The rankings are in after...

...Week Five, and I'm beginning to suspect the MaxPreps computers are anti-Catholic. How else to explain it?

While the top ten in the Tribune and Sun-Times remained unchanged from the prior week, MaxPreps dropped Loyola to No. 11 and Marist to No. 16 in favor of Huntley and Barrington. This despite the Ramblers' convincing defeat of Fenwick, 41-14, and Marist's 63-6 thrashing of the admittedly winless Marian Catholic. Sounds like they "took care of business," doesn't it? But the anti-Papist computers at MaxPreps vaulted Huntley (above) seven spots to No. 6 after its 41-32 win over Cary-Grove and lifted Barrington two spots after its victory over winless Fremd, 26-14.

Cary-Grove, interestingly, remains in the top ten, at No. 8, despite its 3-2 record.

Oh, well, I guess the era of artificial intelligence in Illinois high school football rankings has yet to arrive. Either that, or something more nefarious is going on here.

On to the rankings, with all teams undefeated unless otherwise noted.

WEEK SIX

Tribune:

1. Lincoln-Way East
2. Maine South (4-1)
3. Prairie Ridge
4. Naperville Central
5. Phillips
6. Homewood-Flossmoor
7. Lyons
8. Glenbard West (4-1)
9. Loyola (4-1)
10. Lake Zurich

Sun-Times:

1. Lincoln-Way East
2. Prairie Ridge
3. Maine South (4-1)
4. Phillips
5. Loyola (4-1)
6. Lyons
7. Homewood-Flossmoor
8. Marist
9. Lake Zurich
10. Naperville Central

MaxPreps:

1. Prairie Ridge
2. Lincoln-Way East
3. Homewood-Flossmoor
4. Maine South (4-1)
5. Naperville Central
6. Huntley (4-1)
7. East St. Louis (4-1)
8. Cary-Grove (3-2)
9. Barrington
10. Phillips