Ranking final 4 teams in each class of Kansas high school football state playoffs
Following the sectional slate of playoff games played on Friday, Nov. 15, Varsity Kansas has released its latest Kansas high school football state rankings for the 2024 season.
Here’s where the four remaining teams from each class in the state are ranked entering the semifinal games on the schedule. Eliminated teams are not considered for the power rankings.
Class 6A rankings
1. Derby (11-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 63-28 win vs. No. 8 Wichita East (7-4). This week: vs. No. 2 Manhattan (11-0).
2. Manhattan (11-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 49-28 win vs. No. 5 Wichita Northwest (9-2). This week: at No. 1 Derby (11-0).
3. Blue Valley West (10-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 35-20 win vs. No. 7 Shawnee Mission Northwest (8-3). This week: at No. 4 Gardner-Edgerton (10-1).
4. Gardner-Edgerton (10-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 44-29 win vs. No. 6 Blue Valley Northwest (7-4). This week: vs. No. 3 Blue Valley West (10-1).
Class 5A rankings
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (11-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 23-22 win vs. No. 2 Mill Valley (9-2). This week: vs. No. 2 St. James Academy (6-5).
2. St. James Academy (6-5, LW: 3)
Last week: 45-6 win vs. No. 7 Blue Valley North (3-8). This week: at No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas (11-0).
3. Goddard Eisenhower (9-2, LW: 4)
Last week: 44-14 win vs. No. 8 Topeka Seaman (8-3). This week: vs. No. 4 Hays (7-4).
4. Hays (7-4, LW: 6)
Last week: 28-0 win at No. 5 Hutchinson (8-3). This week: at No. 3 Goddard Eisenhower (9-2).
Class 4A rankings
1. Andover Central (10-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 58-13 win vs. No. 2 Wellington (8-3). This week: vs. No. 3 Buhler (9-2).
2. Bishop Miege (4-7, LW: 4)
Last week: 37-13 win at No. 7 Chanute (8-3). This week: at No. 4 Tonganoxie (8-3).
3. Buhler (9-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 28-14 win at No. 3 Wamego (9-2). This week: at No. 1 Andover Central (10-1).
4. Tonganoxie (8-3, LW: 6)
Last week: 21-7 win vs. No. 8 Lansing (6-5). This week: vs. No. 2 Bishop Miege (4-7).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (11-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 52-14 win vs. No. 2 Cheney (9-2). This week: vs. No. 4 Holcomb (9-2).
2. Topeka Hayden (10-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 56-6 win vs. No. 7 Perry-Lecompton (5-6). This week: at No. 3 Wellsville (11-0).
3. Wellsville (10-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 35-14 win vs. No. 8 Prairie View (8-3). This week: vs. No. 2 Topeka Hayden (10-1).
4. Holcomb (9-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 10-7 win vs. No. 5 Scott City (9-2). This week: at No. 1 Andale (11-0).
Class 2A rankings
1. Southeast of Saline (11-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 30-8 win vs. No. 8 Hoisington (6-5). This week: vs. No. 3 Beloit (9-2).
2. Nemaha Central (10-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 33-27 win at No. 2 Osage City (10-1). This week: vs. No. 4 Council Grove (8-3).
3. Beloit (9-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 19-0 win at No. 4 Garden Plain (8-3). This week: at No. 1 Southeast of Saline (11-0).
4. Council Grove (8-3, LW: 7)
Last week: 31-8 win at No. 6 Humboldt (10-1). This week: at No. 2 Nemaha Central (10-1).
Class 1A rankings
1. Conway Springs (11-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 35-6 win vs. No. 7 Plainville (8-3). This week: vs. No. 4 Valley Heights (9-2).
2. Rossville (8-3, LW: 3)
Last week: 42-38 win at No. 2 Jackson Heights (10-1). This week: at No. 3 Centralia (10-1).
3. Centralia (10-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 46-14 win at No. 4 Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (9-2). This week: vs. No. 2 Rossville (8-3).
4. Valley Heights (9-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 37-22 win vs. No. 6 Medicine Lodge (7-3). This week: at No. 1 Conway Springs (11-0).
8-man Division I rankings
1. Hoxie (11-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 40-30 win at No. 2 Wichita County (8-2). This week: at No. 2 South Central (11-0).
2. South Central (11-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 60-12 win at No. 8 Hill City (7-4). This week: vs. No. 1 Hoxie (11-0).
3. Central Plains (9-2, LW: 4)
Last week: 38-32 win at No. 5 Little River (8-3). This week: vs. No. 4 Clifton-Clyde (9-2).
4. Clifton-Clyde (9-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 46-0 win at No. 7 Madison (7-4). This week: at No. 3 Central Plains (9-2).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (11-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 54-8 win at No. 6 Osborne (6-4). This week: vs. No. 4 Frankfort (9-2).
2. Victoria (11-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 70-28 win at No. 7 Hutchinson Central Christian (9-2). This week: at No. 3 Dighton (11-0).
3. Dighton (11-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 44-22 win at No. 7 Hodgeman County (8-3). This week: vs. No. 2 Victoria (11-0).
4. Frankfort (9-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 46-38 win vs. No. 3 Burlingame (10-1). This week: at No. 1 Axtell (11-0).
6-man rankings
1. Cunningham (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 52-6 win at No. 8 Otis-Bison (7-4). This week: vs. No. 4 Tescott (9-2).
2. Weskan (11-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 52-12 win vs. No. 4 Ingalls (9-2). This week: vs. No. 3 Golden Plains (9-2).
3. Golden Plains (9-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 45-28 win at No. 3 South Barber (9-2). This week: at No. 2 Weskan (11-0).
4. Tescott (9-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 26-13 win vs. No. 5 Peabody-Burns (8-2). This week: at No. 1 Cunningham (10-0).
This story was originally published November 16, 2024 at 11:29 AM.
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