(Week Six rankings in parenthesis)
1. Marist 27-4 (1)
Red-hot RedHawks welcome St. Patrick Tuesday.
2. Lincoln-Way East 28-3 (3)
Travel to rival Lincoln-Way Central on Tuesday.
3. Brother Rice 25-5 (4)
Crusaders cruise past St. Rita, Oak Forest.
4. Lake Park 25-4 (6)
Lancers beat Naperville North, Waubonsie Valley.
5. Glenbard West 27-3 (2)
Hilltoppers’ defense AWOL against Barrington.
6. Barrington 26-5 (9)
Beats Glenbard West, Libertyville with defense.
7. Libertyville 27-5 (7)
Finishes second to Barrington at Northside Classic.
8. Neuqua Valley 24-7 (5)
Wildcats still need time to sort things out.
9. New Trier 19-6 (8)
Trevians stumble twice at own invitational.
10. Plainfield East 24-2 (12)
Bengals prove they can hang with big boys.
11. Deerfield 20-5 (11)
Warriors extend winning streak to 10 games.
12. Hersey 27-6 (10)
Thirteen games in eight days = one tired dog.
13. Loyola 16-10 (13)
Ramblers travel to rival St. Rita on Tuesday.
14. Lincoln-Way West 24-7 (14)
Warriors handle Lockport, Homewood-Flossmoor.
15. Palatine 24-8 (17)
O’Shea, Pirates cool off streaking Schaumburg.
16. Addison Trail 19-7 (NR).
Beats Downers Grove South to re-enter top 20.
17. St. Patrick 20-5 (18)
Shamrocks have big test at Marist Tuesday.
18. Boylan Catholic 22-3 (NR)
NIC-10 powerhouse proved it belongs here.
19. Naperville Central 19-12 (15)
Redhawks could spring huge sectional surprise.
20. O’Fallon 19-5-1 (20)
Panthers get past SWC foe Belleville West.
Dropped out: Stevenson 24-8 (16), Wheaton North 19-7 (19).
On the bubble (in alphabetical order): Benet, Downers Grove North, Downers Grove South, Glenbrook North, Hinsdale Central, Lake Forest, Lincoln-Way Central, Lockport, Montini, Oak Park-River Forest, Oswego East, Plainfield North, St. Ignatius, St. Charles North, Schaumburg, Warren.