New Kansas high school football team rankings release for each class ahead of Week 5

Taylor Eldridge

September 26, 2023 at 7:00 a.m.·12 min read

Following the Week 4 slate of games played on Friday, Sept. 22, Varsity Kansas has released its fourth 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 5 games on the schedule.

Class 6A rankings

1. Gardner-Edgerton (4-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 49-10 win at 5A No. 1 Mill Valley (3-1). This week: vs. No. 4 Olathe North (4-0).

2. Washburn Rural (4-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 35-28 win vs. No. 1 Manhattan (3-1). This week: at No. 10 Junction City (3-1).

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

Last week: 35-28 loss at No. 7 Washburn Rural (4-0). This week: vs. Emporia (0-4).

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

Last week: 54-31 win vs. Shawnee Mission South (1-3). This week: at No. 1 Gardner-Edgerton (4-0).

5. Derby (3-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 27-17 win at 5A No. 10 Hutchinson (2-2). This week: vs. Campus (1-3).

6. Wichita East (2-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 34-28 win at No. 2 Wichita Northwest (3-1). This week: at Wichita West (1-3).

7. Wichita Northwest (3-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 34-28 loss vs. Wichita East (2-2). This week: at Topeka (1-3).

8. Lawrence Free State (4-0, LW: 9)

Last week: 41-12 win vs. Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-3). This week: at Shawnee Mission South (1-3).

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

Last week: 34-22 loss vs. Lee’s Summit North (Mo.). This week: at Blue Valley West (2-2).

10. Junction City (3-1, LW: 10)

Last week: 41-7 win vs. Bishop Carroll (1-3). This week: vs. No. 2 Washburn Rural (4-0).

Next five out: Blue Valley (2-2), Blue Valley West (2-2), Olathe East (2-2), Lawrence (3-1, LW: 8), Olathe South (3-1).

Class 5A rankings

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

Last week: 49-10 loss vs. 6A No. 3 Gardner-Edgerton (4-0). This week: at Olathe South (3-1).

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

Last week: 48-21 win vs. Battle (Mo.). This week: at Wichita Southeast (1-3).

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

Last week: 63-35 win No. 7 Spring Hill (3-1). This week: at Blue Valley North (0-4).

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

Last week: 41-17 win vs. 4A No. 3 Andover Central (3-1). This week: at Andover (0-4).

5. De Soto (3-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 50-7 win vs. Leavenworth (2-2). This week: vs. Shawnee Heights (3-1).

6. Maize South (3-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 42-14 win at Newton (1-3). This week: at Maize (2-2).

7. Spring Hill (3-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 63-35 loss at No. 2 Blue Valley Southwest (3-1). This week: vs. Ottawa (2-2).

8. Hutchinson (2-2, LW: 10)

Last week: 27-17 loss vs. 6A No. 5 Derby (3-1). This week: vs. Salina South (0-4).

9. Valley Center (3-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 42-14 win at Campus (1-3). This week: at Salina Central (3-1).

10. Goddard (3-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 45-13 win at Arkansas City (1-3). This week: vs. Andover Central (3-1).

Next five out: Salina Central (3-1), Liberal (4-0), Shawnee Heights (3-1, LW: 9), Hays (2-2, LW: 8), Lansing (2-2).

Class 4A rankings

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

Last week: 21-14 win at Rockhurst (Mo.). This week: vs. Blue Valley (2-2).

2. St. Thomas Aquinas (4-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 21-6 win at No. 7 St. James Academy (0-4). This week: vs. Rockhurst (Mo.).

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

Last week: 45-8 win at Bonner Springs (0-4). This week: vs. Eudora (2-2).

4. Tonganoxie (3-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 49-21 win at No. 10 Paola (2-2). This week: at Bonner Springs (0-4).

5. Andover Central (3-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 41-17 loss at 5A No. 4 Goddard Eisenhower (4-0). This week: at 5A No. 10 Goddard (3-1).

6. Buhler (3-1, LW: 8)

Last week: 41-7 win at Winfield (1-3). This week: vs. Mulvane (3-1).

7. Wamego (3-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 53-6 win vs. Kansas City Washington (3-1). This week: at Coffeyville (3-1).

8. Atchison (4-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 54-8 win at Kansas City Schlagle (2-2). This week: vs. Kansas City Washington (3-1).

9. Eudora (2-2, LW: 6)

Last week: 17-14 loss vs. Ottawa (2-2). This week: at No. 3 Louisburg (4-0).

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

Last week: 21-6 loss vs. No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (4-0). This week: at St. Pius X (Mo.).

Next five out: Chanute (3-1), Abilene (3-1), McPherson (2-2), Paola (2-2, LW: 10), Basehor-Linwood (2-2).

Class 3A rankings

1. Andale (4-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 74-0 win at Smoky Valley (0-4). This week: vs. Nickerson (1-3).

2. Cheney (4-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 49-0 win at Pratt (2-2). This week: vs. Smoky Valley (0-4).

3. Topeka Hayden (4-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 64-0 win at Jefferson West (1-3). This week: vs. Perry-Lecompton (1-3).

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

Last week: 75-13 win at Hiawatha (1-3). This week: vs. 2A No. 5 Southeast-Saline (4-0).

5. Wichita Collegiate (4-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 55-8 win at Clearwater (1-3). This week: vs. Chapman (1-3).

6. Wellsville (4-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 56-6 win at Osawatomie (0-4). This week: vs. Bishop Ward (1-3).

7. Frontenac (3-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 26-12 win at No. 9 Girard (2-2). This week: vs. Columbus (1-3).

8. Hugoton (4-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 27-6 win at Colby (2-2). This week: vs. No. 9 Scott City (3-1).

9. Scott City (3-1, LW: 10)

Last week: 30-0 win vs. Thomas More Prep (3-1). This week: at No. 8 Hugoton (4-0).

10. Parsons (4-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 58-0 win at Baxter Springs (3-1). This week: at Riverton (2-2).

Next five out: Holton (2-2), Holcomb (3-1), Girard (2-2, LW: 9), Rock Creek (2-2), Pratt (2-2).

Class 2A rankings

1. Nemaha Central (4-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 69-0 win vs. Horton (0-4). This week: vs. Jefferson West (1-3).

2. Sabetha (4-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 28-6 win at Minneapolis (2-2). This week: vs. Riley County (2-2).

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

Last week: 63-6 win vs. Southwestern Heights (1-3). This week: at Pratt (2-2).

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

Last week: 43-15 win at Hillsboro (2-2). This week: vs. Lyons (0-4).

5. Southeast of Saline (4-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 24-0 win vs. Halstead (2-2). This week: at 3A No. 4 Clay Center (4-0).

6. Silver Lake (3-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 38-35 win vs. Rock Creek (2-2). This week: at Rossville (2-2).

7. Norton (4-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 14-6 win vs. Phillipsburg (2-2). This week: vs. Goodland (1-3).

8. Kingman (3-1, LW: 8)

Last week: 44-6 win vs. Douglass (0-4). This week: vs. Hesston (2-2).

9. Osage City (4-0, LW: 9)

Last week: 61-0 win vs. Eureka (1-3). This week: at 1A No. 9 Sedgwick (3-1).

10. Humboldt (4-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 14-7 win vs. Council Grove (3-1). This week: at Eureka (1-3).

Next five out: Council Grove (3-1), Garden Plain (3-1), Beloit (2-2), Halstead (2-2), Rossville (2-2).

Class 1A rankings

1. Pittsburg-St. Marys Colgan (4-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 53-0 win at Cherokee-Southeast (0-4). This week: vs. Arma-Northeast (0-4).

2. Jefferson County North (4-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 52-6 win vs. McLouth (3-1). This week: at Oskaloosa (1-3).

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

Last week: 36-6 win at Troy (1-3). This week: vs. No. 7 Jackson Heights (4-0).

4. Smith Center (3-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 16-14 win vs. No. 7 Wabaunsee (2-2). This week: at Oakley (0-4).

5. Marion (4-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 36-13 win at Remington (0-4). This week: vs. Belle Plaine (1-3).

6. Jayhawk-Linn (4-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 70-6 win at Northern Heights (0-4). This week: vs. Central Heights (2-2).

7. Jackson Heights (4-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 36-7 win vs. Riverside (1-3). This week: at No. 3 Centralia (4-0).

8. Sterling (3-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 35-18 win at Inman (1-3). This week: vs. Medicine Lodge (2-2).

9. Sedgwick (3-1, LW: 10)

Last week: 53-6 win vs. Bluestem (0-4). This week: vs. 2A No. 9 Osage City (4-0).

10. Valley Heights (3-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 52-0 win at Republic County (0-4). This week: vs. Sacred Heart (1-3).

Next five out: Wabaunsee (2-2, LW: 7), Olpe (2-2), St. Marys (1-3), Conway Springs (2-2), Hutchinson Trinity (2-2).

8-man Division I rankings

1. Wichita County (4-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 52-0 win at St. John (2-2). This week: at Spearville (1-3).

2. Lyndon (4-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 58-30 win at No. 9 Cair Paravel (2-2). This week: vs. No. 8 Madison (4-0).

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

Last week: 68-18 win at Sublette (3-1). This week: vs. South Gray (1-3).

4. Quinter (4-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 44-6 win at Decatur County (1-3). This week: vs. Hill City (2-2).

5. Rawlins County (4-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 54-6 win vs. Hill City (2-2). This week: at Stockton (0-4).

6. Moundridge (4-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 48-0 win vs. Pretty Prairie (0-4). This week: at Little River (3-1).

7. Burden-Central (4-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 44-12 win at Argonia-Attica (3-1). This week: at Udall (0-4).

8. Madison (4-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 60-14 win vs. Maranatha Academy (2-2). This week: at No. 2 Lyndon (4-0).

9. Ell-Saline (3-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 56-22 win at Bennington (1-3). This week: at Rock Hills (2-2).

10. West Elk (3-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 64-30 win at Sedan (1-3). This week: vs. Flinthills (1-3).

Next five out: Chase County (3-1), Burlingame (3-1, LW: 4), Cair Paravel (2-2, LW: 9), South Sumner County (4-0), Little River (3-1).

8-man Division II rankings

1. Axtell (4-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 56-6 win at Linn (1-3). This week: vs. Blue Valley-Randolph (2-2).

2. Kinsley (4-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 56-30 win vs. No. 8 South Barber (3-1). This week: at Hutchinson Central Christian (3-1).

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

Last week: 60-32 win at Bucklin (2-2). This week: vs. Satanta (0-4).

4. Victoria (3-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 48-0 win at No. 6 Central Plains (3-1). This week: Open.

5. Canton-Galva (3-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 68-14 win vs. Norwich (1-3). This week: at Fairfield (0-4).

6. Sylvan-Lucas (4-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 46-0 win at Otis-Bison (0-4). This week: vs. Central Plains (3-1).

7. Osborne (3-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 64-14 win at Lakeside-Down (3-1). This week: vs. Beloit-St. John’s-Tipton (1-3).

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

Last week: 65-0 win at Wheatland-Grinnell (0-4). This week: vs. St. Francis (0-3).

9. Frankfort (3-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 56-6 win at Doniphan West (0-4). This week: vs. Linn (1-3).

10. Hodgeman County (3-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 58-30 win at Dighton (1-3). This week: vs. Otis-Bison (0-4).

Next five out: Central Plains (3-1, LW: 6), South Barber (3-1, LW: 8), Hanover (2-2), Hutchinson Central Christian (3-1), Bucklin (2-2).

6-man rankings

1. Cheylin (4-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 54-6 win vs. No. 5 Northern Valley (3-1). This week: at Greeley County (1-2).

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

Last week: 58-6 win vs. No. 8 Deerfield (3-1). This week: at Rolla (1-1).

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

Last week: 50-0 win vs. Tescott (2-2). This week: vs. Pawnee Heights (2-2).

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

Last week: 45-0 win at Centre (2-2). This week: vs. Chetopa (4-0).

5. Northern Valley (3-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 54-6 loss at No. 1 Cheylin (4-0). This week: at Triplains-Brewster (2-2).

6. Ingalls (3-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 58-0 win vs. Moscow (0-4). This week: vs. Altoona-Midway (0-4).

7. Chetopa (4-0, LW: 9)

Last week: 63-13 win vs. Altoona-Midway (0-4). This week: at No. 4 Waverly (4-0).

8. Tescott (2-2, LW: 7)

Last week: 50-0 loss at No. 3 Cunningham (3-1). This week: at Burrton (2-2).

9. Deerfield (3-1, LW: 8)

Last week: 58-6 loss at No. 2 Ashland (3-1). This week: at Moscow (0-4).

10. Peabody-Burns (2-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 76-58 win vs. No. 10 Pawnee Heights (2-2). This week: at Southern Coffey County (2-2).

First five out: Pawnee Heights (2-2, LW: 10), Southern Coffey County (2-2), Centre (2-2), Burrton (2-2), Greeley County (1-2).

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