If you have seven, or...

...even six victories, at the end of the Illinois high school football season you're guaranteed entry into the playoffs. If you have five you are more than likely to be included as well.

St. Joseph in Westchester, above, is enjoying its first winning season in years and preparing for the postseason for the first time in I Don't Know How Long.

Forgetting the top teams for a minute, here are some other schools that are currently 5-2 and poised for the playoffs:

Highland Park
Vernon Hills
New Trier
Evanston 
De La Salle
Marmion 
St. Laurence
Glenbard North
St. Viator
Notre Dame
McHenry
Glenbard South
Riverside-Brookfield
Ridgewood
Hoffman Estates
Lake Zurich
Thornton Fractional South
Hillcrest
Richards
Crete-Monee
Joliet West
Plainfield North
Lincoln-Way Central
Lockport
Thornridge
Leyden
Willowbrook
Glenbard West