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Check out the final Illinois high school football state rankings and poll for 2023

Peoria Journal Star
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Final Illinois high school football poll

Here are the final state rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class for the 2023 regular season, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters. Teams are listed with first-place votes and total points.

These rankings were released on Oct. 25, 2023.

Class 8A

  1. Wilmette Loyola (11) (9-0) 110 1

  2. Frankfort Lincoln-Way East (9-0) 99 2

  3. Barrington (9-0) 88 3

  4. Park Ridge Maine South (8-1) 73 4

  5. Elmhurst York (8-1) 58 6

  6. Edwardsville (8-1) 38 7(7A)

  7. Huntley (8-1) 35 7

  8. Glen Ellyn Glenbard West (7-2) 31 8

  9. Gurnee Warren (7-2) 24 9

  10. South Elgin (8-1) 17 10

Others receiving votes: Naperville Central 11, Joliet West 9, Minooka 6, Belleville East 2, Naperville Neuqua Valley 1, Palatine 1, Chicago St. Ignatius 1, Lincolnshire Stevenson 1.

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Class 7A

  1. Chicago Mt. Carmel (9) (8-1) 105 1

  2. Arlington Heights Hersey (2) (9-0) 95 2

  3. Batavia (8-1) 85 4

  4. Normal Community (9-0) 82 3

  5. Quincy (9-0) 64 5

  6. Rockton Hononegah (9-0) 41 6

  7. New Lenox Lincoln-Way Central (8-1) 32 8

  8. New Lenox Lincoln-Way West (7-2) 25 NR

  9. Des Planes Maine West (9-0) 24 9

  10. Downers Grove North (7-2) 11 NR

  11. (tie) Glenbard East (8-1) 11 NR

Others receiving votes: Mount Prospect 7, St. Charles North 7, Yorkville 5, Chicago St. Rita 4, Chicago Kenwood 2, Bradley-Bourbonnais 2, Chicago Brother Rice 2, Chicago Lincoln Park 1.

Class 6A

  1. East St. Louis (9) (7-2) 107 1

  2. Kankakee (2) (9-0) 97 2

  3. Washington (8-1) 82 3

  4. Lake Zurich (8-1) 79 4

  5. Cary-Grove (7-2) 68 5

  6. Geneva (7-2) 60 6

  7. Normal West (7-2) 32 7

  8. Oak Lawn Richards (7-2) 20 NR

  9. Belvidere North (7-2) 19 9

  10. tie-Wauconda (7-2) 14 NR

  11. tie-Crete-Monee (6-3) 14 8

Others receiving votes: Chatham Glenwood 5, Maple Park Kaneland 3, Lemont 2, Lake View 2, Chicago Simeon 1.

Class 5A

  1. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge (9) (9-0) 90 1

  2. Morris (9-0) 78 2(4A)

  3. Mundelein Carmel (8-1) 74 3

  4. Chicago Morgan Park (8-1) 52 4

  5. Sycamore (8-1) 45 2

  6. Wheaton St. Francis (7-2) 43 6

  7. Antioch (1) (9-0) 40 7

  8. Peoria High (7-2) 29 8

  9. Morton (8-1) 25 5

  10. Joliet Catholic (6-3) 20 9

Others receiving votes: Glen Ellyn Glenbard South 10, Highland 9, Mahomet-Seymour 9, Decatur MacArthur 5, Thornton Fractional North 5, New Lenox Providence 5, LaGrange Park Nazareth 4, Chicago Payton 3, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin Springfield 2, Rochelle 2.

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Class 4A

  1. Rochester (10) (9-0) 100 1

  2. Elmhurst IC Catholic (7-2) 78 4

  3. Rockford Boylan (8-1) 66 6

  4. West Chicago Wheaton Academy (8-1) 58 7

  5. Richmond-Burton (7-2) 52 5

  6. Murphysboro (8-1) 49 3

  7. Burbank St. Laurence (6-3) 35 8

  8. Dixon (8-1) 34 9

  9. Kewanee (8-1) 20 10

  10. Breese Central (7-2) 16 NR

Others receiving votes: Coal City 12, Carterville 10, Arlington Heights St. Viator 9, Mt. Zion 6, Cahokia 2, Geneseo 1, Normal University 1, Chicago Phillips 1.

Class 3A

  1. Byron (10) (9-0) 100 1

  2. Princeton (8-1) 86 2

  3. Roxana (9-0) 68 4

  4. DuQuoin (9-0) 61 5

  5. Lombard Montini (6-3) 56 9

  6. Greenville (9-0) 39 6

  7. Williamsville (7-2) 31 10

  8. Mt. Carmel (8-1) 30 NR

  9. St. Joseph-Ogden (7-2) 29 8

  10. Durand-Pecatonica (7-2) 27 7

Others receiving votes: Stanford Olympia 14, Tolono Unity 8, Sullivan 1.

Class 2A

  1. Maroa-Forsyth (10) (9-0) 100 1

  2. Bloomington Central Catholic (9-0) 81 3

  3. Downs Tri-Valley (9-0) 75 2

  4. Seneca (9-0) 59 4

  5. Wilmington (8-1) 57 3(3A)

  6. Taylor Ridge Rockridge (8-1) 43 6

  7. Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond (9-0) 28 8

  8. Athens (7-2) 28 7

  9. Shelbyville (8-1) 18 5

  10. Momence (8-1) 15 T9

Others receiving votes: Farmington 13, Johnston City 11, Westville 11, Lawrenceville 6, Bismarck-Henning 3, Nashville 1, Knoxville 1.

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Class 1A

  1. Lena-Winslow (10) (9-0) 100 1

  2. Camp Point Central (9-0) 82 2

  3. Belleville Althoff (8-1) 77 3

  4. Greenfield-Northwestern (9-0) 63 4

  5. Chicago Hope Academy (8-1) 38 7

  6. tie-Toulon Stark County (9-0) 35 5

  7. tie-Morrison (8-1) 35 6

  8. Annawan/Kewanee Wethersfield (8-1) 33 9

  9. Sesser-Valier (9-0) 28 10

  10. Aurora Christian (7-2) 25 NR

Others receiving votes: Forreston 17, Sterling Newman 12, Fulton 4, Casey-Westfield 1.

This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Updated Illinois state high school football rankings for all classes