Team Rankings: Pre-Playoff Top 40
It's playoff time in Illinois. The PrepHoops staff and I could not be more excited for what expects to be an exciting tournament coming up.
Leading into the playoffs, we've also shared the record each team in our rankings has held against other ranked teams throughout the regular season. So far, only two teams, Kaneland and Quincy Notre Dame, have yet to face a ranked team this season. But neither team has lost to an opponent in-state.
Leo, a top seed in 3A, makes their debut in the rankings.
FULL RANKINGS
| Rank | Team | Sectional Seed | vs PHI Top 40 |
| 1 | Benet | #1 at Bolingbrook (4A) | 6-1 |
| 2 | DePaul Prep | #1 at Loyola (4A) | 9-1 |
| 3 | Curie | #1 at Mt. Carmel (4A) | 8-1 |
| 4 | Kankakee | #1 at Morton B (3A) | 3-1 |
| 5 | Warren | #1 at Hononegah A (4A) | 5-3 |
| 6 | Decatur MacArthur | #1 at Mahomet A (3A) | 1-0 |
| 7 | Neuqua Valley | #2 at Bolingbrook (4A) | 3-0 |
| 8 | East St. Louis | #1 at Waterloo B (3A) | 1-0 |
| 9 | Centralia | #2 at Waterloo B (3A) | 0-1 |
| 10 | Fremd | #1 at Fremd (4A) | 5-1 |
| 11 | St. Ignatius | #2 at Mt. Carmel (4A) | 6-3 |
| 12 | Bolingbrook | #3 at Benet (4A) | 3-3 |
| 13 | Marist | #2 at Joliet West (4A) | 4-3 |
| 14 | Homewood-Flossmor | #1 at Joliet West (4A) | 5-2 |
| 15 | Loyola | #3 at Loyola (4A) | 5-5 |
| 16 | St. Patrick | #4 at Loyola (4A) | 2-4 |
| 17 | Kaneland | #1 at Woodstock North A (3A) | 0-0 |
| 18 | New Trier | #5 at Loyola (4A) | 4-5 |
| 19 | Evanston | #2 at Loyola (4A) | 3-6 |
| 20 | Morton (IL) | #1 at Ottawa A (3A) | 6-2 |
| 21 | Whitney Young | #3 at Mt. Carmel (4A) | 2-3 |
| 22 | Peoria Richwoods | #3 at Rock Island B (4A) | 4-5 |
| 23 | Rock Island | #2 at Rock Island B (4A) | 1-1 |
| 24 | Waukeagan | #2 at Hononegah A (4A) | 2-4 |
| 25 | Mt. Carmel | #4 at Mt. Carmel (4A) | 5-7 |
| 26 | Kenwood | #7 at Mt. Carmel (4A) | 4-5 |
| 27 | St. Laurence | #5 at Mt. Carmel (4A) | 0-6 |
| 28 | Glenbard East | #1 at Bartlett (4A) | 1-2 |
| 29 | East Peoria | #2 at Ottawa A (3A) | 1-3 |
| 30 | Lockport | #3 at Joliet West (4A) | 1-3 |
| 31 | Normal | #1 at Rock Island B (4A) | 3-4 |
| 32 | Palatine | #2 at Fremd (4A) | 2-3 |
| 33 | Peoria | #3 at Ottawa A (3A) | 4-3 |
| 34 | York | #2 at Bartlett (4A) | 0-2 |
| 35 | Quincy Notre Dame | #1 at Pleasant Plains (2A) | 0-0 |
| 36 | Lincoln Park | #6 at Loyola (4A) | 3-7 |
| 37 | Hersey | #3 at Fremd (4A) | 2-4 |
| 38 | Normal U-High | #1 at Mahomet-Seymour B (4A) | 0-3 |
| 39 | Hyde Park | #1 at De La Salle (3A) | 2-8 |
| 40 | Leo | #1 at Hillcrest (3A) | 1-2 |
