(Preseason rank in parentheses)

1. Lyons 9-2 (2): Key sweep of Oak Park

2. Benet 8-3 (3): Won Flyers Classic

3. Carmel 9-1 (4): Lost to Benet in title game

4. Minooka 8-3 (5): Beat preseason No. 1 Sandburg

5. St. Rita 10-1 (6): A big 'n' bad mound presence

6. Joliet Catholic 9-0 (11): Tony the 'Topper beats Providence

7. Hinsdale Central 11-0 (NR): Special K: Nick Kurash

8. Lockport 10-2 (NR): Defending champ throws some leather

9. Mount Carmel 11-2 (7): Lenell McGee can do it all

10. Sandburg 4-5 (1) Four athletic-code forfeits

Others: Naperville Central, Stevenson, Elk Grove, Notre Dame, Nazareth, Andrew, Loyola, Oak Park, Glenbard West, Lane Tech