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Friday Night Drive’s Power Rankings: Week 8

Prospect's Gavin Flanagan gains yardage on this handoff play and is brought down by Hersey's Cole Woods in boys football at Hersey on Friday. (Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com/Daily Herald)

By Steve Soucie

Odds are Week 9 is going to be a hectic one.

Six of the Top 25 are paired up in matchups of ranked teams, while several others will face off with opponents that could make an argument that they belong in the rankings themselves. Even further, the No. 1 team, East St. Louis will lock horns with a national and undefeated powerhouse, IMG Academy.

Maybe Week 8 was simply the calm before the storm.

Here are the full Friday Night Drive Power Rankings:

High School Football
Steve Soucie

Steve Soucie

Steve Soucie is the Managing Editor of Friday Night Drive for Shaw Media. Also previously for Shaw Media, Soucie was the Sports Editor at the Joliet Herald News. Prior to that, Soucie worked at the Kankakee Daily Journal and for Pro Football Weekly.