Kansas high school football rankings: Updated top teams after Week 1 of season
The first week of the Kansas high school football season is in the books, which means it’s time to see how teams stack up across the state.
With Week 1 results shaking up the landscape, The Eagle has released its updated rankings for every classification. Here’s a look at where programs stand as they head into Week 2.
Class 6A rankings
1. Manhattan (1-0)
Last week: 43-13 win vs. Garden City (0-1). This week: at No. 3 Lawrence Free State (1-0).
2. Wichita Northwest (1-0)
Last week: 42-21 win vs. Bishop Carroll (0-1). This week: vs. No. 8 Wichita East (1-0).
3. Lawrence Free State (1-0)
Last week: 35-34 win vs. Gardner-Edgerton (0-1). This week: vs. No. 1 Manhattan (1-0).
4. Blue Valley Northwest (1-0)
Last week: 40-13 win at Blue Valley North (0-1). This week: at No. 7 Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-0).
5. Gardner-Edgerton (0-1)
Last week: 35-34 loss at Lawrence Free State (1-0). This week: vs. St. Pius X (Mo.).
6. Derby (0-1)
Last week: 22-21 loss vs. Hays (1-0). This week: at Campus (0-1).
7. Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-0)
Last week: 55-27 win at Shawnee Mission North (0-1). This week: vs. No. 4 Blue Valley Northwest (1-0).
8. Wichita East (1-0)
Last week: 23-14 win vs. Wichita Heights (0-1). This week: at No. 2 Wichita Northwest (1-0).
9. Maize (1-0)
Last week: 55-28 win vs. Goddard (0-1). This week: vs. Andover (0-1).
10. Blue Valley West (0-1)
Last week: 21-0 loss vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (1-0). This week: vs. Olathe West (1-0).
Next five out: Olathe North (1-0), Olathe West (1-0), Shawnee Mission East (1-0), Junction City (1-0), Washburn Rural (1-0).
Class 5A rankings
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (1-0)
Last week: 21-0 win at Blue Valley West (0-1). This week: at No. 5 St. James (1-0).
2. Mill Valley (1-0)
Last week: 28-0 win at Olathe East (0-1). This week: at Lee’s Summit North (Mo.).
3. Hays (1-0)
Last week: 22-21 win at Derby (0-1). This week: vs. Choctaw (Okla.).
4. Great Bend (1-0)
Last week: 42-7 win vs. McPherson (0-1). This week: at Olathe South (1-0).
5. St. James (1-0)
Last week: 24-0 win vs. Bishop Miege (0-1). This week: vs. No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas (1-0).
6. Hutchinson (1-0)
Last week: 34-0 win at Andover Central (0-1). This week: at Valley Center (1-0).
7. Blue Valley (1-0)
Last week: 28-21 win vs. Blue Valley Southwest (0-1). This week: at Washburn Rural (1-0).
8. Basehor-Linwood (1-0)
Last week: 42-21 win at Leavenworth (0-1). This week: vs. 4A No. 8 Kansas City Piper (1-0).
9. De Soto (1-0)
Last week: 47-12 win at Topeka West (0-1). This week: vs. Kansas City Turner (0-1).
10. Spring Hill (1-0)
Last week: 47-7 win vs. Bonner Springs (0-1). This week: vs. 4A No. 5 Tonganoxie (1-0).
Next five out: Maize South (1-0), Salina Central (1-0), Valley Center (1-0), Eisenhower (0-1), Blue Valley North (0-1).
Class 4A rankings
1. Bishop Miege (0-1)
Last week: 24-0 loss at St. James (1-0). This week: vs. Blue Valley Southwest (0-1).
2. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (1-0)
Last week: 27-14 win at Andover (0-1). This week: vs. Wichita North (0-1).
3. Buhler (1-0)
Last week: 34-27 win at Mulvane (0-1). This week: vs. Augusta (0-1).
4. Wamego (1-0)
Last week: 40-6 win vs. Concordia (0-1). This week: at 3A No. 8 Rock Creek (1-0).
5. Tonganoxie (1-0)
Last week: 20-14 win vs. Louisburg (0-1). This week: at 5A No. 10 Spring Hill (1-0).
6. Wellington (1-0)
Last week: 32-13 win vs. Collegiate (0-1). This week: at 3A No. 1 Andale (1-0).
7. Andover Central (0-1)
Last week: 34-0 loss vs. Hutchinson (1-0). This week: vs. Newton (0-1).
8. Kansas City Piper (1-0)
Last week: 33-22 win at Topeka Seaman (0-1). This week: at 5A No. 8 Basehor-Linwood (1-0).
9. Mulvane (0-1)
Last week: 34-27 loss vs. Buhler (1-0). This week: at Independence (1-0).
10. Chanute (1-0)
Last week: 22-6 win vs. Augusta (0-1). This week: vs. Coffeyville (0-1).
Next five out: Ottawa (1-0), Louisburg (0-1), Lansing (1-0), McPherson (0-1), Circle (1-0).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (1-0)
Last week: 104-0 win at El Dorado (0-1). This week: vs. 4A No. 6 Wellington (1-0).
2. Topeka Hayden (1-0)
Last week: 28-6 win vs. Eudora (0-1). This week: at St. Michael the Archangel (Mo.).
3. Wellsville (1-0)
Last week: 34-7 win vs. Anderson County (0-1). This week: at Iola (0-1).
4. Holcomb (1-0)
Last week: 15-13 win vs. Cheney (0-1). This week: vs. Cimarron (0-1).
5. Cheney (0-1)
Last week: 15-13 loss at Holcomb (1-0). This week: vs. Kingman (0-1).
6. Hesston (1-0)
Last week: 27-7 win vs. Halstead (0-1). This week: vs. 2A No. 5 Hoisington (1-0).
7. Rock Creek (1-0)
Last week: 51-0 win at Bishop Ward (0-1). This week: vs. 4A No. 4 Wamego (1-0).
8. Scott City (1-0)
Last week: 35-0 win at Cimarron (0-1). This week: vs. Wray (Colo.).
9. Frontenac (1-0)
Last week: 49-6 win vs. Galena (0-1). This week: at 1A No. 5 St. Mary’s Colgan (1-0).
10. Wichita Collegiate (0-1)
Last week: 32-13 loss at Wellington (1-0). This week: vs. Rose Hill (1-0).
Next five out: Prairie View (1-0), Clay Center (1-0), Pratt (0-1), Perry-Lecompton (0-1), Hugoton (1-0).
Class 2A rankings
1. Southeast of Saline (1-0)
Last week: 60-21 win at Minneapolis (0-1). This week: vs. Clay Center (1-0).
2. Nemaha Central (1-0)
Last week: 48-0 win at Marysville (0-1). This week: vs. Silver Lake (0-1).
3. Beloit (1-0)
Last week: 52-8 win at Lyons (0-1). This week: at Concordia (0-1).
4. Osage City (1-0)
Last week: 41-13 win vs. Olpe (0-1). This week: at Cair Paravel (1-0).
5. Hoisington (1-0)
Last week: 34-8 win vs. Pratt (0-1). This week: at 3A No. 6 Hesston (1-0).
6. Council Grove (1-0)
Last week: 26-7 win vs. Wabaunsee (0-1). This week: at Mission Valley (1-0).
7. Garden Plain (1-0)
Last week: 34-15 win at Wichita Trinity (0-1). This week: at 1A No. 1 Conway Springs (1-0).
8. Sabetha (1-0)
Last week: 28-16 win vs. Holton (0-1). This week: at Perry-Lecompton (0-1).
9. St. Marys (1-0)
Last week: 28-0 win at Perry-Lecompton (0-1). This week: vs. 1A No. 4 Rossville (1-0).
10. Ellsworth (1-0)
Last week: 49-8 win vs. Sacred Heart (0-1). This week: vs. Republic County (1-0).
Next five out: Silver Lake (0-1), Phillipsburg (1-0), Haven (1-0), Caney Valley (1-0), Norton (0-1).
Class 1A rankings
1. Conway Springs (1-0)
Last week: 28-20 win at Nickerson (0-1). This week: vs. 2A No. 7 Garden Plain (1-0).
2. Jackson Heights (1-0)
Last week: 21-0 win vs. Riverside (0-1). This week: at Maur Hill (0-1).
3. Centralia (1-0)
Last week: 28-14 win vs. Valley Heights (0-1). This week: vs. Mid-Buchanan (Mo.).
4. Rossville (1-0)
Last week: 28-27 win vs. Silver Lake (0-1). This week: at 2A No. 9 St. Marys (1-0).
5. St. Mary’s Colgan (1-0)
Last week: 28-0 win vs. Girard (0-1). This week: vs. 3A No. 10 Frontenac (1-0).
6. Sterling (1-0)
Last week: 47-6 win vs. Sedgwick (0-1). This week: at No. 10 Moundridge (1-0).
7. Marion (1-0)
Last week: 62-14 win vs. Herington (0-1). This week: vs. Douglass (1-0).
8. Valley Heights (0-1)
Last week: 28-14 loss at Centralia (1-0). This week: vs. Onaga (1-0).
9. Smith Center (1-0)
Last week: 16-6 win vs. Chapman (0-1). This week: at Phillipsburg (1-0).
10. Moundridge (1-0)
Last week: 52-0 win vs. Bennington (0-1). This week: vs. No. 6 Sterling (1-0).
Next five out: Inman (1-0), Jefferson County North (1-0), Medicine Lodge (1-0), Oakley (1-0), Riverside (0-1).
8-man Division I rankings
1. South Central (1-0)
Last week: 48-6 win at Meade (0-1). This week: vs. Stanton County (1-0).
2. Central Plains (1-0)
Last week: 46-0 win at Macksville (0-1). This week: vs. Div. II No. 2 Victoria (1-0).
3. Wichita County (0-1)
Last week: 56-32 loss vs. Haxtun (Colo.). This week: vs. Elkhart (0-1).
4. Little River (1-0)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. Chase County (0-1). This week: at Div. II No. 9 Rural Vista (1-0).
5. Clifton-Clyde (1-0)
Last week: 34-28 win at Frankfort (0-1). This week: vs. Div. II No. 3 Hanover (1-0).
6. Lincoln (1-0)
Last week: 62-14 win vs. Ellis (0-1). This week: vs. Pike Valley (0-1).
7. Rawlins County (1-0)
Last week: 46-0 win vs. Dighton (0-1). This week: at Greeley County (0-1).
8. WaKeeney-Trego (1-0)
Last week: 30-20 win at Hill City (0-1). This week: vs. Hoxie (0-1).
9. Ell-Saline (0-1)
Last week: 32-8 loss at Hanover (1-0). This week: at Div. II No. 10 Osborne (1-0).
10. Madison (1-0)
Last week: 51-20 win vs. Lebo (0-1). This week: at Hartford (0-1).
Next five out: Hoxie (0-1), Hill City (0-1), Sublette (1-0), Sylvan-Lucas (1-0), Lyndon (1-0).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (1-0)
Last week: 52-6 win vs. Linn (0-1). This week: at Washington County (1-0).
2. Victoria (1-0)
Last week: 50-0 win at Ness City (0-1). This week: at Div. I No. 2 Central Plains (1-0).
3. Hanover (1-0)
Last week: 32-8 win vs. Ell-Saline (0-1). This week: at Div. I No. 5 Clifton-Clyde (1-0).
4. Burlingame (1-0)
Last week: 52-12 win vs. Northern Heights (0-1). This week: at Waverly (1-0).
5. Hodgeman County (1-0)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. South Gray (0-1). This week: at Meade (0-1).
6. Hutchinson Central Christian (1-0)
Last week: 62-14 win at Sunrise Christian (0-1). This week: vs. Canton-Galva (1-0).
7. Argonia-Attica (1-0)
Last week: 60-12 win vs. West Elk (0-1). This week: vs. Burden-Central (0-1).
8. Frankfort (0-1)
Last week: 34-28 loss vs. Clifton-Clyde (0-1). This week: at Lyndon (1-0).
9. Rural Vista (1-0)
Last week: 52-6 win at Solomon (0-1). This week: vs. Div. I No. 4 Little River (1-0).
10. Osborne (1-0)
Last week: 52-46 win at Hoxie (0-1). This week: vs. Div. I No. 9 Ell-Saline (1-0).
Next five out: Marmaton Valley (1-0), Logan-Palco (1-0), Wallace County (1-0), Colony-Crest (1-0), Dighton (0-1).
6-man rankings
1. Weskan (0-1)
Last week: 58-38 loss at Otis (Colo.). This week: vs. Rolla (0-0).
2. Cunningham (1-0)
Last week: 66-18 win vs. South Barber (0-1). This week: at Peabody-Burns (0-1).
3. Golden Plains (1-0)
Last week: 53-6 win at Moscow (0-1). This week: at Ingalls (1-0).
4. Tescott (1-0)
Last week: 39-8 win vs. Peabody-Burns (0-1). This week: at Southern Coffey County (0-1).
5. South Barber (0-1)
Last week: 66-18 loss at Cunningham (0-1). This week: at Otis-Bison (1-0).
First five out: Ingalls (1-0), Otis-Bison (1-0), Marais des Cygnes Valley (1-0), Peabody-Burns (0-1), Northern Valley (0-1).
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