Week 4 high school football poll released. Where do metro-east teams rank?
Here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters:
Class 8A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Loyola (11) | (3-0) | 110 | 1 |
| 2. Lincoln-Way East | (3-0) | 98 | 2 |
| 3. Gurnee Warren | (3-0) | 81 | 4 |
| 4. Glenbard West | (3-0) | 78 | 3 |
| 5. Naperville North | (3-0) | 57 | 5 |
| 6. O’Fallon | (3-0) | 48 | 6 |
| 7. Maine South | (2-1) | 35 | 7 |
| 8. Chicago (Marist) | (2-1) | 23 | 8 |
| 9. Edwardsville | (3-0) | 15 | 9 |
| 10. Lockport | (3-0) | 14 | NR |
Others receiving votes: York 13, Bolingbrook 10, Glenbard East 7, Palatine 7, Glenbrook South 4, Lyons 3, South Elgin 1, Naperville Neuqua Valley 1.
Class 7A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Chicago Mt. Carmel (11) | (3-0) | 110 | 1 |
| 2. Prospect | (3-0) | 94 | 2 |
| 3. Wheaton North | (3-0) | 90 | 7 |
| 4. Jacobs | (3-0) | 71 | 5 |
| 5. Chicago (St. Rita) | (1-2) | 43 | 4 |
| 6. Pekin | (3-0) | 38 | 9 |
| 7. Batavia | (1-2) | 34 | 3 |
| 8. Geneva | (3-0) | 31 | NR |
| 9. Hersey | (3-0) | 26 | NR |
| 10. Hononegah | (3-0) | 23 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Yorkville 16, Brother Rice 14, Downers North 10, Glenbard North 4, Wheaton Warrenville South 1.
Class 6A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. East St. Louis (10) | (1-2) | 106 | 1 |
| 2. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge (2) | (3-0) | 104 | 2 |
| 3. Chicago (Simeon) | (3-0) | 95 | 4 |
| 4. Lemont | (3-0) | 90 | 3 |
| 5. Crete-Monee | (2-1) | 63 | 6 |
| 6. Chatham Glenwood | (3-0) | 53 | 7 |
| 7. Niles Notre Dame | (2-1) | 32 | 5 |
| 8. Kenwood | (2-1) | 29 | 8 |
| 9. Normal West | (3-0) | 25 | NR |
| 10. Cary-Grove | (2-1) | 23 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Carmel 20, Wauconda 7, Crystal Lake South 5, Machesney Park Harlem 5, Chicago (St. Ignatius) 3.
Class 5A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Morris (5) | (3-0) | 106 | 3 |
| 2. Kankakee (5) | (2-1) | 101 | 2 |
| 3. Mahomet-Seymour (1) | (3-0) | 91 | 4 |
| 4. Sycamore | (3-0) | 77 | 5 |
| 5. LaGrange Park (Nazareth) (1) | (1-2) | 72 | 1 |
| 6. Peoria | (3-0) | 67 | 6 |
| 7. Chicago (Morgan Park) | (3-0) | 43 | 8 |
| 8. Glenbard South | (3-0) | 29 | 9 |
| 9. Mascoutah | (3-0) | 27 | 10 |
| 10. Highland | (2-1) | 13 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Chicago (St. Patrick) 10, St. Viator 8, Sterling 6, Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 5, Rockford Boylan 3, Centralia 2.
Class 4A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Joliet Catholic (6) | (3-0) | 114 | 2 |
| (tie) Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (6) | (3-0) | 114 | 1 |
| 3. St. Francis | (3-0) | 94 | 3 |
| 4. Richmond-Burton | (3-0) | 81 | 4 |
| 5. Rochester | (2-1) | 65 | 5 |
| 6. Stillman Valley | (3-0) | 59 | 6 |
| 7. Genoa-Kingston | (3-0) | 50 | 7 |
| 8. Wheaton Academy | (3-0) | 39 | 8 |
| 9. Carterville | (3-0) | 25 | 9 |
| 10. Freeburg | (3-0) | 16 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Macomb 2, St. Laurence 1.
Class 3A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. IC Catholic (10) | (2-1) | 118 | 1 |
| 2. Williamsville (1) | (3-0) | 102 | 2 |
| 3. Reed-Custer (1) | (3-0) | 94 | 3 |
| 4. Princeton | (3-0) | 84 | 4 |
| 5. Byron | (2-1) | 70 | 5 |
| 6. Mt. Carmel | (3-0) | 58 | 6 |
| 7. Fairbury Prairie Central | (3-0) | 47 | 7 |
| 8. Eureka | (3-0) | 38 | 8 |
| 9. Peotone | (3-0) | 15 | T10 |
| 10. Tolono Unity | (2-1) | 13 | T10 |
Others receiving votes: Montini 10, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 7, Seneca 2, Elmwood-Brimfield 1, Durand-Pecatonica 1.
Class 2A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Wilmington (10) | (3-0) | 118 | 1 |
| 2. Decatur St. Teresa (2) | (3-0) | 110 | 2 |
| 3. Maroa-Forsyth | (3-0) | 95 | 4 |
| 4. Bismarck-Henning | (3-0) | 81 | 5 |
| 5. North-Mac | (3-0) | 70 | 8 |
| 6. Knoxville | (3-0) | 59 | 7 |
| 7. Rockridge | (2-1) | 37 | 9 |
| 8. Downs Tri-Valley | (2-1) | 26 | 3 |
| 9. Pana | (2-1) | 14 | 10 |
| 10. Johnston City | (3-0) | 13 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Vandalia 11, Nashville 9, Carmi White County 7, Mercer County 5, El Paso-Gridley 4, Flora 1.
Class 1A
| School | W-L | Pts | Prv |
| 1. Lena-Winslow (12) | (3-0) | 128 | 1 |
| 2. Athens (1) | (3-0) | 108 | 2 |
| 3. Colfax Ridgeview | (4-0) | 97 | 4 |
| 4. Fulton | (3-0) | 84 | 6 |
| 5. Camp Point Central | (3-0) | 76 | 5 |
| 6. Hope Academy | (3-0) | 53 | 9 |
| 7. Tuscola | (3-0) | 29 | 7 |
| 8. Forreston | (2-1) | 26 | 8 |
| 8. Gilman Iroquois West | (3-0) | 26 | 10 |
| 10. Moweaqua Central A&M | (2-1) | 21 | 3 |
Others receiving votes: Jacksonville Routt 15, St. Bede 15, Greenfield-Northwestern 15, Ottawa Marquette 8, Annawan-Wethersfield 7, Mt. Sterling (Brown County) 6, Shelbyville 1.
This story was originally published September 14, 2022 at 4:46 PM.