

8. Fulton (5-2) 35 7

9. Wethersfield (6-1) 33 10

10. Red Bud (6-1) 12 NR

Others receiving votes: St. Bede 5, Eldorado 3, Carmi White County 3, Chicago (Hope) Academy 3, Orion 2, Bismarck-Henning 1.

Class 1A

School W-L Pts Prv

1. Forreston (6) (7-0) 101 3

2. Tuscola (4) (7-0) 98 4

3. Ottawa Marquette (1) (7-0) 83 2

4. Stockton (7-0) 78 5

5. Argenta-Oreana (7-0) 63 7

6. Decatur St. Teresa (6-1) 59 1

7. Aquin (7-0) 40 9

8. Lena-Winslow (5-2) 36 6

9. Athens (5-2) 12 8

10. Mt. Sterling (Brown County) (5-2) 8 10

(tie)Decatur Lutheran (LSA) (6-1) 8 NR

Others receiving votes: Bureau Valley 6, Arcola 4, Camp Point Central 4, Kirkland Hiawatha 3, Carrollton 1, Stark County 1.