The rankings are in...

Is Fremd for real, or not?

...from the three news services I follow.

Michael O'Brien of the Sun-Times still has Loyola at No. 8 after losing three in a row. Fremd, while still undefeated, fell to No. 16, and Lake Forest and St. Viator are only Nos. 21 and 23, respectively.

In MaxPreps, Fremd can't crack the top ten and Curie is still at No. 4. The Condors beat Whitney Young on Friday night and yet are ranked behind the Dolphins. What do they have left to prove to these guys? (If Curie takes the 4A crown will MaxPreps relent?)

Meanwhile, I think Mike Helfgot of the Tribune has it just about right. 

Trib

1. Curie (24-1)
2. Stevenson (25-1)* 
3. Young (21-6) 
4. Marian Catholic (23-2)* 
5. Orr (20-4) 
6. Simeon (18-6)* 
7. Fremd (24-0)*
8. Bogan (24-4)
9. Morgan Park (16-6)
10. Zion-Benton (23-3)*

Sun-Times

1. Curie (24-1)
2. Young (21-6) 
3. Stevenson (25-1)*
4. Marian Catholic (23-2)*
5. Orr (20-4)
6. Simeon (18-6)*
7. Morgan Park (16-6) 
8. Loyola (18-5)*
9. Bogan (24-4)
10. Mount Carmel (20-7)

MaxPreps

1. Stevenson (24-1)*
2. Springfield Lanphier (25-0)^
3. Young (19-6)
4. Curie (23-1)
5. Lincoln (27-2)^ 
6. Marian Catholic (23-2)* 
7. Morgan Park (16-5) 
8. Simeon (15-5)*
9. Orr (18-3) 
10. Bogan (19-4)

And here's last week's.

* Seen 'em.

^ Outside the Chicago area.