The final eight: Ranking every Kansas high school football team left in state playoffs
Following the final scores in the second round of the Kansas high school state playoffs, Varsity Kansas has announced its new high school football state power rankings entering the quarterfinals.
Here is a full schedule of the state sectional games to be played on Friday, Nov. 11.
Class 6A rankings
1. Manhattan (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 48-20 win vs. No. 10 Wichita East. This week: vs. No. 3 Wichita Northwest (8-2).
2. Derby (8-2, LW: 2)
Last week: 76-28 win vs. Lawrence. This week: vs. No. 7 Washburn Rural (8-2).
3. Wichita Northwest (8-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 50-27 win vs. No. 5 Junction City. This week: at No. 1 Manhattan (10-0).
4. Gardner-Edgerton (7-3, LW: 8)
Last week: 28-19 win vs. No. 4 Blue Valley Northwest. This week: vs. No. 8 Blue Valley West (5-5).
5. Olathe West (8-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 42-20 win vs. Blue Valley. This week: vs. No. 6 Olathe Northwest (7-3).
6. Olathe Northwest (7-3, LW: UR)
Last week: 35-21 win at No. 7 Olathe South. This week: at No. 5 Olathe West (8-2).
7. Washburn Rural (8-2, LW: 9)
Last week: 34-7 win at Garden City. This week: at No. 2 Derby (8-2).
8. Blue Valley West (5-5, LW: UR)
Last week: 34-0 win vs. No. 7 Lawrence Free State. This week: at No. 1 Manhattan (9-0).
Class 5A rankings
1. Maize (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 43-14 win vs. No. 7 Kapaun Mt. Carmel. This week: at No. 4 Hutchinson (8-2).
2. Mill Valley (9-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 24-0 win vs. Shawnee Heights. This week: vs. No. 8 Pittsburg (7-3).
3. Hays (9-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 28-6 win vs. No. 9 Valley Center. This week: vs. No. 6 Salina Central (8-2).
4. Hutchinson (8-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 14-7 win vs. No. 4 Bishop Carroll. This week: at No. 1 Maize (10-0).
5. De Soto (9-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 56-0 win vs. Spring Hill. This week: vs. No. 7 Blue Valley Southwest (5-5).
6. Salina Central (8-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 40-35 win vs. Great Bend. This week: at No. 3 Hays (9-1).
7. Blue Valley Southwest (5-5, LW: 10)
Last week: 56-20 win vs. Emporia. This week: at No. 5 De Soto (9-1).
8. Pittsburg (7-3, LW: UR)
Last week: 28-0 win vs. Kansas City Sumner. This week: at No. 2 Mill Valley (9-1).
Class 4A rankings
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (8-2, LW: 1)
Last week: 40-0 win at No. 7 Louisburg. This week: vs. No. 3 St. James Academy (6-4).
2. Bishop Miege (8-2, LW: 2)
Last week: 33-26 win at No. 8 Eudora. This week: vs No. 6 Kansas City Piper (7-3).
3. St. James Academy (6-4, LW: 3)
Last week: 42-17 win at Atchison. This week: at No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas (8-2).
4. Wamego (10-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 35-8 win vs. Rose Hill. This week: vs. No. 7 Andover Central (7-3).
5. McPherson (9-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 35-0 win vs. Arkansas City. This week: vs. No. 8 Circle (8-2).
6. Kansas City Piper (7-3, LW: UR)
Last week: 48-47 2 OT win at No. 4 Chanute. This week: at No. 2 Bishop Miege (8-2).
7. Andover Central (7-3, LW: 9)
Last week: 45-6 win vs. Winfield. This week: at No. 4 Wamego (10-0).
8. Circle (8-2, LW: 10)
Last week: 34-6 win vs. Coffeyville. This week: at No. 5 McPherson (9-1).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 45-6 win vs. No. 10 Pratt. This week: at No. 4 Rock Creek (9-1).
2. Holton (9-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 56-0 win vs. Bishop Ward. This week: at No. 5 Girard (10-0).
3. Topeka Hayden (9-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 22-19 win at No. 7 Wellsville. This week: at No. 8 Columbus (5-5).
4. Rock Creek (9-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 21-11 win vs. Hesston. This week: vs. No. 1 Andale (10-0).
5. Girard (10-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 36-0 win vs. Frontenac. This week: vs. No. 2 Holton (9-1).
6. Clay Center (7-3, LW: UR)
Last week: 35-0 win at No. 4 Wichita Collegiate. This week: vs. No. 7 Cheney (8-2).
7. Cheney (8-2, LW: 9)
Last week: 28-27 win at No. 8 Scott City. This week: at No. 6 Clay Center (7-3).
8. Columbus (5-5, LW: UR)
Last week: 21-14 win at Galena. This week: vs. No. 3 Topeka Hayden (9-1).
Class 2A rankings
1. Southeast-Saline (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 50-14 win vs. Chaparral. This week: vs. No. 5 Hoisington (8-2).
2. Nemaha Central (10-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 36-13 win vs. No. 5 Rossville. This week: at No. 7 Humboldt (8-2).
3. Kingman (10-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 33-6 win vs. No. 6 Ellsworth. This week: at No. 6 Beloit (8-2).
4. Sabetha (8-2, LW: 4)
Last week: 48-13 win vs. Riley County. This week: vs. 8 Caney Valley (8-2).
5. Hoisington (8-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 28-22 win vs. No. 10 Russell. This week: at No. 1 Southeast-Saline (10-0).
6. Beloit (8-2, LW: 9)
Last week: 50-14 win vs. Norton. This week: vs. No. 3 Kingman (10-0).
7. Humboldt (8-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 26-21 win at No. 8 Osage City. This week: vs. No. 2 Nemaha Central (10-0).
8. Caney Valley (8-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 16-3 win vs. Council Grove. This week: at No. 4 Sabetha (8-2).
Class 1A rankings
1. Olpe (8-2, LW: 1)
Last week: 14-0 win vs. Pleasanton. This week: at No. 2 Centralia (10-0).
2. Centralia (10-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 34-8 win vs. Jefferson County North. This week: vs. No. 1 Olpe (8-2).
3. Conway Springs (7-3, LW: 4)
Last week: 35-31 win vs. Plainville. This week: vs. No. 6 Wabaunsee (9-1).
4. Inman (9-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 47-0 win at Oakley. This week: vs. No. 7 Smith Center (8-2).
5. St. Marys (8-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 26-0 win vs. No. 3 Troy. This week: at No. 8 Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (9-1).
6. Wabaunsee (9-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 22-14 win vs. Marion. This week: at No. 3 Conway Springs (7-3).
7. Smith Center (8-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 28-0 win at Sedgwick. This week: at No. 4 Inman (9-1).
8. Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (9-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 40-8 win vs. No. 10 Jayhawk-Linn. This week: vs. No. 5 St. Marys (8-2).
8-man Div. I rankings
1. Wichita County (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 64-20 win vs. Hoxie. This week: at No. 8 Rawlins County (8-2).
2. Little River (9-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 60-14 win vs. No. 10 Madison. This week: at No. 4 Chase County (9-1).
3. Hill City (9-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 58-12 win vs. WaKeeney-Trego. This week: at No. 5 Meade (9-1).
4. Chase County (9-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 56-38 win at No. 3 South Sumner County. This week: vs. No. 2 Little River (9-1).
5. Meade (9-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 30-28 win vs. Quinter. This week: vs. No. 3 Hill City (9-1).
6. Burlingame (9-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 62-14 win vs. Wichita Independent. This week: at No. 7 Lyndon (8-2).
7. Lyndon (8-2, LW: 9)
Last week: 50-0 win at Moundridge. This week: vs. No. 6 Burlingame (9-1).
8. Rawlins County (8-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 46-0 win at No. 7 Macksville. This week: vs. No. 1 Wichita County (10-0).
8-man Div. II rankings
1. Axtell (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. Hutchinson Central Christian. This week: at No. 6 Osborne (9-1).
2. Canton-Galva (10-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 62-8 win vs. Hanover. This week: vs. No. 7 Lebo (8-2).
3. Victoria (10-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 53-28 win vs. No. 8 Minneola. This week: vs. No. 5 Thunder Ridge (9-1).
4. Dighton (10-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 52-28 win vs. Sylvan-Lucas. This week: at No. 8 Wallace County (7-3).
5. Thunder Ridge (9-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. Hodgeman County. This week: at No. 3 Victoria (10-0).
6. Osborne (9-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 34-18 win vs. No. 10 Colony-Crest. This week: vs. No. 1 Axtell (10-0).
7. Lebo (8-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 46-0 win vs. Frankfort. This week: at No. 2 Canton-Galva (10-0).
8. Wallace County (7-3, LW: UR)
Last week: 56-8 win vs. Bucklin. This week: vs. No. 4 Dighton (10-0).
6-man rankings
1. Cunningham (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 65-0 win vs. Natoma. This week: vs. No. 8 Wetmore (8-2).
2. Ashland (8-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 62-14 win vs. Golden Plains. This week: vs. No. 6 Northern Valley (8-2).
3. Waverly (10-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 52-18 win vs. Pawnee Heights. This week: vs. No. 5 Tescott (9-1).
4. Cheylin (9-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 53-7 win vs. Moscow. This week: vs. No. 7 Ingalls (7-2).
5. Tescott (9-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 40-12 win vs. No. 9 Peabody-Burns. This week: at No. 3 Waverly (10-0).
6. Northern Valley (8-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 58-0 win vs. Deerfield. This week: at No. 2 Ashland (8-1).
7. Ingalls (7-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 45-0 win vs. Greeley County. This week: at No. 4 Cheylin (9-1).
8. Wetmore (8-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 63-7 win vs. No. 10 Burrton. This week: at No. 1 Cunningham (10-0).