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Illinois High School Girls Basketball Poll

Illinois High School Girls Basketball Poll

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Class 4A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Benet (5) (16-1)591
2.Waubonsie Valley (1) (18-0)542
3.Loyola (18-2)483
4.DePaul College Prep (16-2)334
5.Nazareth (15-3)31T6
6.Naperville Central (15-3)295
7.Fremd (16-3)238
8.Kenwood (17-4)18NR
9.Alton (15-2)8NR
(tie)Maine South (16-3)89

Others receiving votes: 11, Glenbard West 7. 12, Lyons 5. 13, Mother McAuley 3. 14, Marist 2. 15, Belleville East 1. 16, Bolingbrook 1.

Class 3A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Morton (4) (15-3)643
2.Washington (1) (17-1)611
3.Galesburg (2) (18-1)572
4.Chatham Glenwood (13-2)434
5.Providence (18-3)416
6.Dixon (16-2)335
7.Quincy Notre Dame (14-3)267
8.Peoria Notre Dame (16-3)14NR
9.River Forest Trinity (13-7)12NR
10.Marion (13-2)109

Others receiving votes: 11, Sterling 9. 12, Kankakee 8. 13, Freeport 4. 14, Carbondale 2. 15, Bethalto Civic Memorial 1.

Class 2A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Breese Central (2) (16-2)722
2.Nashville (6) (18-2)713
3.Teutopolis (17-2)561
4.Pleasant Plains (15-0)558
5.Byron (16-2)395
6.Effingham (16-2)294
7.Paris (15-2)266
8.Breese Mater Dei (12-5)14NR
9.West Hancock (16-2)1310
10.Manteno (17-2)109
(tie)Princeton (15-1)107

Others receiving votes: 11, Johnsburg 9. 12, St. Joseph-Ogden 8. 13, Benton 7. 14, Watseka 6. 15, Harrisburg 4. 16, Kewanee 3. 17, Carlyle 3. 18, Pinckneyville 2. 19, Winnebago 1. 20, Riverdale 1. 21, Vienna 1.

Class 1A

RankSchoolTotal PointsPrevious
1.Brownstown/St. Elmo (2) (18-1)421
2.Brown County (16-2)394
3.Deer Creek-Mackinaw (2) (17-1)368
4.Mt. Pulaski (1) (17-0)325
5.Illini Bluffs (18-2)303
6.Abingdon (A.-Avon) (15-4)2110
(tie)Cissna Park (13-2)212
8.Liberty (15-3)14T6
9.Heyworth (16-3)9T6
10.Havana (14-4)7NR

Others receiving votes: 10, Hope Academy 7. 12, Rockford (Christian Life) 6. 13, Catlin (Salt Fork) 5. 14, Lanark Eastland 3. 15, LeRoy 2. 16, Okawville 1.

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