Team Rankings: Post-Holliday Top 40
Happy new year! It was yet another exciting holiday tournament season to cap off 2025 with the week, cultivating in the top two teams facing each other at the Pontiac championship Wednesday evening.
In the end, Benet took home the crown and leaped into the top spot for the first time this season. They also won the Jacobs Holiday classic last week.
After an impressive run at York, Perspectives cracks the rankings. Finishing 4th in the 32-team field.
Here's the full list of rankings with their holiday tournament results.
| Ranking | Team | Record | Holiday Tournament |
| 1 | Benet | 17-1 | Jacobs, Pontiac Champs |
| 2 | DePaul Prep | 14-2 | Pontiac Runner-Up |
| 3 | Kankakee | 10-1 | Kankakee Champs |
| 4 | Warren | 10-1 | Dipper Champs |
| 5 | Curie | 11-1 | Pontiac Semifinalist |
| 6 | Decatur MacArthur | 11-0 | Prairie Farms Champs |
| 7 | St. Ignatius | 14-2 | York Champs |
| 8 | East St. Louis | 11-1 | Proviso West Champs |
| 9 | Marist | 12-1 | Centralia Champs |
| 10 | Fremd | 11-1 | Wheeling Champs |
| 11 | St. Laurence | 14-1 | Hinsdale Champs |
| 12 | Neuqua Valley | 13-1 | Chuck D Champs |
| 13 | New Trier | 10-1 | Pontiac Semifinalist |
| 14 | Homewood-Flossmor | 12-1 | Lost to New Trier |
| 15 | Bolingbrook | 8-3 | Idle |
| 16 | Normal Community | 10-1 | State Farm Champs |
| 17 | Rock Island | 10-2 | Lost to Normal |
| 18 | Waukegan | 11-3 | Elgin Champs |
| 19 | Centralia | 14-1 | Centralia Runner-Up |
| 20 | Loyola | 15-2 | Lost once in Florida |
| 21 | Kenwood | 10-2 | Dipper Runner-Up |
| 22 | Whitney Young | 11-6 | Dipper 3rd place |
| 23 | Hersey | 11-1 | Elgin Runner-Up |
| 24 | St. Patrick | 13-1 | York Runner-Up |
| 25 | Richwoods | 10-2 | Pekin Champs |
| 26 | Lincoln Park | 11-3 | Dipper 4th place |
| 27 | East Peoria | 8-0 | Idle |
| 28 | Kaneland | 13-0 | Plano Champs |
| 29 | Evanston | 11-3 | Centralia 3rd place |
| 30 | Glenbard East | 12-2 | 3rd at york |
| 31 | Brother Rice | 10-4 | Hinsdale Runner-Up |
| 32 | Metamora | 11-4 | 3-1 at York |
| 33 | Oswego East | 11-3 | 5th at Hinsdale |
| 34 | Palatine | 11-3 | 2-2 at York |
| 35 | Perspectives | 10-5 | 4th at York |
| 36 | Lyons | 9-4 | 2-2 at York |
| 37 | Alton | 8-5 | 4th at Centralia |
| 38 | Mt. Vernon | 10-2 | Prairie Farms Runner Up |
| 39 | Hyde Park | 9-4 | Proviso West Runners Up |
| 40 | Geneva | 13-1 | 3rd at Jacobs |
