Chicago’s Mount Carmel moves to the top of the HSFA Illinois Top 10

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With its season opening 36-33 win over preseason No. 1 East St. Louis, Mount Carmel moves to No. 1 in the first in-season High School Football America Illinois Top 10 high school football rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. The loss drops the Flyers to No. 2 in the statewide rankings created with our proprietary algorithm.

Up next for East St. Louis will be a showdown with national power St. Frances Academy from Maryland. After an 0-2 start against No. 5 Buford (Georgia) and No. 10 Chaminade-Madonna (Florida), SFA is ranked No. 13 in the HSFA 300. ESL is No. 51 this week.

This week’s in-state Game of the Week will be in Batavia where a couple of 2022 runner-ups will square-off. No. 6 Batavia, the ’22 7A runner-up, will host 8A runner-up Lincoln-Way East, ranked No. 5 in the Top 10.

Glenbard West breaks into the Top 10 at No. 8 after beating preseason No. 7 Marist 7-6.

High School Football America Illinois Top 10

Ranking/TeamRecordPreseason Ranking
No. 1 Mount Carmel (Chicago)(1-0)3
No. 2 East St. Louis(0-1)1
No. 2 Loyola Academy(1-0)2
No. 4 St. Rita(1-0)4
No. 5 Lincoln-Way East(1-0)5
No. 6 Batavia(1-0)6
No. 7 Brother Rice (1-0)8
No. 8 Glenbard West(1-0)NR
No. 9 Maine South(0-1)9
No. 10 Joliet Catholic (1-0)10

Dropped-out: No. 7 Marist

Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.