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MaxPreps rankings for Illinois softball (Spring 2025). Every high school softball team in the nation is ranked. Find out where your teams stands... 

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Preseason Top 25 Softball Rankings

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#	Team	Ovr.	Rating	Str.	+/-
76	Belleville East	26-9-0	15.77	5.5	+1
77	Illini Bluffs	20-7-0	15.68	8.2	-11
78	Salem	22-5-0	15.65	6.1	-21
79	Champaign Central	25-4-0	15.57	2.1	-17
80	Effingham	23-9-0	15.57	8.9	-15
81	Antioch	24-13-0	15.52	9.3	+23
82	Taft	23-14-0	15.32	9.4	+17
83	Plainfield East	23-12-0	15.21	10.2	+6
84	Biggsville West Central	31-7-0	15.17	1.6	+17
85	Richmond-Burton	22-10-1	15.14	8.7	-2
86	Normal Community	19-12-0	15.05	11.4	-5
87	Naperville Central	20-14-0	15.02	12.4	+7
88	York	21-13-0	15.00	10.6	+8
89	Joliet Catholic	17-14-0	14.95	14.1	-4
90	Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg	26-7-0	14.91	3.3	-8
91	Hampshire	22-11-0	14.90	8.4	--
92	Pinckneyville	21-9-0	14.73	6.7	-5
93	Aurora Central Catholic	23-10-0	14.68	7.1	-3
94	Benet Academy	16-18-0	14.66	16.6	-2
95	Coal City	20-13-0	14.60	10.8	+3
96	Oswego East	20-14-0	14.28	12.1	+10
97	Red Bud	25-8-0	14.13	3.7	-2
98	Canton	19-11-0	14.09	9.8	-5
99	Quincy Notre Dame	25-5-0	14.07	3.0	-21
100	Olympia	18-11-1	14.04	7.9	+18

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