Varsity Football

The 2017 Varsity Kansas preseason football rankings (Aug. 26)

By Taylor Eldridge

teldridge@wichitaeagle.com

Updated August 23, 2017 5:34 PM

Despite heavy graduation losses, Derby enters the season ranked No. 1 in Kansas by Taylor Eldridge. Fernando Salazar The Wichita Eagle

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Class 6A

1. Derby (13-0)

2. SM East (10-2)

3. Blue Valley (12-1)

4. Free State (9-3)

5. Wichita Northwest (6-4)

Others: BV North (7-4), Garden City (9-1), Hutchinson (9-2), Junction City (8-2), Manhattan (9-1), Topeka (5-4), Washburn Rural (7-4).

Class 5A

1. Aquinas (8-4)

2. Mill Valley (9-4)

3. Wichita Heights (9-2)

4. Goddard (11-2)

5. Carroll (7-3)

Others: Emporia (4-6), Great Bend (10-2), Maize (7-3), Pittsburgh (5-4), St. James Academy (6-5), Topeka Seaman (8-3), Valley Center (9-2).

Class 4A I

1. Miege (12-1)

2. Buhler (11-2)

3. Maize South (10-2)

4. McPherson (8-3)

5. De Soto (7-3)

Others: Andale (8-2), Augusta (6-4), Basehor-Linwood (11-1), KC Piper (6-4), Louisburg (8-3), Ottawa (8-3), Tonganoxie (5-4).

Class 4A II

1. Collegiate (7-4)

2. Topeka Hayden (8-5)

3. Pratt (12-1)

4. Columbus (8-2)

5. Holton (7-5)

Others: Colby (6-3), Frontenac (10-1), Holcomb (10-2), Nickerson (6-4), Santa Fe Trail (7-2), Scott City (7-3), Smoky Valley (8-3).

Class 3A

1. Nemaha Central (12-1)

2. Phillipsburg (11-1)

3. Silver Lake (10-1)

4. Conway Springs (7-2)

5. Rossville (13-1)

Others: Beloit (6-3), Chaparral (9-2), Galena (8-3), Garden Pain (10-2), Halstead (9-2), Hesston (10-4), Marion (7-2), Marysville (7-3), Norton (7-4), Wellsville (10-2).

Class 2-1A

1. Smith Center (9-3)

2. Lyndon (9-2)

3. Plainville (11-2)

4. Pittsburg-Colgan (8-4)

5. Sedgwick (7-3)

Others: Chase County (6-3), Elkhart (6-4), Jefferson North (8-2), Meade (8-2), Olpe (5-5), Valley Heights (7-3), Washington County (8-3).

8-Man I

1. Central Plains (10-1)

2. Burlingame (11-1)

3. Osborne (13-0)

4. St. Francis (11-1)

5. Spearville (11-1)

Others: Argonia-Attica (7-3), Clifton-Clyde (8-2), Hoxie (6-3), Logan-Palco (7-2), Ness City (7-3), Oxford (7-2), Rawlins County (7-2), Sedan (8-1), Victoria (5-4), West Elk (9-2).

8-Man II

1. Hanover (12-0)

2. Hodgeman County (5-4)

3. Wallace County (8-4)

4. Pike Valley (10-2)

5. Otis-Bison (6-3)

Others: Beloit-St. John’s (7-3), Caldwell (7-2), Dighton (12-1), Hutch Central Christian (9-2), Ingalls (8-2), Lebo (7-3), Rock Hills (7-2), South Barber (9-2), Stockton (4-6), Wakefield (7-3).

This story was originally published August 23, 2017 at 4:07 PM with the headline "The 2017 Varsity Kansas preseason football rankings (Aug. 26)."