Roughly one month away from conference championships and then the state series, here are Rob Sherrill’s Illinois high school wrestling rankings to open the new year! As Illinois wrestlers and teams are past the larger holiday torunaments, conference duals and quads get more and more exciting, and the rankings are either securing themselves up, or skipping around. There has been plenty of action to keep the numbers and rankings moving. With that, here are this week’s rankings.
2A Team Rankings
| This Week | Last Week | Team | Record | Sectional | Tourney Finishes | Notable Dual Wins | Dual Losses |
| 1 | 1 | Montini | 13-3 | Hinsdale S | Ironman (OH)-T102; Donnybrook (IA)-23; Niles W-1; Dvorak-3; DeKalb (D)-3; Cheesehead (WI)-5 | Wheaton Academy 51-27; St Rita 48-32; Brother Rice 49-17; Moline 64-18; LWW 50-21; Washington 39-32; IC Cath 37-29, 37-26; CMC 39-31 | Marmion 38-30, 37-32; Detroit CC (MI) 35-26 |
| 2 | 2 | Washington | 15-3 | Washington | Barrington-2; Ironman (OH)-34; Glenwood-3; Washington-1; DeKalb (D)-5; Clash (WI)-9 | Canton 59-8; Rochelle 47-18; Glenwood 51-19; DeKalb 59-15; JCA 34-31; Sandburg 39-32; Cumberland (WI) 48-12; LC/WM (MN) 42-18; Hersey 31-22; Post Falls (ID) 34-28; Staley (MO) 32-25 | Montini 39-32; Yorkville 38-34; Chatfield (MN) 37-32 |
| 3 | 3 | IC Catholic | 5-6 | Crystal Lake C | Antioch-1; Ironman (OH)-22; Washington-3; Dvorak-1; DeKalb (D)-4; Doc Buchanan (CA)-T16 | Hersey 45-18; Oswego 48-27; Lockport 37-35; JCA 33-27 | Montini 37-29, 37-26; Detroit CC (MI) 45-25; Marmion 37-30; Gilroy (CA) 51-14; Layton (UT) 41-34 |
| 4 | 4 | Brother Rice | 7-1 | Hinsdale S | Rummel (LA)-2; Hinsdale C-8 | St Patrick 39-37; Joliet W 41-31; LWC 35-32; NND 42-33 | Montini 49-17 |
| 5 | 5 | Geneseo | 11-2 | Washington | Rockford E-1; Downers S (D)-3; Lincoln-1 | Sycamore 44-29; Galesburg 68-3; Oak Forest 59-14; Maine S 45-22; Glenwood 43-23; Grant 38-31; Notre Dame (IA) 38-29; Assumption (IA) 41-26 | Coal City 34-25; Alburnett (IA) 44-25 |
