The final Kansas high school football rankings before the state playoffs (October 26)
Following the conclusion of the regular season last Friday night, Varsity Kansas introduced its latest Kansas high school football rankings for the 2021 season on Tuesday, October 26 ahead of the state playoffs.
Class 6A rankings
1. Derby (7-0, Last Week: 1)
Last week: 52-14 win at 5A No. 9 Maize South. This week: vs. Wichita Southeast (0-8).
2. Blue Valley Northwest (7-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 21-0 win vs. No. 5 Blue Valley West. This week: vs. Kansas City Harmon (0-5).
3. Blue Valley (7-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 42-14 win vs. Blue Valley Southwest. This week: vs. Shawnee Mission South (1-7).
4. Washburn Rural (7-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 42-31 win vs. Topeka Seaman. This week: vs. Wichita West (2-6).
5. Manhattan (7-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 57-0 win at Emporia. This week: vs. Wichita North (1-7).
6. Blue Valley West (4-4, LW: 5)
Last week: 21-0 loss at No. 2 Blue Valley Northwest. This week: vs. Shawnee Mission West (3-5).
7. Lawrence (6-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 27-19 win vs. No. 4 Lawrence Free State. This week: vs. Topeka (2-6).
8. Junction City (7-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 48-8 win vs. Topeka Highland Park. This week: vs. Campus (1-7).
9. Lawrence Free State (6-2, LW: 4)
Last week: 27-19 loss at Lawrence. This week: vs. Wichita South (2-6).
10. Wichita East (5-3, LW: UR)
Last week: 26-19 win at 5A No. 1 Bishop Carroll. This week: vs. Garden City (5-3).
Others considered: Blue Valley North (3-5), Olathe North (6-2), Olathe Northwest (5-3), Olathe West (6-2), Shawnee Mission Northwest (5-3).
Class 5A rankings
1. Mill Valley (7-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 55-0 win vs. Shawnee Mission North. This week: vs. Topeka Highland Park (0-8).
2. Bishop Carroll (6-2, LW: 1)
Last week: 26-19 loss vs. Wichita East. This week: vs. Hutchinson (4-4).
3. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (7-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 35-7 win vs. Wichita Heights. This week: vs. Goddard (0-8).
4. St. Thomas Aquinas (4-4, LW: 4)
Last week: 35-14 win vs. 6A No. 9 Blue Valley North. This week: vs. Kansas City Washington (3-4).
5. Wichita Northwest (6-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 61-40 win vs. No. 7 Hays. This week: vs. Valley Center (2-6).
6. Maize (6-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 42-14 win vs. Hutchinson. This week: vs. Newton (2-6).
7. Hays (6-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 61-40 loss at No. 5 Wichita Northwest. This week: vs. Goddard Eisenhower (5-3).
8. Salina Central (6-2, LW: 10)
Last week: 49-14 win at Salina South. This week: vs. Liberal (4-4).
9. Andover (6-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 49-13 win at Goddard. This week: vs. Salina South (1-7).
10. Maize South (5-3, LW: 9)
Last week: 52-14 loss vs. 6A No. 1 Derby. This week: vs. Wichita Heights (5-3).
Others considered: Goddard Eisenhower (5-3), Hutchinson (4-4), Spring Hill (7-1), Topeka Seaman (5-3), Wichita Heights (5-3).
Class 4A rankings
1. St. James Academy (4-4, LW: 4)
Last week: 45-28 win at No. 1 Bishop Miege. This week: vs. Louisburg (4-4).
2. Bishop Miege (2-6, LW: 1)
Last week: 45-28 loss vs. No. 4 St. James Academy. This week: at Tonganoxie (4-4).
3. Andover Central (7-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 35-0 win vs. Arkansas City. This week: vs. Wellington (2-5).
4. Buhler (7-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 76-0 win vs. No. 9 Circle. This week: vs. Abilene (0-8).
5. Mulvane (6-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 40-26 win vs. Wellington. This week: vs. Ulysses (2-5).
6. Basehor-Linwood (8-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 34-27 win at Pittsburg. This week: vs. Labette County (0-8).
7. McPherson (6-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 56-28 win at No. 10 Augusta. This week: vs. Arkansas City (3-5).
8. Wamego (7-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 45-7 win at Abilene. This week: vs. Great Bend (0-8).
9. Chanute (7-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 56-0 win vs. Labette County. This week: vs. Bonner Springs (1-7).
10. Circle (5-3, LW: UR)
Last week: 76-0 loss at No. 4 Buhler. This week: vs. Rose Hill (3-5).
Others considered: Arkansas City (3-5), Atchison (7-1), Augusta (5-3), Kansas City Piper (5-3), Paola (5-3).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (8-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 29-6 win vs. No. 2 Wichita Collegiate. This week: vs. Hugoton (4-4).
2. Cheney (8-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 56-20 win at Larned. This week: vs. Clearwater (3-5).
3. Holton (8-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Jefferson West. This week: vs. Santa Fe Trail (2-6).
4. Wichita Collegiate (7-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 29-6 loss at No. 1 Andale. This week: vs. Pratt (6-2).
5. Southeast of Saline (8-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 42-0 win at Scott City. This week: vs. Marysville (2-5).
6. Girard (8-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 13-6 win vs. No. 5 Frontenac. This week: vs. Caney Valley (5-3).
7. Riley County (8-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 25-13 win at Marysville. This week: vs. Russell (4-4).
8. Topeka Hayden (7-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 31-28 win vs. Bishop Ward. This week: vs. Hiawatha (4-4).
9. Chapman (6-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 42-26 win vs. No. 10 Concordia. This week: vs. Smoky Valley (5-3).
10. Galena (7-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 37-16 win at Baxter Springs. This week: vs. Burlington (4-4).
Others considered: Concordia (6-2), Frontenac (6-2), Holcomb (6-2), Prairie View (6-2), Pratt (6-2).
Class 2A rankings
1. Rossville (8-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 51-6 win at Mission Valley. This week: vs. Republic County (3-4).
2. Wellsville (8-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 49-0 win at West Franklin. This week: vs. Erie (3-5).
3. Silver Lake (6-2, LW: 3)
Last week: 59-24 win at Pleasant Ridge. This week: vs. Atchison County (6-2).
4. Osage City (7-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 42-30 win at Humboldt. This week: vs. Southeast-Cherokee (5-3).
5. Kingman (7-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 41-0 win vs. No. 5 Chaparral. This week: vs. Hutchinson Trinity (4-4).
6. Nemaha Central (6-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 47-0 win at Republic County. This week: vs. Pleasant Ridge (5-3).
7. Hillsboro (7-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 48-8 win vs. Hutchinson Trinity. This week: vs. Douglass (2-6).
8. Hoisington (7-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 7-6 win at Beloit. This week: vs. Ellis (3-4).
9. Chaparral (7-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 41-0 loss at No. 6 Kingman. This week: vs. Marion (5-3).
10. Garden Plain (5-3, LW: UR)
Last week: 70-6 win vs. Bluestem. This week: at Haven (3-5).
Others considered: Atchison County (6-2), Beloit (5-3), Cimarron (6-2), Garden Plain (5-3), Humboldt (5-3), Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (4-4), Pleasant Ridge (5-3), Riverton (6-2), St. Marys (4-3), Thomas More Prep (6-2).
Class 1A rankings
1. Olpe (8-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 43-0 win vs. Christ Prep Academy. This week: Bye.
2. Inman (8-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 38-15 win at No. 3 Smith Center. This week: Bye.
3. Sedgwick (8-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 28-14 win at No. 6 Conway Springs. This week: Bye.
4. Smith Center (7-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 38-15 loss vs. No. 2 Inman. This week: vs. Wichita Independent (1-6).
5. Jefferson County North (6-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 8-7 win at Jackson Heights. This week: Bye.
6. Wabaunsee (6-2, LW: 10)
Last week: 45-40 win vs. No. 5 Centralia. This week: vs. Northern Heights (0-7).
7. Plainville (5-3, LW: 8)
Last week: 56-0 win at Salina Sacred Heart. This week: vs. Sublette (1-6).
8. Conway Springs (6-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 28-14 loss vs. No. 4 Sedgwick. This week: vs. Salina Sacred Heart (0-8).
9. Centralia (6-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 45-40 loss at No. 10 Wabaunsee. This week: Bye.
10. Lyndon (4-3, LW: 9)
Last week: 38-6 win at Uniontown. This week: vs. Horton (0-8).
Others considered: Central Heights (4-3), Elkhart (4-4), Jackson Heights (4-4), Remington (4-3), Troy (4-4).
8-man Division I rankings
1. Little River (8-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 48-0 win vs. Solomon. This week: vs. Valley Falls (4-4).
2. Canton-Galva (6-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Lincoln. This week: vs. Doniphan West (3-5).
3. Meade (8-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 54-8 win at Hodgeman County. This week: vs. Rawlins County (4-4).
4. Madison (8-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 52-0 win at Central Burden. This week: vs. Marmaton Valley (4-4).
5. Hill City (7-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Oberlin-Decatur. This week: vs. South Gray (4-3).
6. WaKeeney-Trego (7-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 70-0 win at Stockton. This week: vs. Spearville (4-4).
7. Clifton-Clyde (6-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 58-6 win vs. Maranatha Academy. This week: vs. Solomon (5-3).
8. Sedan (8-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 68-0 win at Marmaton Valley. This week: vs. Flinthills (3-5).
9. Wichita County (6-2, LW: 9)
Last week: 82-36 win vs. South Gray. This week: vs. Hoxie (5-3).
10. Goessel (6-2, LW: 10)
Last week: 38-22 win vs. Medicine Lodge. This week: vs. Pratt Skyline (2-5).
Others considered: Argonia-Attica (7-1), Bennington (6-2), Central Burden (5-3), Chase County (7-1), La Crosse (6-2), Medicine Lodge (6-2), West Elk (7-1), Yates Center (6-2).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (8-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 54-8 win at Onaga. This week: vs. Beloit St. John’s-Tipton (4-4).
2. Thunder Ridge (8-0, LW: 2)
Last week: Forfeit win at Southern Cloud. This week: vs. Onaga (4-4).
3. Victoria (7-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 47-0 win at Otis-Bison. This week: vs. Peabody-Burns (4-3).
4. Osborne (5-2, LW: 7)
Last week: Forfeit win vs. Southern Cloud. This week: at Pike Valley (3-4).
5. Lebo (7-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 56-0 win vs. Marais des Cygnes Valley. This week: vs. Southern Coffey County (1-5).
6. Wheatland-Grinnell (7-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 48-0 win vs. Logan-Palco. This week: vs. Minneola (4-3).
7. Quinter (6-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 58-14 win at Wallace County. This week: vs. Logan-Palco (1-5).
8. Dighton (7-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 34-14 win at No. 4 Bucklin. This week: vs. Triplains-Brewster (2-5).
9. Bucklin (7-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 34-14 loss vs. No. 9 Dighton. This week: vs. Wallace County (3-5).
10. South Barber (7-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 46-0 win vs. South Haven. This week: vs. Otis-Bison (4-4).
Others considered: Caldwell (7-1), Frankfort (6-2), Hanover (5-3), Lakeside-Downs (6-2), Norwich (4-2), Waverly (5-1).
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