2025 Mike Newman Sectional Rankings: Week 6

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 Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) [6]

4. #14 Orland Park (Sandburg) [3]

5. #15 Naperville (Neuqua Valley) [4]

6. #16 Naperville Central [5]

7. #19 Downers Grove South [8]

8. #21 Naperville North [7]

9. #24 LaGrange (Lyons) [10]

10.  Chicago (Whitney Young) [9]

2. Hoffman Estates

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

2. #6 Lake Zurich [2]

3. #9 Arlington Heights (Hersey) [3]

4. #10 Palatine (Fremd) [4]

5. #17 Libertyville [5]

6. #25 Glenview (Glenbrook South) [9]

7. Winnetka (New Trier) [7]

8. Park Ridge (Maine South) [6]

9. Palatine [8]

10. Buffalo Grove [10]

3. Roselle (Lake Park)

1. #4 Chicago (Lane) [1]

2. #7 St. Charles North [2]

3. #8 Elmhurst (York) [3]

4. #20 Huntley [NR]

5. #22 Wheaton Warrenville South [4]

6. Wheaton North [5]

7. Chicago (Mather) [6]

8. Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) [7]

9. Oak Park-River Forest [8]

10. Batavia [9]

4. Normal Community

1. #2 Plainfield North [1]

2. #3 Plainfield South [2]

3. #14 Edwardsville [3]

4. #18 Yorkville [5]

5. #23 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) [4]

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

7. Minooka [7]

8. Oswego East [8]

9. O’Fallon [9]

10. Champaign (Central) [NR]

Girls 3A

1. Roselle (Lake Park)

1. #5 Elmhurst (York) [2]

2. #6 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) [3]

3. #7 Chicago (St. Ignatius) [1]

4. #11 Chicago (Lane) [4]

5. #13 Huntley [6]

6. #14 St. Charles East [8]

7. #15 Geneva [9]

8. #18 South Elgin [10]

9. #22 Batavia [7]

10. #23 St. Charles North [NR]

2. Hoffman Estates

1. #1 Barrington [1]

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

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

4. #8 Winnetka (New Trier) [5]

5. #10 Lake Zurich [4]

6. Algonquin (Jacobs) [6]

7. Park Ridge (Maine South) [7]

8. Schaumburg [8]

9. Palatine (Fremd) [9]

10. Northbrook (Glenbrook North) [NR]

3. Normal Community

1. #4 Plainfield North [1]

2. #9 New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central) [2]

3. #12 Edwardsville [4]

4. #21 Yorkville [3]

5. #23 Minooka [5]

6. O’Fallon [6]

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

8. Pekin [8]

9. Oswego East [9]

10. Plainfield South [NR]

4. Hinsdale Central

1. #16 Hinsdale Central [2]

2. #17 Naperville North [3]

3. #20 Downers Grove North [1]

4. Orland Park (Sandburg) [4]

5. Downers Grove South [5]

6. Naperville Central [6]

7. Lisle (Benet Academy) [7]

8. Naperville (Neuqua Valley) [8]

9. LaGrange (Lyons) [10]

10. Aurora (Waubonsie Valley) [9]

Boys 2A

1. Lake Villa (Lakes)

1. #1 Dixon [1]

2. #2 Deerfield [2]

3. #8 Aurora (Central Catholic) [4]

4. #9 Crystal Lake Central [3]

5. #10 Niles (Northridge Prep) [7]

6. #14 Vernon Hills [5]

7. #16 Belvidere North [6]

8. #18 Aurora (Marmion Academy) [9]

9. #22 Maple Park (Kaneland) [8]

10. #25 Woodstock [10]

2. Mattoon

1. #4 Mahomet-Seymour [1]

2. #7 Taylorville [2]

3. #6 Mt. Vernon     [4]

4. #12 Herrin [6]

5. #13 Highland [7]

6. #17 Bethalto (Civic Memorial) [3]

7. #19 Marion [5]

8. Springfield [8]

9. Mascoutah [NR]

10. Urbana [NR]

3. Geneseo

1. #3 Morton [2]

2. #5 Peoria (Notre Dame) [1]

3. #14 Normal (University) [3]

4. #15 Morris [4]

5. #19 Lemont [5]

6. #22 Washington [6]

7. Metamora [7]

8. Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central) [NR]

9. Dunlap [8]

10. Geneseo [9]

Bensenville (Fenton)

1. #20 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) [1]

2. Lombard (Montini) [3]

3. Darien (Hinsdale South) [2]

4. Chicago (Lake View) [4]

5. Chicago (Latin) [5]

6. LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) [8]

7. Chicago (University) [7]

8. Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) [8]

9. Chicago (Kennedy) [9]

10. Bensenville (Fenton)                                     [NR]

Girls 2A

1. Lake Villa (Lakes)

1. #2 Wheaton (St. Francis) [1]

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

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

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

5. #7 Cary-Grove [6]

6. #9 Deerfield [5]

7. #14 Crystal Lake South [7]

8. #16 Grayslake Central [8]

9. #22 Rockford (Boylan) [9]

10. #25 Belvidere North [10]

2. Geneseo

1. #5 Washington [1]

2. #8 Bloomington [6]

3. #12 Lemont [7]

4. #13 Peoria (Notre Dame) [2]

5. #15 Normal West [5]

6. #17 Geneseo [4]

7. #19 Morton [8]

8. #20 Normal University [3]

9. Dunlap [9]

10. Morris [10]

3. Mattoon

1. #1 Chatham (Glenwood) [1]

2. #10 Mahomet-Seymour [2]

3. #11 Rochester [3]

4. #21 Waterloo [4]

5. #24 Highland [6]

6. Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) [5]

7. Mascoutah [7]

8. Mt. Zion [10]

9. Troy (Triad) [8]

10. Champaign (Centennial) [NR]

4. Bensenville (Fenton)

1. #18 Lombard (Montini) [2]

2. #23 LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) [1]

3. Chicago University [3]

4. Bensenville (Fenton) [6]

5. Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) [4]

6. Elmwood Park [5]

7. Chicago (Latin) [7]

8. Darien (Hinsdale South) [8]

9. Chicago (Amundsen) [NR]

10. Chicago (Lake View) [9]

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. #16 Bloomington Central Catholic [8]

6. #21 Williamsville [7]

7. #23 Pleasant Plains [6]

8. #24 Downs (Tri-Valley) [9]

9. #25 Elmwood [5]

10. Delavan [NR]

2. Toledo (Cumberland)

1. #4 Tolono Unity [1]

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

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

4. #18 Toledo (Cumberland) [4]

5. #19 Monticello [5]

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

7. Gillespie [7]

8. Shelbyville [8]

9. Paris [9]

10. Tuscola [10]

3. Sherrard

1. #2 Rockford Christian [1]

2. #8 East Dubuque [2]

3. #11 Winnebago [3]

4. #14 Sherrard [4]

5. #16 Rockford (Lutheran) [5]

6. Byron [8]

7. Erie-Prophetstown [10]

8. Rockford (Boylan Catholic) [6]

9. Rock Island (Alleman) [9]

10. Sandwich [7]

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. Okawville [9]

9. Eldorado [8]

10. Metropolis (Massac County) [NR]

5. Lisle

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

2. #13 Herscher [2]

3. Fairbury (Prairie Central) [3]

4. Johnsburg [4]

5. Cullom (Tri-Point) [5]

6. Hoopstown Area [6]

7. Paxton (Buckley-Loda) [8]

8. Kankakee (McNamara) [7]

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

10. Beecher [9]

Girls 1A

1. Elmwood

1. #5 El Paso-Gridley [2]

2. #6 Eureka [1]

3. #7 Elmwood [3]

4. #9 Williamsville [4]

5. #10 Delavan [6]

6. #14 Knoxville [7]

7. #16 Pleasant Plains [5]

8. #22 Clinton [8]

9. Bloomington (Central Catholic) [9]

10. Downs (Tri-Valley) [10]

2. Toledo (Cumberland)

1. #1 Shelbyville [1]

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

3. #8 Marshall [3]

4. #12 Tolono Unity [6]

5. #13 Monticello [7]

6. #17 Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond [8]

7. #19 Urbana University [5]

8. #23 Newton [9]

9. #24 Effingham (St. Anthony) [4]

10. Fithian (Oakwood) [10]

3. Sherrard

1. #1 Winnebago [1]

2. #18 Toulon (Stark County) [2]

3. #21 Cambridge [3]

4. Byron [4]

5. Port Byron (Riverdale) [5]

6. Sandwich [6]

7. Sherrard [7]

8. Genoa-Kingston [8]

9. Erie-Prophetstown [NR] 

10. ROWVA (Williamsfield) [9]

4. Trenton (Wesclin)

1. #3 Anna-Jonesboro [1]

2. #11 Belleville (Althoff Catholic) [2]

3. #15 Breese (Mater Dei) [3]

4. Murphysboro [5]

5. Roxana [4]

6. Columbia [6]

7. Glen Carbon (Father McGivney) [7]

8. Fairfield [8]

9. Okawville [9]

10. Red Bud [10]

5. Lisle

1. #20 Manteno [1]

2. #25 Palos Heights (Chicago Christian) [2]

3. Elmhurst (Timothy Christian) [3]

4. Elgin (Harvest Christian Academy) [4]

5. Paxton-Buckley-Loda [5]

6. Johnsburg [NR]

7. Beecher [8]

8. Richmond-Burton [6]

9. Lisle [7]

Herscher[9]