Oct. 06--Previous rankings in parentheses.
1. Homewood-Flossmoor 6-0 (1)
Defeated Joliet West 44-6
Next: Friday vs. Lincoln-Way East
2. Loyola 6-0 (2)
Defeated Providence 31-7
Next: Saturday vs. DePaul Prep
3. Glenbard West 6-0 (4)
Defeated Hinsdale Central 35-24
Next: Friday at No. 10 Oak Park
4. Libertyville 6-0 (8)
Defeated Lake Zurich 41-21
Next: Friday vs. Warren
5. Montini 6-0 (5)
Defeated St. Joseph 42-0
Next: Friday vs. St. Francis
6. Joliet Catholic 6-0 (6)
Defeated Marian Catholic 53-9
Next: Friday vs. No. 8 Nazareth
7. Phillips 6-0 (7)
Defeated King 42-0
Next: Friday vs. Raby
8. Nazareth 5-1 (13)
Defeated Benet 33-0
Next: Friday at No. 6 Joliet Catholic
9. Hinsdale Central 5-1 (9)
Lost to Glenbard West 35-24
Next: Friday vs. Lyons
10. Oak Park-River Forest 6-0 (10)
Defeated York 21-6
Next: Friday vs. No. 3 Glenbard West
11. Barrington 6-0 (11)
Defeated Conant 40-34
Next: Friday at Palatine
12. Lincoln-Way East 5-1 (12)
Defeated Lockport 48-6
Next: Friday at No. 1 Homewood-Flossmoor
13. Brother Rice 5-1 (15)
Defeated Mount Carmel 31-14
Next: Oct. 16 vs. Providence (Week 7 forfeit win vs. Legal Prep)
14. Naperville Central 5-1 (16)
Defeated Batavia 34-14
Next: Friday vs. Naperville North
15. Mount Carmel 5-1 (3)
Lost to Brother Rice 31-14
Next: Friday vs. Leo
16. Neuqua Valley 5-1 (17)
Defeated Naperville North 34-7
Next: Friday at Wheaton North
17. Simeon 4-2 (18)
Defeated North Lawndale 46-12
Next: Friday at Dunbar
18. Huntley 6-0 (19)
Defeated Jacobs 22-19
Next: Friday vs. Crystal Lake South
19. New Trier 6-0 (20)
Defeated Waukegan 50-0
Next: Friday vs. Maine South
20. Thornton 6-0 (NR)
Defeated Bradley-Bourbonnais 39-9
Next: Friday at Lincoln-Way North
On the verge: Batavia 5-1, Lincoln-Way North 6-0, Geneva 6-0, Notre Dame 5-1, Conant 5-1.
Mike Helfgot is a freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
