Ranking final 8 teams left in each class of Kansas high school football state playoffs
Following the second round of the state playoffs, Varsity Kansas has released its latest version of Kansas high school football team rankings ahead of the sectional round of playoff games scheduled for Friday, November 10.
Here’s how the remaining eight teams left in each class are power-ranked entering the quarterfinal games in the KSHSAA postseason.
Class 6A rankings
1. Washburn Rural (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 27-20 win vs. Junction City (6-4). This week: vs. No. 6 Wichita East (8-2).
2. Manhattan (9-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 21-7 win vs. Lawrence Free State (7-3). This week: vs. No. 5 Derby (9-1).
3. Gardner-Edgerton (9-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 49-7 win vs. Shawnee Mission Northwest (4-6). This week: vs. No. 7 Blue Valley Northwest (6-4).
4. Olathe North (9-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 35-14 win vs. Blue Valley West (4-6). This week: vs. No. 8 Blue Valley (6-4).
5. Derby (9-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 48-6 win vs. No. 10 Lawrence (7-3). This week: at No. 2 Manhattan (9-1).
6. Wichita East (8-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 48-28 win at No. 8 Wichita Northwest (7-3). This week: at No. 1 Washburn Rural (10-0).
7. Blue Valley Northwest (6-4, LW: 9)
Last week: 47-42 win at Olathe South (6-4). This week: at No. 3 Gardner-Edgerton (9-1).
8. Blue Valley (6-4, LW: UR)
Last week: 17-0 win at Olathe East (7-3). This week: at No. 4 Olathe North (9-1).
Class 5A rankings
1. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (9-1, LW: 1)
Last week: 36-34 win vs. Great Bend (6-4). This week: vs. No. 4 Maize South (8-2).
2. Mill Valley (8-2, LW: 2)
Last week: 56-7 win vs. No. 8 Spring Hill (7-3). This week: vs. No. 7 Topeka Seaman (6-4).
3. Blue Valley Southwest (9-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 56-6 win vs. Lansing (5-5). This week: vs. No. 6 Shawnee Heights (8-2).
4. Maize South (8-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 21-20 win vs. No. 7 Hutchinson (7-3). This week: at No. 1 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (9-1).
5. Goddard Eisenhower (9-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 41-7 win vs. No. 9 Hays (7-3). This week: vs. No. 8 Maize (5-5).
6. Shawnee Heights (8-2, LW: 10)
Last week: 56-20 win at Topeka Highland Park (7-3). This week: at No. 3 Blue Valley Southwest (9-1).
7. Topeka Seaman (6-4, LW: UR)
Last week: 31-28 win at No. 4 De Soto (8-2). This week: at No. 2 Mill Valley (8-2).
8. Maize (5-5, LW: UR)
Last week: 35-26 win at Liberal (8-2). This week: at No. 5 Goddard Eisenhower (9-1).
Class 4A rankings
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (7-3, LW: 2)
Last week: 14-7 win at No. 1 Bishop Miege (8-2). This week: vs. No. 4 Basehor-Linwood (7-3).
2. Tonganoxie (8-2, LW: 4)
Last week: 28-21 win at Chanute (8-2). This week: at No. 6 Atchison (10-0).
3. Wamego (8-2, LW: 5)
Last week: 42-14 win vs. Rose Hill (4-6). This week: vs. No. 8 Wellington (8-2).
4. Basehor-Linwood (7-3, LW: 10)
Last week: 22-20 win at No. 3 Louisburg (9-1). This week: at No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas (7-3).
5. Andover Central (7-3, LW: 6)
Last week: 28-21 win at Abilene (7-3). This week: vs. No. 7 McPherson (7-3).
6. Atchison (10-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 50-27 win vs. Eudora (5-5). This week: vs. No. 2 Tonganoxie (8-2).
7. McPherson (7-3, LW: 8)
Last week: 26-3 win at No. 9 Buhler (7-3). This week: at No. 5 Andover Central (7-3).
8. Wellington (8-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 27-20 win vs. Coffeyville (6-4). This week: at No. 3 Wamego (8-2).
Class 3A rankings
1. Cheney (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 37-8 win vs. Holcomb (7-3). This week: vs. No. 4 Clay Center (9-1).
2. Andale (9-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 44-8 win at No. 8 Scott City (8-2). This week: vs. No. 5 Wichita Collegiate (9-1).
3. Topeka Hayden (10-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 42-24 win vs. Santa Fe Trail (7-3). This week: at No. 7 Parsons (9-1).
4. Clay Center (9-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 46-7 win vs. Hesston (5-5). This week: at No. 1 Cheney (10-0).
5. Wichita Collegiate (9-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 42-28 win vs. Rock Creek (6-4). This week: at No. 2 Andale (9-1).
6. Frontenac (9-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 15-12 win vs. Burlington (6-4). This week: at No. 8 Holton (6-4).
7. Parsons (9-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 50-22 win at Prairie View (5-5). This week: vs. No. 3 Topeka Hayden (10-0).
8. Holton (6-4, LW: UR)
Last week: 21-13 win at No. 6 Wellsville (9-1). This week: vs. No. 6 Frontenac (9-1)
Class 2A rankings
1. Nemaha Central (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 55-13 win vs. Riley County (5-5). This week: vs. No. 7 Osage City (9-1).
2. Southeast of Saline (10-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 36-28 win vs. Kingman (7-3). This week: at No. 3 Hoisington (10-0).
3. Hoisington (10-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 35-6 win vs. Beloit (5-5). This week: vs. No. 2 Southeast of Saline (10-0).
4. Sabetha (9-1, LW: 4)
Last week: 45-34 win at No. 8 Silver Lake (8-2). This week: vs. No. 8 Humboldt (9-1).
5. Ellsworth (9-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 34-31 win at No. 6 Garden Plain (8-2). This week: vs. No. 6 Norton (10-0).
6. Norton (10-0, LW: 7)
Last week: 18-6 win vs. Thomas More Prep (5-5). This week: at No. 5 Ellsworth (9-1).
7. Osage City (9-1, LW: 9)
Last week: 15-8 win vs. Council Grove (6-4). This week: at No. 1 Nemaha Central (10-0).
8. Humboldt (9-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 24-14 win at Riverton (6-4). This week: vs. No. 4 Sabetha (9-1).
Class 1A rankings
1. Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 63-6 win vs. Jayhawk-Linn (8-2). This week: at No. 4 St. Marys (7-3).
2. Jefferson County North (9-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 16-0 win at No. 4 Centralia (8-2). This week: vs. No. 6 Olpe (8-2).
3. Marion (9-1, LW: 6)
Last week: 38-14 win at No. 2 Smith Center (8-2). This week: vs. No. 7 Conway Springs (8-2).
4. St. Marys (7-3, LW: 7)
Last week: 14-6 win vs. No. 10 Jackson Heights (8-2). This week: vs. No. 1 Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (10-0).
5. Valley Heights (8-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 52-40 win at No. 5 Sedgwick (8-2). This week: vs. No. 8 Medicine Lodge (8-2).
6. Olpe (8-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 23-14 win vs. Central Heights (5-5). This week: at No. 2 Jefferson County North (9-1).
7. Conway Springs (8-2, LW: 9)
Last week: 52-22 win vs. Sterling (6-4). This week: at No. 3 Marion (9-1).
8. Medicine Lodge (8-2, LW: UR)
Last week: 17-14 win vs. Hutchinson Trinity (4-6). This week: at No. 5 Valley Heights (8-2).
8-man Division I rankings
1. Wichita County (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 58-12 win vs. Clifton-Clyde (7-3). This week: at No. 7 Rawlins County (9-1).
2. Lyndon (10-0, LW: 2)
Last week: 68-22 win vs. South Sumner County (8-2). This week: vs. No. 8 West Elk (10-1).
3. Topeka Cair Paravel (8-2, LW: 9)
Last week: 76-30 win at No. 5 Burden-Central (9-1). This week: at No. 4 Chase County (7-3).
4. Chase County (7-3, LW: UR)
Last week: 36-26 win at No. 3 Moundridge (9-1). This week: vs. No. 3 Topeka Cair Paravel (8-2).
5. Ell-Saline (9-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 68-20 win vs. No. 6 Meade (78-2). This week: vs. No. 6 Hoxie (9-1).
6. Hoxie (9-1, LW: 7)
Last week: 61-6 win vs. La Crosse (6-4). This week: at No. 5 Ell-Saline (9-1).
7. Rawlins County (9-1, LW: 10)
Last week: 58-12 win at WaKeeney-Trego (7-3). This week: vs. No. 1 Wichita County (10-0).
8. West Elk (9-1, LW: 8)
Last week: 72-60 win vs. Little River (7-3). This week: at No. 2 Lyndon (10-0).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 52-6 win vs. Hutchinson Central Christian (6-4). This week: vs. No. 6 Osborne (9-1).
2. Victoria (8-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 62-16 win vs. No. 7 South Barber (8-2). This week: at No. 7 Dighton (6-4).
3. Minneola (10-0, LW: 3)
Last week: 28-6 win vs. No. 6 Sylvan-Lucas (7-2). This week: at No. 8 South Central (7-3).
4. Frankfort (8-2, LW: 8)
Last week: 66-28 win at No. 4 Canton-Galva (8-2). This week: at No. 5 Hanover (6-4).
5. Hanover (6-4, LW: UR)
Last week: 30-14 win at Lebo (6-4). This week: vs. No. 5 Frankfort (8-2).
6. Osborne (9-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 60-6 win vs. Rural Vista (5-5). This week: at No. 1 Axtell (10-0).
7. Dighton (6-4, LW: UR)
Last week: 36-16 win at No. 9 Wallace County (6-4). This week: vs. No. 2 Victoria (8-1).
8. South Central (7-3, LW: UR)
Last week: 58-12 win vs. No. 10 Central Plains (7-3). This week: vs. No. 3 Minneola (10-0).
6-man rankings
1. Cheylin (10-0, LW: 1)
Last week: 80-0 win vs. Greeley County (4-6). This week: at No. 6 Ingalls (8-2).
2. Ashland (9-1, LW: 2)
Last week: 80-12 win vs. Triplains-Brewster (4-6). This week: at No. 5 Northern Valley (9-1).
3. Cunningham (9-1, LW: 3)
Last week: 66-0 win vs. Centre (4-4). This week: vs. No. 8 Pawnee Heights (6-4).
4. Waverly (8-0, LW: 4)
Last week: 60-13 win vs. Altoona-Midway (3-7). This week: vs. No. 7 Tescott (7-2).
5. Northern Valley (9-1, LW: 5)
Last week: 74-25 win vs. No. 8 Deerfield (6-3). This week: vs. No. 2 Ashland (9-1).
6. Ingalls (8-2, LW: 6)
Last week: 52-0 win vs. Golden Plains (2-7). This week: vs. No. 1 Cheylin (10-0).
7. Tescott (7-2, LW: 7)
Last week: 69-19 win vs. No. 10 Peabody-Burns (6-4). This week: at No. 4 Waverly (8-0).
8. Pawnee Heights (6-4, LW: UR)
Last week: 49-34 win at No. 9 Chetopa (6-3). This week: vs. No. 3 Cunningham (9-1).
