Beth Long’s Chicago area Super 25 football rankings

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Naperville Central’s Jack Jopes runs against Homewood-Flossmorr, November 3, 2017 Worsom Robinson/For the Sun-Times.

With record and last week’s ranking

1. Lincoln-Way East (11-0) 1

8A: vs Oswego

2. Prairie Ridge (11-0) 2

6A: vs. Willowbrook

3. Maine South (10-1) 3

8A: vs. Naperville Central

4. Phillips (11-0) 4

5A: vs. Lemont

5. Loyola (10-1) 5

8A: at Marist

6. Marist (11-0) 6

8A: vs. Loyola

7. Lake Zurich (11-0) 8

7A: at St. Rita

8. Oswego (10-1) 18

8A: at Lincoln-Way East

9. Naperville Central (8-2) 15

8A: at Maine South

10. Nazareth (10-1) 12

6A: at Sacred Heart-Griffin

11. Batavia (10-1) 13

7A: at Lincoln-Way West

12. Lincoln-Way Central (10-1) 16

7A: vs. Benet

13. Glenbard West (9-2) 7

Season over

14. Minooka (9-2) 20

8A: at Edwardsville

15. Homewood-Flossmoor (9-2) 9

Season over

16. St. Rita (9-2) 25

7A: vs. Lake Zurich

17. St. Charles East (8-3) 17

Season over

18. Barrington (10-1) 10

Season over

19. Lincoln-Way West (9-2) 19

7A: vs. Batavia

20. Willowbrook (10-1) 24

6A: at Prairie Ridge

21. St Charles North (9-2) 11

Season over

22. Hinsdale Central (8-3) 14

Season over

23. Huntley (8-2) 23

Season over

24. Mount Carmel (8-3) NR

7A: vs. East St. Louis

25. Benet (8-3) NR

7A: at Lincoln-Way Central

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