The big three (Mount Carmel, Loyola and Lincoln-Way East) continue to dominate. The Caravan and Ramblers obliterated ranked teams on the road in Week 3.
At this point in the season, all the activity is happening at the bottom of the rankings. It’s exceedingly difficult to work out which teams to add every week.
Today I went with Wheaton North, Lyons and York. Glenbard North, Nazareth and Wheaton-Warrenville South dropped out.
Wheaton North, last season’s Class 7A state champion, was an easy call. The Falcons knocked off Batavia and haven’t missed a beat this season despite losing almost everything from last season’s squad.
Lyons gets in after a nice win against Hinsdale Central. It is possible undefeated York should have been in the Super 25 long ago. The Dukes were 8-2 last year and returned a solid core. But they haven’t been tested yet this season.
It’s always tough to decide what to do with schools smaller than Class 5A. Joliet Catholic is an obvious call. But what about IC Prep and St. Francis and Wilmington?
Last week on Twitter a reader suggested another set of rankings, maybe a top five, for the smaller classes. That’s something we used to do for basketball rankings. Back in the two-class system I always had a top five for area Class A teams.
That might be a good idea. I don’t see the small schools play very often though, so that’s my biggest hesitation.
Week 4’s Super 25With record and last week’s ranking
1. Mount Carmel (3-0) 1Friday vs. No. 9 Marist
2. Loyola (3-0) 2Saturday vs. Brother Rice
3. Lincoln-Way East (3-0) 3Friday vs. Andrew
4. Warren (3-0) 4Friday at Stevenson
5. Glenbard West (3-0) 5Friday at Proviso West
6. Naperville North (3-0) 6Friday at Neuqua Valley
7. Simeon (3-0) 8Friday at Brooks
8. Maine South (2-1) 9Thursday vs. No. 12 Prospect
9. Marist (2-1) 11Friday at No. 1 Mount Carmel
10. Prairie Ridge (3-0) 10Friday at No. 17 Jacobs
11. Wheaton North (3-0) NRFriday at St. Charles North
12. Prospect (3-0) 12Thursday at No. 8 Maine South
13. Lockport (3-0) 14Friday vs. Homewood-Flossmoor
14. Lemont (3-0) 15Friday at Bremen
15. Joliet Catholic (3-0) 16Friday at Providence
16. Bolingbrook (2-1) 17Friday vs. Sandburg
17. Jacobs (3-0) 22Friday vs. No. 10 Prairie Ridge
18. Palatine (3-0) 23Friday at Glenbrook South
19. Lyons (3-0) NRFriday at Oak Park
20. St. Rita (1-2) 13Friday at Benet
21. Batavia (1-2) 7Friday vs. Lake Park
22. Kankakee (2-1) 21Friday vs. Manual
23. Hersey (3-0) 25Friday at Highland Park
24. York (3-0) NRFriday vs. Downers Grove North
25. Notre Dame (2-1) 20Friday at Nazareth
