Week 6 Kansas high school football rankings: Bishop Carroll ascends to No. 1 in 5A
Following Week 5 games last Friday night, Varsity Kansas introduced its latest Kansas high school football rankings for the 2021 season on Monday.
Class 6A rankings
1. Derby (4-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 55-6 win at Hutchinson. This week: vs. Campus (0-5).
2. Blue Valley Northwest (5-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 55-8 win vs. Blue Valley Southwest. This week: at No. 4 Blue Valley North (3-2).
3. Blue Valley (4-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 45-23 win vs. No. 3 Blue Valley North. This week: at 4A No. 1 Bishop Miege (2-3).
4. Blue Valley North (3-2, LW: 3)
Last week: 45-23 loss at No. 4 Blue Valley. This week: vs. No. 2 Blue Valley Northwest (5-0).
5. Olathe North (4-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 54-16 win vs. Olathe South. This week: at Shawnee Mission East (2-3).
6. Lawrence Free State (4-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 41-20 win vs. 5A No. 1 Mill Valley. This week: at Olathe South (3-2).
7. Manhattan (5-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 48-21 win vs. 5A No. 9 Topeka Seaman. This week: vs. Washburn Rural (4-1).
8. Blue Valley West (3-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 28-14 loss at 4A No. 1 Bishop Miege. This week: vs. 5A No. 4 St. Thomas Aquinas (2-3).
9. Olathe West (4-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 45-0 win vs. Shawnee Mission West. This week: at 5A No. 3 Mill Valley (4-1).
10. Garden City (4-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 49-0 win vs. Liberal. This week: at Wichita East (2-3).
Others considered: Dodge City (4-1), Junction City (4-1), Olathe South (3-2), Shawnee Mission Northwest (3-2), Washburn Rural (4-1).
Class 5A rankings
1. Bishop Carroll (4-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Wichita North. This week: at No. 2 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (5-0).
2. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (5-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 80-20 win at Wichita Southeast. This week: vs. No. 1 Bishop Carroll (4-1).
3. Mill Valley (4-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 41-20 loss at 6A No. 9 Lawrence Free State. This week: vs. 6A No. 9 Olathe West (4-1).
4. St. Thomas Aquinas (2-3, LW: 4)
Last week: 42-7 loss at Christian Brothers (Mo.). This week: at 6A No. 8 Blue Valley West (3-2).
5. Maize South (5-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 68-24 win vs. Newton. This week: at No. 8 Maize (4-1).
6. Wichita Northwest (3-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 55-28 win vs. Campus. This week: at Wichita Southeast (1-4).
7. Hays (4-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 64-7 win at Abilene. This week: at Dodge City (4-1).
8. Maize (4-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 57-27 win at Salina South. This week: vs. No. 5 Maize South (5-0).
9. Andover (4-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 49-7 win vs. Wichita Heights. This week: at Valley Center (2-3).
10. Spring Hill (5-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 28-14 win vs. De Soto. This week: at Tonganoxie (2-3).
Others considered: Blue Valley Southwest (2-3), Hutchinson (2-3), Salina Central (3-2), Topeka Seaman (3-2), Wichita Heights (3-2).
Class 4A rankings
1. Bishop Miege (2-3, LW: 1)
Last week: 28-14 win vs. 6A No. 8 Blue Valley West. This week: vs. 6A No. 3 Blue Valley (4-1).
2. Andover Central (5-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 51-10 win vs. Valley Center. This week: at Salina Central (3-2).
3. Buhler (4-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 56-14 win vs. Augusta. This week: vs. No. 4 McPherson (5-0).
4. McPherson (5-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 63-36 win at El Dorado. This week: at No. 3 Buhler (4-1).
5. Basehor-Linwood (5-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 42-7 win vs. Shawnee Heights. This week: vs. Kansas City Washington (2-2).
6. St. James Academy (1-4, LW: 6)
Last week: 33-13 win at St. Pius X (Mo.). This week: at Blue Valley Southwest (2-3).
7. Kansas City Piper (4-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 23-20 win vs. Tonganoxie. This week: at Paola (2-3).
8. Wamego (4-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 22-21 overtime win vs. Paola. This week: vs. Kansas City Schlagle (0-4).
9. Mulvane (3-2, LW: 10)
Last week: 51-6 win vs. Coffeyville. This week: vs. Rose Hill (1-4).
10. Circle (3-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 35-31 win vs. Winfield. This week: at Independence (3-2).
Others considered: Arkansas City (2-3), Augusta (3-2), Chanute (4-1), El Dorado (2-3), Winfield (2-3).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (5-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 48-0 win at Hesston. This week: vs. Wichita Trinity Academy (1-4).
2. Wichita Collegiate (5-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 56-7 win at Wichita Trinity Academy. This week: vs. Clearwater (3-2).
3. Cheney (5-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 27-14 win at No. 9 Pratt. This week: vs. Holcomb (4-1).
4. Holton (5-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 50-0 win at Royal Valley. This week: vs. Hiawatha (3-2).
5. Frontenac (4-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 42-6 win vs. Burlington. This week: at Anderson County (1-4).
6. Southeast of Saline (5-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 45-0 win vs. Colby. This week: at Goodland (0-5).
7. Riley County (5-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 37-16 win vs. Chapman. This week: at Council Grove (1-4).
8. Topeka Hayden (4-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 38-0 win at Osawatomie. This week: at Santa Fe Trail (1-4).
9. Concordia (5-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. Clay Center. This week: vs. Marysville (1-3).
10. Girard (5-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 38-15 win at Prairie View. This week: at Burlington (2-3).
Others considered: Caney Valley (4-1), Chapman (3-2), Clearwater (3-2), Galena (4-1), Holcomb (4-1), Pratt (4-1), Smoky Valley (4-1).
Class 2A rankings
1. Rossville (5-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 62-0 win vs. Oskaloosa. This week: vs. Pleasant Ridge (4-1).
2. Osage City (5-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 63-21 win at Jayhawk-Linn. This week: vs. No. 4 Wellsville (5-0).
3. Silver Lake (4-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 63-0 win at Mission Valley. This week: vs. McLouth (0-3).
4. Wellsville (5-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 45-12 win vs. Eureka. This week: at No. 2 Osage City (5-0).
5. Chaparral (5-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 41-21 win vs. No. 5 Garden Plain. This week: at Belle Plaine (1-4).
6. Kingman (4-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 41-7 win vs. Douglass. This week: at X. Garden Plain (3-2).
7. Nemaha Central (3-2, LW: 2)
Last week: 30-12 loss vs. St. Mary’s. This week: at Maur Hill-Mt. Academy (2-3).
8. Garden Plain (3-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 41-21 loss at No. 9 Chaparral. This week: vs. X Kingman (4-1).
9. Hillsboro (4-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 62-0 win vs. Haven. This week: at Marion (3-2).
10. Cimarron (4-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 60-12 win at Syracuse. This week: vs. Lakin (4-1).
Others considered: Atchison County (4-1), Humboldt (4-1), Hutchinson Trinity (3-2), Lakin (4-1), Pleasant Ridge (4-1), Riverton (4-1), Thomas More Prep (4-1).
Class 1A rankings
1. Olpe (5-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 63-0 win vs. Pleasanton. This week: vs. Jackson Heights (3-2).
2. Inman (5-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 48-3 win at No. 7 Plainville. This week: vs. Ell-Saline (2-3).
3. Smith Center (5-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 41-8 win at Oakley. This week: vs. No. 8 Plainville (3-2).
4. Sedgwick (5-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 55-12 win vs. Ell-Saline. This week: at Remington (3-1).
5. Centralia (4-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 20-6 win at Jefferson County North. This week: vs. Horton (0-5).
6. Conway Springs (4-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 55-0 win at Wichita Independent. This week: vs. Sublette (0-4).
7. Lyndon (2-2, LW: 9)
Last week: Idle. This week: vs. Central Heights (3-1).
8. Plainville (3-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 48-3 loss vs. No. 2 Inman. This week: at No. 3 Smith Center (5-0).
9. Wabaunsee (4-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 28-12 win vs. Valley Heights. This week: vs. Jefferson County North (3-2).
10. Jackson Heights (3-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 38-15 win vs. No. 8 Troy. This week: at No. 1 Olpe (5-0).
Others considered: Central Heights (3-1), Ell-Saline (2-3), Jefferson County North (3-2), Remington (3-1), Troy (3-2).
8-man Division I rankings
1. Little River (5-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 60-52 win vs. No. 2 Canton-Galva. This week: at Bennington (4-1).
2. WaKeeney-Trego (5-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 58-28 win vs. Rawlins County. This week: at Oberlin-Decatur (3-2).
3. Canton-Galva (4-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 60-52 loss at No. 1 Little River. This week: vs. Herington (0-4).
4. Madison (5-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 52-0 win vs. Oxford. This week: at No. 10 Chase County (5-0).
5. Meade (5-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 44-6 win vs. South Gray. This week: at No. 6 Wichita County (4-1).
6. Wichita County (4-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 72-30 win at Ness City. This week: vs. No. 5 Meade (5-0).
7. Clifton-Clyde (3-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 50-6 win at Valley Falls. This week: vs. Doniphan West (2-3).
8. Sedan (5-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 60-8 win at Oswego. This week: vs. Yates Center (5-0).
9. Hill City (4-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 69-0 win at Stockton. This week: vs. Hoxie (3-2).
10. Chase County (5-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 56-30 win at Flinthills. This week: vs. No. 4 Madison (5-0).
Others considered: Argonia-Attica (4-1), Bennington (4-1), Kinsley (4-1), Medicine Lodge (5-0), South Gray (3-1), West Elk (4-1), Yates Center (5-0).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (5-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 54-8 win vs. No. 5 Frankfort. This week: at Linn (2-3).
2. Victoria (4-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 56-6 win vs. Central Plains. This week: at Wilson (0-4).
3. Thunder Ridge (5-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 54-0 win at Rock Hills. This week: vs. No. 4 Osborne (4-1).
4. Osborne (4-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 36-26 win vs. No. 2 Hanover. This week: at No. 3 Thunder Ridge (5-0).
5. Hanover (3-2, LW: 2)
Last week: 36-26 loss at No. 8 Osborne. This week: at Frankfort (4-1).
6. Caldwell (5-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 51-14 win vs. Stafford. This week: at Peabody-Burns (3-2).
7. Bucklin (5-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 26-6 win at Satanta. This week: vs. Minneola (3-1).
8. Frankfort (4-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 54-8 loss at No. 1 Axtell. This week: vs. No. 5 Hanover (3-2).
9. Lebo (4-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 60-14 win at Wakefield. This week: vs. Centre (2-1).
10. Wheatland-Grinnell (4-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 65-12 win at Wallace County. This week: vs. Logan-Palco (1-3).
Others considered: Beloit-St. John’s Tipton (3-2), Central Plains (3-2), Dighton (4-1), Minneola (3-1), Otis-Bison (3-2), Quinter (4-1), South Barber (4-1), Waverly (3-1).
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