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.