Loyola holds the top spot

No. 1 Loyola beat No. 6 Brother Rice 27-24 to stay unbeaten at 4-0. Three points separated the top-ranked team from a loss.

Brother Rice falls to .500

The loss at Loyola dropped No. 6 Brother Rice to 2-2. They have now split their first four games despite sitting in the top six.

Blowouts in the top ten

Mount Carmel put up 56 on Marist, Lincoln-Way East beat Bradley-Bourbonnais 50-7, and Batavia rolled Lake Park 55-7.

Bolingbrook stuns Oswego

No. 25 Bolingbrook, the last team in the rankings, beat No. 4 Oswego 21-7 at home. Oswego drops to 3-1.

“25. Bolingbrook (3-1): Won 21-7 vs. No. 4 Oswego.”

Homewood-Flossmoor handles Sandburg

No. 22 Homewood-Flossmoor beat No. 9 Sandburg 35-13 at home, the second big upset by a team ranked in the bottom five.

Nazareth is in trouble

No. 21 Nazareth lost a 47-42 shootout to No. 12 Montini and sits at 1-3, the worst record of any ranked team.

“21. Nazareth (1-3): Lost 47-42 vs. No. 12 Montini.”

Maine South wins the QB duel

No. 13 Maine South beat No. 24 New Trier 35-28 on the road in a game between two Big Ten-bound quarterbacks.

Downers Grove North comes back

No. 17 Downers Grove North beat No. 15 Glenbard West 24-14 to move to 4-0. Glenbard West falls to 2-2.

Prospect keeps rolling

No. 18 Prospect beat No. 23 Fremd 35-21 to stay perfect at 4-0, one of seven ranked teams still unbeaten.

Fenwick is the outlier loss

No. 19 Fenwick lost 30-20 at St. Ignatius, one of the few ranked teams beaten by an unranked opponent this week.

Seven teams still perfect

Loyola, Lincoln-Way East, Providence, Hersey, IC Catholic, Lyons, Downers Grove North and Prospect all carry 4-0 records into Week 5.