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Beth Long’s Super 25 football rankings

By Beth Long

Prairie Ridge’s Zach Gulbransen (32) Jackson Willis (4) and Samson Evans (22) wait for the play. Huntley September 1, 2017. Worsom Robinson/For the Sun-Times.

1. Lincoln-Way East (2-0) 3

Friday at Andrew

2. Prairie Ridge (2-0) 2

Friday vs. Crystal Lake Central

3. Maine South (1-1) 1

Friday vs. Fremd

4. Phillips (2-0) 4

Saturday vs. Simeon at Gately

5. Loyola (1-1) 5

Saturday vs. No. 20 Mount Carmel

6. Lyons (2-0) 6

Friday at York

7. Homewood-Flossmoor (2-0) 7

Friday at Stagg

8. Marist (2-0) 8

Friday vs. Carmel

9. Barrington (2-0) 11

Friday at New Trier

10. Glenbard West (1-1) 10

Friday at Addison Trail

11. Lake Zurich (2-0) 13

Friday vs. Waukegan

12. Naperville Central (2-0) 16

Friday vs. Metea Valley

13. Nazareth (2-0) 17

Friday vs. No. 23 Notre Dame

14. St. Charles East (2-0) 18

Friday at Geneva

15. Batavia (2-0) 19

Friday vs. Streamwood

16. Stevenson (1-1) 12

Friday at Lake Forest

17. Huntley (1-1) 14

Friday at Dundee-Crown

18. Palatine (1-1) 20

Friday at Evanston

19. Oak Park-River Forest (2-0) NR

Friday vs. Hinsdale Central

20. Mount Carmel (2-0) 22

Saturday at Loyola

21. Lake Park (2-0) NR

Friday at DeKalb

22. Neuqua Valley (1-1) 21

Friday vs. Waubonsie Valley

23. Notre Dame (2-0) NR

Friday at No. 13 Nazareth

24. Richards (1-1) 23

Friday at Shepard

25. St. Rita (2-0) NR

Friday at Providence

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