Michael O'Brien's Super 25 high school football rankings for Week 5

All three Lincoln-Way schools are now in the Super 25. That's an impressive feat for the district.

Lincoln-Way West knocked off Lincoln-Way Central in a close, well-played game in Week 4 and that defeat didn't seem like enough to drop the Knights out of the rankings.

Lincoln-Way Central doesn't have a huge win yet, but its victory against Providence looks even better after Carmel knocked off St. Laurence in Week 4...sorry if that is hard to follow, but those are the things I think about on Sunday mornings.

Montini has the biggest rise this week. The Broncos knocked off Fenwick. I'll have more on them in Four Downs.

The Friars, Loyola, Downers Grove North, Barrington and Lyons all lost but are successful programs with big wins already this season, so they stay in the rankings but drop a few spots.

Sandburg joins for the first time this season. I'm not entirely sold on the Eagles. They have a nice win against Richards but their opponents are a combined 8-8 this season. We should find out a lot more about Sandburg when they take on Homewood-Flossmoor and Troy McAllister, the Eagles' former coach, on Friday.

St. Rita and Palatine drop out of the Super 25. The Mustangs (and Joliet Catholic) may be better than some ranked teams, but both schools need to pick up some wins to work back into the Super 25.

Super 25 high school football rankings for Week 5
With record and last week's ranking

1. Mount Carmel (4-0) 1
Friday at Benet

2. Lincoln-Way East (4-0) 2
Friday at Naperville Central

3. Brother Rice (4-0) 4
Friday vs. St. Patrick

4. Loyola (2-1) 3
Friday vs. DePaul Prep

5. Glenbard West (4-0) 8
Saturday vs. No. 16 Lyons

6. Nazareth (3-1) 5
Friday at Joliet Catholic

7. Fremd (4-0) 7
Friday at Conant

8. Maine South (3-1) 11
Friday vs. Evanston

9. Batavia (3-1) 9
Friday at No. 10 St. Charles North

10. St. Charles North (4-0) 10
Friday vs. No. 9 Batavia

11. Downers Grove North (3-1) 6
Friday vs. Proviso West

12. Warren (3-1) 15
Friday at Zion-Benton

13. Montini (4-0) 20
Friday at Marmion

14. Hinsdale Central (3-1) 21
Friday at Downers Grove South

15. Barrington (3-1) 12
Saturday vs. Palatine

16. Lyons (3-1) 16
Saturday at No. 5 Glenbard West

17. Fenwick (3-1) 13
Friday at De La Salle

18. St. Francis (3-1) 18
Friday at Providence

19. Prairie Ridge (4-0) 19
Friday vs. McHenry

20. Oswego (4-0) 23
Friday vs. Yorkville

21. Glenbrook South (3-1) 24
Friday at Glenbrook North

22. York (3-1) 25
Friday vs. Oak Park

23. Lincoln-Way West (4-0) NR
Friday at Waubonsie Valley

24. Lincoln-Way Central (3-1) 22
Friday at DeKalb

25. Sandburg (4-0) NR
Friday vs. Homewood-Flossmoor