Kansas high school football rankings: Updated top teams after Week 3 of season
The third 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 3 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 4.
Class 6A rankings
1. Manhattan (3-0)
Last week: 10-8 win vs. Hays (2-1). This week: vs. Junction City (2-1).
2. Wichita Northwest (3-0)
Last week: 31-21 win at Junction City (2-1). This week: at 4A No. 1 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (3-0).
3. Derby (2-1)
Last week: 57-21 win vs. Salina South (0-3). This week: at No. 7 Maize (3-0).
4. Blue Valley Northwest (2-1)
Last week: 21-7 loss vs. St. James (2-1). This week: vs. No. 10 Washburn Rural (2-1).
5. Lawrence Free State (2-1)
Last week: 49-27 win at Shawnee Mission West (1-2). This week: vs. Olathe East (1-2).
6. Gardner-Edgerton (2-1)
Last week: 51-7 win vs. Shawnee Mission South (1-2). This week: at Olathe North (2-1).
7. Maize (3-0)
Last week: 56-19 win at Hutchinson (2-1). This week: vs. No. 3 Derby (2-1).
8. Shawnee Mission Northwest (2-1)
Last week: 52-33 win vs. Olathe West (2-1). This week: at Olathe Northwest (2-1).
9. Shawnee Mission East (2-1)
Last week: 56-21 loss at Mill Valley (2-1). This week: vs. Olathe South (2-1).
10. Washburn Rural (2-1)
Last week: 60-28 loss vs. Platte County (Mo.). This week: No. 4 Blue Valley Northwest (2-1).
Next five out: Olathe North (2-1), Olathe West (2-1), Olathe South (2-1), Junction City (2-1), Wichita East (1-2).
Class 5A rankings
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (3-0)
Last week: 42-21 win vs. Blue Valley (1-2). This week: at Blue Valley Southwest (0-3).
2. Hays (2-1)
Last week: 10-8 loss at Manhattan (3-0). This week: vs. Garden City (1-2).
3. Great Bend (3-0)
Last week: 38-14 win at Buhler (2-1). This week: at Wichita North (0-3).
4. St. James (2-1)
Last week: 21-7 win at Blue Valley Northwest (2-1). This week: vs. Blue Valley (1-2).
5. Mill Valley (2-1)
Last week: 56-21 win vs. Shawnee Mission East (2-1). This week: at Lawrence (0-3).
6. Basehor-Linwood (3-0)
Last week: 35-22 win vs. Shawnee Heights (1-2). This week: at No. 7 De Soto (3-0).
7. De Soto (3-0)
Last week: 34-15 win at Kansas City Piper (1-2). This week: vs. No. 6 Basehor-Linwood (3-0).
8. Blue Valley (1-2)
Last week: 42-21 loss at St. Thomas Aquinas (3-0). This week: at No. 4 St. James (2-1).
9. Hutchinson (2-1)
Last week: 56-19 loss vs. Maize (3-0). This week: vs. Salina South (0-3).
10. Salina Central (3-0)
Last week: 62-13 win vs. Campus (0-3). This week: at Goddard Eisenhower (1-2).
Next five out: Spring Hill (2-1), Valley Center (2-1), Blue Valley North (2-1), Maize South (2-1), Liberal (3-0).
Class 4A rankings
1. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (3-0)
Last week: 38-7 win vs. Wichita East (1-2). This week: vs 6A No. 2 Wichita Northwest (3-0).
2. Bishop Miege (2-1)
Last week: 21-12 win vs. Blue Valley West (0-3). This week: at Rockhurst (Mo.).
3. Ottawa (3-0)
Last week: 40-7 win vs. Paola (2-1). This week: at No. 6 Eudora (2-1).
4. Buhler (2-1)
Last week: 38-14 loss vs. Great Bend (3-0). This week: at Circle (1-2).
5. Wamego (2-1)
Last week: 34-8 win vs. Marysville (0-3). This week: at 3A No. 2 Topeka Hayden (3-0).
6. Eudora (2-1)
Last week: 24-14 win vs. Spring Hill (2-1). This week: vs. No. 3 Ottawa (3-0).
7. Wellington (2-1)
Last week: 18-14 win at Clearwater (1-2). This week: vs. Labette County (3-0).
8. McPherson (2-1)
Last week: 42-12 win vs. Chanute (2-1). This week: at Winfield (0-3).
9. Mulvane (2-1)
Last week: 43-16 win vs. Circle (1-2). This week: at Augusta (1-2).
10. Andover Central (2-1)
Last week: 35-14 win at Arkansas City (1-2). This week: vs. Valley Center (2-1).
Next five out: Tonganoxie (2-1), Chanute (2-1), Paola (2-1), Labette County (3-0), Kansas City Piper (1-2).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (3-0)
Last week: 53-13 win at Rose Hill (1-2). This week: at No. 10 Wichita Collegiate (2-1).
2. Topeka Hayden (3-0)
Last week: 46-7 win at Bishop Ward (0-3). This week: vs. 4A No. 5 Wamego (2-1).
3. Holcomb (3-0)
Last week: 32-0 win at Ulysses (1-2). This week: at Goodland (2-1).
4. Rock Creek (3-0)
Last week: 68-0 win vs. Bonner Springs (0-3). This week: at Abilene (2-1).
5. Cheney (2-1)
Last week: 28-7 win at Garden Plain (2-1). This week: vs. Clearwater (1-2).
6. Scott City (2-0)
Last week: Cancelled at Hoisington (2-0). This week: vs. Ulysses (1-2).
7. Santa Fe Trail (3-0)
Last week: 49-6 win vs. Iola (0-3). This week: at Osawatomie (0-3).
8. Prairie View (2-1)
Last week: 42-35 win vs. Wellsville (2-1). This week: vs. Burlington (1-2).
9. Wellsville (2-1)
Last week: 42-35 loss at Prairie View (2-1). This week: vs. Baldwin (2-1).
10. Wichita Collegiate (2-1)
Last week: 42-0 win at El Dorado (0-3). This week: vs. No. 1 Andale (3-0).
Next five out: Frontenac (2-1), Hugoton (3-0), Hesston (2-1), Pratt (2-1), Baldwin (2-1).
Class 2A rankings
1. Southeast of Saline (3-0)
Last week: 50-0 win at Beloit (1-2). This week: vs. Kingman (0-3).
2. Nemaha Central (3-0)
Last week: 56-28 win at Rossville (2-1). This week: vs. Chanute (2-1).
3. Osage City (3-0)
Last week: 48-14 win vs. Wabaunsee (1-2). This week: at West Franklin (0-3).
4. Council Grove (3-0)
Last week: 39-7 win vs. Cair Paravel (1-2). This week: at Riley County (1-2).
5. Hoisington (2-0)
Last week: Cancelled vs. Scott City (2-0). This week: vs. Southwestern Heights (1-2).
6. Garden Plain (2-1)
Last week: 28-7 loss vs. Cheney (2-1). This week: at Belle Plaine (0-3).
7. Sabetha (3-0)
Last week: 15-0 win vs. Hiawatha (1-2). This week: at Royal Valley (1-2).
8. Ellsworth (3-0)
Last week: 47-14 win at Minneapolis (1-2). This week: vs. Lyons (0-3).
9. Haven (3-0)
Last week: 38-6 win at Smoky Valley (2-1). This week: vs. Douglass (2-1).
10. Russell (3-0)
Last week: 28-6 win vs. Plainville (1-2). This week: vs. Larned (0-3).
Next five out: Caney Valley (3-0), St. Marys (2-1), Phillipsburg (1-2), Beloit (1-2), Douglass (2-1).
Class 1A rankings
1. Jackson Heights (3-0)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Horton (0-3). This week: at McLouth (0-3).
2. St. Mary’s Colgan (3-0)
Last week: 55-13 win at Columbus (0-3). This week: at Pleasanton (1-2).
3. Rossville (2-1)
Last week: 56-28 loss vs. Nemaha Central (3-0). This week: at Maranatha (1-2).
4. Sterling (3-0)
Last week: 60-47 win vs. Inman (2-1). This week: at Ellinwood (3-0).
5. Centralia (2-1)
Last week: 44-8 win at Onaga (1-2). This week: at Doniphan West (0-3).
6. Marion (3-0)
Last week: 60-6 win at Bennington (0-3). This week: at Sedgwick (1-2).
7. Jefferson County North (3-0)
Last week: 38-0 win at Oskaloosa (2-1). This week: vs. Pleasant Ridge (1-2).
8. Smith Center (3-0)
Last week: 28-20 win vs. Norton (0-3). This week: at Plainville (1-2).
9. Valley Heights (2-1)
Last week: 33-14 at Doniphan West (0-3). This week: at Sacred Heart (1-2).
10. Olpe (2-1)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Jayhawk-Linn (1-2). This week: at Wabaunsee (1-2).
Next five out: Thomas More Prep (2-1), Inman (2-1), Moundridge (2-1), Riverside (2-1), Conway Springs (1-2).
8-man Division I rankings
1. South Central (2-0)
Last week: 44-0 win at Laverne (Okla.). This week: vs. Kiowa County (1-2).
2. Wichita County (2-1)
Last week: 60-12 win vs. Manhattan Eagles (3-1). This week: at No. 6 WaKeeney-Trego (3-0).
3. Little River (3-0)
Last week: 62-0 win vs. Centre (1-2). This week: at Goessel (1-2).
4. Madison (3-0)
Last week: 42-26 win vs. Burlingame (2-1). This week: at Yates Center (1-2).
5. Central Plains (2-1)
Last week: 24-20 win at La Crosse (2-1). This week: at Solomon (1-2).
6. WaKeeney-Trego (3-0)
Last week: 40-34 win at Rawlins County (2-1). This week: vs. No. 2 Wichita County (2-1).
7. Lincoln (3-0)
Last week: 62-14 win at Beloit-St. John’s Tipton (1-2). This week: at Washington County (1-2).
8. Lyndon (2-0)
Last week: Open. This week: at Chase County (1-2).
9. Sylvan-Lucas (3-0)
Last week: 46-0 win at Stockton (0-3). This week: at Rock Hills (0-3).
10. Ell-Saline (2-1)
Last week: 54-0 win at Norwich (0-3). This week: vs. Canton-Galva (2-1).
Next five out: Rawlins County (2-1), Sublette (3-0), Clifton-Clyde (2-1), Hill City (2-1), Oxford (3-0).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (3-0)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Chase County (1-2). This week: at Blue Valley Randolph (0-3).
2. Victoria (2-0)
Last week: Cancelled vs. Osborne (1-1). This week: vs. Pretty Prairie (0-3).
3. Hanover (3-0)
Last week: 60-0 win vs. Washington County (1-2). This week: at Frankfort (1-2).
4. Hodgeman County (3-0)
Last week: 46-0 win vs. Spearville (0-2). This week: vs. St. John (1-2).
5. Hutchinson Central Christian (3-0)
Last week: 62-0 win at Stafford (1-2). This week: vs. Fairfield (1-2).
6. Marmaton Valley (3-0)
Last week: 70-24 win vs. Arma-Northeast (1-2). This week: vs. Reno County Homeschool (3-0).
7. Burlingame (2-1)
Last week: 42-26 loss at Madison (3-0).This week: vs. Centre (1-2).
8. Wallace County (3-0)
Last week: 32-28 win vs. Decatur County (2-1). This week: at Dighton (0-3).
9. Rural Vista (2-1)
Last week: 46-0 win vs. Goessel (1-2). This week: at Wakefield (0-3).
10. Osborne (1-1)
Last week: Cancelled at Victoria (2-0). This week: at Beloit-St. John’s Tipton (1-2).
Next five out: Logan-Palco (2-1), Argonia-Attica (2-1), Lebo (2-1), Frankfort (1-2), Minneola (2-1).
6-man rankings
1. Weskan (2-1)
Last week: 47-0 win vs. Moscow (1-2). This week: at Western Plains (1-2).
2. Cunningham (3-0)
Last week: 66-0 win vs. Chetopa (1-2). This week: at Minneola (2-1).
3. Ingalls (3-0)
Last week: 47-12 win at Cheylin (0-3). This week: vs. Rolla (0-2).
4. Tescott (3-0)
Last week: 53-8 win at Northern Valley (1-2). This week: at Chase (0-3).
5. South Barber (2-1)
Last week: 58-13 win vs. Ashland-Bucklin (0-1). This week: vs. Moscow (1-2).
First five out: Otis-Bison (2-1), Peabody-Burns (1-2), Golden Plains (1-2), Marais des Cygnes Valley (2-1), Northern Valley (1-2).
This story was originally published September 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM.
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