Who’s ranked in the top 10? The new Kansas high school football rankings (Sept. 20)
Following Week 3 action last Friday night, Varsity Kansas introduces its latest Kansas high school football rankings of the 2021 season.
Class 6A rankings
1. Derby (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 44-36 win vs. No. 3 5A Bishop Carroll. This week: at Salina South (1-2).
2. Blue Valley North (3-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 40-28 win vs. Blue Valley Southwest. This week: vs. Lee’s Summit North (Mo.).
3. Olathe North (3-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 21-7 win vs. No. 8 Lawrence Free State. This week: at Olathe West (2-1).
4. Blue Valley Northwest (3-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 49-6 win at St. Joseph Central (Mo.). This week: at St. James Academy (0-3).
5. Manhattan (3-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 70-0 win vs. Highland Park. This week: at Topeka (1-2).
6. Lawrence (3-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 35-7 win vs. Shawnee Mission West. This week: at No. 1 5A Mill Valley (3-0).
7. Blue Valley (2-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 67-36 win vs. Lee’s Summit (Mo.). This week: at No. 2 5A St. Thomas Aquinas (2-1).
8. Lawrence Free State (2-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 21-7 loss at No. 3 Olathe North. This week: vs. Gardner-Edgerton (0-3).
9. Blue Valley West (2-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 38-6 win vs. No. 5 4A St. James Academy. This week: at Raytown (Mo.).
10. Washburn Rural (3-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 19-17 win at Pittsburg. This week: at Junction City (2-1).
Others considered: Dodge City (3-0), Garden City (2-1), Junction City (2-1), Olathe Northwest (2-1, LW: 10), Wichita East (1-2).
Class 5A rankings
1. Mill Valley (3-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 41-10 win at Shawnee Mission East. This week: vs. No. 6 6A Lawrence (3-0).
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (2-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 23-20 loss at No. 1 4A Bishop Miege. This week: vs. No. 7 6A Blue Valley (2-1).
3. Bishop Carroll (2-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 44-36 loss at No. 1 6A Derby. This week: at Dodge City (3-0).
4. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (3-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 34-17 win vs. No. 4 Wichita Northwest. This week: vs. Great Bend (0-3).
5. Hays (3-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 58-14 win at Liberal. This week: vs. Garden City (2-1).
6. Maize (3-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 54-10 win at Newton. This week: vs. Arkansas City (1-2).
7. Maize South (3-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 28-14 win vs. Hutchinson. This week: at Campus (0-3).
8. Topeka Seaman (2-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 23-16 overtime loss vs. Junction City. This week: at Topeka West (1-2).
9. Wichita Northwest (1-2, LW: 4)
Last week: 34-17 loss at No. 7 Kapaun Mt. Carmel. This week: vs. Wichita East (1-2).
10. Spring Hill (3-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 54-7 win at Ottawa. This week: vs. Bonner Springs (1-2).
Others considered: Andover (2-1), De Soto (1-1), Hutchinson (1-2), Valley Center (2-1), Wichita Heights (2-1).
Class 4A rankings
1. Bishop Miege (1-2, LW: 1)
Last week: 23-20 win vs. No. 1 5A St. Thomas Aquinas. This week: at Rockhurst (Mo.).
2. Andover Central (3-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 35-13 win at Goddard Eisenhower. This week: at Goddard (0-3).
3. Buhler (2-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 18-7 win at Winfield. This week: vs. El Dorado (2-1).
4. McPherson (3-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 34-19 win at Great Bend. This week: vs. Winfield (2-1).
5. Basehor-Linwood (3-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 26-21 win vs. Kansas City Center (Mo.). This week: at Kansas City Turner (1-2).
6. St. James Academy (0-3, LW: 2)
Last week: 38-6 loss at Blue Valley West. This week: vs. No. 4 6A Blue Valley Northwest.
7. Circle (2-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 42-35 win at No. 10 Augusta. This week: vs. Mulvane (1-2).
8. Kansas City Piper (2-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 25-23 loss vs. Leavenworth. This week: at Louisburg (1-2).
9. Wamego (2-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 47-41 triple OT win at Clay Center. This week: at Kansas City Washington (2-0).
10. Eudora (2-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 48-28 win at Bonner Springs. This week: vs. Tonganoxie (1-2).
Others considered: Augusta (2-1), Chanute (2-1), El Dorado (2-1), Lansing (2-1), Winfield (2-1).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (3-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 61-6 win at Wellington. This week: vs. Halstead (1-2).
2. Wichita Collegiate (3-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 35-7 win at Rose Hill. This week: vs. Hesston (1-2).
3. Holton (3-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 28-7 win at Perry-Lecompton. This week: at Sabetha (1-2).
4. Cheney (3-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 34-7 win vs. No. 5 2A Garden Plain. This week: at Hugoton (2-1).
5. Frontenac (2-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 46-12 win at Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan. This week: vs. Iola (1-2).
6. Southeast of Saline (3-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 72-6 win at Ellsworth. This week: vs. Russell (2-1).
7. Riley County (3-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 22-14 win at No. 2 2A Silver Lake. This week: vs. Clay Center (2-1).
8. Topeka Hayden (2-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 39-6 win at Topeka West. This week: vs. Baldwin (0-2).
9. Pratt (3-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 36-7 win at Hesston. This week: vs. Larned (2-1).
10. Smoky Valley (3-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 14-8 win vs. No. 6 2A Hillsboro. This week: at Colby (1-2).
Others considered: Caney Valley (3-0), Chapman (2-1), Concordia (3-0), Girard (3-0), Prairie View (3-0), Scott City (2-1).
Class 2A rankings
1. Rossville (3-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 44-20 win vs. St. Mary’s. This week: vs. McLouth (0-1).
2. Nemaha Central (2-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 19-7 win at Sabetha. This week: vs. Atchison County (3-0).
3. Osage City (3-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 45-8 win vs. Mission Valley. This week: vs. West Franklin (0-2).
4. Silver Lake (2-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 22-14 loss vs. Riley County. This week: at Oskaloosa (0-3).
5. Garden Plain (2-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 34-7 loss at No. 4 3A Cheney. This week: vs. Douglass (0-3).
6. Kingman (2-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 61-0 win vs. Marion. This week: at Belle Plaine (0-3).
7. Hillsboro (2-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 14-8 loss at Smoky Valley. This week: at Sterling (0-3).
8. Wellsville (3-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 42-14 win at Iola. This week: vs. Jayhawk-Linn (1-1).
9. Chaparral (3-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 30-0 win at Sterling. This week: vs. Bluestem (0-2).
10. Cimarron (2-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 26-20 win at No. 10 3A Scott City. This week: at Southwestern Heights (1-2).
Others considered: Atchison County (3-0), Beloit (1-2), Hoisington (2-1), Maur Hill-Mt. Academy (2-1), Thomas More Prep (2-1).
Class 1A rankings
1. Olpe (3-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 70-12 win at No. 9 Lyndon. This week: vs. Uniontown (1-2).
2. Inman (3-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 86-0 win vs. Sacred Heart. This week: vs. Oakley (0-3).
3. Smith Center (3-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 66-0 win vs. Ellinwood. This week: at Sacred Heart (0-3).
4. Sedgwick (3-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 65-6 win at Southeast-Cherokee. This week: vs. Stanton County (2-1).
5. Centralia (2-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 36-12 win vs. No. 6 Jackson Heights. This week: vs. Valley Heights (1-1).
6. Conway Springs (2-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 50-0 win at Elkhart. This week: at Ellinwood (0-3).
7. Plainville (2-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 21-0 loss at Thomas More Prep. This week: at Ell-Saline (2-1).
8. Jackson Heights (2-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 36-12 loss at No. 7 Centralia. This week: vs. Wabaunsee (2-1).
9. Troy (2-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 10-6 win at No. 10 Wabaunsee. This week: at Pleasanton (0-3).
10. Lyndon (1-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 70-12 loss vs. No. 1 Olpe. This week: vs. Northern Heights (0-2).
Others considered: Central Heights (2-1), Ell-Saline (2-1), Jefferson County North (2-1), Remington (2-1), Stanton County (2-1), Wabaunsee (2-1).
8-man Division I rankings
1. Little River (3-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 66-20 win at Goessel. This week: at Lincoln (2-0).
2. Canton-Galva (3-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. Washington County. This week: at Bennington (3-0).
3. WaKeeney-Trego (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 42-40 win at No. 2 Div. II Victoria. This week: vs. Hoxie (2-1).
4. Madison (3-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 68-0 win vs. Southern Coffey County. This week: at Udall (1-2).
5. Argonia-Attica (3-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 60-8 win at Oxford. This week: vs. Goessel (1-2).
6. Wichita County (2-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 62-28 win at No. 4 Hill City. This week: vs. Hodgeman County (2-1).
7. Meade (3-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 46-0 win at Satanta. This week: at Spearville (2-1).
8. Sedan (3-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 58-8 win at Central Burden. This week: vs. West Elk (3-0).
9. Hill City (2-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 62-28 loss vs. No. 8 Wichita County. This week: at Rawlins County (2-1).
10. Clifton-Clyde (1-1, LW: UR)
Last week: Idle. This week: at Burlingame (1-1).
Others considered: Bennington (3-0), Chase County (3-0), Central Burden (2-1), Hodgeman County (2-1), Hoxie (2-1), Lincoln (2-0), Medicine Lodge (3-0), West Elk (3-0), Yates Center (3-0).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Hanover (3-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 68-0 win at Blue Valley-Randolph. This week: vs. No. 2 Axtell (3-0).
2. Axtell (3-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 62-14 at Rock Hills. This week: at No. 1 Hanover (3-0).
3. Victoria (2-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 42-40 loss vs. No. 6 Div. I WaKeeney-Trego. This week: at Sylvan-Lucas (2-1).
4. Thunder Ridge (3-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 56-6 win vs. Beloit-St. John’s Tipton. This week: vs. Lakeside-Downs (2-1).
5. Frankfort (3-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 28-22 overtime win vs. Onaga. This week: vs. Blue Valley-Randolph (3-0).
6. Caldwell (3-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 36-34 win vs. Norwich. This week: at Hutchinson Central Christian (0-3).
7. Bucklin (3-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 50-48 win at No. 10 Div. I Hodgeman County. This week: vs. South Central (1-2).
8. Osborne (2-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 58-8 win at No. 7 Lakeside-Downs. This week: vs. Rock Hills (0-2).
9. Quinter (3-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 54-6 win vs. Oberlin-Decatur. This week: at Wheatland-Grinnell (2-1).
10. Lebo (2-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 42-34 win vs. Waverly. This week: at Hartford (1-2).
Others considered: Lakeside-Downs (2-1), Osborne (2-1), Sylvan-Lucas (2-1), Waverly (2-1), Wheatland-Grinnell (2-1).
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