The VK Top 25: Ranking the only Wichita teams left in the Kansas state playoffs

Record: 9-0

Week 9: Derby 41, Lawrence 7

Week 9 Ranking: 1 (-)

Regional: vs. Dodge City (6-3)

Prediction: Derby 42, Dodge City 14

Record: 9-0

Week 9: Wichita Northwest 58, Salina South 24

Week 9 Ranking: 2 (-)

Regional: vs. Emporia (5-4)

Prediction: Wichita Northwest 45, Emporia 28

Record: 8-1

Week 9: Maize 56, Liberal 15

Week 9 Ranking: 3 (-)

Regional: vs. Maize South (6-3)

Prediction: Maize 35, Maize South 28

Record: 9-0

Week 9: Andale 35, Halstead 0

Week 9 Ranking: 4 (-)

Regional: vs. Chapman (7-2)

Prediction: Andale 28, Chapman 14

Record: 9-0

Week 9: McPherson 71, Independence 13

Week 9 Ranking: 6 (+1)

Regional: vs. Ulysses (4-4)

Prediction: McPherson 56, Ulysses 14

Record: 7-2

Week 9: Bishop Carroll 40, Newton 34

Week 9 Ranking: 5 (-1)

Regional: vs. Salina Central (6-2)

Prediction: Bishop Carroll 34, Salina Central 28

Record: 7-2

Week 9: Kapaun 48, Hays 28

Week 9 Ranking: 10 (+3)

Regional: at Great Bend (7-2)

Prediction: Kapaun 35, Great Bend 31

Record: 9-0

Week 9: Conway Springs 66, Eureka 6

Week 9 Ranking: 9 (+1)

Regional: vs. Chaparral

Prediction: Conway Springs 49, Chaparral 28

Record: 9-0

Week 9: Smoky Valley 43, Cheney 6

Week 9 Ranking: 8 (-1)

Regional: vs. Hesston (6-3)

Prediction: Smoky Valley 35, Hesston 28

Record: 9-0

Week 9: Pratt 52, Concordia 27

Week 9 Ranking: 10 (-3)

Regional: vs. Colby (8-1)

Prediction: Pratt 31, Colby 21

Record: 7-2

Week 9: Salina Central 20, Eisenhower 6

Week 9 Ranking: 12 (+1)

Regional: at Bishop Carroll (7-2)

Prediction: Bishop Carroll 34, Salina Central 28

Record: 6-3

Week 9: Maize South 21, Andover 17

Week 9 Ranking: 11 (-1)

Regional: at Maize (8-1)

Prediction: Maize 35, Maize South 28

Record: 7-2

Week 9: Goddard 46, Circle 6

Week 9 Ranking: 13 (-)

Regional: vs. Andover Central (5-4)

Prediction: Goddard 21, Andover Central 14

Record: 5-3

Week 9: Wichita West 47, Wichita East 0

Week 9 Ranking: 14 (-)

Regional: at Manhattan (8-1)

Prediction: Manhattan 31, Wichita West 17

Record: 6-3

Week 9: Campus 57, Wichita South 7

Week 9 Ranking: 15 (-)

Regional: at Free State (9-0)

Prediction: Free State 49, Campus 21

Record: 7-2

Week 9: Wellington 38, Rose Hill 13

Week 9 Ranking: 17 (+1)

Regional: vs. Buhler (5-4)

Prediction: Wellington 21, Buhler 17

Record: 8-1

Week 9: Hutchinson-Trinity 58, Belle Plaine 0

Week 9 Ranking: 19 (+2)

Regional: vs. Garden Plain (6-3)

Prediction: Hutchinson-Trinity 28, Garden Plain 21

Record: 7-2

Week 9: Chaparral 55, Fredonia 0

Week 9 Ranking: 20 (+2)

Regional: at Conway Springs (9-0)

Prediction: Conway Springs 49, Chaparral 28

Record: 6-3

Week 9: Hesston 42, Collegiate 28

Week 9 Ranking: 24 (+5)

Regional: at Smoky Valley (9-0)

Prediction: Smoky Valley 35, Hesston 28

Record: 5-4

Week 9: Andover Central 16, Augusta 7

Week 9 Ranking: 22 (+2)

Regional: at Goddard (7-2)

Prediction: Goddard 21, Andover Central 14

Record: 6-3

Week 9: Garden Plain 45, Douglass 6

Week 9 Ranking: 25 (+4)

Regional: at Hutchinson-Trinity

Prediction: Hutchinson-Trinity 28, Garden Plain 21

Record: 5-4

Week 9: Buhler 25, Winfield 0

Week 9 Ranking: NR

Regional: at Wellington (7-2)

Prediction: Wellington 21, Buhler 17

Record: 8-1

Week 9: Bye

Week 9 Ranking: 23 (-)

Regional: vs. Meade (4-5)

Prediction: Sedgwick 56, Meade 21

Record: 3-6

Week 9: Arkansas City 29, Mulvane 26

Week 9 Ranking: NR

Regional: at Coffeyville (5-4)

Prediction: Arkansas City 24, Coffeyville 21

Record: 6-3

Week 9: Inman 44, Stanton County 10

Week 9 Ranking: NR

Regional: at Elkhart (8-0)

Prediction: Elkhart 56, Inman 21

Dropped Out

• Mulvane (16)
• Wichita Heights (18)
• Collegiate (21)

Highest Risers

• Hesston (+5)
• Garden Plain (+4)
• Kapaun (+3)

Farthest Fallers

• Pratt (-3)
• Bishop Carroll (-1)
• Smoky Valley (-1)
• Maize South (-1)