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Beth Long’s Super 25 football rankings

By  Beth Long
   
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Glenbard West’s Jack Campanella (20) holds up the ball after an interception late in the fourth quarter against Homewood-Flossmoor. Worsom Robinson/ For the Sun-Times.

With record and last week’s ranking

1. Loyola (12-0) 1

8A: at No. 4 Glenbard West

2. Palatine (12-0) 2

8A: at No. 8 Maine South

3. Prairie Ridge (12-0) 3

6A: vs. DeKalb

4. Glenbard West (10-2) 5

8A: vs. No. 1 Loyola

5. St. Charles East (11-1) 4

Season over

6. Homewood-Flossmoor (10-1) 7

Season over

7. Neuqua Valley (10-1) 8

Season over

8. Maine South (9-2) 9

8A: vs. No. 2 Palatine

9. Lyons (8-3) 10

Season over

10. Barrington (9-2) 11

Season over

11. Fenwick (11-1) 19

7A: vs. No. 22 Plainfield North

12. Lemont (11-1) 6

Season over

13. Hinsdale Central (9-1) 12

Season over

14. Phillips (11-1) 22

4A: at Johnsburg

15. IC Catholic (12-0) 18

3A: at Monticello

16. Huntley (8-4) 13

Season over

17. Brother Rice (9-3) 15

Season over

18. Oswego (10-1) 15

Season over

19. Bradley-Bourbonnais (10-1) 16

Season over

20. Plainfield North (10-2) 23

7A: at No. 15 Fenwick

21. St. Laurence (9-3) NR

6A: at Sacred Heart-Griffin

22. Benet (10-2) 25

7A: vs. East St. Louis

23. Lincoln-Way East (9-3) 21

Season over

24. Vernon Hills (9-3) NR

5A: at Sycamore

25. Mount Carmel (7-5) NR

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