Illinois high school football: IHSA Week 5, live broadcasts, scores, state rankings and statewide statistical leaders

Illinois high school football live broadcasts, computer rankings, statewide stat leaders, schedules and scores - live and final.

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Sep 15, 2026, 9:00am

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The 2026 Illinois high school football season continues this week. Here's what you need to know heading into and during this weekend's prep football slate in The Land of Lincoln.

Schedule and Live Scores

Illinois High School Football Live & Final Scores

Live Statewide Broadcasts 

NFHS Network Game Streams

Top 25 Scoreboard

• Belleville East (Belleville, IL) @ No. 1 East St. Louis (IL)

  Friday 7:00pm (Local time)

  • 0
    Belleville East
  • 61
    (#1) East St. Louis

  9/18 Final
• No. 2 Chicago Mt. Carmel (Chicago, IL) @ St. Patrick (Chicago, IL)

  Friday 7:30pm (Local time)

  • 55
    (#2) Chicago Mt. Carmel
  • 7
    St. Patrick

  9/18 Final
• No. 3 Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, IL) @ Sandburg (Orland Park, IL)

  Friday 7:30pm (Local time)

  • 38
    (#3) Lincoln-Way East
  • 17
    Sandburg

  9/18 Final
• No. 5 Brother Rice (Chicago, IL) @ Niles Notre Dame (Niles, IL)

  Friday 7:30pm (Local time)

  • 63
    (#5) Brother Rice
  • 28
    Niles Notre Dame

  9/18 Final
• Leo (Chicago, IL) @ No. 6 IC Catholic Prep (Elmhurst, IL)

  Friday 7:30pm (Local time)

  • 0
    Leo
  • 40
    (#6) IC Catholic Prep

  9/18 Final
• No. 7 Saint Ignatius College Prep (Chicago, IL) @ No. 25 St. Rita (Chicago, IL)

  Friday 7:00pm (Local time)

  • 42
    (#7) Saint Ignatius College Prep
  • 16
    (#25) St. Rita

  9/18 Final
• Proviso West (Hillside, IL) @ No. 8 Downers Grove North (Downers Grove, IL)

  Friday 7:30pm (Local time)

  • 0
    Proviso West
  • 51
    (#8) Downers Grove North

  9/18 Final
• No. 9 Rochester (IL) @ Lincoln (IL)

  Friday 7:00pm (Local time)

  • 56
    (#9) Rochester
  • 6
    Lincoln

  9/18 Final
• St. Charles North (St. Charles, IL) @ No. 10 Batavia (IL)

  Friday 7:00pm (Local time)

  • 34
    St. Charles North
  • 55
    (#10) Batavia

  9/18 Final
• No. 11 Providence Catholic (New Lenox, IL) @ No. 18 Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park, IL)

  Friday 6:00pm (Local time)

  • 7
    (#11) Providence Catholic
  • 17
    (#18) Nazareth Academy

  9/18 Final
• No. 12 Geneva (IL) @ Lake Park (Roselle, IL)

  Friday 7:00pm (Local time)

  • 41
    (#12) Geneva
  • 15
    Lake Park

  9/18 Final
• No. 13 Fenwick (Oak Park, IL) @ St. Francis (Wheaton, IL)

  Friday 7:30pm (Local time)

  • 28
    (#13) Fenwick
  • 21
    St. Francis

  9/18 Final
• No. 14 Homewood-Flossmoor (Flossmoor, IL) @ No. 19 Lincoln-Way Central (New Lenox, IL)

  Friday 7:30pm (Local time)

  • 27
    (#14) Homewood-Flossmoor
  • 38
    (#19) Lincoln-Way Central

  9/18 Final
• No. 15 Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn, IL) @ No. 21 Lyons (LaGrange, IL)

  Friday 7:30pm (Local time)

  • 37
    (#15) Glenbard West
  • 16
    (#21) Lyons

  9/18 Final
• No. 16 Wheaton-Warrenville South (Wheaton, IL) @ Glenbard North (Carol Stream, IL)

  Friday 7:00pm (Local time)

  • 17
    (#16) Wheaton-Warrenville South
  • 0
    Glenbard North

  9/18 Final
• No. 17 Morris (IL) @ Rochelle (IL)

  Friday 7:00pm (Local time)

  • 44
    (#17) Morris
  • 13
    Rochelle

  9/18 Final
• Plainfield South (Plainfield, IL) @ No. 20 Oswego (IL)

  Friday 7:00pm (Local time)

  • 6
    Plainfield South
  • 35
    (#20) Oswego

  9/18 Final
• No. 22 Marist (Chicago, IL) @ Marmion (Aurora, IL)

  Friday 7:30pm (Local time)

  • 48
    (#22) Marist
  • 7
    Marmion

  9/18 Final
• St. Charles East (St. Charles, IL) @ No. 23 Wheaton North (Wheaton, IL)

  Friday 7:00pm (Local time)

  • 12
    St. Charles East
  • 16
    (#23) Wheaton North

  9/18 Final
• Carmel (Mundelein, IL) @ No. 24 Montini Catholic (Lombard, IL)

  Friday 7:30pm (Local time)

  • 35
    Carmel
  • 42
    (#24) Montini Catholic

  9/18 Final
• No. 4 Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL) @ Benet Academy (Lisle, IL)

  Saturday 2:00pm (Local time)

  • 42
    (#4) Loyola Academy
  • 10
    Benet Academy

  9/19 Final

MaxPreps State Rankings: Overall
This week's Illinois MaxPreps computer rankings regardless of division. All teams ranked.

#	School	Rec.	Str.	+/-
1	East St. Louis	3-1	49.0
2	Loyola Academy (Wilmette)	4-0	42.2
3	LWEHS (Frankfort)	4-0	42.5
4	CMCHS (Chicago)	3-1	48.8
5	Brother Rice (Chicago)	2-2	40.9
6	DGNHS (Downers Grove)	4-0	38.1
7	ICCP (Elmhurst)	4-0	37.3
8	PCHS (New Lenox)	4-0	37.0
9	HFHS (Flossmoor)	3-1	40.5
10	Rochester	4-0	28.2
11	Batavia	3-1	39.6
12	SICP (Chicago)	3-1	33.0
13	Fenwick (Oak Park)	3-1	35.0
14	Geneva	3-1	35.9
15	Morris	4-0	29.8
16	St. Rita (Chicago)	2-2	44.7
17	Lyons (LaGrange)	4-0	29.5
18	WWSHS (Wheaton)	2-2	37.2
19	Morgan Park (Chicago)	3-1	34.8
20	NA (LaGrange Park)	1-3	45.3
21	GWHS (Glen Ellyn)	2-2	38.3
22	Wheaton North (Wheaton)	4-0	27.3
23	Sandburg (Orland Park)	3-1	34.7
24	Maine South (Park Ridge)	3-1	31.0
25	MCHS (Lombard)	3-1	29.5
26	Bolingbrook	3-1	34.4
27	Marist (Chicago)	2-2	37.5
28	Oswego	3-1	34.4
29	GNHS (Carol Stream)	2-2	35.5
30	Prospect (Mt. Prospect)	4-0	30.2
31	Fremd (Palatine)	3-1	31.9
32	HHS (Arlington Heights)	4-0	29.7
33	HCHS (Hinsdale)	2-2	34.7
34	New Trier (Winnetka)	3-1	27.4
35	Joliet Catholic (Joliet)	2-2	38.4
36	Niles Notre Dame (Niles)	3-1	26.4
37	NNHS (Naperville)	3-1	32.4
38	Carmel (Mundelein)	2-2	33.4
39	St. Francis (Wheaton)	1-3	37.9
40	SCEHS (St. Charles)	3-1	29.8
41	Byron	4-0	19.2
42	SCNHS (St. Charles)	2-2	32.4
43	St. Patrick (Chicago)	4-0	20.0
44	Lockport	1-3	34.8
45	LWCHS (New Lenox)	3-1	29.8
46	NCHS (Naperville)	1-3	38.3
47	Wilmington	4-0	20.6
48	Edwardsville	1-3	37.7
49	Kankakee	3-1	29.4
50	Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet)	4-0	19.3

State Stat Leaders

Leaderboard - Player Passing Yards
1	Jaxton Ohren - Jr Highland (IL)	1435
2	Ben Peterson - Sr Geneva (IL)	1331
3	Armani Ford - So Plainfield South (Plainfield, IL)	1285
4	Hunter Hochbaum - Jr Mater Dei (Breese, IL)	1261
5	Michael Vander Luitgaren - Sr Batavia (IL)	1209
6	JAKE NAWROT - Sr Hersey (Arlington Heights, IL)	1112
7	Bryson Little - Jr Quincy (IL)	1072
8	Davin Wooley - Sr Carbondale (IL)	1061
9	Evan West - Sr Round Lake (IL)	1023
10	Dariontez Monroe - Sr Sparta/Steeleville (Sparta, IL)	995
11	Malachi Henigan - Jr Kenwood (Chicago, IL)	979
12	Konner Fisher - Jr Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet, IL)	932
13	Nate Lang - Sr IC Catholic Prep (Elmhurst, IL)	931
14	Robert Morales - Jr Addison Trail (Addison, IL)	914
15	Aiden Williams - Sr Maroa-Forsyth (Maroa, IL)	908
16	Elijah James/washington - Jr Dyett (Chicago, IL)	897
17	Reece Shanklin - Sr East St. Louis (IL)	888
18	Keagan Peters - Jr Williamsville (IL)	859
19	Grady Hickey - Jr Galesburg (IL)	847
20	Chase Schnurr - Jr Johnsburg (IL)	796
21	Zac Slater - Jr North Boone (Poplar Grove, IL)	793
22	Lane McKinney - Jr St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph, IL)	790
23	Nigel Gooden - Sr Cahokia (IL)	789
24	Beau Chance - Sr Auburn (IL)	788
25	Will Clark - Jr Fremd (Palatine, IL)	768

Leaderboard - Player Rushing Yards
1	Jamere French - Sr Zion-Benton (Zion, IL)	1084
2	TREYLIN COUCH - Sr Charleston (IL)	804
3	Hunter Carley - Sr Richmond-Burton (Richmond, IL)	792
4	Jordan Branson - Sr Warrensburg-Latham (Warrensburg, IL)	776
5	Carter Harris - Jr Highland (IL)	769
6	Jonathan Miller - Sr Carterville (IL)	760
7	Riley Foglesong - Sr Astoria/VIT (Astoria, IL)	750
8	Bo Epperson - Jr Fisher (IL)	734
9	Bryce Riley - Sr West Aurora (Aurora, IL)	706
10	River Deisher - Jr Mt. Carmel (IL)	681
11	David Croom III - Sr Plainfield East (Plainfield, IL)	668
12	Kaleb Lovett - Jr Lake View (Chicago, IL)	649
13	Mekhi Shorter - Jr Roxana (IL)	628
14	Jayden Miranda - Sr St. Patrick (Chicago, IL)	619
15	Chance Crissey - Sr Auburn (IL)	611
16	Joel White - Jr Carlinville (IL)	610
17	Mark Nelms - Sr Geneseo (IL)	604
18	Justin Brown - Sr Streamwood (IL)	572
19	Kyler Johnson - Sr Oakwood (Fithian, IL)	559
20	Eli Gray - Jr Carlyle (IL)	558
21	Jakobe Baldwin - So IC Catholic Prep (Elmhurst, IL)	547
22	Angelo Gatses - Sr Glenbard North (Carol Stream, IL)	544
23	Aiden Dinger - Sr Sullivan (IL)	538
24	Trey Clark - Sr Salem (IL)	531
25	Marcus Hazell - Sr Marion (IL)	521

Leaderboard - Player Receiving Yards
1	Bennett Konkey - Sr Geneva (IL)	738
2	Devin Powell - Sr Round Lake (IL)	622
3	Kaden Wedig - Sr St. Joseph-Ogden (St. Joseph, IL)	545
4	Bentley Nicklin - Jr Mater Dei (Breese, IL)	532
5	Grady Farrell - Sr Civic Memorial (Bethalto, IL)	469
6	Shain Meador - Sr Mt. Carmel (IL)	468
7	Kodi Garner - So Plainfield South (Plainfield, IL)	467
8	DJ Hayes - Jr Sparta/Steeleville (Sparta, IL)	445
9	Lawrence Carr - Sr Kenwood (Chicago, IL)	444
10	Kyler Norton - Sr Macomb (IL)	441
11	Darin Ashiru - Sr Batavia (IL)	417
12	Grant Bowen - Jr IC Catholic Prep (Elmhurst, IL)	414
13	Gavin Johnson - Jr Carterville (IL)	413
14	Luke Sickmeir - Sr Wauconda (IL)	405
15	Lebron McClelland - Sr Harlem (Machesney Park, IL)	403
16	JOSH RIGGS - Sr Hersey (Arlington Heights, IL)	401
17	Jaden Romeus - Jr Addison Trail (Addison, IL)	399
18	Jenner Pals - Jr Effingham (IL)	395
19	Tashawn Palacio - Sr Chester (IL)	390
20	Antwon Walker - Jr Galesburg (IL)	385
21	Jakhai Dancy - So Sparta/Steeleville (Sparta, IL)	373
22	Javion Oliver - Sr Carbondale (IL)	372
23	Quincy Fulton - Jr Newton (IL)	369
24	Aj Henning - Jr St. Patrick (Chicago, IL)	366
25	Brennon Zeng - Sr Batavia (IL)	361

Leaderboard - Player Total TDs
1	Jamere French - Sr Zion-Benton (Zion, IL)	15
2	Marco Casillas - Jr Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet, IL)	14
3	David Croom III - Sr Plainfield East (Plainfield, IL)	13
4	Bryce Riley - Sr West Aurora (Aurora, IL)	13
5	Aiden Dinger - Sr Sullivan (IL)	12
6	Bennett Konkey - Sr Geneva (IL)	11
7	Eli Gray - Jr Carlyle (IL)	11
8	Andrew Todd - Jr Fisher (IL)	11
9	Riley Foglesong - Sr Astoria/VIT (Astoria, IL)	11
10	Chance Crissey - Sr Auburn (IL)	11
11	Quincy Fulton - Jr Newton (IL)	10
12	Kodi Garner - So Plainfield South (Plainfield, IL)	10
13	Cooper Kisgen - Jr Freeburg (IL)	10
14	Jackson Lawal - Jr Columbia (IL)	10
15	Jordan Branson - Sr Warrensburg-Latham (Warrensburg, IL)	10
16	TREYLIN COUCH - Sr Charleston (IL)	10
17	River Deisher - Jr Mt. Carmel (IL)	10
18	Carter Harris - Jr Highland (IL)	10
19	Don'tay Longstreet - Jr Marquette Catholic (Alton, IL)	10
20	Marion Persich - Jr Morris (IL)	10
21	Joel White - Jr Carlinville (IL)	9
22	Prosper Aremu - Sr Galesburg (IL)	9
23	Vance Burford - So Marion (IL)	9
24	Jimmy Lollar - Sr Olympia (Stanford, IL)	9
25	Eli Crain - Jr West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] (Winchester, IL)	8

Leaderboard - Player Total Tackles
1	Cooper Beaty - Jr Plano (IL)	62
2	Lars Bergren - Sr Monmouth-Roseville (Monmouth, IL)	62
3	Napoleon Williams - Jr Rich Township (Olympia Fields, IL)	58
4	Mason Bucon - Sr Plainfield South (Plainfield, IL)	53
5	Trevor Tucker - Sr Jersey (Jerseyville, IL)	53
6	Easton Ripke - Sr Plainfield South (Plainfield, IL)	52
7	Tanner Cox - So St. Teresa (Decatur, IL)	51
8	Brandon Parker - So Rockford Auburn (Rockford, IL)	51
9	Noah Wilson - Sr Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton (Christopher, IL)	50
10	CJ Ely - Sr Southwestern (Piasa, IL)	50
11	Wyatt Cornell - Sr Grant Community (Fox Lake, IL)	48
12	Noah Swaw - Sr Tinley Park (IL)	46
13	Caleb Brown - Sr East St. Louis (IL)	46
14	Morgan Foglesong - So Astoria/VIT (Astoria, IL)	46
15	Jax Czaikowski - Jr Pana (IL)	45
16	Chris Mulamba - Jr Jacksonville (IL)	43
17	Conner Stinson - Sr New Berlin/Franklin/Waverly (New Berlin, IL)	43
18	Donnie Pratt - Sr Warrensburg-Latham (Warrensburg, IL)	43
19	Caden Benson - Sr Kankakee (IL)	42
20	Tripp Fletcher - Sr Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton (Christopher, IL)	42
21	Aidan McFadden - Sr Waterloo (IL)	42
22	Omari Hogan - Jr East St. Louis (IL)	41
23	Dylan Souder - So Mater Dei (Breese, IL)	41
24	Jeremiah Jackson - Jr Jacksonville (IL)	41
25	Zimbalist Griffin - Jr Dyett (Chicago, IL)	41

Leaderboard - Player Interceptions
1	Jaethan Perez - Jr Oakwood (Fithian, IL)	5
2	Trey Boston - Jr Auburn (IL)	5
3	Austin Grieve - Sr Fairfield (IL)	3
4	Zion Thomas - Sr Kankakee (IL)	3
5	Corey Haywood - So Johnson (Chicago, IL)	3
6	Peyton Daymon - Jr Harrisburg (IL)	3
7	Brenyn Villanueva - Jr Grayslake North (Grayslake, IL)	3
8	Micah Soriano - Sr St. Patrick (Chicago, IL)	3
9	Rylan Barzantny - Sr Bishop McNamara (Kankakee, IL)	3
10	Travis Conner - So Phoenix Military (Chicago, IL)	3
11	Caden Benson - Sr Kankakee (IL)	3
12	Jake Brooks - Jr Naperville North (Naperville, IL)	3
13	Luke Sickmeir - Sr Wauconda (IL)	3
14	Brandyn Westbrook - Jr Dyett (Chicago, IL)	3
15	Muhammad Aziz Hussin - Jr Von Steuben (Chicago, IL)	2
16	Jakob Solis - Sr Elmwood Park (IL)	2
17	Chris Crowe - Jr Kewanee (IL)	2
18	Cooper Dolson - Jr Jacobs (Algonquin, IL)	2
19	Gavin Wynne - Sr Payton College Prep (Chicago, IL)	2
20	Justice Howell - Jr Lindblom (Chicago, IL)	2
21	Eric Gillette - Sr Brooks (Chicago, IL)	2
22	Nathan Garcia - Jr Lisle (IL)	2
23	COLIN REED - Sr Central A & M (Moweaqua, IL)	2
24	Caden Scheuler - Jr Maroa-Forsyth (Maroa, IL)	2
25	Dallas Benbrook - Jr Hamilton County (McLeansboro, IL)	2

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