The past two football seasons have been historic for Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley football.
The Falcons can add another chapter to the fun on Tuesday. GCMS, the defending Class 2A state champion, claimed the No. 1 spot in the latest Class 1A Associated Press statewide poll, leaping ahead of Lena-Winslow.
GCMS, which won 56-0 at Fisher last Friday night and carries a 5-0 record into Friday night’s home game against Tri-Valley (3-2), received 12 first-place votes from the statewide panel.
And GCMS isn’t the only area team who finds itself in the AP state rankings going into Week 6.
Monticello (5-0) climbed up to No. 3 in the 3A poll, with Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin (5-0) at No. 8 in the 2A poll. Tuscola (4-1) moved up to No. 4 in the 1A poll, with Argenta-Oreana also moving up a spot to No. 7.
Prairie Central (4-1) in 4A, along with Salt Fork (5-0) and Fisher (4-1) in 1A, also received votes.
Here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters:
Class 8A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Lincoln-Way East (8) (5-0) 87 1
2. Homewood-Flossmoor (5-0) 81 2
3. Maine South (1) (4-1) 68 3
4. Oswego (5-0) 60 4
5. Marist (4-1) 56 5
6. Glenbard West (4-1) 49 7
7. Evanston Township (4-1) 20 6
8. Bolingbrook (4-1) 19 10
9. Hinsdale Central (4-1) 18 NR
10. Waubonsie Valley (5-0) 10 NR
Others receiving votes: Loyola 7, Oswego East 6, Stevenson 6, Naperville Central 4, St. Charles East 2, Barrington 1, Naperville Neuqua Valley 1.
Class 7A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Batavia (2) (5-0) 90 1
2. Nazareth (3) (5-0) 88 2
3. Brother Rice (1) (5-0) 78 3
4. East St. Louis (4) (4-1) 75 4
5. Chicago Mt. Carmel (4-1) 61 5
6. Simeon (5-0) 50 6
7. Hononegah (5-0) 35 7
8. Belleville West (5-0) 27 8
9. Normal Community (4-1) 25 9
10. Lincoln Way West (3-2) 6 10
Others receiving votes: Lake Zurich 5, St. Charles North 4, Moline 3, Hersey 1, Hoffman Estates 1, Wheaton Warrenville South 1.
Class 6A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Cary-Grove (6) (5-0) 104 1
2. Oak Lawn Richards (4) (5-0) 102 2
3. Willowbrook (5-0) 76 4
4. Prairie Ridge (4-1) 73 3
5. Phillips (3-2) 55 6
6. Chatham Glenwood (5-0) 52 8
7. Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) (4-1) 44 9
8. Providence (4-1) 30 7
9. Niles Notre Dame (4-1) 23 NR
(tie) Normal West (1) (4-1) 23 10
(tie) DeKalb (4-1) 23 5
Others receiving votes: None.
Class 5A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Washington (10) (5-0) 109 1
2. Montini (1) (5-0) 97 2
3. Sterling (5-0) 79 T4
4. Highland (5-0) 77 3
5. Hillcrest (5-0) 75 T4
6. Antioch (5-0) 53 7
7. Metamora (5-0) 27 NR
8. Decatur MacArthur (4-1) 23 NR
9. Joliet Catholic (3-2) 14 8
(tie) Kaneland (4-1) 14 NR
Others receiving votes: Sycamore 10, Dunlap 10, Peoria Central 8, Mascoutah 4, Carbondale 2, St. Francis 1, Payton 1, Woodstock Marian 1.
Class 4A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. IC Catholic (12) (5-0) 138 2
2. Rochester (2) (4-1) 104 1
3. Taylorville (5-0) 102 3
4. Columbia (5-0) 96 4
5. Rockford Boylan (4-1) 86 5
6. Coal City (4-1) 46 7
(tie) Breese Mater Dei (5-0) 46 10
8. Morris (3-2) 32 8
9. Richmond-Burton (4-1) 28 6
10. Cahokia (4-1) 27 NR
Others receiving votes: Pontiac 24, Herrin 19, Johnsburg 10, Rochelle 7, Raby 4, Prairie Central 1.
Class 3A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Byron (13) (5-0) 130 1
2. Carlinville (5-0) 96 3
3. Monticello (5-0) 89 4
4. Farmington (5-0) 88 2
5. Bishop McNamara (4-1) 82 5
6. Williamsville (4-1) 71 6
7. Beardstown (5-0) 49 8
8. Vandalia (5-0) 44 7
9. DuQuoin (5-0) 33 10
10. Elmwood-Brimfield (5-0) 15 NR
Others receiving votes: Lisle 7, North Boone 2, Hall 2, Paris 2, Pleasant Plains 2, Rock Island Alleman 2, Fairfield 1.
Class 2A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Maroa-Forsyth (10) (5-0) 127 1
2. Orion (3) (5-0) 117 2
3. Sterling Newman (4-1) 99 3
4. Decatur St. Teresa (5-0) 93 4
5. Eastland-Pearl City (5-0) 73 6
6. Illini West (Carthage) (5-0) 71 5
7. Chicago (Hope) Academy (4-1) 48 7
8. Bismarck-Henning (5-0) 31 9
9. Pana (4-1) 21 NR
10. Mercer County (3-2) 9 NR
(tie) Downs Tri-Valley (3-2) 9 NR
Others receiving votes: Nashville 7, Rockridge 4, Eldorado 3, Marshall 3.
Class 1A
School W-L Pts Prv
1. Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (12) (5-0) 127 2
2. Lena-Winslow (1) (4-1) 107 1
3. Ottawa Marquette (5-0) 95 4
4. Tuscola (4-1) 83 5
5. Princeville (5-0) 75 6
6. Camp Point Central (4-1) 65 3
7. Argenta-Oreana (5-0) 48 8
8. Aurora Christian (4-1) 32 7
9. Milledgeville (5-0) 27 10
10. Concord (Triopia) (4-1) 20 NR
Others receiving votes: Madison 12, Sesser (S.-Valier) 7, Athens 6, Salt Fork 4, Carrollton 3, Fisher 2, Forreston 2.
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