Week 5 IHSA Football AP Poll

September 27, 2023 Ty Taylor Local Sports

The Associated Press (AP) Week 5 IHSA football poll was released Wednesday afternoon.

The Rockridge Rockets are ranked 9th in Class 2A this week. Other local schools in this week’s rankings are Knoxville (#5 in 2A), Morrison (#4 in 1A), Newman (#7 in 1A), Annawan-Wethersfield (#10 in 1A), and Princeton (#3 in 3A).

WRMJ will post the polls each week. WRMJ’s Ty Taylor is an AP voter. His ballot will accompany the AP poll throughout the year.

*The number in parentheses represents how many number-one overall votes a team received.

 

AP Week 5 1A poll:

  1. Lena-Winslow (13)
  2. Forreston
  3. Camp Pt. Central
  4. Morrison
  5. Greenfield-Northwestern
  6. Althoff Catholic
  7. Newman Central Catholic
  8. Carrollton
  9. Fulton
  10. Annawan-Wethersfield

Receiving votes: Aurora Christian 12, Stark County 10, Hope Academy 9, Casey-Westfield 8, LeRoy 5, Sesser-Valier 3, Salt Fork 1, St. Bede 1

 

AP Week 5 2A poll:

  1. Maroa-Forsyth (13)
  2. Tri-Valley
  3. Seneca
  4. Bloomington Central Catholic
  5. Knoxville
  6. Johnston City
  7. Shelbyville
  8. Athens
  9. Rockridge
  10. Momence

Receiving votes: Farmington 12, Marian 10, Westville 6, Nasvhille 5, Breese Mater Dei 5, Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond 1

 

AP Week 5 3A poll:

  1. Byron (11)
  2. Montini (2)
  3. Princeton
  4. Wilmington
  5. St. Joseph-Ogden
  6. Olympia
  7. Durand-Pecatonica
  8. Roxana
  9. Williamsville
  10. DuQuoin

Receiving votes: Greenville 18, Mt. Carmel 5, Phillips 2

 

AP Week 5 4A poll:

  1. Rochester (9)
  2. IC Catholic (4)
  3. Morris
  4. Richmond-Burton
  5. Boylan Catholic
  6. Mt. Zion
  7. Carterville
  8. Murphysboro
  9. Geneseo
  10. St. Laurence

Receiving votes: Coal City 4, Wheaton Academy 3, Dixon 2, Breese Central 1

 

AP Week 5 5A poll:

  1. Prairie Ridge (13)
  2. Sycamore (1)
  3. Morgan Park
  4. Carmel
  5. Sacred Heart-Griffin
  6. Peoria
  7. Glenbard North
  8. Antioch
  9. Wheaton St. Francis
  10. Joliet Catholic

Receiving votes: Morton 23, Mahomet-Seymour 15, Highland 9, Hillcrest 2

 

AP Week 5 6A poll:

  1. East St. Louis (10)
  2. Kankakee (4)
  3. Geneva
  4. Washington
  5. Cary-Grove
  6. Lake Zurich
  7. Dunlap
  8. Fenwick
  9. Normal West
  10. Belvidere North

Receiving votes: Glenwood 17, Lake Forest 16, Thornton Fractional North 10, Lemont 9, Providence Catholic

 

AP Week 5 7A poll:

  1. Mt. Carmel (15)
  2. Hersey
  3. Batavia
  4. Normal Community
  5. St. Rita
  6. Downers Grove North
  7. Edwardsville
  8. Quincy
  9. Brother Rice
  10. Hononegah

Receiving votes: Prospect 8, Wheaton North 5, Bradley-Bourbonnais 5

 

AP Week 5 8A poll:

  1. Loyola Academy (14)
  2. Lincoln Way-East (1)
  3. York
  4. Barrington
  5. Maine South
  6. Palatine
  7. South Elgin
  8. Minooka
  9. Naperville Central
  10. Warren

Receiving votes: Huntley 16, Oswego 14, Aurora West 11, Naperville North 7, Glenbard West 6, O’Fallon 5, Bolingbrook 2

 

Ty’s Week 5 1A ballot:

  1. Lena-Winslow
  2. Morrison
  3. Forreston
  4. Althoff Catholic
  5. Camp Pt. Central
  6. Greenfield-Northwestern
  7. Hope Academy
  8. Newman Central Catholic
  9. Fulton
  10. Aurora Christian

 

Ty’s Week 5 2A ballot:

  1. Maroa-Forsyth
  2. Bloomington Central Catholic
  3. Tri-Valley
  4. Seneca
  5. Athens
  6. Johnston City
  7. Rockridge
  8. Knoxville
  9. Shelbyville
  10. Farmington

Ty’s Week 5 3A ballot:

  1. Byron
  2. Montini
  3. Princeton
  4. Williamsville
  5. St. Joseph-Ogden
  6. Olympia
  7. Durand-Pecatonica
  8. Wilmington
  9. Phillips
  10. Roxana

Ty’s Week 5 4A ballot:

  1. Rochester
  2. IC Catholic
  3. Morris
  4. Richmond-Burton
  5. Boylan Catholic
  6. Mt. Zion
  7. Carterville
  8. Murphysboro
  9. Geneseo
  10. St. Laurence

 

Ty’s Week 5 5A ballot:

  1. Prairie Ridge
  2. Sycamore
  3. Morgan Park
  4. Joliet Catholic
  5. Carmel
  6. Sacred Heart-Griffin
  7. Peoria
  8. Antioch
  9. Glenbard South
  10. Morton

 

Ty’s Week 5 6A ballot:

  1. East St. Louis
  2. Kankakee
  3. Geneva
  4. Washington
  5. Lake Zurich
  6. Cary-Grove
  7. Fenwick
  8. Normal West
  9. Dunlap
  10. Providence Catholic

 

Ty’s Week 5 7A ballot:

  1. Mt. Carmel
  2. Batavia
  3. St. Rita
  4. Normal Community
  5. Hersey
  6. Edwardsville
  7. Downers Grove North
  8. Quincy
  9. Brother Rice
  10. Wheaton North

 

Ty’s Week 5 8A ballot:

  1. Loyola Academy
  2. Lincoln Way-East
  3. York
  4. Maine South
  5. Barrington
  6. Palatine
  7. South Elgin
  8. Minooka
  9. Oswego
  10. Glenbard West