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Beth Long’s Super 25 football rankings

By Beth Long

Phillips receiver Jahleel Billingsley is the Sun-Times top ranked receiver for the 2018 season. | Allen Cunningham/For the Sun-Times.

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

Friday vs. Sandburg

2. Prairie Ridge (3-0) 2

Friday at Crystal Lake South

3. Maine South (2-1) 3

Friday at No. 18 Palatine

4. Phillips (3-0) 4

Saturday at Westinghouse

5. Loyola (2-1) 5

Friday at St. Francis

6. Lyons (3-0) 6

Saturday vs. Proviso West

7. Homewood-Flossmoor (3-0) 7

Friday vs. Bolingbrook

8. Marist (3-0) 8

Friday at Marian Central

9. Lake Zurich (3-0) 11

Friday vs. Zion-Benton

10. Naperville Central (3-0) 12

Friday at Waubonsie Valley

11. Nazareth (3-0) 13

Friday at Carmel

12. Barrington (3-0) 9

Friday vs. Glenbrook South

13. Glenbard West (2-1) 10

Saturday vs. York

14. St. Charles East (3-0) 14

Friday vs. St. Charles North

15. Batavia (3-0) 15

Friday at Elgin

16. Stevenson (2-1) 16

Friday vs. Mundelein

17. Huntley (2-1) 17

Friday vs. Hampshire

18. Palatine (2-1) 18

Friday vs. No. 3 Maine South

19. Naperville North (3-0) NR

Friday vs. Lake Park

20. Mount Carmel (2-1) 20

Saturday vs. DePaul Prep

21. Neuqua Valley (2-1) 22

Friday at Wheaton-Warrenville South

22. Richards (2-1) 24

Friday at Lemont

23. Hinsdale Central (2-1) NR

Saturday vs. Downers Grove North

24. West Aurora (3-0) NR

Friday vs. Glenbard East

25. Hoffman Estates (3-0) NR

Friday vs. Vernon Hills

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