New Kansas high school football team rankings release for each class ahead of Week 3

Taylor Eldridge
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Following the Week 2 slate of games played on Friday, Sept. 8, Varsity Kansas has released its second 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 3 games on the schedule.

Class 6A rankings

1. Manhattan (2-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 55-19 win at Topeka (0-2). This week: vs. 5A No. 6 Hays (2-0).

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

Last week: 41-13 win at Wichita Heights (1-1). This week: at 5A No. 2 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (2-0).

3. Gardner-Edgerton (2-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 58-0 win at Shawnee Mission South (0-2). This week: vs. Olathe West (0-2).

4. Olathe North (2-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 35-23 win at No. 10 Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-1). This week: vs. Shawnee Mission North (1-1).

5. Derby (1-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 63-0 win vs. Salina South (0-2). This week: vs. 5A No. 10 Bishop Carroll (1-1).

6. Blue Valley Northwest (1-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 28-14 loss at 4A No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (2-0). This week: vs. No. 10 Blue Valley (1-1).

7. Washburn Rural (2-0, LW: 9)

Last week: 28-14 win vs. 5A No. 5 De Soto (1-1). This week: at Kansas City Piper (1-1).

8. Lawrence (2-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 49-14 win vs. Olathe West (0-2). This week: vs. Shawnee Mission East (0-2).

9. Lawrence Free State (2-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 26-0 win at Olathe Northwest (0-2). This week: vs. Olathe East (1-1).

10. Blue Valley (1-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 17-3 win at 4A No. 4 St. James Academy (0-2). This week: at No. 6 Blue Valley Northwest (1-1).

Next five out: Blue Valley West (1-1), Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-1, LW: 10), Junction City (1-1), Olathe South (1-1), Wichita East (0-2).

Class 5A rankings

1. Mill Valley (2-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 65-7 win at Shawnee Mission West (0-2). This week: at Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-1).

2. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (2-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 43-29 win at Wichita East (0-2). This week: vs. 6A No. 2 Wichita Northwest (2-0).

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

Last week: 51-28 loss vs. 4A No. 1 Bishop Miege (1-1). This week: at Blue Valley West (1-1).

4. Maize South (2-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 49-7 win vs. Campus (2-0). This week: vs. Hutchinson (1-1).

5. Goddard Eisenhower (2-0, LW: 9)

Last week: 44-28 win at No. 10 Salina Central (1-1). This week: at No. 8 Valley Center (2-0).

6. Hays (2-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 28-27 win vs. Great Bend (1-1). This week: at 6A No. 1 Manhattan (2-0).

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

Last week: 28-14 loss at 6A No. 9 Washburn Rural (2-0). This week: at Topeka West (0-2).

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

Last week: 24-21 loss vs. 4A No. 5 Andover Central (2-0). This week: at Newton (0-2).

9. Bishop Carroll (1-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 47-7 win vs. Wichita South (0-2). This week: at 6A No. 5 Derby (1-1).

10. Valley Center (2-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 14-6 win at No. 8 Goddard (1-1). This week: vs. No. 5 Goddard Eisenhower (2-0).

Next five out: Topeka Seaman (2-0), Goddard (1-1, LW: 8), Salina Central (1-1, LW: 10), Spring Hill (2-0), Hutchinson (1-1).

Class 4A rankings

1. Bishop Miege (2-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 51-28 win at 5A No. 2 Blue Valley Southwest (1-1). This week: vs. No. 3 St. James Academy (0-2).

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

Last week: 28-14 win vs. 6A No. 4 Blue Valley Northwest (1-1). This week: vs. Blue Valley North (0-2).

3. Andover Central (2-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 24-21 win at 5A No. 4 Maize (1-1). This week: vs. Arkansas City (1-1).

4. St. James Academy (0-2, LW: 3)

Last week: 17-3 loss vs. Blue Valley (1-1). This week: at No. 1 Bishop Miege (2-0).

5. Eudora (2-0, LW: 4)

Last week: 55-8 win at Bonner Springs (0-2). This week: vs. Spring Hill (2-0).

6. Louisburg (2-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 35-20 win vs. Paola (1-1). This week: at Baldwin (0-2).

7. Chanute (2-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 27-0 win at Pittsburg (0-2). This week: at Tonganoxie (1-1).

8. McPherson (1-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 57-10 win at Augusta (0-2). This week: vs. Junction City (1-1).

9. Buhler (1-1, LW: 10)

Last week: 21-13 win vs. Circle (0-2). This week: vs. Great Bend (1-1).

10. Wamego (1-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 49-0 win vs. Marysville (0-2). This week: vs. Concordia (0-2).

Next five out: Tonganoxie (1-1, LW: 8), Abilene (2-0), Atchison (2-0), Paola (1-1), Mulvane (2-0).

Class 3A rankings

1. Andale (2-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 64-13 win vs. Rose Hill (0-2). This week: at El Dorado (0-2).

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

Last week: 41-14 win vs. 1A No. 9 Garden Plain (1-1). This week: at Douglass (0-2).

3. Topeka Hayden (2-0, LW: 4)

Last week: 56-7 win vs. 2A No. 4 Silver Lake (1-1). This week: at 2A No. 9 Rossville (1-1).

4. Clay Center (2-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 61-0 win vs. Chapman (1-1). This week: at Abilene (2-0).

5. Wichita Collegiate (2-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 60-7 win vs. El Dorado (0-2). This week: vs. Wellington (1-1).

6. Pratt (2-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 54-13 win at Hesston (0-2). This week: vs. Halstead (1-1).

7. Scott City (2-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 54-22 win vs. Wray (Colo.). This week: vs. Millwood (Okla.).

8. Frontenac (1-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 21-18 win vs. Riverton (1-1). This week: vs. Bishop Ward (0-2).

9. Wellsville (2-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 35-6 win at Iola (1-1). This week: vs. Burlington (1-1).

10. Hugoton (2-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 55-13 win at Ulysses (0-2). This week: vs. Guymon (Okla.).

Next five out: Parsons (2-0), Girard (1-1), Holton (0-2, LW: 8), Burlington (1-1), Baxter Springs (2-0).

Class 2A rankings

1. Nemaha Central (2-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 62-0 win at Royal Valley (0-2). This week: at Perry-Lecompton (1-1).

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

Last week: 24-8 win vs. 3A No. 8 Holton (0-2). This week: at Jefferson West (1-1).

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

Last week: 38-14 win at Halstead (1-1). This week: vs. Lyons (0-2).

4. Ellsworth (2-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 62-6 win vs. Republic County (0-2). This week: at Sacred Heart (0-2).

5. Southeast of Saline (2-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 52-6 win v. Beloit (0-2). This week: vs. Minneapolis (2-0).

6. Silver Lake (1-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 56-7 loss at 3A No. 4 Topeka Hayden (2-0). This week: at St. Marys (0-2).

7. Norton (2-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 12-8 win at 1A No. 2 Smith Center (1-1). This week: vs. Oakley (0-2).

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

Last week: 40-19 win at 1A No. 9 Conway Springs (0-2). This week: at Trinity Academy (2-0).

9. Russell (2-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 20-13 win at Plainville (0-2). This week: vs. 1A No. 6 Smith Center (1-1).

10. Humboldt (2-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 28-8 win at Caney Valley (1-1). This week: at Neodesha (1-1).

Next five out: Rossville (1-1, LW: 4), Council Grove (2-0), Garden Plain (1-1, LW: 9), Osage City (2-0), Thomas More Prep (2-0).

Class 1A rankings

1. Pittsburg-St. Marys Colgan (2-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 47-8 win vs. Girard (1-1). This week: at Riverton (1-1).

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

Last week: 35-20 win vs. Inman (0-2). This week: at Sterling (1-1).

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

Last week: 36-0 win at Atchison County (1-1). This week: at No. 4 Wabaunsee (2-0).

4. Wabaunsee (2-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 56-0 win at Northern Heights (0-2). This week: vs. No. 3 Jefferson County North (2-0).

5. Centralia (2-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 44-32 win at Christ Prep Academy (1-1). This week: at Onaga (0-2).

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

Last week: 12-8 loss vs. Norton (2-0). This week: at 2A No. 10 Russell (2-0).

7. Marion (2-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 19-0 win at Sterling (1-1). This week: at Hutchinson Trinity (1-1).

8. Jayhawk-Linn (2-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 46-0 win at Cherokee-Southeast (0-2). This week: vs. Uniontown (0-2).

9. Olpe (1-1, LW: UR)

Last week: 42-32 win at Bishop Ward (0-2). This week: at Osage City (2-0).

10. Jackson Heights (2-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 42-6 win vs. Maur Hill-Mount Academy (0-2). This week: at Pleasant Ridge (1-1).

Next five out: St. Marys (0-2, LW: 5), Conway Springs (0-2, LW: 9), Pleasanton (2-0), Ellinwood (2-0), McLouth (2-0).

8-man Division I rankings

1. Wichita County (2-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 88-0 win vs. Elkhart (1-1). This week: at No. 9 Hoxie (2-0).

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

Last week: 62-0 win vs. Herington (1-1). This week: at Frankfort (2-0).

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

Last week: 54-34 win vs. Div. II No. 8 Hodgeman County (1-1). This week: at Satanta (0-2).

4. West Elk (2-0, LW: 4)

Last week: 56-6 win vs. Oxford (1-1). This week: at Burden-Central (2-0).

5. Burlingame (2-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 60-12 win at Lebo (0-2). This week: at Hartford (0-2).

6. Quinter (2-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 52-0 win vs. St. Francis (0-2). This week: vs. Div. II No. 5 Dighton (1-1).

7. Little River (2-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 60-20 win at Rural Vista (1-1). This week: at Ell-Saline (1-1).

8. Clifton-Clyde (2-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 46-0 win at Blue Valley-Randolph (1-1). This week: at Div. II No. 1 Axtell (2-0).

9. Hoxie (2-0, LW: 9)

Last week: 56-0 win at Wheatland-Grinnell (0-2). This week: vs. No. 1 Wichita County (2-0).

10. Rawlins County (2-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 30-12 win vs. Div. II No. 3 Dighton (1-1). This week: at Wallace County (1-1).

Next five out: Hill City (1-1, LW: 10), Moundridge (2-0), South Sumner County (2-0), Argonia-Attica (2-0), Cair Paravel (1-1).

8-man Division II rankings

1. Axtell (2-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 52-6 win at Hartford (0-2). This week: vs. Div. I No. 8 Clifton-Clyde (2-0).

2. Osborne (2-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 60-0 win vs. Stockton (0-2). This week: vs. Hanover (0-2).

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

Last week: 50-0 win vs. Otis-Bison (0-2). This week: at Macksville (1-1).

4. Minneola (2-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 68-20 win at Spearville (0-2). This week: vs. South Gray (1-1).

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

Last week: 30-12 loss at Rawlins County (2-0). This week: at Div. I No. 6 Quinter (2-0).

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

Last week: 44-22 win at La Crosse (1-1). This week: vs. Ness City (0-2).

7. Bucklin (2-0, LW: 7)

Last week: 30-12 win at Kiowa County (0-2). This week: at Sublette (2-0).

8. Wallace County (1-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 54-8 win at Decatur County (0-2). This week: vs. Div. I No. 10 Rawlins County (2-0).

9. Canton-Galva (1-1, LW: 10)

Last week: 62-14 win vs. Goessel (0-2). This week: vs. Solomon (1-1).

10. Central Plains (2-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 58-12 win at Macksville (1-1). This week: at La Crosse (1-1).

Next five out: Frankfort (2-0), Hodgeman County (1-1, LW: 8), Sylvan-Lucas (2-0), Marmaton Valley (2-0), Lakeside (2-0).

6-man rankings

1. Ashland (2-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 48-31 win at Golden Plains (0-2). This week: vs. No. 3 Cheylin (2-0).

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

Last week: 53-0 win at Moscow (0-2). This week: at Chase (0-1).

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

Last week: 47-0 win at Weskan (0-2). This week: at No. 1 Ashland (2-0).

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

Last week: 45-0 win vs. Altoona-Midway (0-2). This week: at Southern Cloud (1-1).

5. Northern Valley (2-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 40-7 win vs. No. 7 Tescott (1-1). This week: vs. No. 6 Ingalls (2-0).

6. Ingalls (2-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 51-0 win vs. Triplains-Brewster (0-2). This week: at No. 5 Northern Valley (2-0).

7. Pawnee Heights (2-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 56-6 win vs. Chase (0-1). This week: at No. 10 Tescott (1-1).

8. Deerfield (2-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 55-0 win vs. Western Plains (0-2). This week: vs. Golden Plains (0-2).

9. Chetopa (2-0, LW: UR)

Last week: 46-26 win at Peabody-Burns (0-2). This week: vs. Southern Coffey County (1-1).

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

Last week: 40-7 loss at No. 5 Northern Valley (2-0). This week: vs. No. 7 Pawnee Heights (2-0).

First five out: Southern Coffey County (1-1), Centre (1-1, LW: 9), Rolla (1-0), Southern Cloud (1-1), Peabody-Burns (0-2).