Week 8 may have been the dullest week of the season. There weren’t any matchups between ranked teams other than Simeon vs. Morgan Park. It’s the calm before the storm.
Today’s task was simple. Almost everything stayed the same. Neuqua Valley drops out after losing 14-0 to DeKalb. Morgan Park is gone after losing to Simeon.
Brother Rice makes its season debut. I knew the Crusaders belonged after watching them beat Joliet Catholic last week but couldn’t squeeze them in until now. Every team in the CCL/ESCC Blue is ranked in the Super 25.
Sycamore is the other new entry. I was impressed with the Spartans when I saw them play Fenwick in the playoffs last season and have been keeping an eye on them. Sycamore’s 35-7 win against DeKalb in Week 1 looks even more impressive now.
South Elgin, Wauconda, Reed-Custer and Richmond-Burton are all unbeaten and outside the Super 25.
Week 9’s Super 25
1. Mount Carmel (8-0) 1Saturday at No. 2 Loyola
2. Loyola (8-0) 2Saturday vs. No. 1 Mount Carmel
3. Lincoln-Way East (8-0) 3Friday at Bradley-Bourbonnais
4. York (8-0) 4Thursday at Oak Park
5. Simeon (8-0) 5Saturday vs. Lane at Gately
6. Glenbard West (7-1) 6Saturday at Hindale Central
7. Hersey (8-0) 7Friday vs. Buffalo Grove
8. Lemont (8-0) 8Thursday at TF South
9. Prospect (7-1) 9Friday at Rolling Meadows
10. Marist (5-3) 10Friday at Brother Rice
11. St. Rita (6-2) 11Friday vs. Notre Dame
12. Warren (7-1) 12Friday vs. Zion-Benton
13. Maine South (6-2) 13Friday vs. New Trier
14. Crete-Monee (6-2) 14Friday vs. No. 19 Kankakee
15. Prairie Ridge (7-1) 16Friday vs. Crystal Lake Central
16. St. Charles North (7-1) 17Friday at No. 18 Batavia
17. Wheaton North (7-1) 18Friday vs. St. Charles East
18. Batavia (6-2) 19Friday vs. No. 16 St. Charles North
19. Kankakee (7-1) 20Friday at No. 14 Crete-Monee
20. Lake Zurich (7-1) 21Friday at Waukegan
21. Plainfield North (8-0) 22Friday vs. Oswego East
22. Naperville Central (6-2) 23Friday vs. Naperville North
23. Brother Rice (5-3) NRFriday vs. No. 10 Marist
24. St. Francis (8-0) 25Friday at IC Catholic
25. Sycamore (8-0) NRFriday vs. Morris