Prep football: Mike Helfgot's Week 8 Top 20

Oct. 11--Previous ranking in parentheses.

1. Homewood-Flossmoor 7-0 (1)

Defeated Lincoln-Way East 28-3

Next: Friday at Sandburg

2. Loyola 7-0 (2)

Defeated DePaul Prep 42-0

Next: Friday at St. Rita

3. Glenbard West 7-0 (3)

Defeated Oak Park-River Forest 34-7

Next: Saturday vs. Proviso West

4. Libertyville 7-0 (4)

Defeated Warren 48-21

Next: Friday at Mundelein

5. Montini 7-0 (5)

Defeated St. Francis 27-8

Next: Saturday at Fenwick

6. Joliet Catholic 7-0 (6)

Defeated Nazareth 38-35

Next: Friday at Benet

7. Phillips 7-0 (7)

Defeated Raby 31-0

Next: Friday at Solorio

8. Hinsdale Central 6-1 (9)

Defeated Lyons 51-21

Next: Friday at Hinsdale South

9. Brother Rice 6-1 (13)

Defeated Legal Prep by forfeit

Next: Friday vs. Providence

10. Naperville Central 6-1 (14)

Defeated Naperville North 41-10

Next: Friday vs. Wheaton North

11. Mount Carmel 6-1 (15)

Defeated Leo 38-12

Next: Forfeit win vs. Hales

12. Neuqua Valley 6-1 (16)

Defeated Wheaton North 34-17

Next: Friday vs. Lake Park

13. Huntley 7-0 (18)

Defeated Crystal Lake South 36-13

Next: Friday at McHenry

14. Nazareth 5-2 (8)

Lost to Joliet Catholic 38-35

Next: Friday vs. Marist

15. Lincoln-Way North 7-0 (NR)

Defeated Thornton 28-26

Next: Friday at Lincoln-Way Central

16. Simeon 5-2 (17)

Defeated Dunbar 48-0

Next: Friday vs. Taft

17. Oak Park-River Forest 6-1 (10)

Lost to Glenbard West 34-7

Next: Friday at Lyons

18. Lincoln-Way East 5-2 (12)

Lost to Homewood-Flossmoor 28-3

Next: Saturday at Joliet Central

19. Barrington 6-1 (11)

Lost to Palatine 26-24

Next: Friday vs. Fremd

20. Notre Dame 6-1 (NR)

Defeated St. Patrick 44-34

Next: Friday at Marian Catholic

On the verge: Batavia 6-1, Conant 6-1, Geneva 7-0, Maine South 5-2, Thornton 6-1.

Mike Helfgot is a freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune.