2025 Mike Newman Sectional Rankings: Week 5

Here are this week’s IHSA Sectional Rankings! We’ve seen some movement after this past weekend as we continue to inch closer to the postseason. These rankings are dedicated to Mike Newman, who passed away earlier this year. Mike was the owner of ILXCTF.com and was well-known for producing these top 10 rankings every season. In his honor, we have named these rankings after him.

Boys 3A

1. Hinsdale Central

1. #1 Downers Grove North [1]

2. #11 Hinsdale Central [2]

3. #12 Orland Park (Sandburg) [3]

4. #14 Naperville (Neuqua Valley) [4]

5. #17 Naperville Central [5]

6. #19 Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) [7]

7. #20 Naperville North [9]

8. #21 Downers Grove South [6]

9. #22 Chicago (Whitney Young) [8]

10. LaGrange (Lyons) [10]

2. Hoffman Estates

1. #5 Mt. Prospect (Prospect) [1]

2. #6 Lake Zurich [2]

3. #7 Arlington Heights (Hersey) [3]

4. #8 Palatine (Fremd) [4]

5. #15 Libertyville [5]

6. Park Ridge (Maine South) [NR]

7. Winnetka (New Trier) [8]

8. Palatine [7]

9. Glenview (Glenbrook South) [9]

10. Buffalo Grove [6]

3. Roselle (Lake Park)

1. #4 Chicago (Lane) [1]

2. #9 St. Charles North [2]

3. #10 Elmhurst (York) [3]

4. #23 Wheaton Warrenville South [4]

5. #24 Wheaton North [5]

6. #25 Chicago (Mather) [6]

7. Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) [7]

8. Oak Park-River Forest [8]

9. Batavia [9]

10. Chicago (DePaul) [10]

4. Normal Community

1. #2 Plainfield North [1]

2. #3 Plainfield South [2]

3. #13 Edwardsville [3]

4. #16 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) [4]

5. #18 Yorkville [5]

6. Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) [6]

7. Minooka [7]

8. Oswego East [8]

9. O’Fallon [9]

10. New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West) [10]

Girls 3A

1. Roselle (Lake Park)

1. #5 Chicago (St. Ignatius) [2]

2. #6 Elmhurst (York) [1]

3. #7 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) [3]

4. #10 Chicago (Lane) [4]

5. #12 Chicago (DePaul) [5]

6. #16 Huntley [6]

7. #18 Batavia [NR]

8. #20 St. Charles East [7]

9. #21 Geneva [8]

10. #22 South Elgin [10]

2. Hoffman Estates

1. #1 Barrington [1]

2. #2 Mt. Prospect (Prospect) [2]

3. #3 Arlington Heights (Hersey) [3]

4. #9 Lake Zurich [4]

5. #11 Winnetka (New Trier) [5]

6. Algonquin (Jacobs) [6]

7. Park Ridge (Maine South) [7]

8. Schaumburg [8]

9. Palatine (Fremd) [9]

10. Glenview (Glenbrook South) [NR]

3. Normal Community

1. #4 Plainfield North [1]

2. #8 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) [2]

3. #17 Yorkville [7]

4. #19 Edwardsville [3]

5. #24 Minooka [5]

6. O’Fallon [4]

7. Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) [6]

8. Pekin [8]

9. Oswego East [9]

10. Lockport [10]

4. Hinsdale Central

1. #13 Downers Grove North [1]

2. #14 Hinsdale Central [2]

3. #15 Naperville North [3]

4. Orland Park (Sandburg) [4]

5. Downers Grove South [6]

6. Naperville Central [5]

7. Lisle (Benet Academy) [10]

8. Naperville (Neuqua Valley) [7]

9. Aurora (Waubonsie Valley) [8]

10. LaGrange (Lyons) [NR]

Boys 2A

1. Lake Villa (Lakes)

1. #1 Dixon [1]

2. #4 Deerfield [2]

3. #8 Crystal Lake Central [5]

4. #9 Aurora (Central Catholic) [4]

5. #11 Vernon Hills [3]

6. #13 Belvidere North [8]

7. #16 Niles (Northridge Prep) [6]

8. #21 Maple Park (Kaneland) [7]

9. #23 Aurora (Marmion Academy) [NR]

10. #25 Woodstock [9]

2. Mattoon

1. #3 Mahomet-Seymour [1]

2. #6 Taylorville [2]

3. #7 Bethalto (Civic Memorial) [4]

4. #10 Mt. Vernon [5]

5. #12 Marion [3]

6. #17 Herrin [7]

7. #20 Highland [6]

8. Springfield [8]

9. Carterville [10]

10. Olney (Richland County) [9]

3. Geneseo

1. #2 Peoria (Notre Dame) [1]

2. #5 Morton [2]

3. #14 Normal (University) [4]

4. #15 Morris [3]

5. #19 Lemont [5]

6. #22 Washington [6]

7. Metamora [7]

8. Dunlap [8]

9. Geneseo [9]

10. Oak Forest [NR]

Bensenville (Fenton)

1. #18 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) [1]

2. #24 Darien (Hinsdale South) [2]

3. Lombard (Montini) [3]

4. Chicago (Lake View) [4]

5. Chicago (Latin) [5]

6. Chicago (University) [8]

7. Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) [6]

8. LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) [7]

9. Chicago (Kennedy) [9]

10. Evergreen Park [10]

Girls 2A

1. Lake Villa (Lakes)

1. #1 Wheaton (St. Francis) [1]

2. #3 Arlington Heights (St. Viator) [2]

3. #4 West Chicago (Wheaton Academy) [3]

4. #6 Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) [5]

5. #7 Deerfield [4]

6. #11 Cary-Grove [7]

7. #12 Crystal Lake South [8]

8. #16 Grayslake Central [6]

9. #23 Rockford (Boylan) [9]

10. Belvedere North [NR]

2. Geneseo

1. #5 Washington [1]

2. #10 Peoria (Notre Dame) [2]

3. #14 Normal University [3]

4. #17 Geneseo [6]

5. #18 Normal West [4]

6. #19 Bloomington [9]

7. #20 Lemont [5]

8. #22 Morton [7]

9. #25 Dunlap [8]

10. Morris [10]

3. Mattoon

1. #2 Chatham (Glenwood) [1]

2. #8 Mahomet-Seymour [2]

3. #9 Rochester [3]

4. #13 Waterloo [7]

5. #15 Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) [4]

6. Highland [5]

7. Mascoutah [6]

8. Troy (Triad) [10]

9. Carterville [NR]

10. Mt. Zion [8]

4. Bensenville (Fenton)

1. #21 LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) [1]

2. #24 Lombard (Montini) [2]

3. Chicago University [5]

4. Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) [3]

5. Elmwood Park [8]

6. Bensenville (Fenton) [4]

7. Chicago (Latin) [7]

8. Darien (Hinsdale South) [6]

9. Chicago (Lake View) [9]

10. Evergreen Park [10]

Boys 1A

1. Elmwood

1. #1 Eureka [1]

2. #3 El Paso-Gridley [2]

3. #5 Glasford (Illini Bluffs) [3]

4. #6 Clinton [4]

5. #9 Elmwood [5]

6. #22 Pleasant Plains [8]

7. #23 Williamsville [6]

8. #24 Bloomington Central Catholic [7]

9. #25 Downs (Tri-Valley) [10]

10. Auburn [9]

2. Toledo (Cumberland)

1. #4 Tolono Unity [1]

2. #10 St. Joseph-Ogden [2]

3. #17 Effingham (St. Anthony) [6]

4. #18 Toledo (Cumberland) [3]

5. #19 Monticello [4]

6. #21 Georgetown (La Salette Academy) [5]

7. Gillespie [7]

8. Shelbyville [8]

9. Paris [9]

10. Tuscola [NR]

3. Sherrard

1. #2 Rockford Christian [1]

2. #8 East Dubuque [3]

3. #11 Winnebago [2]

4. #14 Sherrard [4]

5. #16 Rockford (Lutheran) [5]

6. Rockford (Boylan Catholic) [6]

7. Sandwich [10]

8. Byron [7]

9. Rock Island (Alleman) [8]

10. Erie-Prophetstown [9]

4. Trenton (Wesclin)

1. #7 Pinckneyville [1]

2. #15 Murphysboro [2]

3. #20 Edwardsville (Metro-East Lutheran) [3]

4. Roxana [4]

5. Glen Carbon (Father McGivney) [5]

6. Benton [6]

7. Fairfield [7]

8. Eldorado [8]

9. Okawville [NR]

10. Anna-Jonesboro [10]

5. Lisle

1. #12 Elgin (Harvest Christian Academy) [2]

2. #13 Herscher [1]

3. Fairbury (Prairie Central) [3]

4. Johnsburg [4]

5. Cullom (Tri-Point) [5]

6. Hoopstown Area [6]

7. Kankakee (McNamara) [7]

8. Paxton (Buckley-Loda) [8]

9. Beecher [9]

10. Aurora Christian [10]

Girls 1A

1. Elmwood

1. #5 Eureka [1]

2. #6 El Paso-Gridley [2]

3. #7 Elmwood [3]

4. #10 Williamsville [5]

5. #11 Pleasant Plains [4]

6. #12 Delavan [6]

7. #16 Knoxville [7]

8. #23 Clinton [10]

9. Bloomington (Central Catholic) [8]

10. Downs (Tri-Valley) [9]

2. Toledo (Cumberland)

1. #1 Shelbyville [1]

2. #4 St. Joseph-Ogden [2]

3. #8 Marshall [3]

4. #14 Effingham (St. Anthony) [4]

5. #15 Urbana University [6]

6. #17 Tolono Unity [5]

7. #18 Monticello [7]

8. #20 Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond [9]

9. #25 Newton [8]

10. Fithian (Oakwood) [NR]

3. Sherrard

1. #1 Winnebago [1]

2. #19 Toulon (Stark County) [2]

3. #22 Cambridge [3]

4. Byron [7]

5. Port Byron (Riverdale) [6]

6. Sandwich [5]

7. Sherrard [4]

8. Genoa-Kingston [NR]

9. ROWVA (Williamsfield) [8]

10. Rock Falls [NR]

4. Trenton (Wesclin)

1. #3 Anna-Jonesboro [1]

2. #9 Belleville (Althoff Catholic) [2]

3. #13 Breese (Mater Dei) [3]

4. Roxana [5]

5. Murphysboro [4]

6. Columbia [7]

7. Glen Carbon (Father McGivney) [6]

8. Fairfield [8]

9. Okawville [9]

10. Red Bud [NR]

5. Lisle

1. #21 Manteno [1]

2. #24 Palos Heights (Chicago Christian) [2]

3. Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) [3]

4. Elgin (Harvest Christian Academy) [4]

5. Paxton-Buckley-Loda [8]

6. Richmond-Burton [NR]

7. Lisle [5]

8. Beecher [7]

9. Herscher [6]

10. Chicago (F.W. Parker) [NR]