Kansas high school football rankings: Wichita-area teams ascend to No. 1 spot
The fourth 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 4 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 5.
Class 6A rankings
1. Maize (4-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 42-21 win vs. No. 3 Derby (2-2). This week: at Campus (0-4).
2. Wichita Northwest (3-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 43-42 OT loss at 4A No. 2 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (4-0). This week: at Wichita West (1-3).
3. Junction City (3-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 28-14 win at No. 1 Manhattan (3-1). This week: at 5A No. 2 Hays (3-1).
4. Manhattan (3-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 28-14 loss vs. Junction City (3-1). This week: at Emporia (2-2).
5. Derby (2-2, LW: 3)
Last week: 42-21 loss at No. 7 Maize (4-0). This week: vs. 5A No. 8 Hutchinson (3-1).
6. Lawrence Free State (3-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 35-27 win vs. Olathe East (1-3). This week: at Olathe South (2-2).
7. Gardner-Edgerton (3-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 42-7 win at Olathe North (2-2). This week: at Olathe West (3-1).
8. Washburn Rural (3-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 31-7 win at No. 4 Blue Valley Northwest (2-2). This week: vs. Topeka (3-1).
9. Shawnee Mission East (3-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 49-35 win vs. Olathe South (2-2). This week: at Lawrence (0-4).
10. Blue Valley Northwest (2-2, LW: 4)
Last week: 31-7 loss vs. No. 10 Washburn Rural (2-2). This week: vs. Blue Valley West (1-3).
Next five out: Olathe Northwest (3-1), Shawnee Mission Northwest (2-2), Olathe North (2-2), Olathe West (3-1), Olathe South (2-2).
Class 5A rankings
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (4-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 41-14 win at Blue Valley Southwest (0-4). This week: vs. 4A No. 2 Bishop Miege (2-2).
2. Hays (3-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 48-20 win vs. Garden City (1-3). This week: vs. 6A No. 3 Junction City (3-1).
3. Great Bend (4-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 75-8 win at Wichita North (0-4). This week: vs. Dodge City (2-2).
4. St. James (3-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 32-29 win vs. Blue Valley (1-3). This week: at St. Pius X (Mo.).
5. Mill Valley (3-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 42-21 win at Lawrence (0-4). This week: vs. Shawnee Mission Northwest (2-2).
6. Basehor-Linwood (4-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 42-38 win at No. 7 De Soto (3-1). This week: vs. Topeka West (0-4).
7. De Soto (3-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 42-38 loss vs. No. 6 Basehor-Linwood (4-0). This week: at Shawnee Heights (1-3).
8. Hutchinson (3-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 35-13 win vs. Salina South (0-4). This week: vs. 6A No. 5 Derby (2-2).
9. Salina Central (4-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 49-20 win at Goddard Eisenhower (1-3). This week: at Newton (0-4).
10. Spring Hill (3-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 49-21 win at Kansas City Piper (1-3). This week: vs. 4A No. 5 Ottawa (3-1).
Next five out: Blue Valley (1-3), Blue Valley North (2-2), Valley Center (2-2), Leavenworth (3-1), Maize South (3-1).
Class 4A rankings
1. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (4-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 43-42 OT win vs. 6A No. 2 Wichita Northwest (3-1). This week: at Wichita Southeast (3-1).
2. Bishop Miege (2-2, LW: 1)
Last week: 35-0 loss at Rockhurst (Mo.). This week: at 5A No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas (4-0).
3. Eudora (3-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 35-21 win vs. No. 3 Ottawa (3-1). This week: at Louisburg (1-3).
4. Buhler (3-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 42-20 win at Circle (1-3). This week: at No. 8 Wamego (2-2).
5. Ottawa (3-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 35-21 loss at No. 6 Eudora (3-1). This week: at 5A No. 10 Spring Hill (3-1).
6. Wellington (3-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 25-14 win vs. Labette County (3-1). This week: vs. Augusta (1-3).
7. Andover Central (3-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 27-16 win vs. Valley Center (2-2). This week: at Goddard (2-2).
8. Wamego (2-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 42-6 loss at 3A No. 2 Topeka Hayden (4-0). This week: vs. No. 4 Buhler (3-1).
9. McPherson (3-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 46-27 win at Winfield (0-4). This week: vs. Rose Hill (2-2).
10. Mulvane (3-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 26-23 win at Augusta (1-3). This week: at El Dorado (0-4).
Next five out: Tonganoxie (3-1), Chanute (2-2), Paola (2-2), Labette County (3-1), Kansas City Piper (1-3).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (4-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 54-7 win at No. 10 Wichita Collegiate (2-2). This week: at Nickerson (0-4).
2. Topeka Hayden (4-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 42-6 win vs. 4A No. 5 Wamego (2-2). This week: at Hiawatha (1-3).
3. Holcomb (4-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 34-14 win at Goodland (2-2). This week: vs. Colby (1-3).
4. Rock Creek (4-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 28-14 win at Abilene (2-2). This week: at Clay Center (3-1).
5. Cheney (3-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 41-6 win vs. Clearwater (1-3). This week: vs. 2A No. 5 Hoisington (3-0).
6. Scott City (3-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 44-7 win vs. Ulysses (1-3). This week: at Hugoton (4-0).
7. Santa Fe Trail (4-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 61-7 win at Osawatomie (0-4). This week: vs. Wellsville (2-2).
8. Baldwin (3-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 35-14 win at No. 9 Wellsville (2-2). This week: at Silver Lake (2-2).
9. Prairie View (3-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 48-13 win vs. Burlington (1-3). This week: at Humboldt (1-3).
10. Hesston (3-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 55-12 win vs. Nickerson (0-4). This week: at Smoky Valley (2-2).
Next five out: Hugoton (4-0), Frontenac (3-1), Pratt (3-1), Wichita Collegiate (2-2), Wellsville (2-2).
Class 2A rankings
1. Southeast of Saline (4-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 58-6 win vs. Kingman (0-4). This week: at Lyons (0-4).
2. Nemaha Central (4-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 28-14 win vs. Chanute (2-2). This week: at Oskaloosa (2-2).
3. Osage City (4-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 74-0 win at West Franklin (0-4). This week: at No. 4 Council Grove (4-0).
4. Council Grove (4-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 28-26 win at Riley County (1-3). This week: vs. No. 3 Osage City (4-0).
5. Hoisington (3-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 72-0 win vs. Southwestern Heights (1-3). This week: at 3A No. 5 Cheney (3-1).
6. Garden Plain (3-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 46-7 win at Belle Plaine (0-4). This week: vs. No. 9 Haven (9-0).
7. Sabetha (4-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 16-0 win at Royal Valley (1-3). This week: vs. Atchison County (3-1).
8. Ellsworth (4-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 50-3 win vs. Lyons (0-4). This week: at Hillsboro (2-2).
9. Haven (4-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 31-20 win vs. Douglass (2-2). This week: at No. 6 Garden Plain (3-1).
10. Russell (4-0, LW: 10)
Last week: 52-0 win vs. Larned (0-4). This week: at Phillipsburg (2-2).
Next five out: Caney Valley (3-1), Silver Lake (2-2), St. Marys (2-2), Phillipsburg (2-2), Douglass (2-2).
Class 1A rankings
1. Jackson Heights (4-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 55-8 win at McLouth (0-4). This week: at Pleasant Ridge (1-3).
2. St. Mary’s Colgan (4-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 63-7 win at Pleasanton (1-3). This week: at Uniontown (2-2).
3. Rossville (3-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 69-0 win at Maranatha (1-3). This week: vs. Mission Valley (3-1).
4. Sterling (4-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 43-8 win at Ellinwood (3-1). This week: vs. Medicine Lodge (2-2).
5. Centralia (3-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 30-0 win at Doniphan West (0-4). This week: at Maur Hill-Mount (1-3).
6. Marion (4-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 42-8 win at Sedgwick (1-3). This week: vs. No. 10 Inman (3-1).
7. Jefferson County North (4-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 50-12 win vs. Pleasant Ridge (1-3). This week: at Onaga (2-2).
8. Smith Center (4-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 34-16 win at Plainville (1-3). This week: vs. Thomas More Prep (2-1).
9. Olpe (3-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 35-7 win at Wabaunsee (1-3). This week: vs. Maranatha (1-3).
10. Inman (3-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Remington (1-3). This week: at No. 6 Marion (4-0).
Next five out: Thomas More Prep (2-1), Moundridge (3-1), Riverside (3-1), Hutchinson Trinity (3-1), Medicine Lodge (2-2).
8-man Division I rankings
1. South Central (3-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 58-6 win vs. Kiowa County (1-3). This week: at Macksville (0-4).
2. Little River (4-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 52-6 win at Goessel (1-3). This week: vs. Canton-Galva (2-2).
3. WaKeeney-Trego (4-0, LW: 6)
Last week: 56-46 win vs. No. 2 Wichita County (2-2). This week: vs. Ellis (1-3).
4. Madison (4-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 46-0 win at Yates Center (1-3). This week: vs. Northern Heights (1-3).
5. Central Plains (3-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 54-6 win at Solomon (1-3). This week: vs. Goessel (1-3).
6. Wichita County (2-2, LW: 2)
Last week: 56-46 loss at No. 6 WaKeeney-Trego (4-0). This week: vs. Ness City (1-3).
7. Lincoln (4-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 56-6 win at Washington County (1-3). This week: vs. Rock Hills (0-4).
8. Lyndon (3-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 68-18 win at Chase County (1-3). This week: at Flinthills (3-1).
9. Sylvan-Lucas (4-0, LW: 9)
Last week: 58-6 win at Rock Hills (0-4). This week: vs. Lakeside-Downs (2-2).
10. Ell-Saline (3-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 46-0 win vs. Canton-Galva (2-2). This week: at Solomon (1-3).
Next five out: Hill City (3-1), Clifton-Clyde (3-1), Oxford (3-0), Decatur County (3-1), Meade (2-2).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (4-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 54-8 win at Blue Valley Randolph (0-4). This week: vs. Wakefield (0-4).
2. Victoria (3-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Pretty Prairie (0-4). This week: at St. John (1-3).
3. Hanover (4-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 50-0 win at Frankfort (1-3). This week: vs. Blue Valley Randolph (0-4).
4. Hodgeman County (4-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 52-6 win vs. St. John (1-3). This week: at Stafford (2-2).
5. Hutchinson Central Christian (4-0, LW: 5)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. Fairfield (1-3). This week: vs. St. Paul (2-2).
6. Burlingame (3-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 48-0 win vs. Centre (1-3). This week: at No. 10 Lebo (3-1).
7. Marmaton Valley (3-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 93-38 loss vs. Reno County Homeschool (4-0). This week: vs. Crossover Prep (Okla.).
8. Wallace County (4-0, LW: 8)
Last week: 24-12 win at Dighton (0-4). This week: vs. Greeley County (1-3).
9. Rural Vista (3-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 52-0 win at Wakefield (0-4). This week: at Centre (1-3).
10. Lebo (3-1, LW: UR)
Last week: 46-0 win at Hartford (0-4). This week: vs. No. 6 Burlingame (3-1).
Next five out: Logan-Palco (3-1), Argonia-Attica (3-1), Minneola (3-1), St. Paul (2-2), Beloit-St. John’s Tipton (2-2).
6-man rankings
1. Weskan (3-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 56-0 win at Western Plains (1-3). This week: vs. Cheylin (1-3).
2. Cunningham (3-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 42-40 loss at Minneola (3-1). This week: vs. Otis-Bison (2-2).
3. Ingalls (4-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 30-25 win vs. No. 4 Tescott (3-1). This week: at Moscow (1-3).
4. Tescott (3-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 30-25 loss at No. 3 Ingalls (4-0). This week: Open.
5. South Barber (3-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. Moscow (1-3). This week: at Chetopa (2-2).
First five out: Otis-Bison (2-2), Peabody-Burns (2-2), Golden Plains (2-2), Marais des Cygnes Valley (3-1), Pawnee Heights (2-2).
This story was originally published September 29, 2025 at 5:57 AM.
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