IHSA Week 6 playoff outlook: The 60 unbeaten teams in Illinois high school football

The Illinois High School Association released the 2024 playoff outlook ahead of Week 6, which includes a look at every team in the state separated by hypothetical class and ranked by won-lost record.

The weekly list works only as a guide to the playoffs and is not a prediction of the final classes and seeds, although its usefulness as a postseason roadmap grows each week.

Below are the 60 remaining unbeaten teams in each of the eight classes, along with the adjusted enrollment range of each class (those will change every week and not be final until the 256-team playoffs are set after Week 9).

Unbeaten Peoria-area teams are in bold , while others are listed after each class:

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Class 1A (154 to 304.5)

1. Hardin Calhoun
2. LeRoy
3. Lena-Winslow
4. Gibson City Melvin-Sibley
5. Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond
6. Nokomis
7. Princeville
8. Stark County
9. Sesser Valier
10. Casey Westfield
11. Belleville Althoff

Other Journal Star-area teams: 15 Rushville-Industry 4-1; 21 Annawan/Wethersfield 3-2; 32 ROWVA/Williamsfield 3-2; 42 Deer Creek-Mackinaw 2-3; 48 Havana 1-4; 49 Abingdon-Avon 1-4; 51 Fieldcrest 1-4; 52 South Fulton 1-4; 55 St. Bede 1-4; 62 United 0-5.

Class 2A ( 305 to 412 )

1. Johnston City
2. Maroa-Forsyth
3. Farmington
4. Wilmington
5. Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin
6. Momence
7. Seneca
8. Chester

Other Journal Star-area teams: 17 Elmwood/Brimfield 4-1; 31 Bureau Valley 3-2; 35 El Paso-Gridley 2-3; 38 Illini West 2-3; 44 Knoxville 1-4; 53 Tremont 0-5; 61 Lewistown/Valley/Cuba 0-5.

Class 3A ( 415.5 to 559 )

1. Byron
2. Durand/Pecatonica
3. St. Joseph-Ogden
4. Monmouth-Roseville
5. Greenville
6. Sullivan/Okaw Valley
7. Eureka
8. Paxton Buckey-Loda
9. New Berlin

Other Journal Star-area teams: 12 Princeton 4-1; 16 Olympia 4-1.

Class 4A ( 561.5 to 840.5 )

1. Dixon
2. Chicago Sullivan
3. Manteno
4. Macomb
5. Breese Central
6. Olney Richland County
7. Chicago South Shore

Other Journal Star-area teams: 22 Peoria Notre Dame 3-2; 37 Kewanee 2-3; 50 Hall/Putnam County 1-4; 54 Canton 0-5; 56 Manual 0-5; 58 Illinois Valley Central 0-5.

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Class 5A ( 842 to 1289.5 )

1. Sycamore
2. Woodstock North
3. Troy Triad
4. Burbank St. Laurence

Other Journal Star-area teams: 8 Peoria High 4-1; 13 Metamora 4-1; 17 East Peoria 4-1; 36 LaSalle-Peru 2-3; 51 Morton 1-4; 54 Galesburg 1-4; 62 Limestone 0-5.

Class 6A ( 1296.08 to 1784 )

1. Geneva
2. Libertyville
3. East St. Louis
4. Bloomington
5. Cary Grove
6. Belvidere North

Other Journal Star-area teams: 20 Dunlap 4-1; 23 Washington 3-2; 49 Peoria Richwoods 1-4.

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Class 7A ( 1802 to 2156 )

1. Batavia
2. Chicago Whitney Young
3. Downers Grove North
4. Quincy
5. Machesney Park Harlem
6. Chicago Lincoln Park

Other Journal Star-area teams: 23 Pekin 3-2.

Class 8A ( 2196.50 to 7758.50 )

1. Naperville Central
2. Barrington
3. Frankfort Lincoln-Way East
4. Palatine Fremd
5. Elmhurst York
6. LaGrange Lyons
7. Oswego
8. Minooka
9. Aurora West Aurora

For the full list of playoff hopefuls around Illinois high school football, click here .

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