...in Illinois high school football continue to dwindle. With Schaumburg (7-1) losing to Fremd (6-2) and Kaneland (7-1) falling to Sycamore (8-0), above, here's what we are left with entering Week Nine:
8A: Loyola and Bolingbrook;
7A: Lake Zurich, Edwardsville and Whitney Young;
6A: Rock Island and Boylan; and
5A: Montini, Sycamore, Washington, University, Rich Central and Glenbard South.
In 4A and 3A there are still five unbeaten teams, in 2A there are six and in 1A there are seven.
So who could get knocked off this weekend? I can think of several possibilities: Loyola has to play at St. Rita (7-1), Lake Zurich travels to Stevenson (6-2), Whitney Young plays Taft (7-1) at Lane Tech today, Rock Island hosts Peoria Notre Dame (6-2), Sycamore is at Yorkville (5-3), Rich Central plays Crete-Monee (7-1) at home and Glenbard South is at Bloom (5-3). The rest look pretty safe to me.
The AP rankings are out; here's how I would rate the 26 teams I've seen according to class:
8A
1. Loyola (8-0) AP No. 1
2. Bolingbrook (8-0) No. 2
3. Homewood-Flossmoor (7-1) No. 3
4. Neuqua Valley (7-1) No. 4
5. Warren (6-2) N/R
6. Marist (5-3) No. 9
7. Naperville Central (5-3) No. 10
8. Notre Dame (6-2) N/R
9. Niles West (6-2) N/R
10. Bartlett (3-5) N/R
7A
1. Glenbard North (7-1) AP No. 7
2. Mount Carmel (7-1) No. 1
3. Wheaton North (7-1) No. 5
4. Lake Zurich (8-0) No. 2
5. St. Rita (7-1) No. 6
6. Wheaton Warrenville South (6-2) No. 10
7. Benet (6-2) N/R
8. Fenwick (7-1) N/R
9. Niles North (3-5) N/R
6A
1. Providence (4-4) AP N/R
2. St. Patrick (5-3) N/R
3. De La Salle (5-3) N/R
4. Crete-Monee (7-1) No. 3
4A
1. Phillips (5-3) AP N/R
3A
1. IC Prep (5-3) AP No. 9
2. Aurora Central (6-2) N/R
This is the last week of the regular season. Get ready for the playoffs!
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