Who’s ranked in the top 10? The new Kansas high school football rankings (October 18)
Following Week 7 games last Friday night, Varsity Kansas introduced its latest Kansas high school football rankings for the 2021 season on Tuesday, October 19.
Class 6A rankings
1. Derby (6-0, Last Week: 1)
Last week: 42-41 win vs. 5A No. 5 Maize. This week: at 5A No. 9 Maize South (5-2).
2. Blue Valley Northwest (6-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 35-16 loss at 5A No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas. This week: vs. No. 5 Blue Valley West (4-3).
3. Blue Valley (6-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 23-17 win at No. 7 Blue Valley West. This week: vs. Blue Valley Southwest (2-5).
4. Lawrence Free State (6-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 33-7 win vs. Shawnee Mission East. This week: at Lawrence (5-2).
5. Blue Valley West (4-3, LW: 6)
Last week: 23-17 loss vs. No. 3 Blue Valley. This week: at No. 2 Blue Valley Northwest (6-1).
6. Washburn Rural (6-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 58-18 win vs. Topeka Highland Park. This week: vs. Topeka Seaman (5-2).
7. Manhattan (6-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 59-0 win at Topeka West. This week: at Emporia (1-6).
8. Junction City (6-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 30-6 win at Emporia. This week: vs. Topeka Highland Park (0-7).
9. Blue Valley North (3-4, LW: 5)
Last week: 37-22 loss at 4A No. 6 St. James Academy. This week: at 5A No. 4 St. Thomas Aquinas (3-4).
10. Olathe West (5-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 31-28 win vs. Olathe South. This week: at Shawnee Mission East (2-5).
Others considered: Dodge City (5-2), Lawrence (5-2), Olathe North (5-2), Olathe Northwest (5-2), Wichita East (4-3).
Class 5A rankings
1. Bishop Carroll (6-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 34-13 win vs. Wichita West. This week: vs. Wichita East (4-3).
2. Mill Valley (6-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 28-7 win at Olathe East. This week: vs. Shawnee Mission North (1-6).
3. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (6-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 51-0 win at Liberal. This week: vs. Wichita Heights (5-2).
4. St. Thomas Aquinas (3-4, LW: 6)
Last week: 35-16 win vs. 6A No. 2 Blue Valley Northwest. This week: vs. 6A No. 9 Blue Valley North (3-4).
5. Wichita Northwest (5-2, LW: 4)
Last week: 63-22 win at Wichita South. This week: vs. No. 7 Hays (6-1).
6. Maize (5-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 42-41 loss at 6A No. 1 Derby. This week: vs. Hutchinson (4-3).
7. Hays (6-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 47-43 win vs. No. 7 Maize South. This week: at No. 5 Wichita Northwest (5-2).
8. Spring Hill (7-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 32-27 win vs. Kansas City Piper. This week: at Eudora (3-4).
9. Maize South (5-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 47-43 loss at No. 8 Hays. This week: vs. 6A No. 1 Derby (6-0).
10. Salina Central (5-2, LW: 10)
Last week: 34-6 win vs. Goddard. This week: at Salina South (1-6).
Others considered: Andover (5-2), Goddard Eisenhower (4-3), Hutchinson (4-3), Topeka Seaman (5-2), Wichita Heights (5-2).
Class 4A rankings
1. Bishop Miege (2-5, LW: 1)
Last week: 50-34 loss at Lutheran North (Mo.). This week: vs. No. 4 St. James Academy (3-4).
2. Andover Central (6-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 27-20 win at 5A No. 9 Andover. This week: vs. Arkansas City (3-4).
3. Buhler (6-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 35-3 win at Wellington. This week: vs. No. 9 Circle (5-2).
4. St. James Academy (3-4, LW: 6)
Last week: 37-22 win vs. 6A No. 5 Blue Valley North. This week: at No. 1 Bishop Miege (2-5).
5. Mulvane (5-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 22-12 win at No. 4 McPherson. This week: vs. Wellington (2-4).
6. Basehor-Linwood (7-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 58-13 win vs. Lansing. This week: at Pittsburg (5-2).
7. McPherson (5-2, LW: 4)
Last week: 22-12 loss vs. No. 8 Mulvane. This week: at No. 10 Augusta (5-2).
8. Wamego (6-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 35-0 win at Fort Scott. This week: at Abilene (0-7).
9. Circle (5-2, LW: 9)
Last week: 33-14 win vs. El Dorado. This week: at No. 3 Buhler (6-1).
10. Augusta (5-2, LW: 10)
Last week: 28-0 win vs. Abilene. This week: vs. No. 7 McPherson (5-2).
Others considered: Arkansas City (3-4), Atchison (6-1), Chanute (6-1), Kansas City Piper (4-3), Paola (4-3).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (7-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 65-6 win at Clearwater. This week: vs. No. 2 Wichita Collegiate (7-0).
2. Wichita Collegiate (7-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 82-16 win vs. Halstead. This week: at No. 1 Andale (7-0).
3. Cheney (7-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Nickerson. This week: at Larned (3-4).
4. Holton (7-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 41-21 win at Rock Creek. This week: vs. Jefferson West (1-6).
5. Frontenac (6-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 26-12 win vs. Prairie View. This week: at No. 9 Girard (7-0).
6. Southeast of Saline (7-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 45-0 win vs. Smoky Valley. This week: at Scott City (4-3).
7. Riley County (7-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 48-7 win vs. No. 9 Concordia. This week: at Marysville (2-4).
8. Topeka Hayden (6-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 46-18 win at Perry-Lecompton. This week: vs. Bishop Ward (4-3).
9. Girard (7-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 42-6 win vs. Iola. This week: vs. No. 5 Frontenac (6-1).
10. Concordia (6-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 48-7 loss at No. 7 Riley County. This week: at Chapman (5-2).
Others considered: Chapman (5-2), Galena (6-1), Holcomb (5-2), Prairie View (5-2), Pratt (5-2).
Class 2A rankings
1. Rossville (7-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 24-19 win at No. 3 Silver Lake. This week: at Mission Valley (2-5).
2. Wellsville (7-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 40-0 win vs. No. 10 Humboldt. This week: at West Franklin (0-6).
3. Silver Lake (5-2, LW: 3)
Last week: 24-19 loss vs. No. 1 Rossville. This week: at Pleasant Ridge (5-2).
4. Osage City (6-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 49-6 win vs. Eureka. This week: at Humboldt (5-2).
5. Chaparral (7-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 27-0 win vs. Douglass. This week: at No. 6 Kingman (6-1).
6. Kingman (6-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 54-0 win at Bluestem. This week: vs. No. 5 Chaparral (7-0).
7. Nemaha Central (5-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 46-12 win vs. Riverside. This week: at Republic County (3-3).
8. Hillsboro (6-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 54-7 win at Lyons. This week: vs. Hutchinson Trinity (4-3).
9. Cimarron (6-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 11-8 win vs. Thomas More Prep. This week: at Ellis (2-4).
10. Hoisington (6-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 48-21 win vs. Norton. This week: at Beloit (5-2).
Others considered: Atchison County (6-1), Beloit (5-2), Garden Plain (4-3), Humboldt (5-2), Lakin (5-2), Pleasant Ridge (5-2), Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (4-3), St. Marys (3-3), Thomas More Prep (5-2).
Class 1A rankings
1. Olpe (7-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 59-0 win at Northern Heights. This week: vs. Christ Prep Academy (4-3).
2. Inman (7-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 60-0 win at Remington. This week: at No. 3 Smith Center (7-0).
3. Smith Center (7-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 41-0 win at Ell-Saline. This week: vs. No. 2 Inman (7-0).
4. Sedgwick (7-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 56-8 win at Elkhart. This week: at No. 6 Conway Springs (6-1).
5. Centralia (6-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 26-0 win vs. No. 7 Lyndon. This week: at No. 10 Wabaunsee (5-2).
6. Conway Springs (6-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 65-0 win at Stanton County. This week: vs. No. 4 Sedgwick (7-0).
7. Jefferson County North (5-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 22-12 win vs. Troy. This week: at Jackson Heights (4-3).
8. Plainville (4-3, LW: 9)
Last week: 55-0 win vs. Ellinwood. This week: Salina Sacred Heart (0-7).
9. Lyndon (3-3, LW: 7)
Last week: 26-0 loss at No. 5 Centralia. This week: at Uniontown (3-4).
10. Wabaunsee (5-2, LW: 10)
Last week: 49-0 win at Horton. This week: vs. No. 5 Centralia (6-1).
Others considered: Central Heights (4-2), Elkhart (4-3), Jackson Heights (4-3), Remington (3-3), Troy (3-4).
8-man Division I rankings
1. Little River (7-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 54-6 win at Herington. This week: vs. Solomon (5-2).
2. Canton-Galva (5-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 62-6 win at Stafford. This week: vs. Lincoln (3-3).
3. Meade (7-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 56-6 win vs. Ness City. This week: at Hodgeman County (3-4).
4. Madison (7-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. Flinthills. This week: at Central Burden (5-2).
5. Hill City (6-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 56-50 win at No. 2 WaKeeney-Trego. This week: vs. Oberlin-Decatur (3-4).
6. WaKeeney-Trego (6-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 56-50 loss vs. No. 8 Hill City. This week: at Stockton (0-7).
7. Clifton-Clyde (5-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 50-0 win at Washington County. This week: vs. Maranatha Academy (1-6).
8. Sedan (7-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 60-0 win vs. Cedar Vale-Dexter. This week: at Marmaton Valley (4-3).
9. Wichita County (5-2, LW: 9)
Last week: 66-20 win at Spearville. This week: vs. South Gray (4-2).
10. Goessel (5-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 68-22 win at Pretty Prairie. This week: vs. Medicine Lodge (6-1).
Others considered: Argonia-Attica (6-1), Bennington (5-2), Central Burden (5-2), Chase County (6-1), La Crosse (5-2), Medicine Lodge (6-1), West Elk (6-1), Yates Center (6-1).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (7-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 64-16 win vs. Wetmore. This week: at Onaga (4-3).
2. Thunder Ridge (7-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 60-12 win vs. No. 6 Frankfort. This week: at Southern Cloud (1-6).
3. Victoria (6-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 45-0 win vs. Tescott. This week: at Otis-Bison (4-3).
4. Bucklin (7-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 54-6 win at Ingalls. This week: vs. No. 9 Dighton (6-1).
5. Osborne (5-2, LW: 7)
Last week: Forfeit win vs. Southern Cloud. This week: at Pike Valley (3-4).
6. Lebo (6-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 74-0 win at Rural Vista. This week: vs. Marais des Cygnes Valley (4-2).
7. Wheatland-Grinnell (6-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 46-0 win vs. St. Francis. This week: at Triplains-Brewster (2-4).
8. Quinter (6-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 58-14 win at Wallace County. This week: vs. Logan-Palco (1-5).
9. Dighton (6-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 46-0 win vs. Minneola. This week: at No. 4 Bucklin (7-0).
10. South Barber (6-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 46-34 win at No. 4 Caldwell. This week: vs. South Haven (0-7).
Others considered: Caldwell (6-1), Frankfort (5-2), Hanover (4-3), Lakeside-Downs (5-2), Norwich (4-2), Waverly (4-1).
This story was originally published October 19, 2021 at 6:00 AM.
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