Power ranking the final eight teams left in the Kansas high school football playoffs
Following the first round of the state playoffs last Friday night, Varsity Kansas introduced its latest Kansas high school football rankings for the 2021 season on Monday, November 1 ahead of the second round of the state playoffs.
Class 6A rankings
1. Derby (9-0)
Last week: 63-26 win vs. Wichita East. This week: vs. Lawrence Free State (8-2).
2. Blue Valley Northwest (9-1)
Last week: 68-31 win vs. Olathe South. This week: vs. Olathe North (8-2).
3. Blue Valley West (6-4)
Last week: 35-28 win at Blue Valley. This week: at Shawnee Mission Northwest (7-3).
4. Manhattan (9-1)
Last week: 38-35 win vs. Gardner-Edgerton. This week: vs. Lawrence (8-2).
5. Lawrence (8-2)
Last week: 38-21 win at Junction City. This week: at Manhattan (9-1).
6. Lawrence Free State (8-2)
Last week: 42-10 win at Washburn Rural. This week: at Derby (9-0).
7. Olathe North (8-2)
Last week: 49-13 win vs. Olathe Northwest. This week: at Blue Valley Northwest (9-1).
8. Shawnee Mission Northwest (7-3)
Last week: 63-28 win at Olathe West. This week: vs. Blue Valley West (6-4).
Class 5A rankings
1. Mill Valley (9-1)
Last week: 42-7 win vs. Shawnee Heights. This week: vs. Blue Valley Southwest (3-6).
2. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (9-1)
Last week: 37-21 win vs. Maize South. This week: vs. Wichita Northwest (8-2).
3. Maize (8-2)
Last week: 28-21 win vs. Bishop Carroll. This week: vs. Hays (8-2).
4. St. Thomas Aquinas (6-4)
Last week: 35-7 win at Spring Hill. This week: at De Soto (6-3).
5. Wichita Northwest (8-2)
Last week: 66-21 win vs. Salina Central. This week: at Kapaun Mt. Carmel (9-1).
6. Hays (8-2)
Last week: 18-6 win at Andover. This week: at Maize (8-2).
7. Blue Valley Southwest (4-6)
Last week: 44-37 win at Topeka Seaman. This week: at Mill Valley (9-1).
8. De Soto (6-3)
Last week: 31-0 win at Pittsburg. This week: vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (6-4).
Class 4A rankings
1. St. James Academy (6-4)
Last week: 35-7 win at Basehor-Linwood. This week: at Kansas City Piper (7-3).
2. Bishop Miege (4-6)
Last week: 33-21 win at Chanute. This week: at Eudora (6-4).
3. Andover Central (9-1)
Last week: 49-10 win vs. Circle. This week: at Wamego (9-1).
4. Buhler (9-1)
Last week: 59-20 win vs. Winfield. This week: vs. Mulvane (8-2).
5. Mulvane (8-2)
Last week: 18-16 win vs. McPherson. This week: at Buhler (9-1).
6. Wamego (9-1)
Last week: 34-7 win vs. Augusta. This week: vs. Andover Central (9-1).
7. Kansas City Piper (7-3)
Last week: 27-21 win at Paola. This week: vs. St. James Academy (6-4).
8. Eudora (6-4)
This week: 50-6 win at Atchison. This week: vs. Bishop Miege (4-6).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (10-0)
Last week: 51-0 win vs. Holcomb. This week: at Concordia (8-2).
2. Cheney (10-0)
Last week: 21-3 win vs. Wichita Collegiate. This week: vs. Southeast-Saline (10-0).
3. Holton (10-0)
Last week: 41-0 win vs. Perry-Lecompton. This week: vs. Girard (10-0).
4. Southeast-Saline (10-0)
Last week: 52-6 win vs. Chapman. This week: at Cheney (10-0).
5. Girard (10-0)
Last week: 32-13 win vs. Parsons. This week: at Holton (10-0).
6. Frontenac (8-2)
Last week: 31-6 win at Galena. This week: at Rock Creek (7-3)
7. Concordia (8-2)
Last week: 30-14 win at Riley County. This week: vs. Andale (10-0).
8. Rock Creek (7-3)
Last week: 28-21 win at Topeka Hayden. This week: vs. Frontenac (8-2).
Class 2A rankings
1. Rossville (10-0)
Last week: 32-12 win vs. Nemaha Central. This week: vs. Riverton (8-2).
2. Wellsville (10-0)
Last week: 49-8 win vs. Humboldt. This week: at Silver Lake (8-2).
3. Silver Lake (8-2)
Last week: 51-36 win vs. St. Mary’s. This week: vs. Wellsville (10-0).
4. Kingman (9-1)
Last week: 28-21 win vs. Garden Plain. This week: at Thomas More Prep (8-2).
5. Hillsboro (9-1)
Last week: 41-14 win vs. Chaparral. This week: at Beloit (7-3).
6. Beloit (7-3)
This week: 51-6 win at Cimarron. This week: vs. Hillsboro (9-1).
7. Thomas More Prep (8-2)
Last week: 36-27 win at Hoisington. This week: vs. Kingman (9-1).
8. Riverton (8-2)
Last week: 28-22 overtime win vs. Osage City. This week: at Rossville (10-0).
Class 1A rankings
1. Olpe (10-0)
Last week: 35-0 win vs. Jackson Heights. This week: vs. Jefferson County North (8-2).
2. Inman (10-0)
Last week: 54-16 win vs. Oakley. This week: vs. Conway Springs (8-2).
3. Sedgwick (10-0)
Last week: 33-6 win vs. Ell-Saline. This week: at Smith Center (8-1).
4. Smith Center (9-1)
Last week: 56-6 win vs. Remington. This week: vs. Sedgwick (10-0).
5. Jefferson County North (8-2)
Last week: 48-8 win vs. Troy. This week: at Olpe (10-0).
6. Conway Springs (8-2)
Last week: 27-14 win vs. Plainville. This week: at Inman (10-0).
7. Centralia (8-2)
Last week: 41-0 win vs. Valley Heights. This week: vs. Lyndon (6-3).
8. Lyndon (6-3)
Last week: 44-33 win vs. Wabaunsee. This week: at Centralia (8-2).
8-man Division I rankings
1. Little River (10-0)
Last week: 42-26 win vs. Burlingame. This week: at Madison (10-0).
2. Canton-Galva (9-1)
Last week: 66-20 win at Clifton-Clyde. This week: vs. Sedan (10-0).
3. Meade (10-0)
Last week: 54-6 win vs. WaKeeney-Trego. This week: at Goessel (8-2).
4. Madison (10-0)
Last week: 56-6 win vs. West Elk. This week: vs. Little River (10-0).
5. Hill City (9-1)
Last week: 68-48 win vs. Hoxie. This week: at La Crosse (8-2).
6. Sedan (10-0)
Last week: 34-26 win vs. Chase County. This week: at Canton-Galva (9-1).
7. Goessel (8-2)
Last week: 50-16 win vs. Macksville. This week: vs. Meade (10-0).
8. La Crosse (8-2)
Last week: 58-56 win vs. Argonia-Attica. This week: vs. Hill City (9-1).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (10-0)
Last week: 52-26 win vs. Hanover. This week: at Waverly (7-1).
2. Thunder Ridge (10-0)
Last week: 58-8 win vs. Frankfort. This week: at Lebo (9-1).
3. Victoria (9-1)
Last week: 58-52 win vs. Caldwell. This week: vs. Dighton (9-1).
4. Lebo (9-1)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. St. Paul. This week: vs. Thunder Ridge (10-0).
5. Wheatland-Grinnell (9-1)
Last week: 53-22 win vs. Bucklin. This week: at South Barber (9-1).
6. Dighton (9-1)
Last week: 52-22 win vs. Quinter. This week: at Victoria (9-1).
7. South Barber (9-1)
Last week: 20-12 win vs. Norwich. This week: vs. Wheatland-Grinnell (9-1).
8. Waverly (7-1)
Last week: 54-14 win vs. Marais des Cygnes Valley. This week: vs. Axtell (10-0).
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