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Beth Long’s Super 25 football rankings

By Beth Long

Maine South’s John O’Sullivan (9) delivers a pass in the first half against Glenbard West, August 26, 2017. Allen Cunningham /For the Sun-Times.

With record and last week’s ranking

1. Maine South (1-0) 2

Friday vs. No. 3 Lincoln-Way East

2. Prairie Ridge (1-0) 1

Friday at No. 14 Huntley

3. Lincoln-Way East (1-0) 7

Friday at No. 1 Maine South

4. Phillips (1-0) 8

Friday at No. 23 Richards

5. Loyola (0-1) 3

Friday vs. Bishop Amat, CA at New Trier

6. Lyons (1-0) 5

Friday vs. Hinsdale South

7. Homewood-Flossmoor (1-0) 9

Friday at Southern Durham, NC

8. Marist (1-0) 10

Friday at Mishawaka, IN

9. New Trier (1-0) 13

Friday at Warren

10. Glenbard West (0-1) 6

Saturday vs. Proviso East

11. Barrington (1-0) 12

Friday at Elk Grove

12. Stevenson (1-0) NR

Saturday vs. Muskegon, MI

13. Lake Zurich (1-0) 15

Friday vs. No. 24 Montini

14. Huntley (1-0) 16

Friday vs. No. 2 Prairie Ridge

15. Oswego (1-0) 18

Friday at Plainfield North

16. Naperville Central (1-0) 21

Friday vs. No. 21 Neuqua Valley

17. Nazareth (1-0) 17

Friday vs. De La Salle

18. St. Charles East (1-0) 19

Friday at Glenbard East

19. Batavia (1-0) 23

Friday vs. Libertyville

20. Palatine (0-1) 11

Friday at Wheeling

21. Neuqua Valley (1-0) NR

Friday at No. 16 Naperville Central

22. Mount Carmel (1-0) 22

Friday at Lane

23. Richards (1-0) 25

Friday vs No. 4 Phillips

24. Montini (1-0) NR

Friday at No. 13 Lake Zurich

25. Willowbrook (1-0) NR

Friday at Hinsdale Central

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