New Kansas high school football team rankings release for each class ahead of Week 4

Taylor Eldridge

September 18, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.·12 min read

Following the Week 3 slate of games played on Friday, Sept. 15, Varsity Kansas has released its third version of Kansas high school football state rankings for the 2023 season.

Here’s where teams from each class in the state are ranked entering Week 4 games on the schedule.

Class 6A rankings

1. Manhattan (3-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 49-7 win vs. 5A No. 6 Hays (2-1). This week: at No. 7 Washburn Rural (3-0).

2. Wichita Northwest (3-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 42-35 win at 5A No. 2 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (2-1). This week: vs. Wichita East (1-2).

3. Gardner-Edgerton (3-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 42-0 win vs. Olathe West (0-3). This week: at 5A No. 1 Mill Valley (3-0).

4. Olathe North (3-0, LW: 4)

Last week: 61-28 win vs. Shawnee Mission North (1-2). This week: vs. Shawnee Mission South (1-2).

5. Derby (2-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 56-14 win vs. 5A No. 10 Bishop Carroll (1-2). This week: at 5A No. 10 Hutchinson (2-1).

6. Blue Valley Northwest (2-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 28-14 win vs. No. 10 Blue Valley (1-2). This week: vs. Lee’s Summit North (Mo.).

7. Washburn Rural (3-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 51-15 win at Kansas City Piper (1-2). This week: vs. No. 1 Manhattan (3-0).

8. Lawrence (3-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 31-28 OT win vs. Shawnee Mission East (0-3). This week: at Olathe East (1-2).

9. Lawrence Free State (3-0, LW: 9)

Last week: 17-10 win vs. Olathe East (1-2). This week: vs. Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-2).

10. Junction City (2-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 27-2 win at 4A No. 8 McPherson (1-2). This week: vs. Bishop Carroll (1-2).

Next five out: Blue Valley (1-2, LW: 10), Blue Valley West (1-2), Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-2), Olathe South (2-1), Wichita East (1-2).

Class 5A rankings

1. Mill Valley (3-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 14-7 win at Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-2). This week: vs. 6A No. 3 Gardner-Edgerton (3-0).

2. Blue Valley Southwest (2-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 38-28 win at Blue Valley West (1-2). This week: vs. No. 7 Spring Hill (3-0).

3. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (2-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 42-35 loss vs. 6A No. 2 Wichita Northwest (2-1). This week: vs. Columbia-Battle (Mo.).

4. Goddard Eisenhower (3-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 21-7 win at No. 8 Valley Center (2-1). This week: vs. 4A No. 3 Andover Central (3-0).

5. De Soto (2-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 59-0 win at Topeka West (0-3). This week: vs. Leavenworth (2-1).

6. Spring Hill (3-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 31-28 win at 4A No. 5 Eudora (2-1). This week: at No. 2 Blue Valley Southwest (2-1).

7. Hutchinson (2-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 28-23 win at No. 4 Maize South (2-1). This week: vs. 6A No. 5 Derby (2-1).

8. Maize South (2-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 28-23 loss vs. Hutchinson (1-2). This week: at Newton (1-2).

9. Hays (2-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 49-7 loss at 6A No. 1 Manhattan (3-0). This week: vs. Garden City (2-1).

10. Shawnee Heights (3-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 33-30 OT win vs. Topeka Seaman (2-1). This week: at Basehor-Linwood (1-2).

Next five out: Bishop Carroll (1-2, LW: 9), Valley Center (2-1, LW: 10), Topeka Seaman (2-1), Goddard (2-1), Salina Central (2-1).

Class 4A rankings

1. Bishop Miege (3-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 48-7 win vs. No. 4 St. James Academy (0-3). This week: at Rockhurst (Mo.).

2. St. Thomas Aquinas (3-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 41-0 win vs. Blue Valley North (0-3). This week: at No. 7 St. James Academy (0-3).

3. Andover Central (3-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 25-6 win vs. Arkansas City (1-2). This week: at 5A No. 4 Goddard Eisenhower (3-0).

4. Louisburg (3-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 62-7 win at Baldwin (0-3). This week: at Bonner Springs (0-3).

5. Tonganoxie (2-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 38-21 win vs. No. 7 Chanute (2-1). This week: at No. 10 Paola (2-1).

6. Eudora (2-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 31-28 loss vs. Spring Hill (3-0). This week: vs. Ottawa (1-2).

7. St. James Academy (0-3, LW: 4)

Last week: 48-7 loss at No. 1 Bishop Miege (3-0). This week: vs. No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (3-0).

8. Buhler (2-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 20-14 win vs. Great Bend (1-2). This week: at Winfield (1-2).

9. Wamego (2-1, LW: 10)

Last week: 40-6 win vs. Concordia (0-3). This week: vs. Kansas City Washington (3-0).

10. Paola (2-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 28-8 win at Ottawa (1-2). This week: vs. No. 7 Tonganoxie (2-1).

Next five out: Chanute (2-1, LW: 7), McPherson (1-2, LW: 9), Atchison (3-0), Abilene (2-1), Mulvane (3-0).

Class 3A rankings

1. Andale (3-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 73-0 win at El Dorado (0-3). This week: at Smoky Valley (0-3).

2. Cheney (3-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 41-0 win at Douglass (0-3). This week: at No. 6 Pratt (2-1).

3. Topeka Hayden (3-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 49-23 win at Rossville (1-2). This week: at Jefferson West (1-2).

4. Clay Center (3-0, LW: 4)

Last week: 26-13 win at Abilene (2-1). This week: at Hiawatha (1-2).

5. Wichita Collegiate (3-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 56-20 win vs. Wellington (1-2). This week: at Clearwater (1-2).

6. Wellsville (3-0, LW: 9)

Last week: 56-0 win vs. Burlington (1-2). This week: at Osawatomie (0-3).

7. Frontenac (2-1, LW: 8)

Last week: 42-26 win vs. Bishop Ward (0-3). This week: at No. 9 Girard (2-1).

8. Hugoton (3-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 45-26 win vs. Guymon (Okla.). This week: at Colby (2-1).

9. Girard (2-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 38-0 win at Galena (0-3). This week: vs. No. 7 Frontenac (2-1).

10. Scott City (2-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 6-0 loss vs. Millwood (Okla.). This week: vs. Thomas More Prep (3-0).

Next five out: Pratt (2-1, LW: 6), Holton (1-2), Parsons (3-0), Baxter Springs (3-0), Holcomb (2-1).

Class 2A rankings

1. Nemaha Central (3-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 26-0 win at Perry-Lecompton (1-2). This week: vs. Horton (0-3).

2. Sabetha (3-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 50-14 win at Jefferson West (1-2). This week: at Minneapolis (2-1).

3. Hoisington (3-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 60-0 win vs. Lyons (0-3). This week: vs. Southwestern Heights (1-2).

4. Ellsworth (3-0, LW: 4)

Last week: 39-3 win at Sacred Heart (0-3). This week: at Hillsboro (2-1).

5. Southeast of Saline (3-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 60-6 win vs. Minneapolis (2-1). This week: vs. Halstead (2-1).

6. Silver Lake (2-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 29-28 win at St. Marys (0-3). This week: vs. Rock Creek (2-1).

7. Norton (3-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 49-7 win vs. Oakley (0-3). This week: vs. Phillipsburg (2-1).

8. Kingman (2-1, LW: 8)

Last week: 35-6 win at Trinity Academy (2-1). This week: vs. Douglass (0-3).

9. Osage City (3-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 14-0 win vs. 1A No. 9 Olpe (1-2). This week: vs. Eureka (1-2).

10. Humboldt (3-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 42-0 win at Neodesha (1-2). This week: vs. Council Grove (3-0).

Next five out: Council Grove (3-0), Garden Plain (2-1), Russell (2-1, LW: 9), Thomas More Prep (3-0), Rossville (1-2).

Class 1A rankings

1. Pittsburg-St. Marys Colgan (3-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 35-0 win at Riverton (1-2). This week: at Cherokee-Southeast (0-3).

2. Jefferson County North (3-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 36-34 win at No. 4 Wabaunsee (2-1). This week: vs. McLouth (3-0).

3. Centralia (3-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 48-6 win at Onaga (0-3). This week: at Troy (1-2).

4. Smith Center (2-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 30-6 win at 2A No. 10 Russell (2-1). This week: vs. No. 7 Wabaunsee (2-1).

5. Marion (3-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 28-21 win at Hutchinson Trinity (1-2). This week: at Remington (0-3).

6. Jayhawk-Linn (3-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 56-0 win vs. Uniontown (0-3). This week: at Northern Heights (0-3).

7. Wabaunsee (2-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 36-34 loss vs. No. 3 Jefferson County North (3-0). This week: at No. 4 Smith Center (2-1).

8. Jackson Heights (3-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 46-14 win at Pleasant Ridge (1-2). This week: vs. Riverside (1-2).

9. Sterling (2-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 41-6 win vs. No. 2 Sterling (2-1). This week: at Inman (1-2).

10. Sedgwick (2-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 41-6 loss at Sterling (2-1). This week: vs. Bluestem (0-3).

Next five out: Olpe (1-2, LW: 9), Valley Heights (2-1), Ellinwood (3-0), McLouth (3-0), Conway Springs (1-2).

8-man Division I rankings

1. Wichita County (3-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 48-14 win at No. 9 Hoxie (2-1). This week: at St. John (2-1).

2. Lyndon (3-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 70-24 win at Frankfort (2-1). This week: at No. 9 Cair Paravel (2-1).

3. Meade (3-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 69-12 win at Satanta (0-3). This week: at Sublette (3-0).

4. Burlingame (3-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 51-0 win at Hartford (0-3). This week: vs. Chase County (2-1).

5. Quinter (3-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 42-12 win vs. Div. II No. 5 Dighton (1-2). This week: at Decatur County (1-2).

6. Rawlins County (3-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 34-31 OT win at Wallace County (1-2). This week: vs. Hill City (2-1).

7. Moundridge (3-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 60-0 win at Wichita Independent (2-1). This week: vs. Pretty Prairie (0-3).

8. Burden-Central (3-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 48-28 win vs. No. 4 West Elk (2-1). This week: at Argonia-Attica (3-0).

9. Cair Paravel (2-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 62-8 win at Marais des Cygnes Valley (0-3). This week: vs. No. 2 Lyndon (3-0).

10. Madison (3-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 62-12 win at Lebo (0-3). This week: vs. Maranatha Academy (2-1).

Next five out: Ell-Saline (2-1), West Elk (2-1, LW: 4), Little River (2-1, LW: 7), Clifton-Clyde (2-1, LW: 8), Sublette (3-0).

8-man Division II rankings

1. Axtell (3-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 52-6 win vs. Div. I No. 8 Clifton-Clyde (2-1). This week: at Linn (1-2).

2. Kinsley (3-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 48-0 win at Macksville (1-2). This week: vs. No. 8 South Barber (3-0).

3. Minneola (3-0, LW: 4)

Last week: 58-12 win vs. South Gray (1-2). This week: at Bucklin (2-1).

4. Victoria (2-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 46-0 win vs. Ness City (0-3). This week: at No. 6 Central Plains (3-0).

5. Canton-Galva (2-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 70-24 win vs. Solomon (1-2). This week: vs. Norwich (1-2).

6. Central Plains (3-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 28-20 win at La Crosse (1-2). This week: vs. No. 4 Victoria (3-0).

7. Sylvan-Lucas (3-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 30-12 win vs. Bennington (1-2). This week: at Otis-Bison (0-3).

8. South Barber (3-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 46-0 win at Fairfield (0-3). This week: at No. 2 Kinsley (3-0).

9. Osborne (2-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 28-26 loss vs. Hanover (1-2). This week: at Lakeside-Downs (3-0).

10. Wallace County (1-2, LW: 8)

Last week: 34-31 OT loss vs. Div. I No. 10 Rawlins County (3-0). This week: at Wheatland-Grinnell (0-3).

Next five out: Bucklin (2-1, LW: 7), Hodgeman County (2-1), Dighton (2-1, LW: 5), Frankfort (2-1), Lakeside-Downs (3-0).

6-man rankings

1. Cheylin (3-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 62-32 win at No. 1 Ashland (2-1). This week: vs. No. 5 Northern Valley (3-0).

2. Ashland (2-1, LW: 1)

Last week: 62-32 loss vs. No. 3 Cheylin (3-0). This week: vs. Deerfield (3-0).

3. Cunningham (2-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 48-0 win at Chase (0-2). This week: vs. Tescott (2-1).

4. Waverly (3-0, LW: 4)

Last week: 61-0 win at Southern Cloud (1-2). This week: at Centre (2-1).

5. Northern Valley (3-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 30-25 win vs. No. 6 Ingalls (2-1). This week: at No. 1 Cheylin (3-0).

6. Ingalls (2-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 30-25 loss at No. 5 Northern Valley (2-1). This week: vs. Moscow (0-3).

7. Tescott (2-1, LW: 10)

Last week: 37-12 win vs. No. 7 Pawnee Heights (2-1). This week: at No. 3 Cunningham (2-1).

8. Deerfield (3-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 51-39 win vs. Golden Plains (0-3). This week: at No. 2 Ashland (2-1).

9. Chetopa (3-0, LW: 9)

Last week: 33-9 win vs. Southern Coffey County (1-2). This week: vs. Altoona-Midway (0-3).

10. Pawnee Heights (2-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 37-12 loss at No. 10 Tescott (2-1). This week: at Peabody-Burns (1-2).

First five out: Southern Coffey County (1-2), Centre (2-1), Rolla (2-0), Peabody-Burns (1-2), Burrton (1-2).

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