Michael O’Brien’s Super 25 high school football rankings for Week 11

Hersey players rush toward the student section after defeating Wheaton-Warrenville South in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs on Saturday. (Allen Cunningham/For the Sun-Times)

The first round of the playoffs provided very few fireworks. Almost everything went as expected.

Only two ranked teams lost: Prairie Ridge and Kenwood. Both drop out. It’s possible that the Wolves will wind up back in the final rankings. They put together an undefeated regular season. But they are out for now and will likely need Nazareth to advance all the way to the Class 5A state title game to reappear in the final rankings.