EDGY vs EDGY: Poll comparison

My Preseason Top 30 Chicagoland poll was released on the EDGY Nation forum July 29th 2017

1 Prairie Ridge

2. Maine South

3. Loyola

4. Glenbard West

5. LW East

6. Marist

7. Lake Zurich

8. Waubonsie Valley

9. H-F

10. Palatine

11. Lyons Township

12. Naperville Central

13. Phillips

14. MC

15. New Trier

16. Oswego

17. Hins Cent

18. Montini

19. Glenbard North

20. Barrington

21. Nazareth Academy

22. Huntley

23. Cary-Grove

24. Simeon

25. St. Charles East

26. Hoffman Estates

27. Brother Rice

28. Bradley

29. Lemont

30. Batavia

Others of Note: Benet Academy/St.Rita/Providence/West Aurora/OPRF/Richards/Crete-Monee/Joliet West/DeKalb/Lakes/Plainfield North/St. Laurence/ Immaculate Conception/Lake Forest/Johnsburg

Final 2017 Chicagoland Top 30 poll

1. Lincoln-Way East 14-0 (1)- The State of Illinois Top Team from the 2017 season? The Class 8A State Champion Lincoln-Way East Griffins.

2. Prairie Ridge 14-0 (2)- 28 wins in a row and yet another amazing performance by the Prairie Ridge Wolves.

3. Loyola Academy 12-2 (4)- The Ramblers played well in 2017 especially with dealing with a ton of injuries all season long.

4. Batavia 13-1 (5)- A great state title winning season for one of the state's best football towns capped off by a thrilling 21-14 OT win over Lake Zurich.

5. Lake Zurich 13-1 (3) The Bears overcame lots of off the field distractions over the past year plus to end up as one of the state's best teams in 2017.

6. Phillips 14-0 (6) A 3A sized enrollment school that "moved up" to play in 5A also had 8A level talent in 2017. The Wildcats can hang with everyone here.

7. Maine South 11-2 (5) Season Completed.

8. Nazareth Academy 12-2 (8) The Road Runners will no question be one of the state's top returning teams in 2018.

9. Mount Carmel 9-4 (9) Season Completed.

10. Marist 11-1 (10) Season Completed

11. Naperville Central 9-3 (11) Season Completed

12. Providence Catholic 8-5 (12) Season Completed

13. Oswego 10-2 (13) Season Completed.

14. Minooka 9-3 (14) Season Completed.

15. Glenbard West 9-2 (15) Season Completed.

16. St. Rita 9-3 (16) Season Completed.

17. Benet Academy 9-4 (17) Season Completed.

18. Lincoln-Way Central 10-2 (18) Season Completed.

19. Homewood-Flossmoor 9-2 (19) Season Completed.

20. Wheaton North 8-3 (20) Season Completed.

21. Barrington 10-1 (21) Season Completed.

22. Warren Township 7-4 (22) Season Completed.

23. Immaculate Conception 12-1 (23) The Knights rolled over Pleasant Plains to win back to back 3A state titles. IC also overcame a ton of adversity/injuries in 2017.

24. Morris 11-2 (24) Played inspired football in it's last second loss to Rochester in the Class 4A state title game.

25. Hoffman Estates 10-3 (25) Season Completed.

26. Lemont 10-2 (26) Season Completed.

27. St. Charles North 9-2 (27) Season Completed.

28. Hinsdale Central 8-3 (28) Season Completed.

29. Willowbrook 10-2 (29) Season Completed.

30. Cary-Grove 7-4 (30) Season Completed.

Others: (in no particular order) Simeon/St. Ignatius/St. Charles East/St. Laurence/Marian Central Catholic/Hillcrest/Raby/Wilmington/Huntley/Bolingbrook/Hinsdale South/Stevenson/Lincoln-Way West/Palatine

So I did decent with...... (preseason rank/post-season rank)

LW East (5/1)

Prairie Ridge (2/1)

Loyola (3/3)

Lake Zurich (7/5)

Phillips (13/6)

Maine South (2/7)

Nazareth Academy (21/8)

Mount Carmel (14/9)

Marist (6/10)

Naperville Central (12/11)

Oswego (16/13)

Glenbard West (4/15)

H-F (9/19)

Barrington (20/21)

Hoffman Estates (26/25)

Lemont (29/26)

Hinsdale Central (17/28)

Cary-Grove (23/30)

Jury is still out on.....

Batavia (30/4)

Providence Catholic (Others/12)

St. Rita (Others/16)
Benet Academy (Others/17)

Immaculate Conception (Others/23)

A complete swing and a miss on.....

Minooka (NR/14)

Lincoln-Way Central (NR/18)

Wheaton North (NR/20)

Warren Township (NR/22)

St. Charles North (NR/27)

Willowbrook (NR/29)

Ranked early but then.....

Waubonsie Valley (8/NR)- had all the tools but then the win one lose one deal took ahold

Palatine (10/Others)- had a decent run but I just expected more I guess

Lyons Township (11/NR)- hit the late season wall and hit that thing HARD!

New Trier (15/NR)- just never seemed to get out of second gear

Montini Catholic (18/NR)- just never saw a big time game breaker for the Broncos in 2017

Glenbard North (19/NR)- I had issues with the offense going back to the summer...

Simeon (24/Others)- won the Prep Bowl and just couldn't overcome penalties/turnovers

St. Charles East (25/Others)- Battled LWE all it could handle but

Bradley (28/NR)- Yep a major whiff on my part.