# Week 4 shook up the Super 25

> Loyola survived Brother Rice by three, Nazareth crashed to 1-3, and five ranked teams beat other ranked teams.
- Title: Week 4 shook up the Super 25 · Chicago Sun-Times | Shortify
- Summary: Loyola survived Brother Rice by three, Nazareth crashed to 1-3, and five ranked teams beat other ranked teams. Week 4 was ranked-on-ranked week in Chicago…
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- Source: Chicago Sun-Times — https://chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-football/2026/09/11/high-school-football-super-25-scores-sun-times-chicago
- Published: 2026-09-12T03:59:38.635+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: high school football, chicago, super 25, week 4, rankings, news, local
## 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.
## Key takeaway

Week 4 was ranked-on-ranked week in Chicago high school football, and the lower half of the Super 25 did most of the damage.