A new ranking of the best streets in America for Christmas shopping features several entries from Chicago’s suburbs.

The ranking, compiled by Present.com via a survey for more than 3,000 people, features a total of four streets from the state of Illinois.

Tops among those streets is Woodstock Square in suburban Woodstock, which was ranked as the No. 37 street for Christmas shopping in the U.S.

Woodstock Square is well-known nationally because of its prominent place in the film “Groundhog Day,” where most of the movie was filmed in the early 1990s.

According to “Naturally McHenry County,” the square transforms into a wonderland every holiday season, with lights, locally-owned shops and plenty of cozy restaurants to choose from. Caroling and parades are also part of the holiday fun in the area, according to the website.

Princeton’s Main Street checked in at No. 98, Geneva’s Third Street at No. 100, and Galena’s Main Street was No. 121.

Main Street in Aurora, New York was No. 1 in the rankings, followed by streets in Cooperstown, New York, New Hope, Pennsylvania, Mystic, Connecticut and Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

Madison, Indiana’s Main Street was the top-ranked street in Indiana at No. 51. Broad Street in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin was ranked No. 46, making it the top street in the state.

The ranking aimed to celebrate shopping options that are located close together, celebrating “craftsmanship and artistry” and building “community connections,” according to the website.

Associated Press

Eastern Illinois Panthers (2-5) at Butler Bulldogs (6-1)

Indianapolis; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -21.5; over/under is 139

BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Illinois visits Butler after Nakyel Shelton scored 26 points in Eastern Illinois’ 72-59 win over the Northern Illinois Huskies.

The Bulldogs have gone 4-1 at home. Butler has a 5-1 record against opponents above .500.

The Panthers are 0-5 in road games. Eastern Illinois is ninth in the OVC scoring 67.3 points per game and is shooting 42.1%.

Butler’s average of 9.1 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.8 fewer made shots on average than the 9.9 per game Eastern Illinois gives up. Eastern Illinois averages 4.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 fewer makes per game than Butler gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jahmyl Telfort is scoring 17.6 points per game with 3.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists for the Bulldogs.

Shelton is shooting 43.8% and averaging 18.4 points for the Panthers.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

After a volatile week in college basketball when highly ranked teams were beaten like drums, Illinois took advantage in the latest AP Top 25 voting.

The 6-1 Illini – who had a very nice 90-77 win against then-No. 19 Arkansas on a neutral floor in Kansas City, Missouri, last Thursday – re-entered the Top 25 at No. 19. That’s 12 spots better one week after they had received the 31st-most points in the voting.

College basketball is looking wildly unpredictable already. Mighty UConn lost three straight games last week. Fellow top-six teams Gonzaga, Iowa State and Houston lost four times between them. North Carolina and Indiana lost twice apiece. There are going to be a great many teams capable of doing damage when the NCAA Tournament rolls around.

The Illini, with so much positional versatility and three-point shooting, should be one of those teams. But a poor start in conference play for the Illini is the last thing they need. Their Big Ten opener is at Northwestern this Friday at 8 p.m. Central.

As one of 62 voters in the weekly AP poll, I had the Illini at No. 20 on my preseason ballot and since have ranked them 21st, 23rd and now 15th. They are one of my biggest climbers this week.

The Big Ten has four teams in the current poll: Purdue at 8, Wisconsin at 11, Oregon at 12, Illinois at 19. Michigan State was first among others receiving votes.

AP Top 25: 1. Kansas, 2. Auburn, 3. Tennessee, 4. Kentucky, 5. Marquette, 6. Iowa State, 7. Gonzaga, 8. Purdue, 9. Duke, 10. Alabama, 11. Wisconsin, 12. Oregon, 13. Florida, 14. Cincinnati, 15. Baylor, 16. Memphis, 17. Houston, 18. Pittsburgh, 19. Illinois, 20. North Carolina, 21. Oklahoma, 22. Texas A&M, 23. Ole Miss, 24. San Diego State, 25. UConn.

My latest ballot: 1. Kansas, 2. Auburn, 3. Iowa State, 4. Alabama, 5. Gonzaga, 6. Marquette, 7. Purdue, 8. Tennessee, 9. Wisconsin, 10. Kentucky, 11. Duke, 12. Ole Miss, 13. Cincinnati, 14. Florida, 15. Illinois, 16. Memphis, 17. Pittsburgh, 18. Oklahoma, 19. Texas A&M, 20. Texas, 21. Houston, 22. San Diego State, 23. Michigan State, 24. North Carolina, 25. UConn.

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