Both conferences are strong; however, when using the correct 9 schools for the SW Suburban softball conference and then comparing the MaxPreps data, SW Suburban comes out on top any way you slice the data. Overall average conference rating for SWS was 18.60 vs. 15.6 for DuKane. Big disparity in strength of schedule in favor of SWS conf. Even head to head (if I got this right) the SWS is 4-0 against DuKane.
- LWE over STCN 5-1
- LWC over STCN 4-0
- Lockport over STCE 7-1
- LWE over STCE 12-0

Sched. MaxPreps ICA
SW Suburban Rating StrengthRanking Poll
LW-Central 32.57 17.59 1 1
LW-East 27.29 17.16 3 5
Lockport 25.39 17.44 5 4
LW-West 22.39 16.81 9 12
B-Bourbonnais 20.72 17.02 14 25
Andrew 19.79 15.20 16
H.-Flossmoor 10.77 15.24 57
Sandburg 9.00 15.12 62
Stagg -0.50 12.41 108

Overall AVG 18.60 16.00 30.56 9.4

Top Third 28.42 17.40 3.00
Middle Third 20.97 16.34 13.00
Bottom 6.42 14.26 75.67

Top 6 24.69 16.87 8.00 9.4


Sched. MaxPreps ICA
DuKane Rating StrengthRanking Poll
STC North 23.15 17.09 6 6
Lake Park 21.95 14.12 10 11
Glenbard North 21.90 12.04 11 9
Wheaton-North 21.35 13.97 12 10
W-Warrenville 17.55 12.36 23 15
STC East 16.91 14.87 24
Batavia 1.81 11.63 95
Geneva 0.28 9.92 106


Overall AVG 15.61 13.25 35.88 10.2

Top Third 22.33 14.42 9
Middle Third 18.60 13.73 19.67
Bottom 1.05 10.78 100.50

Top 6 20.47 14.08 14.33 10.2