Don't look now, but...

...MaxPreps has Loyola ranked No. 1 in its preseason football poll. Rounding out the Top Ten are:

2. Mount Carmel
3. Sacred Heart-Griffin
4. Joliet Catholic
5. Montini
6. Naperville Central
7. East St. Louis
8. St. Rita
9. Schaumburg
10. Stevenson

If they're right (and sometimes they are), circle October 24 on your calendar. That's the night the Caravan host the Ramblers at Gately Stadium on the South Side.