After an exciting Week 1 in the high school football season, the Mt. Vernon Rams remain atop the John A. Logan College Little Egypt Football Poll thanks to a 55-41 shootout victory at Waterloo.
Carterville stepped up in their Top 5 matchup at Benton last week and impressed enough with a 27-12 victory to move up to the #2 slot and pushing Benton to tumble down to #9, the largest drop in this week’s poll.
The Harrisburg Bulldogs had the largest jump of the week. The Bulldogs appeared to be dead-even with Anna-Jonesboro in the first quarter but the Bulldogs quickly pulled away and won 39-14.
The Du Quoin Indians stormed into Chester Saturday night and walked out with a 48-20 victory over the Yellow Jackets. That victory did enough to earn a spot in the Top 10.
Here’s a look at the Full Rankings:
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) | Points | Rank Last Week |
| 1 | Mt. Vernon (9) | 113 | 1 (-) |
| 2 | Carterville (1) | 93 | 3 (+1) |
| 3 | Murphysboro (1) | 82 | 5 (+2) |
| 4 | Marion (1) | 76 | 2 (-2) |
| 5 | Nashville | 64 | 7 (+2) |
| 6 | Harrisburg | 52 | 9 (+3) |
| 7 | Johnston City | 44 | 8 (+1) |
| 8 | Du Quoin | 35 | UR |
| 9 | Benton | 31 | 4 (-5) |
| 10 | Centralia | 23 | 6 (-4) |
Also receiving votes: Fairfield 15, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville 13, Carmi-White County 12, Massac County 4, West Frankfort 2, Herrin 1