This week's AP votes

Going into Week 9 - one interesting twist for the final regular-season poll in football. For example, a team that has been ranked all year in 8A but drops to 7A for the playoffs gets ranked in 7A.

8A
1. Maine South
2. Naperville North
3. Bartlett
4. Bolingbrook
5. Lincoln-Way East
6. St. Rita
7. Mt. Carmel
8. Loyola
9. Hinsdale Central
10. Glenbrook South

7A
1. WW South
2. East St. Louis
3. Geneva
4. Glenbard West
5. Carmel
6. Rockford Boylan
7. Machesney Park Harlem
8. Belleville West
9. Prospect
10. St. Charles East

6A
1. Rock Island
2. Cary-Grove
3. Springfield Griffin
4. Bloomington
5. Normal
6. Lemont
7. Joliet Catholic
8. Oak Forest
9. Peoria Richwoods
10. Antioch

5A
1. Metamora
2. Montini
3. Nazareth
4. St. Francis
5. Washington
6. Cahokia
7. Sterling
8. Decatur MacArthur
9. Geneseo
10. Robeson

4A
1. Bloomington Central Catholic
2. Driscoll
3. Aurora Christian
4. Breese Mater Dei
5. Quincy Notre Dame
6. Stillman Valley
7. Mahomet-Seymour
8. Anna-Jonesboro
9. Mendota
10. Chillicothe IVC

3A
1. Columbia
2. Decatur St. Teresa
3. Carthage Illini West
4. Aledo-Westmer
5. Carterville
6. Greenville
7. Wilmington
8. Oregon
9. DuQuoin
10. Vandalia

2A
1. Casey-Westfield
2. Maroa-Forsyth
3. Auburn
4. Orion
5. Fieldcrest
6. Momence
7. Morrison
8. Westville
9. Lena-Winslow
10. Gibson City

1A
1. Dakota
2. Milledgeville
3. Galena
4. Salt Fork
5. Alden-Hebron
6. Greenfield
7. Princeville
8. Triopia
9. Jacksonville Routt
10. Villa Grove