Kansas high school football team rankings for each class after Week 6’s games
Following the Week 6 slate of games played on Friday, October 11, 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 7 regular-season games on the schedule.
Class 6A rankings
1. Derby (6-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 49-6 win vs. Valley Center (1-5). This week: vs. Maize South (5-1).
2. Manhattan (6-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 38-17 win at No. 5 Wichita Northwest (5-1). This week: at Topeka (4-2).
3. Gardner-Edgerton (5-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 41-35 loss vs. 5A No. 1 Mill Valley (5-1). This week: at Olathe Northwest (4-2).
4. Blue Valley West (5-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 49-14 win at Blue Valley Southwest (2-4). This week: at 5A No. 3 Blue Valley (5-1).
5. Wichita Northwest (5-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 38-17 loss at No. 3 Manhattan (6-0). This week: vs. Wichita South (4-2).
6. Blue Valley Northwest (4-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 27-21 loss vs. 5A No. 3 Blue Valley (5-1). This week: at 5A No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (6-0).
7. Shawnee Mission Northwest (4-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 34-0 win vs. Olathe South (1-5). This week: at No. 8 Lawrence Free State (4-2).
8. Lawrence Free State (4-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 24-21 win at Shawnee Mission North (1-5). This week: vs. No. 7 Shawnee Mission Northwest (4-2).
9. Shawnee Mission East (4-2, LW: 9)
Last week: 40-7 win vs. Shawnee Mission West (1-5). This week: vs. Olathe East (4-2).
10. Lawrence (4-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 42-28 win at No. 10 Olathe East (4-2). This week: vs. Olathe South (1-5).
Next five out: Olathe East (4-2), Wichita East (4-2), Olathe Northwest (4-2), Washburn Rural (3-3), Maize (2-4).
Class 5A rankings
1. Mill Valley (5-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 41-35 win at 6A No. 2 Gardner-Edgerton (5-1). This week: at Shawnee Mission West (1-5).
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (6-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 14-13 win at Rockhurst (Mo.). This week: vs. 6A No. 6 Blue Valley Northwest (4-2).
3. Blue Valley (5-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 27-21 win at 6A No. 6 Blue Valley Northwest (4-2). This week: vs. 6A No. 4 Blue Valley West (5-1).
4. Great Bend (6-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 14-7 win at Liberal (4-2). This week: vs. No. 6 Hays (4-2).
5. Goddard Eisenhower (6-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 47-13 win at Arkansas City (1-5). This week: at 4A No. 3 Andover Central (5-1).
6. Basehor-Linwood (6-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 43-6 win vs. Tonganoxie (3-3). This week: at Topeka Seaman (5-1).
7. Hays (4-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 26-0 win vs. Dodge City (3-3). This week: at No. 4 Great Bend (6-0).
8. St. James Academy (2-4, LW: 9)
Last week: 28-0 win vs. Blue Valley North (1-5). This week: at 4A No. 4 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (5-1).
9. Goddard (5-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 60-10 win at Salina South (0-6). This week: vs. Arkansas City (1-5).
10. De Soto (5-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 48-13 win at Leavenworth (3-3). This week: vs. Blue Valley Southwest (2-4).
Next five out: Blue Valley Southwest (2-4), Topeka Seaman (5-1), Hutchinson (4-2), Spring Hill (5-1), Maize South (5-1).
Class 4A rankings
1. Wamego (5-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 56-16 win at Chapman (1-5). This week: vs. Clay Center (3-3).
2. Louisburg (6-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 43-9 win at Wichita West (2-4). This week: at Ottawa (5-1).
3. Andover Central (5-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 31-7 win vs. Salina Central (3-3). This week: vs. 5A No. 5 Goddard Eisenhower (6-0).
4. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (5-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 42-0 win at Bishop Carroll (2-4). This week: vs. 5A No. 8 St. James Academy (4-2).
5. Wellington (4-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 63-29 win vs. Winfield (4-2). This week: at Rose Hill (1-5).
6. Bishop Miege (0-6, LW: 5)
Last week: 48-10 loss at Cardinal Ritter (Mo.). This week: at Blue Valley North (1-5).
7. Chanute (5-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 20-0 win vs. Fort Scott (3-3). This week: vs. Pittsburg (4-2).
8. Buhler (4-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 68-6 win at El Dorado (0-6). This week: at Winfield (4-2).
9. Eudora (3-3, LW: UR)
Last week: 42-6 win at Independence (0-6). This week: vs. Tonganoxie (3-3).
10. Mulvane (5-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 35-21 win at No. 9 McPherson (3-3). This week: at Coffeyville (2-4).
Next five out: Ottawa (5-1), McPherson (3-3), Tonganoxie (3-3), Winfield (4-2), Kansas City Piper (1-5).
Class 3A rankings
1. Cheney (6-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 75-7 win vs. Chaparral (1-5). This week: at No. 4 Wichita Collegiate (5-1).
2. Andale (6-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 54-0 win at Smoky Valley (1-5). This week: vs. Wichita Trinity Academy (2-4).
3. Rock Creek (5-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 31-14 win at No. 3 Marysville (5-1). This week: at Concordia (1-5).
4. Wichita Collegiate (5-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 35-0 win at Clearwater (3-3). This week: vs. No. 1 Cheney (6-0).
5. Marysville (5-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 31-14 loss vs. No. 8 Rock Creek (5-1). This week: at Chapman (1-5).
6. Topeka Hayden (5-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 31-7 win at Holton (3-3). This week: vs. Perry-Lecompton (2-4).
7. Frontenac (6-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 70-21 win at Baxter Springs (1-5). This week: vs. Columbus (5-1).
8. Scott City (5-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 9-0 win at Holcomb (4-2). This week: vs. Goodland (4-2).
9. Wellsville (6-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 47-6 win at Bishop Ward (0-5). This week: Open.
10. Hesston (6-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 55-14 win at Wichita Trinity Academy (2-4). This week: vs. 2A No. 10 Riley County (4-2).
Next five out: Pratt (5-1), Clay Center (3-3), Holcomb (4-2), Prairie View (4-2), Goodland (4-2).
Class 2A rankings
1. Southeast of Saline (6-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 36-8 win at Hillsboro (2-4). This week: vs. Halstead (2-4).
2. Norton (6-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 42-22 win vs. Russell (2-4). This week: at Phillipsburg (3-3).
3. Nemaha Central (5-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 24-0 win at Sabetha (4-2). This week: vs. Royal Valley (4-2).
4. Osage City (6-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 24-16 win at St. Marys (3-3). This week: at No. 5 Silver Lake (5-1).
5. Silver Lake (5-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 28-6 win vs. No. 10 Riley County (4-2). This week: vs. No. 4 Osage City (6-0).
6. Garden Plain (4-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 38-21 win vs. Kingman (3-3). This week: at Douglass (1-5).
7. Council Grove (5-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 58-0 win vs. Central Heights (3-3). This week: vs. St. Marys (3-3).
8. Humboldt (6-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. Bluestem (1-5). This week: at West Franklin (0-6).
9. Beloit (4-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 27-13 win at Minneapolis (2-4). This week: at Ellsworth (5-1).
10. Riley County (4-2, LW: 10)
Last week: 28-6 loss at No. 5 Silver Lake (5-1). This week: at 3A No. 10 Hesston (6-0).
Next five out: St. Marys (3-3), Haven (5-1), Sabetha (4-2), Hoisington (2-4), Ellsworth (5-1).
Class 1A rankings
1. Conway Springs (6-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 41-14 win at No. 9 Sterling (3-3). This week: vs. Ellinwood (4-2).
2. Jackson Heights (6-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 64-8 win at Onaga (2-4). This week: vs. Valley Falls (0-6).
3. Sedgwick (6-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 61-29 win vs. Inman (3-3). This week: at No. 6 Moundridge (5-0).
4. Rossville (3-3, LW: 4)
Last week: 71-24 vs. Cair Paravel (1-5). This week: vs. No. 9 Olpe (5-1).
5. Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (5-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 42-14 win at Jayhawk-Linn (3-3). This week: vs. Erie (2-4).
6. Moundridge (5-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 12-8 win at Marion (4-2). This week: vs. No. 3 Sedgwick (6-0).
7. Centralia (5-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 46-0 win at Horton (1-5). This week: vs. Troy (4-2).
8. Valley Heights (5-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 54-8 win vs. Herington (0-6). This week: at Republic County (2-4).
9. Olpe (5-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 34-14 win vs. Mission Valley (3-3). This week: at No. 4 Rossville (3-3).
10. Marion (4-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 12-8 loss vs. No. 6 Moundridge (5-0). This week: at Remington (2-4).
Next five out: Sterling (3-3), Medicine Lodge (3-2), Thomas More Prep (4-2), Riverside (5-1), Wabaunsee (3-3).
8-man Division I rankings
1. Hoxie (6-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 38-14 win vs. Hill City (3-3). This week: at St. Francis (3-3).
2. Wichita County (4-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 70-6 win vs. La Crosse (1-5). This week: at Quinter (0-6).
3. Ell-Saline (5-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 38-36 win at No. 3 Little River (5-1). This week: vs. Goessel (1-5).
4. South Central (6-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 88-0 win at Udall (0-6). This week: vs. Pratt Skyline (2-3).
5. Little River (5-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 38-36 loss vs. No. 5 Ell-Saline (5-1). This week: vs. No. 10 Central Plains (5-1).
6. West Elk (6-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 56-0 win at Sedan (2-4). This week: at Arma-Northeast (0-6).
7. Chase County (4-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 56-6 win at Flinthills (2-4). This week: vs. Northern Heights (3-3).
8. Rawlins County (5-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 50-12 win at St. Francis (3-3). This week: vs. Decatur County (4-2).
9. Clifton-Clyde (4-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 32-6 win at No. 7 Sylvan-Lucas (5-1). This week: vs. Rock Hills (4-2).
10. Central Plains (5-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 46-0 win vs. Canton-Galva (2-4). This week: at No. 5 Little River (5-1).
Next five out: Madison (4-2), Sylvan-Lucas (5-1), Decatur County (4-2), Oxford (5-1), Sublette (5-1).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (6-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 68-0 win vs. St. Paul (2-4). This week: vs. No. 2 Hanover (6-0).
2. Hanover (6-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 68-0 win vs. Wakefield (2-4). This week: at No. 1 Axtell (6-0).
3. Victoria (6-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 72-14 win at Stafford (1-5). This week: vs. Macksville (3-3).
4. Dighton (6-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 54-6 win at Wheatland-Grinnell (0-6). This week: at No. 10 Hodgeman County (6-0).
5. Burlingame (6-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 76-0 win at Hartford (0-6). This week: vs. Reno County Homeschool.
6. Frankfort (5-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 54-8 win vs. Blue Valley-Randolph (3-3). This week: at Wakefield (2-4).
7. Bucklin (6-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 56-6 win vs. Ashland (1-5). This week: at Satanta (0-6).
8. Hutchinson Central Christian (5-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 28-12 win vs. Argonia-Attica (4-2). This week: at Pretty Prairie (0-6).
9. Minneola (6-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 52-6 win at St. John (2-4). This week: vs. Deerfield (0-5).
10. Hodgeman County (6-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 46-0 win at Macksville (3-3). This week: vs. No. 4 Dighton (6-0).
Next five out: Osborne (3-3), Marmaton Valley (5-1), Rural Vista (5-1), Wallace County (3-2), Argonia-Attica (4-2).
6-man rankings
1. Cunningham (6-0, LW: 1)
Last week: Forfeit win vs. Chase (0-5). This week: Open.
2. Weskan (6-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 51-26 win vs. No. 5 Golden Plains (4-2). This week: at Northern Valley (2-4).
3. South Barber (5-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 51-32 win vs. No. 2 Ingalls (5-1). This week: at Pawnee Heights (4-2).
4. Ingalls (5-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 51-32 loss at No. 4 South Barber (5-1). This week: at Altoona-Midway (3-2).
5. Peabody-Burns (4-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 57-0 win at Southern Coffey County (0-6). This week: vs. Chetopa (2-4).
First five out: Golden Plains (4-2), Tescott (4-2), Otis-Bison (3-3), Cheylin (3-3), Marais des Cygnes Valley (4-1).
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