First Kansas high school football state rankings for each class release (Week 2)
Following the Week 1 slate of games played on Friday, Sept. 1, Varsity Kansas has released its first batch 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 2 games.
Class 6A rankings
1. Manhattan (1-0)
Last week: 33-19 win vs. No. 5 Derby (0-1). Next week: vs. Topeka (0-1).
2. Wichita Northwest (1-0)
Last week: 58-7 win vs. Bishop Carroll (0-1). Next week: at Wichita Heights (1-0).
3. Gardner-Edgerton (1-0)
Last week: 42-7 win at Shawnee Mission East (0-1). Next week: vs. Shawnee Mission South (0-1).
4. Blue Valley Northwest (1-0)
Last week: 30-21 win vs. St. James Academy (0-1). Next week: at 4A No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (1-0).
5. Olathe North (1-0)
Last week: 42-14 win at Olathe East (0-1). Next week: at No. 10 Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-0).
6. Derby (0-1)
Last week: 33-19 loss at No. 2 Manhattan (1-0). Next week: vs. Salina South (0-1).
7. Lawrence (1-0)
Last week: 41-22 win at Olathe South (0-1). Next week: vs. Olathe West (0-1).
8. Lawrence Free State (1-0)
Last week: 47-29 win at Olathe West (0-1). Next week: at Olathe Northwest (0-1).
9. Washburn Rural (1-0)
Last week: 26-25 win vs. Wichita East (0-1). Next week: vs. 5A No. 5 De Soto (1-0).
10. Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-0)
Last week: 48-6 win at Shawnee Mission West (0-1). Next week: vs. No. 6 Olathe North (1-0).
Next five out: Blue Valley West (0-1), Wichita East (0-1), Blue Valley (0-1), Junction City (0-1), Wichita Heights (1-0).
Class 5A rankings
1. Mill Valley (1-0)
Last week: 42-13 win vs. Olathe Northwest (0-1). Next week: at Shawnee Mission West (0-1).
2. Blue Valley Southwest (1-0)
Last week: 33-19 win at Blue Valley (0-1). Next week: vs. 4A No. 1 Bishop Miege (1-0).
3. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (1-0)
Last week: 72-14 win vs. Wichita South (0-1). Next week: at Wichita East (0-1).
4. Maize (1-0)
Last week: 43-0 win at Topeka (0-1). Next week: vs. 4A No. 5 Andover Central (1-0).
5. De Soto (1-0)
Last week: 42-21 win vs. Lansing (0-1). Next week: at 6A No. 9 Washburn Rural (1-0).
6. Maize South (1-0)
Last week: 48-27 win at Andover (0-1). Next week: vs. Campus (0-1).
7. Hays (1-0)
Last week: 20-14 OT win at Junction City (0-1). Next week: vs. Great Bend (1-0).
8. Goddard (1-0)
Last week: 46-8 win at Campus (0-1). This week: vs. Valley Center (1-0).
9. Goddard Eisenhower (1-0)
Last week: 7-3 win vs. Hutchinson (0-1). Next week: at No. 10 Salina Central (1-0).
10. Salina Central (1-0)
Last week: 54-28 win at Salina South (0-1). Next week: vs. No. 9 Goddard Eisenhower (1-0).
Next five out: Hutchinson (0-1), Bishop Carroll (0-1), Great Bend (1-0), Pittsburg (1-0), Shawnee Heights (1-0).
Class 4A rankings
1. Bishop Miege (1-0)
Last week: 54-14 win vs. Blue Valley North (0-1). This week: at 5A No. 2 Blue Valley Southwest (1-0).
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (1-0)
Last week: 49-42 win at Blue Valley West (0-1). This week: vs. 6A No. 4 Blue Valley Northwest (1-0).
3. St. James Academy (0-1)
Last week: 30-21 loss at 6A No. 4 Blue Valley Northwest (1-0). This week: vs. Blue Valley (0-1).
4. Eudora (1-0)
Last week: 48-7 win vs. Baldwin (0-1). This week: at Bonner Springs (0-1).
5. Andover Central (1-0)
Last week: 20-14 win vs. Buhler (0-1). This week: at 5A No. 4 Maize (1-0).
6. Louisburg (1-0)
Last week: 48-14 win vs. Rogers-Heritage (Ark.). This week: vs. Paola (1-0).
7. Chanute (1-0)
Last week: 42-21 win vs. Augusta (0-1). This week: at Pittsburg (1-0).
8. Tonganoxie (1-0)
Last week: 34-20 win vs. Basehor-Linwood (0-1). This week: at Spring Hill (1-0).
9. McPherson (0-1)
Last week: 29-16 loss at Great Bend (1-0). This week: at Augusta (0-1).
10. Buhler (0-1)
Last week: 20-14 loss at No. 4 Andover Central (1-0). This week: vs. Circle (0-1).
Next five out: Wamego (0-1), Labette County (1-0), Paola (1-0), Abilene (1-0), Atchison (1-0).
Class 3A rankings
1. Andale (1-0)
Last week: 75-28 win vs. Wellington (0-1). This week: vs. Rose Hill (0-1).
2. Cheney (1-0)
Last week: 34-7 win at Kingman (0-1). This week: vs. Garden Plain (1-0).
3. Clay Center (1-0)
Last week: 19-7 win vs. Wamego (0-1). This week: vs. Chapman (1-0).
4. Topeka Hayden (1-0)
Last week: 41-7 win at Olpe (0-1). This week: vs. 2A No. 4 Silver Lake (1-0).
5. Wichita Collegiate (1-0)
Last week: 35-0 win at Rose Hill (0-1). This week: vs. El Dorado (0-1).
6. Pratt (1-0)
Last week: 48-12 win at Larned (0-1). This week: at Hesston (0-1).
7. Scott City (1-0)
Last week: 49-13 win at Cimarron (0-1). This week: vs. Wray (Colo.).
8. Holton (0-1)
Last week: 31-6 loss at 2A No. 1 Nemaha Central (1-0). This week: at 2A No. 2 Sabetha (1-0).
9. Frontenac (0-1)
Last week: 27-20 loss at 1A No. 1 Pittsburg-St. Marys Colgan (1-0). This week: vs. Riverton (1-0).
10. Wellsville (1-0)
Last week: 40-12 win vs. Anderson County (0-1). This week: at Iola (1-0).
Next five out: Girard (1-0), Hugoton (1-0), Burlington (1-0), Chapman (1-0), Clearwater (1-0).
Class 2A rankings
1. Nemaha Central (1-0)
Last week: 31-6 win vs. 3A No. 8 Holton (0-1). This week: at Royal Valley (0-1).
2. Sabetha (1-0)
Last week: 30-0 win at Perry-Lecompton (0-1). This week: vs. 3A No. 8 Holton (0-1).
3. Hoisington (1-0)
Last week: 39-7 win vs. Hesston (0-1). This week: at Halstead (1-0).
4. Rossville (1-0)
Last week: 30-22 win vs. 1A No. 5 St. Marys (0-1). This week: vs. Riley County (0-1).
5. Silver Lake (1-0)
Last week: 40-24 win vs. Riley County (0-1). This week: at 3A No. 4 Topeka Hayden (1-0).
6. Ellsworth (1-0)
Last week: 22-14 win at Beloit (0-1). This week: vs. Republic County (0-1).
7. Southeast of Saline (1-0)
Last week: 26-7 win at Rock Creek (0-1). This week: vs. Beloit (0-1).
8. Kingman (0-1)
Last week: 34-7 loss vs. 3A No. 2 Cheney (1-0). This week: at Conway Springs (0-1).
9. Garden Plain (1-0)
Last week: 20-14 win vs. Conway Springs (0-1). This week: at 3A No. 2 Cheney (1-0).
10. Russell (1-0)
Last week: 47-28 win vs. Ellis (0-1). This week: at Plainville (0-1).
Next five out: Caney Valley (1-0), Humboldt (1-0), Halstead (1-0), Norton (1-0), Osage City (1-0).
Class 1A rankings
1. Pittsburg-St. Marys Colgan (1-0)
Last week: 27-20 win vs. 3A No. 9 Frontenac (0-1). This week: vs. Girard (1-0).
2. Smith Center (1-0)
Last week: 28-20 win at Phillipsburg (0-1). This week: vs. Norton (1-0).
3. Sedgwick (1-0)
Last week: 42-7 win at Hutchinson Trinity (0-1). This week: vs. Inman (0-1).
4. Jefferson County North (1-0)
Last week: 62-0 win vs. Pleasant Ridge (0-1). This week: at Atchison County (1-0).
5. St. Marys (0-1)
Last week: 30-22 loss at 3A No. 4 Rossville (1-0). This week: at Rock Creek (0-1).
6. Centralia (1-0)
Last week: 18-16 win vs. Valley Heights (0-1). This week: at Christ Prep Academy (1-0).
7. Marion (1-0)
Last week: 46-22 win vs. Inman (0-1). This week: at Sterling (1-0).
8. Wabaunsee (1-0)
Last week: 46-28 win vs. Troy (0-1). This week: at Northern Heights (0-1).
9. Conway Springs (0-1)
Last week: 20-14 loss at 2A No. 9 Garden Plain (1-0). This week: vs. 2A No. 8 Kingman (0-1).
10. Jayhawk-Linn (1-0)
Last week: 52-14 win at Arma-Northeast (0-1). This week: at Cherokee-Southeast (0-1).
Next five out: Inman (0-1), Olpe (0-1), Jackson Heights (1-0), Sterling (1-0), Valley Heights (0-1), Pleasanton (1-0).
8-man Division I rankings
1. Wichita County (1-0)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Wheatland-Grinnell (0-1). This week: vs. Elkhart (1-0).
2. Lyndon (1-0)
Last week: 54-0 win vs. Lebo (0-1). This week: vs. Herington (1-0).
3. Meade (1-0)
Last week: 22-14 win vs. South Central (0-1). This week: vs. Div. II No. 8 Hodgeman County (1-0).
4. West Elk (1-0)
Last week: 70-8 win vs. Udall (0-1). This week: vs. Oxford (1-0).
5. Burlingame (1-0)
Last week: 49-0 win vs. Marais des Cygnes Valley (0-1). This week: at Lebo (0-1).
6. Quinter (1-0)
Last week: 30-28 OT win at Wallace County (0-1). This week: vs. St. Francis (0-1).
7. Little River (1-0)
Last week: 42-40 win vs. Div. II No. 10 Canton-Galva (0-1). This week: at Rural Vista (1-0).
8. Clifton-Clyde (1-0)
Last week: 50-8 win vs. Hanover (0-1). This week: at Blue Valley-Randolph (1-0).
9. Hoxie (1-0)
Last week: 47-0 win vs. WaKeeney-Trego (0-1). This week: at Wheatland-Grinnell (0-1).
10. Hill City (0-1)
Last week: 28-16 loss vs. Div. II No. 2 Osborne (1-0). This week: at WaKeeney-Trego (0-1).
Next five out: Rawlins County (1-0), Moundridge (1-0), South Sumner County (1-0), Argonia-Attica (1-0), Cair Paravel (0-1).
8-man Division II rankings
1. Axtell (1-0)
Last week: 60-44 win vs. Cair Paravel (0-1). This week: at Hartford (0-1).
2. Osborne (1-0)
Last week: 28-16 win at Div. I No. 10 Hill City (0-1). This week: vs. Stockton (0-1).
3. Dighton (1-0)
Last week: 52-16 win vs. Decatur County (0-1). This week: at Rawlins County (1-0).
4. Kinsley (1-0)
Last week: 20-14 win vs. No. 6 Victoria (0-1). This week: vs. Otis-Bison (0-1).
5. Minneola (1-0)
Last week: 68-14 win vs. Kiowa County (0-1). This week: at Spearville (0-1).
6. Victoria (0-1)
Last week: 20-14 loss at No. 4 Kinsley (1-0). This week: at La Crosse (1-0).
7. Bucklin (1-0)
Last week: 52-24 win vs. Spearville (0-1). This week: at Kiowa County (0-1).
8. Hodgeman County (1-0)
Last week: 56-8 win vs. South Gray (0-1). This week: at Div. I No. 3 Meade (1-0).
9. Wallace County (0-1)
Last week: 30-28 OT loss vs. Quinter (1-0). This week: at Decatur County (0-1).
10. Canton-Galva (0-1)
Last week: 42-40 loss at Div. I No. 7 Little River (1-0). This week: vs. Goessel (0-1).
Next five out: Hutchinson Central Christian (1-0), Central Plains (1-0), Colony-Crest (1-0), Frankfort (1-0), Sylvan-Lucas (1-0).
6-man rankings
1. Ashland (1-0)
Last week: 32-22 win at No. 2 Cunningham (0-1). This week: at Golden Plains (0-1).
2. Cunningham (0-1)
Last week: 32-22 loss vs. No. 1 Ashland (0-1). This week: at Moscow (0-1).
3. Cheylin (1-0)
Last week: 50-0 win vs. Cheyenne Wells (Colo.). This week: at Weskan (1-0).
4. Waverly (1-0)
Last week: 54-6 win vs. Southern Coffey County (0-1). This week: vs. Altoona-Midway (0-1).
5. Northern Valley (1-0)
Last week: 66-7 win vs. Southern Cloud (0-1). This week: vs. No. 7 Tescott (1-0).
6. Ingalls (1-0)
Last week: 55-18 win at Greeley County (0-1). This week: vs. Triplains-Brewster (0-1).
7. Tescott (1-0)
Last week: 45-26 win vs. Peabody-Burns (0-1). This week: at No. 5 Northern Valley (1-0).
8. Pawnee Heights (1-0)
Last week: 47-20 win at Moscow (0-1). This week: vs. Chase (0-0).
9. Centre (1-0)
Last week: 74-27 win vs. Burrton (0-1). This week: vs. Southern Coffey County (0-1).
10. Deerfield (1-0)
Last week: 51-18 win vs. Triplains-Brewster (0-1). This week: Western Plains (0-1).
First five out: Chetopa (1-0), Rolla (1-0), Peabody-Burns (0-1), Moscow (0-1), Burrton (0-1).
