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Super 25 football rankings for Week 11: Hersey joins after playoff win

By Beth Long

The Super 25 held strong in the opening week of the state playoffs. Bolingbrook was the only team to lose and fall out of the rankings. The Raiders’ 38-21 loss to Waubonsie Valley opened the door for Hersey (9-1) to make its Super 25 debut.

A close No. 26 in the rankings is Antioch (10-0), which loses out to Hersey due to the fact that the Huskies rolled over Lincoln Way-Central 52-13 in a dominant fashion in Class 7A.

The top three teams outpaced their opponents in a big way, with Lincoln Way-East, Batavia and Oswego each scoring 49 points in their respective games to blow out their first-round opponents and keep open a compelling conversation for the best team in the area.

Who sets the tone in the second round of the playoffs? Does the Super 25 shake up heading into the quarterfinals? Stay tuned to Sun Times Game Week. Here’s the full list entering Week 11 of the 2018 season.

With record and last week’s ranking

1. Lincoln-Way East (10-0) 1

Saturday at Glenbard West

2. Batavia (10-0) 2

Saturday vs. Moline

3. Oswego (10-0) 3

Saturday at Loyola

4. Homewood-Flossmoor (9-1) 4

Saturday at Barrington

5. Simeon (10-0) 5

Saturday at Lincoln-Way West

6. Brother Rice (10-0) 6

Saturday vs. Oak Park-River Forest

7. Maine South (9-1) 7

Saturday at Waubonsie Valley

8. Marist (9-1) 8

Saturday at Naperville Central

9. Nazareth (9-1) 9

Saturday vs. Hersey

10. Mount Carmel (9-1) 10

Saturday at Lake Zurich

11. Richards (10-0) 11

Saturday vs. Yorkville

12. Cary-Grove (10-0) 12

Saturday vs. Kaneland

13. Glenbard East (10-0) 13

Saturday vs. East St. Louis

14. Willowbrook (10-0) 14

Saturday vs. Maine West

15. Montini (9-1) 15

Saturday vs. Woodstock North

16. Glenbard West (8-2) 16

Saturday vs. Lincoln-Way East

17. Phillips (8-2)17

Saturday vs. Prairie Ridge

18. Wheaton Warrenville South (9-1)18

Saturday at Hononegah

19. IC Catholic (10-0) 20

Saturday at Stillman Valley

20. Prairie Ridge (8-2) 21

Saturday at Phillips

21. Hinsdale Central (8-2) 22

Saturday at Warren

22. Hillcrest (10-0) 23

Saturday vs. MacArthur

23. Rolling Meadows (10-0) 24

Saturday at St. Charles North

24. Warren (9-1) 25

Saturday vs. Hinsdale Central

25. Hersey (9-1) NR

Saturday at Nazareth

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