The latest Southern Illinois Football Coaches’ Poll has been released. Participating coaches have voted Marion as the unanimous top team in Southern Illinois after a 65-28 beatdown of #2 Carbondale on opening night. Despite such a disappointing loss, the Terriers hold steady at #2 in the rankings.
The Carterville Lions surged up the rankings from #9 to #5 after a dominating 43-0 win over Anna-Jonesboro while Du Quoin had the steepest drop from #3 to #9 after a 64-20 loss to defending 3A state champs Williamsville.
Centralia and Herrin are new entrants in the Top 10 while Chester and A-J drop from list.
Here’s a look at the full rankings:
Rank School (First Place Votes) Points
- Marion (9) 90
- Carbondale 65
- Benton 60
- Nashville 52
- Carterville 51
- Fairfield 46
- Centralia 34
- Herrin 26
- Du Quoin 20
- Murphysboro 11
Also receiving votes: Chester 10, Mt. Carmel 8, Harrisburg 6, Mt. Vernon 5, Massac County 4, Cahokia 3, Sesser-Valier 3, Johnston City 2
Southern Illinois Coaches interested in participating in the Coaches Poll can email picks to mattv@riverradio.net every week by 10am each Wednesday of the season.
