Varsity Football

State rankings heading into Week 6 of Kansas high school football

By Hayden Barber

October 1, 2018 11:30 AM

Derby junior running back Tre Washington gets tackled during the Panthers’ 26-4 win at Bishop Carroll on Friday. (Sept. 21, 2018) Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

Top 10

Derby junior receiver Jacob Karsak extends for a catch against Bishop Carroll in the Panthers’ 24-6 road win Friday. (Sept. 21, 2018) Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Bishop Miege (Last week: 1)

2. Derby (Last week: 2)

3. Wichita Northwest (Last week: 3)

4. St. Thomas Aquinas (Last week: 4)

5. Lawrence Free State (Last week: 5)

6. Manhattan (Last week: 6)

7. Topeka (Last week: 7)

8. McPherson (Last week: 8)

9. Maize (Last week: 9)

10. Andale (Last week: NR)

Dropped out: Bishop Carroll

Class 6A

Derby senior linebacker Cade Lindsey celebrates his punt block returned touchdown in the Panthers’ 24-6 win at Bishop Carroll on Friday. (Sept. 21, 2018) Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Derby (Last week: 1)

2. Lawrence Free State (Last week: 2)

3. Manhattan (Last week: 3)

4. Topeka (Last week: 4)

5. Blue Valley (Last week: 5)

Class 5A

Wichita Northwest’s Roy Johnson jumps over a Kapaun defender’s reach in the Grizzlies’ 55-26 win over the Crusaders on Friday. (Sept. 28, 2018) Hayden Barber The Wichita Eagle

1. Wichita Northwest (Last week: 1)

2. St. Thomas Aquinas (Last week: 2)

3. Maize (Last week: 3)

4. De Soto (Last week: NR)

5. Bishop Carroll (Last week: 4)

Dropped out: Mill Valley

Class 4A

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1. Bishop Miege (Last week: 1)

2. McPherson (Last week: 2)

3. Pittsburg (Last week: 3)

4. Paola (Last week: 5)

5. Louisburg (Last week: NR)

Dropped out: Goddard

Class 3A

Pratt’s Travis Theis looks for a hole. @Travis_Theis5

1. Andale (Last week: 3)

2. Pratt (Last week: 4)

3. Sabetha (Last week: 1)

4. Perry-Lecompton (Last week: 2)

5. Scott City (Last week: 5)

Class 2A

1. Phillipsburg (Last week: 1)

2. Conway Springs (Last week: 2)

3. Chaparral (Last week: 3)

4. Silver Lake (Last week: 5)

5. Hutchinson-Trinity (Last week: NR)

Dropped out: Garden Plain

Class 1A

1. Elkhart (Last week: 1)

2. Ell-Saline (Last week: 2)

3. Sedgwick (Last week: 3)

4. Smith Center (Last week: 5)

5. Olpe (Last week: NR)

Dropped out: St. Mary’s Colgan

8-Man Division I

1. Clifton-Clyde (Last week: 1)

2. Central Plains (Last week: 2)

3. Madison/Hamilton (Last week: 3)

4. Solomon (Last week: 5)

5. St. Francis (Last week: NR)

Dropped out: Hoxie

8-Man Division II

1. Hanover (Last week: 1)

2. South Barber (Last week: 2)

3. Frankfort (Last week: 3)

4. Axtell (Last week: 4)

5. Otis-Bison (Last week: 5)