After a dominant 40-0 win at Harrisburg, the Murphysboro Red Devils proved deserving of their #1 ranking and retained the spot in Week 8 of the John A. Logan College Little Egypt Football Poll.
Carbondale and Sesser-Valier-Waltonville both tied for the #5 spot this week. That sets up a pair of Top 5 matchups in Little Egypt this week:
- #1 Murphysboro hosts #3 Carterville
- #4 Johnston City hosts #5 Sesser-Valier-Waltonville.
Harrisburg took the biggest tumble of the week, down four spots to #7 after being shut out last week.
SVW was the biggest riser, moving from #8 to #5.
For the first time in the Little Egypt Football Poll’s history, the Marion Wildcats have fallen out of the Top 10.
Here’s a look at the Full Rankings:
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) | Points | Rank Last Week |
| 1 | Murphysboro (11) | 110 | 1 (-) |
| 2 | Du Quoin (1) | 97 | 2 (-) |
| 3 | Carterville | 84 | 4 (+1) |
| 4 | Johnston City | 78 | 5 (+1) |
| 5 | Carbondale | 56 | 7 (+2) |
| – | Sesser-Valier-Waltonville | 56 | 8 (+3) |
| 7 | Harrisburg | 53 | 3 (-4) |
| 8 | Mt. Vernon | 37 | 10 (+2) |
| 9 | Carmi-White County | 28 | UR |
| 10 | Centralia | 21 | 8 (-2) |
Also receiving votes: Nashville 15, Marion 14, Benton 13, Hamilton County 5