There is only one week left to earn a spot in the postseason, and plenty of Suburban Life area teams still are battling for a spot.

Here are where teams stand heading into Week 9.

Locked in

Montini (8-0, 34 playoff points)

The defending Class 3A state champions will be moving up a class (actually, it looks like two classes), but the Broncos are back in the playoffs and one of just two unbeatens (Mount Carmel the other) left in the CCL/ESCC after beating St. Ignatius last Friday.

Montini, which plays St. Laurence in Week 9, can earn a top seed in the Class 5A or Class 4A bracket with a win. Even with a loss Montini will be starting the postseason at home.

Riverside-Brookfield (8-0, 29 playoff points)

Perhaps flying under the radar, the Bulldogs are 8-0 for the first time since the

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