The latest Southern Illinois Football Coaches’ Poll has been released.  Participating coaches have voted Marion as the unanimous top team in Southern Illinois after a 65-28 beatdown of #2 Carbondale on opening night.  Despite such a disappointing loss, the Terriers hold steady at #2 in the rankings.

The Carterville Lions surged up the rankings from #9 to #5 after a dominating 43-0 win over Anna-Jonesboro while Du Quoin had the steepest drop from #3 to #9 after a 64-20 loss to defending 3A state champs Williamsville.

Centralia and Herrin are new entrants in the Top 10 while Chester and A-J drop from list.

Here’s a look at the full rankings:

Rank                            School (First Place Votes)                     Points

1.                                   Marion (9)                                                 90
2.                                   Carbondale                                              65
3.                                   Benton                                                        60
4.                                   Nashville                                                    52
5.                                   Carterville                                                 51
6.                                   Fairfield                                                      46
7.                                   Centralia                                                    34
8.                                   Herrin                                                          26
9.                                   Du Quoin                                                   20
10.                                   Murphysboro                                          11

Also receiving votes: Chester 10, Mt. Carmel 8, Harrisburg 6, Mt. Vernon 5, Massac County 4, Cahokia 3, Sesser-Valier 3, Johnston City 2

Southern Illinois Coaches interested in participating in the Coaches Poll can email picks to mattv@riverradio.net every week by 10am each Wednesday of the season.