Newest Kansas high school football state rankings for each class released (Week 3)
Following Week 2 games last Friday night, Varsity Kansas has announced its second Kansas high school football state rankings for the 2022 season.
Class 6A rankings
1. Manhattan (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 59-7 win vs. Topeka. This week: at 5A No. 5 Hays (2-0).
2. Blue Valley (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 42-28 win vs. 4A No. 3 St. James Academy. Next week: vs. 6A No. 3 Blue Valley Northwest (1-1).
3. Blue Valley Northwest (1-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 28-13 loss vs. 4A No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas. This week: at 6A No. 2 Blue Valley (2-0).
4. Derby (1-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 69-20 win at Salina South. This week: at 5A No. 3 Bishop Carroll (2-0).
5. Wichita Northwest (1-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 52-6 win vs. Wichita Heights. This week: vs. 5A No. 6 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (1-1).
6. Blue Valley West (1-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 38-7 win vs. Blue Valley North. This week: at Blue Valley Southwest (0-2).
7. Olathe North (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 49-35 win vs. Shawnee Mission Northwest. This week: at Shawnee Mission North (2-0).
8. Washburn Rural (2-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 28-21 win at 5A No. 10 De Soto. This week: vs. Kansas City Piper (1-1).
9. Lawrence (1-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 28-21 win at 6A No. 4 Olathe West. This week: at Shawnee Mission East (0-2).
10. Wichita East (1-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 30-20 win at 5A No. 4 Kapaun Mt. Carmel. This week: at Wichita Southeast (1-1).
Also considered: Garden City (2-0); Gardner-Edgerton (2-0); Junction City (1-1); Olathe West (1-1); Shawnee Mission North (2-0); Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-1).
Class 5A rankings
1. Mill Valley (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 65-7 win vs. Shawnee Mission West. This week: vs. Shawnee Mission Northwest (2-0).
2. Maize (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 42-14 win at 4A No. 6 Andover Central. This week: vs. Newton (0-2).
3. Bishop Carroll (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 50-14 win at Wichita South. This week: vs. 6A No. 4 Derby (1-1).
4. Maize South (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 17-14 win at Campus. This week: at 5A No. 7 Hutchinson (2-0).
5. Hays (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 33-7 win at Great Bend. This week: vs. 6A No. 1 Manhattan (2-0).
6. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (1-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 30-20 loss vs. Wichita East. This week: at 6A No. 5 Wichita Northwest (1-1).
7. Hutchinson (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 32-27 win at Newton. This week: vs. 5A No. 4 Maize South (2-0).
8. Topeka Seaman (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 70-0 win at Kansas City Turner. This week: vs. Shawnee Heights (1-1).
9. Goddard Eisenhower (1-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 47-33 win vs. Salina Central. This week: vs. Valley Center (1-1).
10. De Soto (1-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 28-21 loss vs. Washburn Rural. This week: vs. Topeka West (0-2).
Also considered: Andover (1-1); Blue Valley Southwest (0-2); Goddard (2-0); Leavenworth (2-0); Salina Central (1-1); Spring Hill (1-1).
Class 4A rankings
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 28-13 win at 6A No. 1 Blue Valley Northwest. This week: at Blue Valley North (0-2).
2. Bishop Miege (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 42-0 win vs. 5A No. 8 Blue Valley Southwest. This week: at 4A No. 3 St. James Academy (0-2).
3. St. James Academy (0-2, LW: 3)
Last week: 42-28 loss at 6A No. 7 Blue Valley. This week: vs. 4A No. 2 Bishop Miege (2-0).
4. McPherson (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 42-7 win vs. Augusta. This week: at Junction City (1-1).
5. Chanute (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 28-13 win vs. Pittsburg. This week: vs. Tonganoxie (1-1).
6. Wamego (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 34-7 win at Marysville. This week: at Concordia (1-1).
7. Andover Central (1-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 42-14 loss vs. 5A No. 2 Maize. This week: at Arkansas City (1-1).
8. Basehor-Linwood (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 17-16 win at Kansas City Piper. This week: vs. Kansas City Turner (0-2).
9. Circle (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 38-35 win vs. 4A No. 9 Buhler. This week: at Winfield (0-2).
10. Eudora (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 55-7 win vs. Bonner Springs. This week: at Spring Hill (1-1).
Also considered: Abilene (2-0); Arkansas City (1-1); Atchison (2-0); Buhler (0-2); Coffeyville (2-0); Kansas City Piper (1-1).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 60-7 win at Rose Hill. This week: vs. El Dorado (0-2).
2. Topeka Hayden (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 43-10 win at 2A No. 7 Silver Lake. This week: vs. Rossville (1-1).
3. Wichita Collegiate (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 40-14 win at El Dorado. This week: at Wellington (1-1).
4. Holton (1-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 35-14 win vs. Sabetha. This week: at Hiawatha (2-0).
5. Rock Creek (1-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 41-20 win at 1A No. 1 St. Marys. This week: vs. Riley County (0-2).
6. Girard (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 38-12 win vs. 1A No. 5 Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan. This week: vs. Galena (1-1).
7. Wellsville (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 48-7 win vs. Iola. This week: at Burlington (1-1).
8. Pratt (2-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 28-14 win vs. 3A No. 8 Hesston. This week: at Halstead (1-1).
9. Bishop Ward (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 16-13 win at 1A No. 2 Olpe. This week: at Frontenac (1-1).
10. Scott City (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 28-0 win at Wray (Colo.). This week: at Millwood (Okla.).
Also considered: Cheney (1-1); Concordia (1-1); Frontenac (1-1); Hesston (1-1); Hiawatha (2-0); Holcomb (2-0); Hugoton (2-0); Parsons (2-0).
Class 2A rankings
1. Southeast-Saline (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 43-6 win at Beloit. This week: at Minneapolis (2-0).
2. Nemaha Central (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 71-15 win vs. Royal Valley. This week: vs. Perry-Lecompton (1-1).
3. Rossville (1-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 36-15 win at Riley County. This week: at 3A No. 2 Topeka Hayden (2-0).
4. Kingman (1-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 36-0 win vs. Conway Springs. This week: vs. Wichita Trinity Academy (0-2).
5. Osage City (1-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 44-20 win vs. Burlington. This week: at 1A No. 4 Olpe (1-1).
6. Thomas More Prep (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 35-0 win vs. Ellis. This week: at Plainville (0-2).
7. Norton (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 30-20 win vs. 1A No. 4 Smith Center. This week: at Oakley (1-1).
8. Silver Lake (1-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 43-10 loss vs. 3A No. 2 Topeka Hayden. This week: vs. 1A No. 2 St. Marys (1-1).
9. Humboldt (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 24-0 win vs. Caney Valley. This week: vs. Neodesha (1-1).
10. Council Grove (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 23-0 win vs. Mission Valley. This week: at Northern Heights (0-2).
Also considered: Atchison County (2-0); Chaparral (2-0); Ellsworth (2-0); Eureka (2-0); Garden Plain (1-1); Hoisington (1-1); Lakin (2-0); Minneapolis (2-0); Sabetha (1-1).
Class 1A rankings
1. Inman (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 42-24 win vs. 1A No. 10 Sedgwick. This week: at Remington (0-2).
2. St. Marys (1-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 41-20 loss vs. 3A No. 5 Rock Creek. This week: at 2A No. 8 Silver Lake (1-1).
3. Smith Center (1-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 30-20 loss at Norton. This week: vs. Russell (2-0).
4. Olpe (0-2, LW: 2)
Last week: 16-13 loss vs. Bishop Ward. This week: vs. 2A No. 5 Osage City (2-0).
5. Troy (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 63-0 win at Valley Falls. This week: at Valley Heights (1-1).
6. Centralia (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 40-0 win vs. Christ Prep Academy. This week: vs. Onaga (1-1).
7. Hutchinson Trinity (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 48-16 win vs. Remington. This week: at Marion (1-1).
8. Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (1-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 38-12 loss at 3A No. 7 Girard. This week: vs. Riverton (0-2).
9. Jackson Heights (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 50-21 win at Maur Hill-Mt. Academy. This week: vs. Pleasant Ridge (1-1).
10. Jayhawk-Linn (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 42-0 win vs. Southeast-Cherokee. This week: at Uniontown (0-2).
Also considered: Jefferson County North (1-1); Oakley (1-1); Pleasanton (2-0); Riverside (1-1); Sedgwick (0-2); Wabaunsee (1-1).
8-man Div. I rankings
1. Wichita County (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 56-6 win at Elkhart. This week: vs. Hoxie (2-0).
2. Little River (1-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 57-6 win vs. Rural Vista. This week: at Ell-Saline (2-0).
3. Chase County (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 70-54 win at Div. II No. 6 Colony-Crest. This week: vs. Goessel (1-1).
4. Meade (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 48-0 win at Hodgeman County. This week: vs. Satanta (1-1).
5. South Sumner County (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 54-6 win vs. Norwich. This week: vs. Sedan (1-1).
6. Hill City (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 62-14 win vs. WaKeeney-Trego. This week: at Div. II No. 3 Thunder Ridge (2-0).
7. Clifton-Clyde (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 48-0 win vs. Blue Valley Randolph. This week: vs. Div. II No. 1 Axtell (2-0).
8. Madison (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 52-0 win vs. Marais des Cygnes Valley. This week: vs. Lebo (0-2).
9. Burlingame (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 54-6 win vs. Lebo. This week: vs. Hartford (0-2).
10. West Elk (2-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 64-16 win vs. Oxford. This week: vs. Burden-Central (2-0).
Also considered: Argonia-Attica (2-0); Burden-Central (2-0); Ell-Saline (2-0); Hoxie (2-0); Lyndon (2-0); Macksville (2-0); Ness City (2-0); Oswego (2-0); Solomon (2-0); Washington County (2-0).
8-man Div. II rankings
1. Axtell (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Hartford. This week: at Div. I No. 7 Clifton-Clyde (2-0).
2. Canton-Galva (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 48-0 win at Goessel. This week: at Solomon (2-0).
3. Thunder Ridge (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 54-8 win at Rock Hills. This week: vs. Div. I No. 6 Hill City (2-0).
4. Victoria (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 60-14 win vs. La Crosse. This week: at Ness City (2-0).
5. Dighton (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 38-12 win vs. Rawlins County. This week: vs. Quinter (1-1).
6. South Barber (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 46-0 win vs. Pretty Prairie. This week: vs. Fairfield (0-2).
7. Bucklin (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 62-0 win vs. Kiowa County. This week: vs. Sublette (1-1).
8. Stafford (2-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 46-24 win vs. Pratt Skyline. This week: at Hutchinson Central Christian (0-2).
9. Beloit St. John-Tipton (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 20-18 win vs. Sylvan-Lucas. This week: at Lincoln (0-2).
10. Colony-Crest (1-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 70-54 loss vs. Div. I No. 3 Chase County. This week: vs. Oswego (2-0).
Also considered: Downs-Lakeside (2-0); Hodgeman County (1-1); Lebo (1-1); Minneola (2-0); Osborne (1-1); Pike Valley (2-0); Wallace County (2-0).
6-man rankings
1. Cunningham (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 47-0 win vs. No. 5 Natoma. This week: vs. Chase (0-1).
2. Ashland (1-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 56-6 win vs. Golden Plains. This week: at No. 5 Cheylin (2-0).
3. Tescott (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 25-24 win vs. No. 2 Northern Valley. This week: at Pawnee Heights (1-1).
4. Waverly (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 51-6 win at Altoona-Midway. This week: vs. Southern Cloud (0-2).
5. Cheylin (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 60-0 win vs. Weskan. This week: vs. No. 2 Ashland (1-1).
6. Ingalls (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 41-28 win at No. 6 Triplains-Brewster. This week: vs. No. 7 Northern Valley (1-1).
7. Northern Valley (1-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 25-24 loss at No. 9 Tescott. This week: at No. 6 Ingalls (2-0).
8. Moscow (1-0, LW: 8)
Last week: Bye. This week: vs. No. 9 Triplains-Brewster (1-1).
9. Triplains-Brewster (1-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 41-28 loss vs. Ingalls. This week: at No. 8 Moscow (1-0).
10. Burrton (2-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 74-50 win vs. Southern Cloud. This week: at Natoma (0-2).
Also considered: Altoona-Midway (1-1); Natoma (0-2); Peabody-Burns (1-1); Rolla (1-0); Wetmore (1-1).
This story was originally published September 13, 2022 at 6:00 AM.
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