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Beth Long’s Super 25 Chicago area football rankings

By Beth Long

Glenbard West’s Dre Thomas carries the ball against Hinsdale Central, October 7, 2017. Allen Cunningham / For the Sun-Times.

With record and last week’s ranking

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

Friday vs. Thornwood

2. Prairie Ridge (7-0) 2

Friday vs. Jacobs

3. Maine South (6-1) 3

Friday at New Trier

4. Phillips (7-0) 4

Friday at Solorio

5. Loyola (6-1) 5

Friday at Providence

6. Marist (7-0) 6

Friday at Benet

7. Glenbard West (6-1) 7

Friday at Oak Park-River Forest

8. Lake Zurich (7-0) 9

Friday vs. Libertyville

9. Homewood-Flossmoor (6-1) 8

Friday at Andrew

10. Barrington (7-0) 11

Friday at Schaumburg

11. Batavia (7-0) 13

Friday at Larkin

12. Nazareth (6-1) 10

Friday vs. St. Viator

13. Lyons (6-1) 12

Friday at No. 21 Hinsdale Central

14. Stevenson (5-2) 14

Saturday at Waukegan

15. Huntley (6-1) 15

Friday at Crystal Lake South

16. St Charles North (6-1) 17

Friday vs. Geneva

17. Hoffman Estates (6-1) 20

Friday vs. Fremd

18. Lincoln-Way Central (6-1) 23

Friday vs. Sandburg

19. Wheaton North (6-1) NR

Friday at Naperville Central

20. St. Charles East (5-2) 21

Friday vs. Elgin

21. Hinsdale Central (5-2) 18

Friday vs. No. 13 Lyons

22. South Elgin (6-1) 22

Saturday vs. Cary-Grove

23. Bolingbrook (6-1) 24

Saturday at Thornton

24. Notre Dame (6-1) 25

Friday at Marian Central

25. Willowbrook (6-1) NR

Friday vs. Proviso East

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