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Beth Long’s Super 25 Chicago area football rankings

By Beth Long

Phillips receivers Jahleel Billingsley (9) and Fabian McCray (7) celebrate after one of McCray’s touchdown receptions. Allen Cunningham/For the Sun-Times.

With record and last week’s ranking

1. Lincoln-Way East (12-0) 1

8A: vs. Maine South

2. Prairie Ridge (12-0) 2

6A: at Hoffman Estates

3. Maine South (11-1) 3

8A: at Lincoln-Way East

4. Phillips (12-0) 4

5A: at Sterling

5. Loyola (11-1) 5

8A: at Edwardsville

6. Lake Zurich (12-0) 7

7A: vs. Mount Carmel

7. Marist (11-1) 6

Season Over

8. Oswego (10-2) 8

Season Over

9. Naperville Central (9-3) 9

Season Over

10. Nazareth (11-1) 10

6A: at Providence

11. Batavia (11-1) 11

7A: at Benet

12. Mount Carmel (9-3) 24

7A: at Lake Zurich

13. Glenbard West (9-2) 13

Season over

14. Minooka (9-3) 14

Season Over

15. Homewood-Flossmoor (9-2) 15

Season over

16. Benet (9-3) 25

7A: vs. Batavia

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

Season over

18. Barrington (10-1) 18

Season over

19. St. Rita (9-3) 16

Season Over

20. Lincoln-Way West (9-3) 19

Season Over

21. Lincoln-Way Central (10-2) 12

Season Over

22. Hoffman Estates (10-2) NR

7A: vs. Prairie Ridge

23. St Charles North (9-2) 21

Season over

24. Providence Catholic (8-4) NR

6A: vs. Nazareth

25. Raby (11-1) NR

4A: vs. Morris

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