High school football: Michael O’Brien’s Super 25 rankings for Week 6

It’s never a good sign when the two albums I’ve picked out to listen to while compiling the Super 25 are over and I’m not typing anything into the computer.

There are first, second, third and fourth drafts of the Week 6 Super 25 all over the room. Things are getting messy this season and that’s a lot of fun.

Undefeated big schools in major conferences are ranked high. That’s the major result this week. Are York, Hersey and Lemont top ten teams? I’m not sure, but no one has knocked them off yet so they get the benefit of the doubt in a season where nearly everyone has already picked up a loss.

Bolingbrook, Marist and St. Rita have two losses but are higher than a lot of one-loss teams. That’s partly due to the quality of the losses (Lincoln-Way East, Simeon, Glenbard West, Mount Carmel, Loyola), partly because I’ve seen them play and have a level of confidence in them and partly due to the historical success of the programs.

Warren lost to Lake Zurich this week but hangs on. Jacobs lost to Huntley and dropped out and Lyons lost to York and dropped out. I acknowledge that isn’t very fair. The Blue Devils are getting a lot of credit for the win at Maine South (as is Prospect).

Crete-Monee and undefeated Glenbrook South join this week. The Warriors ended Joliet Catholic’s winning streak and they have Joshua Franklin so that was an easy call. Crete-Monee’s only in-state loss is to Lincoln-Way East.

The Titans are unbeaten and have knocked off Palatine and Sandburg.

For the past several weeks I expected the winner of Kenwood vs. Morgan Park to enter the rankings. That didn’t happen because I didn’t think there was a third team that deserved to drop out this week.

Week 6’s Super 25With record and last week’s ranking

1. Mount Carmel (5-0) 1Friday at Brother Rice

2. Loyola (5-0) 2Friday at No. 11 Marist

3. Lincoln-Way East (5-0) 3Friday at Sandburg

4. Glenbard West (5-0) 5Friday at No. 6 York

5. Simeon (5-0) 7Friday vs. Curie at Lane

6. York (5-0) 24Friday vs. No. 4 Glenbard West

7. Hersey (5-0) 23Friday vs. Rolling Meadows

8. Lemont (5-0) 13Friday vs. TF North

9. Prospect (4-1) 6Friday at Elk Grove

10. Bolingbrook (3-2) 11Friday vs. No. 20 H-F

11. Marist (3-2) 12Friday vs. No. 2 Loyola

12. St. Rita (3-2) 19Friday at Nazareth

13. Warren (4-1) 4Friday at Mundelein

14. Maine South (3-2) 10Friday at No. 21 Glenbrook South

15. Crete-Monee (3-2) NRFriday vs. Thornridge

16. Joliet Catholic (4-1) 9Friday at St. Laurence

17. Neuqua Valley (4-1) 15Friday vs. Metea Valley

18. Naperville North (4-1) 16Friday vs. Naperville Central at North Central

19. Prairie Ridge (4-1) 17Friday at Hampshire

20. Homewood-Flossmoor (4-1) 18Friday at No. 10 Bolingbrook

21. Glenbrook South (5-0) NRFriday vs. No. 14 Maine South

22. Wheaton North (4-1) 20Friday vs. Glenbard North

23. Batavia (3-2) 21Friday vs. Wheaton-Warrenville South

24. Kankakee (4-1) 22Friday vs. Rich

25. Notre Dame (4-1) 25Friday vs. Benet

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