East St. Louis suffered a second loss this year to a national powerhouse, dropping the Illinois high school football team from the top spot in The Sporting News Midwest High School Football Top 25 rankings.
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Taking the place of East St. Louis at the top is another Illinois school in Loyola Academy. Millard South of Nebraska now features a loss on the record, but it came via forfeit.
Millard South was forced to forfeit a previous blowout victory due to rules infractions. They will not be punished, as the loss technically did not occur on the football field.
Here is the latest The Sporting News Midwest High School Football Top 25 rankings:
The Sporting News Midwest High School Football Top 25 Rankings
No. 1 Loyola Academy (Illinois)
2025 Record: 2-0
Next Game: at Brother Rice, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat St. Francis, 43-21
Previously Ranked: No. 2
No. 2 Millard South (Nebraska)
2025 Record: 2-1
Next Game: vs. Millard North, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Kearney, 72-0
Previously Ranked: No. 3
No. 3 Mt. Carmel (Illinois)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: at Saint Ignatius, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Nazareth Academy, 42-23
Previously Ranked: No. 4
No. 4 Iowa City Liberty (Iowa)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: at Johnston, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Linn-Mar, 28-7
Previously Ranked: No. 5
No. 5 Lincoln-Way East (Illinois)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: at Lockport, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Neuqua Valley, 56-7
Previously Ranked: No. 6
No. 6 Omaha Westside (Nebraska)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: at Bellevue West, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Millard West, 51-0
Previously Ranked: No. 7
No. 7 East St. Louis (Illinois)
2025 Record: 0-2
Next Game: at Alton, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: lost to Bishop Gorman, 35-10
Previously Ranked: No. 1
No. 8 West Des Moines Valley (Iowa)
2025 Record: 2-1
Next Game: at Waukee, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Urbandale, 41-3
Previously Ranked: No. 8
No. 9 Dowling Catholic (Iowa)
2025 Record: 2-1
Next Game: vs. Southeast Polk, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Dallas Center-Grimes, 27-0
Previously Ranked: No. 9
No. 10 Saint Thomas Aquinas (Kansas)
2025 Record: 2-0
Next Game: vs. Blue Valley, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat St. James Academy, 41-21
Previously Ranked: No. 10
No. 11 Maple Grove (Minnesota)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: at Edina, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Mounds View, 49-14
Previously Ranked: No. 11
No. 12 Minnetonka (Minnesota)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: at Prior Lake, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Moorhead, 47-21
Previously Ranked: No. 12
No. 13 Elkhorn South (Nebraska)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: at Grand Island, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Lincoln North, 34-6
Previously Ranked: No. 13
No. 14 Blue Valley Northwest (Kansas)
2025 Record: 2-0
Next Game: vs. St. James Academy, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Shawnee Mission Northwest, 40-31
Previously Ranked: No. 15
No. 15 Gardner-Edgerton (Kansas)
2025 Record: 1-1
Next Game: vs. Shawnee Mission South, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat St. Pius X, 34-28
Previously Ranked: No. 16
No. 16 Eden Prairie (Minnesota)
2025 Record: 2-1
Next Game: at St. Michael Albertville, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Edina, 40-19
Previously Ranked: No. 17
No. 17 Southeast Polk (Iowa)
2025 Record: 2-1
Next Game: at Dowling Catholic, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Norwalk, 35-20
Previously Ranked: No. 18
No. 18 Wahoo (Nebraska)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: at Gross Catholic, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Aurora, 42-7
Previously Ranked: No. 19
No. 19 Waverly (Nebraska)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: at Elkhorn, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat McCook, 42-7
Previously Ranked: No. 20
No. 20 Lyons (Illinois)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: vs. Hinsdale Central, Saturday, Sept. 20
Last Game: beat Berwyn-Cicero-Morton, 55-0
Previously Ranked: No. 21
No. 21 Norris (Nebraska)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: at Blair, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Lincoln Northwest, 63-0
Previously Ranked: No. 22
No. 22 Grundy Center (Iowa)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: vs. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Dike-New Hartford, 35-7
Previously Ranked: No. 23
No. 23 Hays (Kansas)
2025 Record: 2-0
Next Game: at Manhattan, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: beat Choctaw, 21-19
Previously Ranked: No. 24
No. 24 Edina (Minnesota)
2025 Record: 2-1
Next Game: vs. Maple Grove, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: lost to Eden Prairie, 40-19
Previously Ranked: No. 14
No. 25 Brother Rice (Illinois)
2025 Record: 3-0
Next Game: vs. Loyola Academy, Friday, Sept. 19
Last Game: defeated St. Rita, 28-10
Previously Ranked: Unranked
Dropped out: No. 25 Nazareth Academy
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