Who’s ranked in the top 10? The new Kansas high school football rankings (October 11)
Following Week 6 games last Friday night, Varsity Kansas introduced its latest Kansas high school football rankings for the 2021 season on Monday, October 11.
Class 6A rankings
1. Derby (5-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 70-21 win vs. Campus. This week: vs. 5A No. 5 Maize (5-1).
2. Blue Valley Northwest (6-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 35-21 win at No. 4 Blue Valley North. This week: at 5A No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas (2-4).
3. Blue Valley (5-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 31-28 win at 4A No. 1 Bishop Miege. This week: at No. 7 Blue Valley West (4-2).
4. Olathe North (5-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 56-14 win at Shawnee Mission East. This week: vs. Lawrence (4-2).
5. Blue Valley North (3-3, LW: 4)
Last week: 35-21 loss vs. No. 2 Blue Valley Northwest. This week: at 4A No. 6 St. James Academy (2-4).
6. Blue Valley West (4-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 31-7 win vs. 5A No. 4 St. Thomas Aquinas. This week: vs. No. 3 Blue Valley (5-1).
7. Lawrence Free State (5-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 33-14 win at Olathe South. This week: vs. Shawnee Mission East (2-4).
8. Washburn Rural (5-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 21-14 win at No. 6 Manhattan. This week: vs. Topeka Highland Park (0-6).
9. Manhattan (5-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 21-14 loss vs. Washburn Rural. This week: at Topeka West (2-4).
10. Junction City (5-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 34-6 win vs. Topeka. This week: at Emporia (1-5).
Others considered: Garden City (4-2), Lawrence (4-2), Olathe Northwest (4-2), Olathe West (4-2), Wichita East (3-3).
Class 5A rankings
1. Bishop Carroll (5-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 27-21 win at No. 2 Kapaun Mt. Carmel. This week: vs. Wichita West (2-4).
2. Mill Valley (5-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 47-32 win vs. 6A No. 9 Olathe West. This week: at Olathe East (1-5).
3. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (5-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 27-21 loss vs. No. 1 Bishop Carroll. This week: at Liberal (3-3).
4. Wichita Northwest (4-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 67-6 win at Wichita Southeast. This week: at Wichita South (1-5).
5. Maize (5-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 49-27 win vs. No. 5 Maize South. This week: at 6A No. 1 Derby (5-0).
6. St. Thomas Aquinas (2-4, LW: 4)
Last week: 31-7 loss at 6A No. 8 Blue Valley West. This week: vs. 6A No. 2 Blue Valley Northwest (6-0).
7. Maize South (5-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 49-27 loss at No. 8 Maize. This week: at No. 8 Hays (5-1).
8. Hays (5-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 39-17 win at Dodge City. This week: vs. No. 7 Maize South (5-1).
9. Andover (5-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 30-0 win at Valley Center. This week: vs. 4A No. x Andover Central (5-1).
10. Salina Central (4-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 21-14 win vs. 4A No. 2 Andover Central. This week: vs. Goddard (0-6).
Others considered: Goddard Eisenhower (3-3), Hutchinson (3-3), Spring Hill (6-0), Topeka Seaman (4-2), Wichita Heights (4-2).
Class 4A rankings
1. Bishop Miege (2-4, LW: 1)
Last week: 31-28 loss vs. 6A No. 3 Blue Valley. This week: at Lutheran North (Mo.).
2. Andover Central (5-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 21-14 loss at Salina Central. This week: at 5A No. 9 Andover (5-1).
3. Buhler (5-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 42-30 win vs. No. 4 McPherson. This week: at Wellington (2-3).
4. McPherson (5-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 42-30 loss at No. 3 Buhler. This week: vs. No. 8 Mulvane (4-2).
5. Basehor-Linwood (6-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Kansas City Washington. This week: vs. Lansing (2-4).
6. St. James Academy (2-4, LW: 6)
Last week: 42-13 win at Blue Valley Southwest. This week: vs. 6A No. 5 Blue Valley North (3-3).
7. Wamego (5-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 48-14 win vs. Kansas City Schlagle. This week: at Fort Scott (1-5).
8. Mulvane (4-2, LW: 9)
Last week: 33-0 win vs. Rose Hill. This week: at No. 4 McPherson (5-1).
9. Circle (4-2, LW: 10)
Last week: 40-23 win at Independence. This week: vs. El Dorado (3-3).
10. Augusta (4-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 35-20 win at Winfield. This week: vs. Abilene (0-6).
Others considered: Chanute (5-1), El Dorado (3-3), Kansas City Piper (4-2), Paola (3-3), Winfield (2-4).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (6-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 96-6 win vs. Wichita Trinity Academy. This week: at Clearwater (3-3).
2. Wichita Collegiate (6-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 45-14 win vs. Clearwater. This week: vs. Halstead (1-5).
3. Cheney (6-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 25-14 win vs. Holcomb. This week: vs. Nickerson (0-6).
4. Holton (6-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 48-14 win vs. Hiawatha. This week: at Rock Creek (4-2).
5. Frontenac (5-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 49-14 win at Anderson County. This week: vs. Prairie View (5-1).
6. Southeast of Saline (6-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 53-0 win at Goodland. This week: vs. Smoky Valley (4-2).
7. Riley County (6-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 63-14 win at Council Grove. This week: vs. No. 9 Concordia (6-0).
8. Topeka Hayden (5-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 49-6 win at Santa Fe Trail. This week: at Perry-Lecompton (4-2).
9. Concordia (6-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 32-6 win vs. Marysville. This week: at No. 7 Riley County (6-0).
10. Girard (6-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 28-0 win at Burlington. This week: vs. Iola (2-4).
Others considered: Galena (5-1), Holcomb (4-2), Prairie View (5-1), Pratt (5-1), Rock Creek (4-2), Scott City (4-2).
Class 2A rankings
1. Rossville (6-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 56-6 win vs. Pleasant Ridge. This week: at No. 3 Silver Lake (5-1).
2. Wellsville (6-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 35-12 win at No. 2 Osage City. This week: vs. No. 10 Humboldt (5-1).
3. Silver Lake (5-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 63-6 win vs. McLouth. This week: vs. No. 1 Rossville (6-0).
4. Osage City (5-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 35-12 loss vs. No. 4 Wellsville. This week: vs. Eureka (4-2).
5. Chaparral (6-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 56-21 win at Belle Plaine. This week: vs. Douglass (1-5).
6. Kingman (5-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 10-7 win at No. 8 Garden Plain. This week: at Bluestem (0-5).
7. Nemaha Central (4-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 66-7 win at Maur Hill-Mt. Academy. This week: vs. Riverside (0-6).
8. Hillsboro (5-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 56-8 win at Marion. This week: at Lyons (2-3).
9. Cimarron (5-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 55-7 win vs. Lakin. This week: vs. Thomas More Prep (5-1).
10. Humboldt (5-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 62-18 win vs. Jayhawk-Linn. This week: at No. 2. Wellsville (6-0).
Others considered: Atchison County (5-1), Beloit (4-2), Garden Plain (3-3), Hoisington (5-1), Hutchinson Trinity (4-2), Riverton (5-1), St. Marys (3-3), Thomas More Prep (5-1).
Class 1A rankings
1. Olpe (6-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 35-0 win vs. Jackson Heights. This week: at Northern Heights (0-5).
2. Inman (6-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 60-0 win vs. Ell-Saline. This week: at Remington (3-2).
3. Smith Center (6-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 28-25 win vs. No. 8 Plainville. This week: at Ell-Saline (2-4).
4. Sedgwick (6-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 56-14 win at Remington. This week: at Elkhart (4-2).
5. Centralia (5-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 62-7 win vs. Horton. This week: vs. No. 7 Lyndon (3-2).
6. Conway Springs (5-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 42-0 win vs. Sublette. This week: at Stanton County (2-3).
7. Lyndon (3-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 48-0 win vs. Central Heights. This week: at No. 5 Centralia (5-1).
8. Jefferson County North (4-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 30-11 win at No. 9 Wabaunsee. This week: vs. Troy (3-3).
9. Plainville (3-3, LW: 8)
Last week: 28-25 loss at No. 3 Smith Center. This week: vs. Ellinwood (1-5).
10. Wabaunsee (4-2, LW: 9)
Last week: 30-11 loss vs. Jefferson County North. This week: at Horton (0-6).
Others considered: Central Heights (3-2), Jackson Heights (3-3), Lyndon (3-2), Remington (3-2), Troy (3-3).
8-man Division I rankings
1. Little River (6-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 50-0 win at Bennington. This week: at Herington (0-4).
2. WaKeeney-Trego (6-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 50-0 win at Oberlin-Decatur. This week: vs. No. 8 Hill City (5-1).
3. Canton-Galva (4-1, LW: 3)
Last week: Idle. This week: Open.
4. Meade (6-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 49-24 win at No. 6 Wichita County. This week: vs. Ness City (1-5).
5. Madison (6-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 66-50 win at No. 10 Chase County. This week: vs. Flinthills (2-4).
6. Clifton-Clyde (4-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 60-12 win vs. Doniphan West. This week: at Washington County (1-5).
7. Sedan (6-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 56-8 win vs. Yates Center. This week: vs. Cedar Vale-Dexter (0-6).
8. Hill City (5-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 61-40 win vs. Hoxie. This week: at No. 2 WaKeeney-Trego (6-0).
9. Wichita County (4-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 49-24 loss vs. No. 5 Meade. This week: at Spearville (4-2).
10. Medicine Lodge (6-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 48-0 win vs. Pretty Prairie. This week: vs. Argonia-Attica (5-1).
Others considered: Argonia-Attica (5-1), Bennington (4-2), Chase County (5-1), La Crosse (4-2), Spearville (4-2), West Elk (5-1), Yates Center (5-1).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (6-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 58-8 win at Linn. This week: vs. Wetmore (0-6).
2. Thunder Ridge (6-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 44-34 win vs. No. 4 Osborne. This week: vs. No. 6 Frankfort (5-1).
3. Victoria (5-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 57-0 win at Wilson. This week: vs. Tescott (2-4).
4. Caldwell (6-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 42-20 win at Peabody-Burns. This week: vs. South Barber (5-1).
5. Bucklin (6-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 68-22 win vs. Minneola. This week: at Ingalls (0-5).
6. Frankfort (5-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 48-8 win vs. No. 5 Hanover. This week: at No. 2 Thunder Ridge (6-0).
7. Osborne (4-2, LW: 4)
Last week: 44-34 loss at No. 3 Thunder Ridge. This week: vs. Southern Cloud (1-5).
8. Lebo (5-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 52-0 win vs. Flint Hills Christian. This week: at Rural Vista (0-4).
9. Wheatland-Grinnell (5-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. Logan-Palco. This week: vs. St. Francis (1-5).
10. Quinter (5-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 60-6 win at St. Francis. This week: at Wallace County (2-4).
Others considered: Dighton (5-1), Hanover (3-3), Lakeside-Downs (4-2), Norwich (4-2), Osborne (4-2), South Barber (5-1), Waverly (4-1).
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