Week 8 IHSA Football AP Poll

October 19, 2023 Ty Taylor Local Sports

The Associated Press (AP) Week 8 IHSA football poll was released Wednesday afternoon.

The Rockridge Rockets are ranked #6 in Class 2A this week. Other local schools in this week’s rankings are Stark County (#5 in 1A), Morrison (#6 in 1A), Annawan-Wethersfield (#9 in 1A), Farmington (tied for #9 in 2A, Princeton (#2 in 3A), and Kewanee (#10 in 4A).

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 8 1A poll:

  1. Lena-Winslow (12)
  2. Camp Pt. Central
  3. Althoff Catholic
  4. Greenfield-Northwestern
  5. Stark County
  6. Morrison
  7. Hope Academy
  8. Forreston
  9. Annawan-Wethersfield
  10. Sesser-Valier

Receiving votes: Aurora Christian 12, Fulton 5, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, LeRoy 3, Newman 1

 

AP Week 8 2A poll: 

1.Maroa-Forsyth (12)

2. Tri-Valley

3. Bloomington Central Catholic

4. Seneca

5. Shelbyville

6. Rockridge

7. Athens

8. Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond

T9. Momence

T9. Farmington

Receiving votes: Johnston City 8, Breese Mater Dei 7, Westville 6, Knoxville 6, Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin 5, Carmi-White County 2

 

AP Week 8 3A poll: 

  1. Byron (12)
  2. Princeton
  3. Wilmington
  4. Roxana
  5. DuQuoin
  6. Greenville
  7. Durand-Pecatonica
  8. St. Joseph-Ogden
  9. Montini
  10. Williamsville

Receiving votes: Mt. Carmel 16, Olympia 9, Sullivan 7, Unity 5, Phillips 1

 

AP Week 8 4A poll:

  1. Rochester (10)
  2. Morris (1)
  3. Murphysboro
  4. IC Catholic
  5. Richmond-Burton
  6. Boylan Catholic
  7. Wheaton Academy
  8. St. Laurence
  9. Dixon
  10. Kewanee

Receiving votes: Breese Central 6, Rochelle 6, Coal City 5, Mt. Zion 4, Geneseo 3, Charleston 2

 

AP Week 8 5A poll:

  1. Prairie Ridge (10)
  2. Sycamore (1)
  3. Carmel
  4. Morgan Park
  5. Morton
  6. Wheaton St. Francis
  7. Antioch
  8. Peoria
  9. Joliet Catholic
  10. Mahomet-Seymour

Receiving votes: Glenbard South 10, Highland 9, Nazareth Academy 6, Sacred Heart-Griffin 5, MacArthur 1

 

AP Week 8 6A poll: 

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

Receiving votes: Richards 12, Dunlap 7, Wauconda 6, Glenwood 3, Providence Catholic 2, Centennial 1

 

AP Week 8 7A poll:

  1. Mt. Carmel (11)
  2. Hersey
  3. Normal Community
  4. Batavia
  5. Quincy
  6. Hononegah
  7. Edwardsville
  8. Lincoln-Way Central
  9. Maine West
  10. St. Charles North

Receiving votes: St. Rita 7, Lincoln-Way West 7, Downers Grove North 7, Prospect 6, Bradley-Bourbonnais 3

 

AP Week 8 8A poll: 

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

Receiving votes: Joliet West 8, Minooka 4, Palatine 2, Stevenson 2, Glenbard East 1

 

Ty’s Week 8 1A ballot: 

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

 

Ty’s Week 8 2A ballot: 

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

Ty’s Week 8 3A ballot: 

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

Ty’s Week 8 4A ballot: 

  1. Rochester
  2. Morris
  3. Murphysobro
  4. IC Catholic
  5. Boylan Catholic
  6. Richmond-Burton
  7. Wheaton Academy
  8. St. Laurence
  9. Breese Central
  10. Mt. Zion

Ty’s Week 8 5A ballot:

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

Ty’s Week 8 6A ballot:

  1. East St. Louis
  2. Kankakee
  3. Washington
  4. Lake Zurich
  5. Cary-Grove
  6. Normal West
  7. Geneva
  8. Crete-Monee
  9. Belvidere North
  10. Richards

Ty’s Week 8 7A ballot:

  1. Mt. Carmel
  2. Batavia
  3. Hersey
  4. Normal Community
  5. Quincy
  6. Hononegah
  7. Edwardsville
  8. Lincoln-Way Central
  9. Maine West
  10. Lincoln-Way West

Ty’s Week 8 8A ballot:

  1. Loyola Academy
  2. Lincoln-Way East
  3. Barrington
  4. Maine South
  5. York
  6. Naperville Central
  7. Glenbard West
  8. Warren
  9. Huntley
  10. South Elgin