Who’s ranked No. 1? The new Kansas high school football season rankings (Sept. 13)
Following Week 2 action last Friday night, Varsity Kansas introduces its latest Kansas high school football rankings of the 2021 season.
Class 6A rankings
1. Derby (1-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 50-17 win vs. Newton. This week: vs. No. 3 5A Bishop Carroll (2-0).
2. Blue Valley North (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 42-21 win at Blue Valley West. This week: vs. Blue Valley Southwest (1-1).
3. Olathe North (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 47-0 win vs. Gardner-Edgerton. This week: vs. Lawrence Free State (2-0).
4. Blue Valley Northwest (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 49-35 win vs. No. 1 4A Bishop Miege. This week: at St. Joseph Central (Mo.).
5. Manhattan (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 37-21 win vs. No. 5 6A Junction City. This week: vs. Highland Park (0-2).
6. Lawrence (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 37-7 win at Shawnee Mission North. This week: vs. Shawnee Mission West (1-1).
7. Blue Valley (1-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 42-13 win vs. No. 2 4A St. James Academy. This week: vs. Lee’s Summit (Mo.).
8. Lawrence Free State (2-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 49-14 win vs. Shawnee Mission South. This week: at No. 3 6A Olathe North (2-0).
9. Washburn Rural (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 42-13 win vs. Topeka. This week: at Pittsburg (1-1).
10. Olathe Northwest (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 13-6 win vs. Olathe East. This week: vs. Shawnee Mission North (0-2).
Others considered: Blue Valley West (1-1), Dodge City (2-0), Garden City (1-1), Junction City (1-1, LW: 5), Wichita East (0-2).
Class 5A rankings
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 53-39 win vs. Lutheran North (Mo.). This week: at Bishop Miege (0-2).
2. Mill Valley (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 35-14 win vs. Olathe South. This week: at Shawnee Mission East (1-1).
3. Bishop Carroll (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 35-6 win vs. Wichita South. This week: at No. 1 6A Derby (1-0).
4. Wichita Northwest (1-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 62-40 win at Wichita Heights. This week: at No. 7 5A Kapaun Mt. Carmel (2-0).
5. Hays (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 51-0 win vs. Great Bend. This week: at Liberal (1-1).
6. Maize (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 29-10 win vs. Campus. This week: at Newton (0-2).
7. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 29-22 win at Wichita East. This week: vs. No. 4 5A Wichita Northwest (1-1).
8. Topeka Seaman (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 35-14 win at Topeka Hayden. This week: vs. Junction City (1-1).
9. Maize South (2-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 51-14 win vs. Salina South. This week: vs. Hutchinson (1-1).
10. Spring Hill (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 42-14 win at No. 6 4A Paola. This week: at Ottawa (1-1).
Others considered: Andover (1-1), De Soto (1-1), Goddard Eisenhower (1-1), Hutchinson (1-1, LW: 8), Wichita Heights (1-1).
Class 4A rankings
1. Bishop Miege (0-2, LW: 1)
Last week: 49-36 loss at No. 4 6A Blue Valley Northwest. This week: vs. No. 1 5A St. Thomas Aquinas (2-0).
2. Andover Central (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 21-19 win vs. No. 3 4A Buhler. This week: at Goddard Eisenhower (1-1).
3. Buhler (1-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 21-19 loss at No. 4 4A Andover Central. This week: at Winfield (2-0).
4. McPherson (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 44-0 win vs. Circle. This week: at Great Bend (0-2).
5. St. James Academy (0-2, LW: 2)
Last week: 42-13 loss at No. 7 6A Blue Valley. This week: at Blue Valley West (1-1).
6. Basehor-Linwood (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 42-13 win at Leavenworth. This week: vs. De Soto (1-1).
7. Kansas City Piper (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 26-23 win vs. No. 10 4A Eudora. This week: vs. Leavenworth (1-1).
8. Paola (1-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 42-14 loss vs. Spring Hill. This week: at Tonganoxie (0-2).
9. Eudora (1-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 26-23 loss at No. 9 4A Kansas City Piper. This week: at Bonner Springs (1-1).
10. Augusta (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 21-14 win at No. 8 4A El Dorado. This week: vs. Circle (1-1).
Others considered: El Dorado (1-1, LW: 8), Mulvane (0-2), Rose Hill (1-1), Wamego (1-1), Winfield (2-0).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 32-6 win at Mulvane. This week: at Wellington (0-1).
2. Wichita Collegiate (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 35-13 win at Wellington. This week: at Rose Hill (1-1).
3. Holton (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 24-14 win vs. Chapman. This week: at Perry-Lecompton (1-1).
4. Cheney (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 66-0 win vs. Belle Plaine. This week: vs. No. 5 2A Garden Plain (2-0).
5. Frontenac (1-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 42-6 loss at Coweta (Okla.). This week: at Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (0-2).
6. Southeast of Saline (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 36-6 win at No. 5 2A Beloit. This week: at Ellsworth (1-1).
7. Topeka Hayden (1-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 35-14 loss vs. No. 9 5A Topeka Seaman. This week: at Topeka West (1-1).
8. Pratt (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 59-22 win at Mission Valley. This week: at Hesston (1-1).
9. Scott City (2-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 14-12 win vs. Holcomb. This week: vs. Cimarron (1-1).
10. Girard (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 49-0 win at Baxter Springs. This week: vs. Columbus (1-1).
Others considered: Chapman (1-1), Columbus (1-1), Concordia (2-0), Perry-Lecompton (1-1, LW: 7), Prairie View (2-0), Smoky Valley (2-0).
Class 2A rankings
1. Rossville (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 56-14 win at Rock Creek. This week: vs. St. Mary’s (0-2).
2. Silver Lake (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 29-28 win vs. St. Mary’s. This week: vs. Riley County (2-0).
3. Nemaha Central (1-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 49-0 win vs. Royal Valley. This week: at Sabetha (1-1).
4. Osage City (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 51-0 win at Council Grove. This week: vs. Mission Valley (0-2).
5. Garden Plain (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 60-0 win vs. Sterling. This week: at No. 4 3A Cheney (2-0).
6. Hillsboro (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 25-14 win vs. Hesston. This week: at Smoky Valley (2-0).
7. Beloit (1-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 36-6 loss vs. No. 8 3A Southeast of Saline. This week: at Concordia (2-0).
8. Maur Hill-Mt. Academy (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 35-8 win vs. Oskaloosa. This week: at Pleasant Ridge (1-1).
9. Wellsville (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 55-0 win vs. Anderson County. This week: at Iola (1-1).
10. Chaparral (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 22-14 win vs. Hutchinson Trinity. This week: at Sterling (0-2).
Others considered: Hoisington (1-1), Kingman (1-1), Lakin (1-1, LW: 10), Marion (2-0), Thomas More Prep (1-1, LW: 7).
Class 1A rankings
1. Olpe (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 53-0 win at No. 10 1A Central Heights. This week: at No. 9 1A Lyndon (1-1).
2. Inman (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 68-0 win at Ellinwood. This week: vs. Sacred Heart (0-2).
3. Smith Center (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 36-12 win at Phillipsburg. This week: vs. Ellinwood (0-2).
4. Sedgwick (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 52-8 win vs. Northern Heights. This week: at Sublette (0-2).
5. Plainville (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 37-6 win vs. Oakley. This week: at Thomas More Prep (1-1).
6. Jackson Heights (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 48-7 win at Horton. This week: at No. 7 1A Centralia (1-1).
7. Centralia (1-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 31-12 win at Troy. This week: vs. No. 6 1A Jackson Heights (2-0).
8. Conway Springs (1-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 40-28 win vs. Remington. This week: at Elkhart (1-1).
9. Lyndon (1-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 27-0 win at Pleasanton. This week: vs. No. 1 1A Olpe (2-0).
10. Wabaunsee (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 17-6 win at Uniontown. This week: vs. Troy (1-1).
Others considered: Central Heights (1-1, LW: 10), Ell-Saline (1-1), Remington (1-1), Troy (1-1).
8-man Division I rankings
1. Little River (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 14-6 win vs. No. 7 Div. I Clifton-Clyde. This week: at Goessel (1-1).
2. Canton-Galva (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 54-6 win at Solomon. This week: vs. Washington County (0-2).
3. Madison (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 46-0 win at No. 10 Div. II Hartford. This week: vs. Southern Coffey County (0-2).
4. Hill City (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 49-18 win at Ness City. This week: vs. No. 8 Div. I Wichita County (1-1).
5. Argonia-Attica (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 48-0 win at Udall. This week: at Oxford (0-2).
6. WaKeeney-Trego (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 76-28 win at No. 4 Div. I Wichita County. This week: at No. 2 Div. II Victoria (2-0).
7. Meade (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 52-0 win vs. Ingalls. This week: at Satanta (0-2).
8. Wichita County (1-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 76-28 loss vs. WaKeeney-Trego. This week: at No. 4 Div. I Hill City (2-0).
9. Sedan (2-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 60-14 win at Flinthills. This week: at Central Burden (2-0).
10. Hodgeman County (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 22-6 win at South Central. This week: vs. No. 8 Div. II Bucklin (2-0).
Others considered: Central-Burden (2-0), Clifton-Clyde (1-1, LW: 7), Hoxie (1-1, LW: 9), Lincoln (2-0), West Elk (2-0).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Hanover (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 70-36 win vs. Onaga. This week: at Blue Valley-Randolph (0-2).
2. Victoria (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 68-6 win vs. Chase. This week: vs. No. 6 Div. I WaKeeney-Trego (2-0).
3. Axtell (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 68-6 win vs. Blue Valley-Randolph. This week: at Rock Hills (0-1).
4. Thunder Ridge (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 62-14 win at Pike Valley. This week: vs. Beloit-St. John’s Tipton (1-1).
5. Frankfort (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 43-0 win at Wetmore. This week: vs. Onaga (0-2).
6. Caldwell (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 72-26 win at South Haven. This week: vs. Norwich (1-1).
7. Lakeside-Downs (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 64-6 win at Rock Hills. This week: vs. No. 9 Div. II Osborne (1-1).
8. Bucklin (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 56-0 win at Kiowa County. This week: at No. 10 Div. I Hodgeman County (2-0).
9. Osborne (1-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 46-0 win vs. Beloit-St. John’s Tipton. This week: at No. 7 Div. II Lakeside-Downs (2-0).
10. Hanover (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 70-36 win vs. Onaga. This week: at Blue Valley-Randolph (0-2).
Others considered: Lebo (1-1, LW: 6), Quinter (2-0), South Barber (1-1, LW: 8), Stafford (2-0), Waverly (2-0).
This story was originally published September 13, 2021 at 6:00 AM.
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