Congratulations to these 22 Illinois high school football players who were voted onto Friday Night Drive's Team of the Week for Week 3 of the 2025 high school football season

Minor shuffling was all that really happened in the Friday Night Drive Power Rankings as all but four of the previous week's ranked teams claimed victory.

Each week, we’ll have 22 players – 11 on offense, 11 on defense – to make the Friday Night Drive Team of the Week for Week 3. Vote for your favorite players!

Lena-Winslow went to Rochelle and left with a statement victory behind Aiden Wild and the Panthers' bruising ground game.

The Byron Tigers boosted their record to 3-0 with a 35-7 win over the Oregon Hawks on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 at Everett Stine Stadium in Byron.

Polo downed West Carroll in 30-20 in 8-man football action in Mt. Carroll on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025.

Forreston beat Fulton 36-28 in NUIC football action on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025.

Final scores in Illinois high school football for Week 3 of the 2025 season. This will be updated as more scores come in

Having eclipsed 2,000 career rushing yards as a junior, two-time All-Conference honoree Dylan Manning has the makings of the next great Rochelle running back. Cousin of former Hubs' great Grant Gensler, Manning's football roots run deep in Rochelle.

A group of 23 new teams worked their way into the projection this week. Where do they fit? And how did they change the projected classification breaks for all eight classes. Steve Soucie breaks down how the playoff field projects after the second week of games.

Congratulations to these 22 Illinois high school football players who were voted onto Friday Night Drive's Team of the Week for Week 2 of the 2025 high school football season

Five new teams broke into the Friday Night Drive Power Rankings based on strong performances in Week 1.

Each week, we’ll have 22 players – 11 on offense, 11 on defense – to make the Friday Night Drive Team of the Week. Vote for your favorite players!

Dylan Manning ran for 169 yards and two touchdowns and had a couple clutch runs on a key drive late as Rochelle built a big lead, then held off King 28-18 on Saturday in Chicago.

Rock Falls tied North Boone late before falling 21-14. Oregon beat Rockford Lutheran, Forreston won, Eastland-Pearl City beat Morrison 22-0, results in 8-man and more in Friday's Sauk Valley football roundup

Oregon jumped out to a 14-0 lead after one quarter and led 40-0 at the half en route to a 40-8 win over Rockford Lutheran in the Hawks' home opener at Landers-Loomis Field in Oregon.

Final scores in Illinois high school football for Week 2 of the 2025 season. This will be updated as more scores come in

The IHSA's changes to the multiplier rules altered the way that the 2025 playoffs are likely to look. And the first regular season projection reflected that fact. Steve Soucie's first playoff projection of the season predicts how all eight classes of the field will look.

Congratulations to these 22 Illinois high school football players who were voted onto Friday Night Drive's Team of the Week for Week 1 of the 2025 high school football season

Five new teams broke into the Friday Night Drive Power Rankings based on strong performances in Week 1.

Each week, we’ll have 22 players – 11 on offense, 11 on defense – to make the Friday Night Drive Team of the Week. Vote for your favorite players today!

Any questions the Rochelle football team had after losing a stellar senior class was answered Friday with a resounding 41-14 nonconference win over Geneseo in Rochelle.

After a historic 2024 season in which the Rochelle Hubs reached the Class 5A state quarterfinals and posted their first 10-win season in over two decades, head football coach Kyle Kissack said he wants his players to “make their own history” in 2025.

A look at the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference for the 2025 season, including team-by-team preview capsules, players to watch, six can't miss games and Steve Soucie's predicted order of finish.