With records in parentheses and last week’s rankings
1. Brother Rice (8-2) 1
Sam Holcomb passed for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Crusaders beat St. Charles North 49-7 in the Class 7A first round.
2. Mount Carmel (8-2) 2
Brady Cloherty threw for 267 yards and four TDs, including a pair to Marshaun Thornton, in a 55-21 Class 8A first-round win vs. Marist.
3. St. Rita (7-3) 4
Brandon Johnson Jr. ran for three TDs and Doniven Campbell raced 60 yards for a score as the Mustangs beat Buffalo Grove 36-10 in the 7A first round.
4. Lyons (8-3) 5
Brendan McCabe was 5 of 6 passing for 103 yards and three touchdowns in a 55-14 win against Perspectives in the 8A first round.
5. Richards (8-2) 6
Eric Jacobs passed for four TDs – two each to Naquan Griffin and Logan Sales — as the Bulldogs beat Niles North 50-8 in the 7A first round.
6. Riverside-Brookfield (9-1) 7
Nico Caputo ran for three touchdowns and quarterback Braeden Novak had three total TDs in a 56-28 win over Thornwood in Class 7A.
7. Nazareth (6-5) 8
Dylan Wellner, Jack Paris and Gavin Hartigan ran for scores in a 28-7 win against Dunlap in the 6A first round.
8. Sandburg (7-3) 3
Sean Ruisz and Vinny Annel ran for scores, but the Eagles fell 24-17 to Barrington in the 8A first round.
9. Marist (6-5) 9
Conor Hunt, Nick Mayoski and Joey Doyle scored TDs in the RedHawks’ 55-21 loss to Mount Carmel in the 8A first round.
10. St. Laurence (5-6) NR
Noah Taylor finished with more than 300 total yards and two passing TDs in a 28-13 win against Plainfield South in the 7A first round.