Kansas high school football team rankings release for each class after Week 2 games
Following the Week 2 slate of games played on Friday, September 13, Varsity Kansas has released its latest version of Kansas high school football state rankings for the 2024 season.
Here’s where teams from each class in the state are ranked entering the Week 3 regular-season games on the schedule.
Class 6A rankings
1. Derby (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 77-0 win vs. Campus (0-2). This week: at Salina South (0-2).
2. Gardner-Edgerton (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 66-44 win vs. Choctaw (Okla.). This week: at Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-1).
3. Manhattan (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 38-28 win vs. No. 5 Lawrence Free State (1-1). This week: at 5A No. 10 Hays (1-1).
4. Lawrence (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 69-56 win at Junction City (1-1). This week: at Olathe North (0-2).
5. Blue Valley Northwest (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 38-7 win vs. No. 9 Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-1). This week: at 5A No. 7 St. James Academy (1-1).
6. Wichita Northwest (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 14-0 win at No. 7 Wichita East (1-1). This week: vs. No. 9 Junction City (1-1).
7. Lawrence Free State (1-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 38-28 loss at No. 4 Manhattan (2-0). This week: at 5A No. 1 Mill Valley (1-1).
8. Blue Valley West (1-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 42-12 win at Olathe West (1-1). This week: vs. 4A No. 1 Bishop Miege (0-2).
9. Junction City (1-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 69-56 loss vs. No. 4 Lawrence (2-0). This week: at No. 6 Wichita Northwest (2-0).
10. Wichita East (1-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 14-0 loss vs. No. 8 Wichita Northwest (2-0). This week: at 4A No. 3 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (2-0).
Next five out: Washburn Rural (1-1), Olathe East (2-0), Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-1), Olathe South (0-2), Shawnee Mission East (1-1).
Class 5A rankings
1. Mill Valley (1-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 26-13 loss vs. Lee’s Summit North (Mo.). This week: vs. 6A No. 7 Lawrence Free State (1-1).
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 28-7 win vs. No. 4 St. James Academy (1-1). This week: at No. 3 Blue Valley (2-0).
3. Blue Valley (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 34-7 win vs. Washburn Rural (1-1). This week: vs. No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (2-0).
4. Great Bend (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 26-14 win vs. 6A No. 10 Olathe South (0-2). This week: vs. 4A No. 6 Buhler (2-0).
5. Goddard Eisenhower (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 32-21 win vs. Goddard (1-1). This week: at Newton (0-2).
6. Maize South (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 55-22 win at Salina South (0-2). This week: at Valley Center (0-2).
7. St. James Academy (1-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 28-7 loss at No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas (2-0). This week: vs 6A No. 5 Blue Valley Northwest (2-0).
8. Blue Valley Southwest (1-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 40-33 win vs. 4A No. 1 Bishop Miege (0-2). This week: at Blue Valley North (1-1).
9. De Soto (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 46-13 win at Kansas City Turner (0-2). This week: vs. Kansas City Piper (0-2).
10. Hays (1-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 42-7 win at Wheat Ridge (Colo.). This week: vs. 6A No. 3 Manhattan (2-0).
Next five out: Hutchinson (1-1), Basehor-Linwood (2-0), Topeka Seaman (1-1), Shawnee Heights (1-1), Spring Hill (2-0).
Class 4A rankings
1. Bishop Miege (0-2, LW: 1)
Last week: 40-33 loss at Blue Valley Southwest (1-1). This week: at 6A No. 8 Blue Valley West (1-1).
2. Andover Central (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 50-7 win at Newton (0-2). This week: vs. Arkansas City (1-1).
3. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 69-0 win at Wichita North (0-2). This week: vs. 6A No. 10 Wichita East (1-1).
4. Wamego (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 20-0 win vs. 3A No. 6 Rock Creek (1-1). This week: at 3A No. 4 Marysville (2-0).
5. Wellington (0-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 56-48 loss vs. 3A No. 2 Andale (2-0). This week: vs. Clearwater (2-0).
6. Buhler (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 43-14 win at Augusta (0-2). This week: at 5A No. 4 Great Bend (2-0).
7. McPherson (1-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 28-14 win vs. Circle (1-1). This week: at No. 9 Chanute (2-0).
8. Louisburg (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 34-13 win at Paola (0-2). This week: vs. 3A No. 6 Clay Center (1-1).
9. Chanute (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 34-7 win at Coffeyville (0-2). This week: vs. No. 7 McPherson (1-1).
10. Ottawa (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 42-7 win vs. Baldwin (0-2). This week: at Paola (0-2).
Next five out: Tonganoxie (0-2), Eudora (1-1), Fort Scott (2-0), Circle (1-1), Winfield (2-0).
Class 3A rankings
1. Cheney (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 40-8 win at Kingman (1-1). This week: vs. Garden Plain (1-1).
2. Andale (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 56-48 win at 4A No. 5 Wellington (0-2). This week: vs. Rose Hill (0-2).
3. Topeka Hayden (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 42-14 win vs. St. Michael the Archangel (Mo.). This week: vs. Bishop Ward (0-2).
4. Marysville (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 38-0 win vs. Hiawatha (0-2). This week: vs. 4A No. 4 Wamego (2-0).
5. Wichita Collegiate (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 42-6 win at Rose Hill (0-2). This week: vs. El Dorado (0-2).
6. Clay Center (1-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 22-20 loss vs. 2A No. 2 Southeast of Saline (2-0). This week: at 4A No. 8 Louisburg (2-0).
7. Pratt (2-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 34-21 win at Halstead (0-2). This week: vs. Larned (1-1).
8. Frontenac (2-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 26-0 win vs. 1A No. 5 Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (1-1). This week: at Riverton (1-1).
9. Wellsville (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 48-0 win vs. Iola (1-1). This week: vs. Prairie View (2-0).
10. Rock Creek (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 20-0 loss at 4A No. 4 Wamego (2-0). This week: at Bonner Springs (0-2).
Next five out: Hesston (2-0), Scott City (1-1), Prairie View (2-0), Hugoton (2-0), Perry-Lecompton (1-1).
Class 2A rankings
1. Norton (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 47-22 win at Thomas More Prep (1-1). This week: Smith Center (0-2).
2. Southeast of Saline (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 22-20 win at 3A No. 6 Clay Center (1-1). This week: vs. Beloit (2-0).
3. St. Marys (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 24-19 win at 1A No. 2 Rossville (0-2). This week: vs. Jefferson West (0-2).
4. Nemaha Central (1-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 35-7 win at No. 4 Silver Lake (1-1). This week: vs. 1A No. 4 Rossville (0-2).
5. Osage City (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 54-20 win vs. Cair Paravel (1-1). This week: at Wabaunsee (1-1).
6. Beloit (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 28-0 win vs. Concordia (0-2). This week: at No. 2 Southeast of Saline (2-0).
7. Ellsworth (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 45-14 win at Republic County (0-2). This week: vs. Minneapolis (1-1).
8. Silver Lake (1-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 35-7 loss vs. No. 5 Nemaha Central (1-1). This week: at Perry-Lecompton (1-1).
9. Council Grove (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 50-13 win vs. Mission Valley (1-1). This week: at Cair Paravel (1-1).
10. Garden Plain (1-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 13-7 loss vs. 1A No. 1 Conway Springs (2-0). This week: at 3A No. 1 Cheney (2-0).
Next five out: Humboldt (2-0), Phillipsburg (2-0), Haven (2-0), Kingman (1-1), Sabetha (1-1).
Class 1A rankings
1. Conway Springs (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 13-7 win at 2A No. 10 Garden Plain (1-1). This week: vs. Douglass (1-1).
2. Medicine Lodge (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 48-10 win vs. Chaparral (0-2). This week: at No. 8 Moundridge (2-0).
3. Jackson Heights (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 55-0 win vs. Maur Hill-Mt. Academy (1-1). This week: at Horton (1-1).
4. Rossville (0-2, LW: 2)
Last week: 24-19 loss vs. 2A No. 3 St. Marys (2-0). This week: at 2A No. 4 Nemaha Central (1-1).
5. Sedgwick (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 16-2 win at Hutchinson Trinity (0-2). This week: at Herington (0-2).
6. Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (1-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 21-14 win at Girard (0-1). This week: at 3A No. 10 Frontenac (1-0).
7. Marion (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 28-0 win at Douglass (1-1). This week: vs. Bennington (0-2).
8. Moundridge (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 28-7 win at Sterling (0-2). This week: vs. No. 2 Medicine Lodge (2-0).
9. Centralia (1-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 41-6 loss at Mid-Buchanan (Mo.). This week: vs. Onaga (1-1).
10. Thomas More Prep (1-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 47-22 loss vs. 2A No. 1 Norton (2-0). This week: at Phillipsburg (2-0).
Next five out: Valley Heights (1-1), Cair Paravel (1-1), Wabaunsee 91-1), Inman (2-0), Olpe (1-1).
8-man Division I rankings
1. Wichita County (1-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 66-0 win at Elkhart (0-2). This week: Open.
2. Hoxie (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. WaKeeney-Trego (0-2). This week: at Ellis (2-0).
3. Little River (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 58-12 win vs. Div. II No. 10 Rural Vista (1-1). This week: at Centre (0-2).
4. South Central (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 50-0 win at Ashland (0-2). This week: vs. Laverne (Okla.).
5. Ell-Saline (1-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 38-20 win vs. Osborne (0-2). This week: vs. Norwich (1-1).
6. West Elk (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 52-38 win at Oxford (1-1). This week: vs. Udall (0-2).
7. Sylvan-Lucas (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 56-8 win at Beloit-St. John’s Tipton (0-2). This week: vs. Stockton (0-2).
8. Lyndon (1-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 72-22 loss at Div. II No. 2 Frankfort (2-0). This week: at Wichita Independent (0-2).
9. Chase County (1-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 70-14 win at Wichita Independent (0-2). This week: vs. Div. II No. 1 Axtell (2-0).
10. Ellis (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 54-48 win at No. 8 Hill City (1-1). This week: vs. No. 2 Hoxie (2-0).
Next five out: Central Plains (1-1), Rock Hills (2-0), Rawlins County (1-1), Hill City (1-1), St. Francis (2-0).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 70-0 win vs. Washington County (0-2). This week: at Div. I No. 9 Chase County (1-1).
2. Frankfort (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 72-22 win vs. Div. I No. 9 Lyndon (1-1). This week: at Solomon (0-2).
3. Victoria (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 62-12 win vs. Div. I No. 6 Central Plains (1-1). This week: at Osborne (0-2).
4. Hanover (2-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. Clifton-Clyde (0-2). This week: at Washington County (0-2).
5. Dighton (2-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 44-40 win at Decatur County (1-1). This week: vs. Quinter (0-2).
6. Burlingame (2-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 60-12 win vs. Waverly (1-1). This week: vs. Madison (1-1).
7. Lebo (2-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 54-8 win at Northern Heights (0-2). This week: vs. Waverly (1-1).
8. Minneola (2-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 30-26 win vs. Spearville (0-2). This week: at South Gray (1-1).
9. Bucklin (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 56-16 win at Kiowa County (0-2). This week: vs. Sublette (2-0).
10. Hutchinson Central Christian (1-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 48-0 win at Canton-Galva (1-1). This week: vs. Stafford (1-1).
Next five out: Osborne (0-2), Rural Vista (1-1), Hodgeman County (2-0), Wallace County (2-0), Marmaton Valley (2-0).
6-man rankings
1. Cunningham (2-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 54-6 win vs. Peabody-Burns (1-1). This week: at Chetopa (1-1).
2. Ingalls (2-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 52-21 win at Golden Plains (1-1). This week: vs. No. 4 Cheylin (1-1).
3. Weskan (2-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 56-2 win at Rolla (0-1). This week: at Moscow (1-1).
4. Cheylin (1-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 77-19 loss at Idalia (Colo.). This week: at No. 2 Ingalls (2-0).
5. Pawnee Heights (2-0, LW: UR)
Last week: 52-6 win at Western Plains-Healy (0-2). This week: at Otis-Bison (1-1).
First five out: South Barber (1-1), Northern Valley (1-1), Peabody-Burns (1-1), Tescott (0-1), Marais des Cygnes Valley (2-0).
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