Here’s this week’s Associated Press state football rankings with first place votes in parenthesis followed by total points.
Class 8A
1. Mount Carmel (9) 99
2. Lincoln-Way East 86
3. Loyola (1) 79
4. Maine South 59
5. York 56
6. Marist 46
7. Warren 40
8. Fremd 38
9. Lyons Township 18
10. Palatine 16
Others receiving votes: 11, Naperville North 5. 12, Glenbard West 4. 13, Naperville Central 2. 14, West Aurora 1. 15, Barrington 1.
Class 7A
1. Batavia (5) 92
1. Downers Grove North (4) 92
3. Brother Rice (1) 82
4. St. Charles North 65
5. Hersey 47
6. Normal (Community) 43
7. Lincoln-Way West 39
8. Bradley-Bourbonnais 25
9. Edwardsville 21
10. Prospect 15
10. Lincoln-Way Central 15
Others receiving votes: 12, Chicago (DePaul) 4. 13, Burbank (St. Laurence) 3. 14, Lisle