The latest high school softball rankings from the Illinois Coaches Association are out. Once again, the Lincoln Trail, Three Rivers Athletic and Western Big Six Conferences are well-represented. Illini Bluffs from the Peoria area is ranked number one in Class 1A. The Tigers play in the Inter County Athletic Conference with teams such as the ROWVA/Williamsfield and Brimfield/Elmwood co-ops. Sterling Newman from the Three Rivers Athletic Conference, or commonly known as the TRAC, are ranked 11th. Several local schools are in the Also Receiving Votes list, including the aformentioned ROWVA/Williamsfield, and Ridgewood. Payson-Seymour from the West Central Conference South Division and Lewistown from the Prairieland Conference are also on the list. Another TRAC team is at the top of the Class 2A rankings, (13-0) Rockridge is number one, followed by West Central Conference member Quincy Notre Dame at number 20. TRAC member Riverdale got some votes in Class 2A this week. The Western Big Six Conference dominates the Class 3A rankings, as Sterling checks in at number 5 this week. Fellow Big Sixers in the top-20 include, Rock Island at 8th and Geneseo in 9th. Canton is 7th and East Peoria is 13th. Moline is the fourth Western Big Six Conference member in the rankings this week, as Moline is getting votes in Class 4A.
2021 Illinois Coaches Association: Softball Poll (Week of 5/10/21) – Class 1A
- Glasford (Illini Bluffs)
- Marissa
- Casey Westfield
- Elkville Elverado
- Orangeville
- Forreston
- Dakota
- Macon (Meridian)
- Hardin Calhoun
- Durand
- Sterling Newman
- Goreville
- Windsor
- Newark
- Effingham St. Anthony
- Heyworth
- Jacksonville Routt
- Catlin Salt Fork
- Pearl City
- White Hall (North Greene)
Other Teams Receiving Consideration: Payson Seymour, Villa Grove, Ottawa Marquette, Lewistown, ROWVA-Williamsfield, Fisher, Grant Park, Ridgewood, Moweaqua Central A& M, Fulton, South Beloit
2021 Illinois Coaches Association: Softball Poll (Week of 5/10/21) – Class 2A
- Taylor Ridge (Rockridge)
- Johnsburg
- Poplar Grove (North Boone)
- Stillman Valley
- Richmond Burton
- Pontiac
- Piasa Southwestern
- Tolono Unity
- Nashville
- Beecher
- Manteno
- Kankakee (Bishop McNamara Catholic)
- Tuscola
- Campbell Hill (Trico)
- Alton (Marquette)
- Seneca
- Stanford Olympia
- Johnston City
- Murphysboro
- Quincy (Notre Dame)
Other Teams Receiving Consideration: Breese Mater Dei, Elmhurst (IC Catholic), Freeburg, Herscher, Normal U-High, Riverdale, Tremont, Coal City, Joliet Catholic
2021 Illinois Coaches Association: Softball Poll (Week of 5/10/21) – Class 3A
- Ottawa
- Antioch
- Marion
- Wauconda
- Sterling
- LaSalle Peru
- Canton
- Rock Island
- Geneseo
- Lombard Montini
- Lemont
- Charleston
- East Peoria
- Washington
- Kaneland
- Carbondale
- Bloomington
- Riverside Brookfield
- Grayslake North
- Metamora
Other teams receiving consideration: Morris, Belvidere, Crystal Lake South, Centralia, Glenbard South (Glen Ellyn), Burbank(St. Laurence), Oak Forest, New Lenox (Providence Catholic), Fenton, Streator, Mahoment, Ridgewood
2021 Illinois Coaches Association: Softball Poll (Week of 5/10/21) – Class 4A
- Chicago (Marist)
- Edwardsville
- Barrington
- New Lenox (Lincoln-Way Central)
- Yorkville
- St. Charles (East)
- Joliet (West)
- Chicago (Whitney Young)
- New Lenox (Lincoln-Way West)
- Normal (West)
- Naperville (Neuqua Valley)
- Plainfield (North)
- Elmhurst (York)
- Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East)
- Palatine (Fremd)
- Machesney Park (Harlem)
- Huntley
- Oak Park (O.P.-River Forest)
- Elk Grove Village (Elk Grove)
Other teams receiving consideration: Gurnee (Warren), Downers Grove (South), Roselle (Lake Park), Tinley Park (Andrew), Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais), Oswego (East), South Elgin, Park Ridge (Maine South), Wilmette (Loyola Academy), Moline, Wheaton (North), Lockport, St. Charles (North), Plainfield (South), Chicago (Taft), Normal (Community), Buffalo Grove, Wheaton (W. Warrenville South), Palos Heights (Shepard), Algonquin (Jacobs), Palatine, Glenbard (West), Schaumburg, Chicago (Mother McAuley), LaGrange (Lyons)
