New: Week 8 IMP (Illinois Media Polls) Class 8A thru Class 1A Top 10 polls

[Edgytim]

Here the Illinois Media football rankings for Oct. 1, based on a statewide vote of sports writers and broadcasters, with records, points, previous rankings and first-place votes in parentheses:
Class 8A
1. Loyola (11) 7-0 119 1
2. Lincoln-Way East (1) 7-0 107 3
3. Mount Carmel 5-2 94 3
4. Bolingbrook 6-1 71 4
5. Huntley 7-0 63 6
6. Maine South 6-1 57 5
7. Oswego 6-1 56 7
8. Lyons 6-1 39 9
9. Homewood-Flossmoor 5-2 20 10
10. St. Ignatius 5-2 9 8
Others receiving votes: Sandburg 8, New Trier 6, Naperville North 4, Fremd 1.

Class 7A
1. East St. Louis (14) 6-1 140 1
2. Brother Rice 5-2 124 2
3. Hersey 7-0 114 3
4. Prospect 7-0 88 5
5. Normal 7-0 70 6
6. Downers Grove North 6-1 54 4
7. Glenbard West 5-2 53 7t
8. Batavia 5-2 48 7t
9. St. Rita 4-3 31 9t
10. Hononegah 6-1 17 RV
Others receiving votes: Jacobs 11, Wheaton-Warrenville South 9, Kenwood 1, Plainfield South 1..

Class 6A
1. Geneva (12) 6-1 129 1
2. Normal West (1) 7-0 112 2
3. Harlem 7-0 100 4
4. Dunlap 6-1 76 5
5. Joliet Catholic 5-2 72 8
6. Wauconda 7-0 66 6
7. Fenwick 4-3 59 3
8. Nazareth 3-4 26
9. Pekin 6-1 26 RV
10.(tie) Crete-Monee 6-1 15 RV
Wheaton North 5-2 15 7
Others receiving votes: King 11, Riverside-Brookfield 14, Libertyville 2.

Class 5A
1. Mahomet-Seymour (11) 7-0 141 2
2. Providence (4) 5-2 120 1
3. Sacred Heart-Griffin 6-1 10193
4. Kankakee 5-2 92 5
5. Morgan Park 6-1 815 4
6. Antioch 7-0 84 6
7. Morton 6-1 70 7t
8. Triad 6-1 54 7t
9. Kaneland 6-1 27 NR
10. Cary-Grove 52 11 NR
Others receiving votes: Carbondale 7, St. Francis 6, Wheaton Academy 5, MacArthur 4.


Class 4A
1. Rochester (12) 7-0 147 1
2. Morris (1) 7-0 122 2
3. Montini (2) 5-2 118 3
4. Breese Central 6-0 99 4
5. Centralia 7-0 95 5
6. Coal City 6-1 76 6
7. Carterville 7-0 51 8
8. Metamora 5-2 32 RV
9. Dixon 6-1 29 9
10. Cahokia 5-2 28 10
Others receiving votes: Bloomington CC 15, Sterling 3, Marmion 2, Jacksonville 1.

Class 3A
1. IC Catholic (11) 7-0 154 1
2. Byron (5) 7-0 148 2
3. St. Joseph-Ogden 7-0 129 3
4. Richmond-Burton 7-0 112 4
5. Bishop McNamara 6-1 92 6
6. Olympia 6-1 67 7
7. Mt. Carmel 7-0 49 9
8. Hillsboro 7-0 42 8
9. Williamsville 6-1 28 RV
10. Monticello 5-2 22 10
Others receiving votes: Du-Pec 21, Benton 9, Tolono Unity 8, Sparta 2, Fairfield 1, Manteno 1.

Class 2A
1. Wilmington (13) 7-0 12571
2. El Paso-Gridley (2) 7-0 143 2
3. Maroa-Forsyth (1) 7-0 131 3
4. Riverdale 7-0 103 4
5. Tri-Valley 6-1 94 5
6. Johnston City 7-0 79 6
7. Aurora Christian 6-1 62 7
8. Rockridge 6-1 52 9
9. Erie-Prophetstown 6-1 25 RV
10. West Frankfort 6-1 13 8
Others receiving votes: Flora 11, Nashville 11.

Class 1A
1. Brown County (14) 7-0 149 1
2. Calhoun 7-0 131 2
3. Stockton (1) 6-1 116 5
4. Heyworth 7-0 108 4
5. Camp Point Central 6-1 90 6
6. Lena-Winslow43-3 65 3
7. Forreston 7-1 63 9
8. Tuscola 6-1 37 10
9. Clifton Central 6-1 30 NR
10. Salt Fork 6-1 24 RV
Others receiving votes: ALAH 9, Dwight 3, Galena 3, Wethersfield 1

 

[Still Missing34]

Maine South and Huntley should not be ranked ahead of Oswego.

 

[PowerI66]

Maine South and Huntley should not be ranked ahead of Oswego.

Noticed that as well. Too funny

 

[Cross Bones]

Maine South and Huntley should not be ranked ahead of Oswego.

Panthers should take it as a sign of disrespect and use that to steamroll some people in the playoffs.

 

[Still Missing34]

Panthers should take it as a sign of disrespect and use that to steamroll some people in the playoffs.

To be honest, I’d be surprised if Cooney even looks at the rankings. I’m positive he doesn’t put any stock into them.

 

[4Afan]

To be honest, I’d be surprised if Cooney even looks at the rankings. I’m positive he doesn’t put any stock into them.

Nor should anyone

 

[Still Missing34]

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Nor should anyone

I think it's fine for fans.

 

[4Afan]

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I think it's fine for fans.

Eh, I suppose. The issue here though is these rankings are just the new version of the AP. It's not like these people are seeing all of these teams and ranking them accurately.

 

[Still Missing34]

Eh, I suppose. The issue here though is these rankings are just the new version of the AP. It's not like these people are seeing all of these teams and ranking them accurately.

I think we all get that. I also think we are all here to discuss and form opinions, which the rankings promote.

 

[Cross Bones]

To be honest, I’d be surprised if Cooney even looks at the rankings. I’m positive he doesn’t put any stock into them.

Yeah but when it supports the "we get no respect" angle the rankings are great. I think the SPC just gets disrespected. You guys are paying for losing to us, we're paying for losing to HF. Same people who admitted that have no problem with Batavia being clocked by a 4A team and are still glazing Naz extensively. Just the way the narratives work.