The VarsityKansas.com football rankings (Sept. 24)

Running back Ontario Russell and the Heights Falcons are the new No. 1 team in Class 5A. Bo Rader The Wichita Eagle

Overall

1. Derby 4-0 (1)

2. Blue Valley 4-0 (2)

3. Junction City 4-0 (4)

4. Wichita Heights 4-0 (5)

5. Miege 3-1 (6)

6. SM East 3-1 (7)

7. Mill Valley 3-1 (3)

8. St. Thomas Aquinas 3-1 (9)

9. Great Bend 4-0 (10)

10. Manhattan 4-0 (NR)

Class 6A

1. Derby 4-0 (1)

2. Blue Valley 4-0 (2)

3. Junction City 4-0 (3)

4. SM East 3-1 (4)

5. Manhattan 4-0 (NR)

Others (in alphabetical order): Free State 2-2 (NR), Garden City 4-0 (NR), Hutchinson 3-1 (5), Lawrence 3-1 (NR), SM West 2-2 (NR), Wichita Northwest 2-2 (NR), Wichita South 3-1 (NR).

Class 5A

1. Wichita Heights 4-0 (2)

2. Mill Valley 3-1 (1)

3. St. Thomas Aquinas 3-1 (3)

4. Great Bend 4-0 (4)

5. Carroll 3-1 (5)

Others: Andover 3-1 (NR), Goddard 3-1 (NR), Maize 3-1 (NR), Topeka Seaman 4-0 (NR), Valley Center 4-0 (NR).

Class 4A-I

1. Miege 3-1 (1)

2. Andale 4-0 (2)

3. Atchison 4-0 (4)

4. Louisburg 4-0 (5)

5. Mulvane 3-1 (NR)

Others: Abilene 4-0 (NR), Augusta 3-1 (NR), Basehor-Linwood 4-0 (NR), Buhler 3-1 (NR), De Soto 3-1 (NR), Maize South 3-1 (3), McPherson 2-2 (NR).

Class 4A-II

1. Holcomb 4-0 (1)

2. Frontenac 4-0 (3)

3. Columbus 4-0 (4)

4. Pratt 4-0 (NR)

5. Santa Fe Trail 4-0 (NR)

Others: Clay Center 3-1 (NR), Colby 3-1 (5), Nickerson 3-1 (NR), Smoky Valley 3-1 (NR), Wichita Collegiate 2-2 (2).

Class 3A

1. Rossville 4-0 (1)

2. Hoisington 4-0 (2)

3. Phillipsburg 4-0 (3)

4. Garden Plain 4-0 (4)

5. Silver Lake 4-0 (5)

Others: Beloit 4-0 (NR), Chaparral 4-0 (NR), Cheney 3-1 (NR), Conway Springs 4-0 (NR), Council Grove 4-0 (NR), Galena 3-1 (NR), Halstead 4-0 (NR), Jayhawk-Linn 4-0 (NR), Marion 4-0 (NR), Nemaha Central 4-0 (NR), Sabetha 4-0 (NR), SE-Saline 4-0 (NR), Wellsville 4-0 (NR).

Class 2-1A

1. Troy 4-0 (1)

2. Lyndon 4-0 (3)

3. Plainville 3-1 (4)

4. Meade 3-1 (2)

5. Jackson Heights 4-0 (NR)

Others: Ell-Saline 3-1 (NR), Ellis 3-1 (NR), Jefferson North 4-0 (NR), Sedgwick 3-1 (NR), Washington County 3-1 (5).

8-Man I

1. Spearville 4-0 (1)

2. Central Plains 4-0 (2)

3. Osborne 4-0 (5)

4. St. Francis 4-0 (3)

5. Clifton-Clyde 4-0 (NR)

Others: Attica-Argonia 3-1 (NR), Burlingame 4-0 (NR), Herington 4-0 (NR), Logan-Palco 4-0 (NR), Rawlins County 4-0 (NR), Rural Vista 3-1 (4), Sedan 4-0 (NR), St. Paul 4-0 (NR), Victoria 2-2 (NR), WaKeeney 3-1 (NR), West Elk 4-0 (NR).

8-Man II

1. Hanover 3-0 (1)

2. Dighton 4-0 (3)

3. Otis-Bison 3-1 (5)

4. Pike Valley 3-1 (2)

5. Caldwell 4-0 (NR)

Others: Beloit St. John's-Tipton 3-1 (NR), Hartford 3-1 (NR), Hodgeman County 3-1 (NR), Hutchinson Central Christian 4-0 (NR), Ingalls 3-1 (NR), Pretty Prairie 3-1 (NR), Rock Hills 4-0 (NR), South Barber 3-1 (4), Sylvan-Lucas 3-1 (NR).

This story was originally published September 24, 2016 at 5:30 PM with the headline "The VarsityKansas.com football rankings (Sept. 24)."