Beth Long’s Super 25 football rankings

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Lincoln-Way East’s Jeremy Nelson (11) catches a pass down the sideline against Bolingbrook. Worsom Robinson/ For the Sun-Times.

With record and previous ranking

1. Loyola (9-0) 1

8A: vs. O’Fallon

2. Homewood-Flossmoor (9-0) 2

8A: vs. Evanston

3. Hinsdale Central (9-0) 5

8A: vs. Waubonsie Valley

4. Palatine (9-0) 6

8A: vs. Notre Dame

5. Brother Rice (8-1) 3

8A: vs. Fremd

6. Prairie Ridge (9-0) 7

6A: vs. Deerfield

7. Bradley-Bourbonnais (9-0) NR

7A: vs. Libertyville

8. Lemont (9-0) 9

6A: vs. Oak Forest

9. Neuqua Valley (8-1) 4

8A: vs. No. 13 Glenbard West

10. Marist (8-1) 8

8A: vs. New Trier

11. Oswego (9-0) 13

8A: vs. Joliet West

12. St. Charles East (9-0) 14

8A: vs. Lockport

13. Glenbard West (7-2) 10

8A: at No. 9 Neuqua Valley

14. Oak Park (7-2) 11

8A: at Edwardsville

15. Barrington (8-1) 13

8A: vs. Leyden

16. Naperville North (8-1) 15

8A: vs. No.21 Lyons

17. IC Catholic (9-0) 21

3A: vs. St. Joseph-Ogden

18. Rolling Meadows (9-0) 22

8A: vs. Thornwood

19. West Aurora (9-0) 23

8A: vs. Maine South

20. Lincoln-Way East (7-2) 16

8A: at Taft

21. Lyons (7-2) 17

8A: at No. 16 Naperville North

22. Fenwick (8-1) 18

7A: vs. Rockton Hononegah

23. Oswego East (8-1) 20

8A: vs. Curie

24. Stevenson (8-1) 24

8A: vs. Huntley

25. Phillips (8-1) 25

4A: vs. Kewanee

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