Highland cracks AP Top 10 state football rankings; metro-east well-represented again
After spending nearly all of last season in the Associated Press Top 10 state football rankings, the Highland Bulldogs are back again in 2015.
Highland (3-0) cracked the Class 5A Top 10 at No. 10, one spot behind Mississippi Valley Conference rival Triad (3-0).
Edwardsville (3-0) moved down one spot from fifth to sixth in Class 8A despite remaining unbeaten, while East St. Louis (2-1) held on to the No. 4 slot in Class 7A.
Four metro-east teams in the Class 4A rankings were led by No. 4 Althoff (3-0). Also in the Top 10 was No. 8 Columbia (3-0), while Central (3-0) came in at No. 13 and Mater Dei (1-2) was 20th.
Nashville (3-0) moved up to fifth in Class 2A while River-to-River Conference rival Sparta (3-0) enjoyed a little love from the statewide panel of voters, coming in at No. 16.
Illinois High School Football
AP Top 10 State Rankings
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. Homewood-Flossmoor (9) (3-0) 99 1
2. Loyola (1) (3-0) 90 2
3. Naperville Central (3-0) 78 3
4. Stevenson (2-1) 63 4
5. Barrington (3-0) 56 T5
6. Edwardsville (3-0) 54 5
7. Hinsdale Central (3-0) 39 7
8. Oak Park River Forest (3-0) 31 8
9. New Trier (3-0) 17 10
10. Lyons (3-0) 7 NR
Others receiving votes: Naperville Neuqua Valley 6, Niles Notre Dame 5, Maine South 3, Brother Rice 1, Oswego 1.
Class 7A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Glenbard West (8) (3-0) 107 1
2. Chicago Mt. Carmel (3) (3-0) 101 2
3. Libertyville (3-0) 86 3
4. East St. Louis (2-1) 72 4
5. Normal (3-0) 62 6
6. Batavia (3-0) 50 8
(tie)Lincoln-Way East (2-1) 50 7
8. Simeon (1-2) 22 5
9. Machesney Park Harlem (3-0) 13 NR
(tie) Geneva (3-0) 13 NR
Others receiving votes: Glenbard North 6, Benet 5, Glenbrook North 4, Jacobs 4, Hononegah 3, Rockford Auburn 3, St. Charles North 2, Wheaton Warrenville South 1, Bradley-Bourbonnais 1. <
Class 6A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (9) (3-0) 108 1
2. Montini (2) (3-0) 101 2
3. Cary-Grove (3-0) 88 3
4. Hinsdale South (2-1) 66 8
5. Belvidere North (3-0) 52 NR
6. Prairie Ridge (2-1) 44 NR
7. Lincoln Way North (3-0) 32 N
8. Oak Lawn Richards (1-2) 22 NR
9. Providence (0-3) 15 7
(tie) Lemont (2-1) 15 4
Others receiving votes: Lake Forest 14, Chatham Glenwood 11, Oak Forest 6, Crete-Monee 5, Rock Island 5, Reavis 4, Crystal Lake South 3, Quincy 3, Champaign Centennial 2, Riverside-Brookfield 2, Grayslake North 2, Crystal Lake Central 1, Ottawa 1.
Class 5A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Nazareth (10) (3-0) 109 1
2. Joliet Catholic (1) (3-0) 100 2
3. St. Francis (3-0) 83 3
4. Peoria Central (3-0) 69 5
5. Metamora (3-0) 66 4
6. Peoria Notre Dame (3-0) 53 6
7. Lincoln Way West (3-0) 38 7
8. Sterling (3-0) 27 8
9. Triad (3-0) 15 9
10. Highland (3-0) 12 NR
Others receiving votes: Washington 10, Centralia 7, Belvidere 5, Sycamore 5, Normal University 4, Woodstock Marian 2.
Class 4A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Rochester (13) (3-0) 147 1
2. Phillips (3-0) 132 2
3. Rockford Lutheran (1) (3-0) 122 3
4. Althoff (1) (3-0) 105 4
5. Geneseo (3-0) 90 5
6. Murphysboro (3-0) 54 7
7. Herrin (3-0) 53 6
8. Columbia (3-0) 42 8
9. Manteno (3-0) 32 10
10. Mt. Zion (3-0) 12 NR
Others receiving votes: Richmond-Burton 6, Rock Island Alleman 6, Central 5, Morris 5, Johnsburg 4, Coal City 3, Taylorville 2, Canton 1, Marengo 1, Mater Dei 1, Quincy Notre Dame 1, Plano 1.
Class 3A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Sterling Newman (10) (3-0) 126 1
2. Wilmington (3) (3-0) 118 2
3. Bishop McNamara (3-0) 101 4
4. St. Joseph-Ogden (3-0) 87 5
5. Tolono Unity (3-0) 78 6
6. Monticello (3-0) 45 8
7. Bloomington Central Catholic (2-1) 44 7
8. North-Mac (3-0) 34 NR
9. Aurora Christian (3-0) 31 9
10. Erie-Prophetstown (2-1) 19 10
Others receiving votes: Williamsville 13, Newton 12, Marshall 4, Byron 3.
Class 2A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Tuscola (11) (3-0) 122 1
2. Hall (2) (3-0) 114 2
3. Downs Tri-Valley (3-0) 106 3
4. Maroa-Forsyth (3-0) 95 4
5. Nashville (3-0) 71 5
6. Orion (3-0) 50 9
7. Rockridge (1-2) 49 7
8. Chester (3-0) 44 8
9. Fieldcrest (2-1) 13 NR
10. Auburn (1-2) 11 NR
(tie) Pana (3-0) 11 NR
Others receiving votes: Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 6, Athens 5, El Paso-Gridley 5, Shelbyville 4, Sparta 3, IC Catholic 2, Johnston City 2, Lawrenceville 1, Sullivan 1.
Class 1A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Lena-Winslow (12) (3-0) 128 1
2. Dakota (1) (3-0) 115 3
3. Arcola (3-0) 100 T3
4. Stark County (3-0) 90 5
5. Annawan Wethersfield (3-0) 63 7
6. Polo (3-0) 53 9
7. Mt. Sterling (Brown County) (3-0) 47 8
8. Galena (2-1) 47 6
9. Forreston (2-1) 32 2
10. Winchester West Central (3-0) 16 NR
Others receiving votes: Ottawa Marquette 13, Decatur St. Teresa 4, Carrollton 4, Chicago Hope Academy 1, South Fulton 1, Stockton 1.
This story was originally published September 15, 2015 at 4:42 PM with the headline "Highland cracks AP Top 10 state football rankings; metro-east well-represented again."