These are the best high school football teams in the metro-east this week
The Belleville News-Democrat high school football polls are voted on by area coaches and BND sports staff.
The large school poll is selected from teams in Illinois classes 5-8A. The BND Small School poll is made up of teams in class 4A and below. First place votes are in parenthesis.
BND FOOTBALL POLLS
Large school rankings (Class 5A-8A)
Rank | Team | W-L |
1. | East St. Louis (5) | 2-1 |
2. | Highland | 3-0 |
3. | Belleville West | 2-1 |
4. | Triad | 3-0 |
5. | Granite City | 2-1 |
Also receiving votes: Edwardsville (0-3), Belleville East (1-2), Alton (2-1), Mascoutah (1-2), Waterloo (1-2)
Small school rankings (Class 1A-2A)
Rank | Team | W-L |
1. | Althoff (5) | 3-0 |
2. | Columbia | 2-1 |
3. | Central | 3-0 |
4. | Wesclin | 3-0 |
5. | Carlyle | 3-0 |
Also receiving votes: Mater Dei (1-2), Red Bud (1-2), Marquette (3-0), Nashville (1-2), Wood River (2-1), Freeburg (1-2)
This story was originally published September 11, 2017 at 2:32 PM with the headline "These are the best high school football teams in the metro-east this week."