New Kansas high school football team rankings release for each class ahead of Week 8

Taylor Eldridge
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Following the Week 7 slate of games played on Friday, Oct 13, Varsity Kansas has released its seventh 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 the final regular-season games on the schedule.

Class 6A rankings

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

Last week: 46-0 win at Emporia (0-7). This week: at Topeka West (1-6).

2. Manhattan (6-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 42-0 win at Lansing (3-4). This week: at No. 7 Wichita Northwest (6-1).

3. Gardner-Edgerton (6-1, LW: 1)

Last week: 21-7 loss vs. Olathe East (5-2). This week: vs. Olathe South (5-2).

4. Olathe North (6-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 28-14 win vs. 5A No. 1 Mill Valley (5-2). This week: at Lawrence Free State (6-1).

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

Last week: 35-27 win vs. 5A No. 6 Maize South (5-2). This week: at Newton (3-4).

6. Wichita East (5-2, LW: 6)

Last week: 78-0 win vs. Wichita North (0-7). This week: at Bishop Carroll (3-4).

7. Wichita Northwest (6-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 55-13 win vs. Wichita West (2-5). This week: vs. No. 2 Manhattan (6-1).

8. Olathe East (5-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 21-7 win at No. 1 Gardner-Edgerton (6-1). This week: vs. Shawnee Mission Northwest (3-4).

9. Blue Valley Northwest (4-3, LW: 9)

Last week: 28-7 win vs. Blue Valley North (0-7). This week: at 4A No. 1 Bishop Miege (6-1).

10. Lawrence (5-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 31-24 overtime win at No. 8 Lawrence Free State (6-1). This week: at Shawnee Mission West (0-7).

Next five out: Lawrence Free State (6-1, LW: 8), Blue Valley (3-4, LW: 10), Blue Valley West (3-4), Junction City (4-3), Olathe South (5-2).

Class 5A rankings

1. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (6-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 35-14 win at 4A No. 10 St. James Academy (1-6). This week: at Wichita Heights (5-2).

2. Mill Valley (5-2, LW: 1)

Last week: 28-14 loss at 6A No. 4 Olathe North (6-1). This week: vs. Shawnee Mission East (3-4).

3. Blue Valley Southwest (6-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 50-0 win at Kansas City Wyandotte (1-6). This week: vs. 4A No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (5-2).

4. Goddard Eisenhower (7-0, LW: 4)

Last week: 56-7 win vs. Salina South (0-7). This week: at No. 9 Goddard (5-2).

5. De Soto (6-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 49-0 win at Kansas City Turner (0-7). This week: vs. 4A No. 9 Basehor-Linwood (5-2).

6. Maize South (5-2, LW: 6)

Last week: 35-27 loss at 6A No. 5 Derby (6-1). This week: vs. Salina South (0-7).

7. Spring Hill (6-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 61-26 win at Fort Scott (3-4). This week: vs. 4A No. 3 Louisburg (7-0).

8. Hutchinson (5-2, LW: 8)

Last week: 36-17 win vs. Maize (2-5). This week: at Andover (0-7).

9. Goddard (5-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 42-35 win at No. 9 Salina Central (5-2). This week: vs. No. 4 Goddard Eisenhower (7-0).

10. Salina Central (5-2, LW: 9)

Last week: 42-35 loss vs. Goddard (5-2). This week: vs. Arkansas City (1-6).

Next five out: Valley Center (5-2), Shawnee Heights (5-2), Hays (5-2), Liberal (6-1, LW: 10), Bishop Carroll (3-4).

Class 4A rankings

1. Bishop Miege (6-1, LW: 1)

Last week: 21-13 win at Blue Valley West (3-4). This week: vs. 6A No. 9 Blue Valley Northwest (4-3).

2. St. Thomas Aquinas (5-2, LW: 2)

Last week: 10-7 win at 6A No. 10 Blue Valley (3-4). This week: at 5A No. 3 Blue Valley Southwest (6-1).

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

Last week: 33-0 win vs. Ottawa (3-4). This week: at 5A No. 7 Spring Hill (6-1).

4. Tonganoxie (5-2, LW: 4)

Last week: 21-7 win vs. Eudora (3-4). This week: at Ottawa (3-4).

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

Last week: 34-18 win at Rose Hill (3-4). This week: at McPherson (4-3).

6. Wamego (5-2, LW: 6)

Last week: 45-10 win vs. Clearwater (2-5). This week: at Abilene (6-1).

7. Andover Central (4-3, LW: 7)

Last week: 43-7 win vs. Andover (0-7). This week: at Valley Center (5-2).

8. Atchison (7-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 42-0 win vs. Perry-Lecompton (2-5). This week: vs. Kansas City Wyandotte (1-6).

9. Basehor-Linwood (5-2, LW: 9)

Last week: 27-24 win vs. Topeka Seaman (3-4). This week: at 5A No. 5 De Soto (6-1).

10. St. James Academy (1-6, LW: 10)

Last week: 35-14 loss vs. 5A No. 2 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (6-1). This week: at Blue Valley North (0-7).

Next five out: Chanute (6-1), Abilene (6-1), Paola (4-3), McPherson (4-3), Ottawa (3-4).

Class 3A rankings

1. Cheney (7-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 36-30 overtime win vs. No. 1 Andale (6-1). This week: vs. Halstead (3-4).

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

Last week: 36-30 overtime loss at No. 2 Cheney (7-0). This week: vs. Pratt (4-3).

3. Topeka Hayden (7-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 24-7 win vs. Holton (3-4). This week: vs. Hiawatha (1-6).

4. Clay Center (6-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 26-12 win vs. Rock Creek (4-3). This week: at Marysville (3-4).

5. Wichita Collegiate (6-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 56-0 win at Wichita Trinity Academy (2-5). This week: vs. Hesston (4-3).

6. Wellsville (7-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 58-16 win at Santa Fe Trail (5-2). This week: vs. Baldwin (2-5).

7. Frontenac (6-1, LW: 8)

Last week: 10-8 win vs. No. 9 Parsons (6-1). This week: at Galena (0-7).

8. Scott City (6-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 58-14 win at Goodland (1-6). This week: vs. Colby (4-3).

9. Holcomb (5-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 21-13 win at No. 10 Hugoton (5-2). This week: vs. Southwestern Heights (1-6).

10. Parsons (6-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 10-8 loss at No. 8 Frontenac (6-1). This week: vs. Columbus (2-5).

Next five out: Hugoton (5-2, LW: 10), Rock Creek (4-3), Holton (3-4), Santa Fe Trail (5-2), Iola (4-3).

Class 2A rankings

1. Nemaha Central (7-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 30-0 win vs. Riley County (3-4). This week: at No. 2 Sabetha (7-0).

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

Last week: 55-6 win at Horton (0-7). This week: vs. No. 1 Nemaha Central (7-0).

3. Southeast of Saline (7-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 60-7 win vs. Lyons (0-7). This week: at No. 5 Ellsworth (7-0).

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

Last week: 34-6 win vs. Larned (5-2). This week: at Cimarron (1-6).

5. Ellsworth (7-0, LW: 5)

Last week: 21-0 win at Halstead (3-4). This week: vs. No. 3 Southeast of Saline (7-0).

6. Norton (7-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 28-6 win at Thomas More Prep (4-3). This week: at Russell (3-4).

7. Garden Plain (6-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 48-7 win at Douglass (0-7). This week: vs. No. 9 Kingman (6-1).

8. Silver Lake (6-1, LW: 8)

Last week: 60-0 win at Maur Hill-Mount Academy (0-7). This week: vs. Atchison County (4-3).

9. Kingman (6-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 33-0 win vs. Haven (4-3). This week: at No. 7 Garden Plain (6-1).

10. Osage City (6-1, LW: 10)

Last week: 46-13 win vs. West Franklin (3-4). This week: at Council Grove (5-2).

Next five out: Humboldt (6-1), Minneapolis (4-3), Council Grove (5-2), Hillsboro (4-3), Halstead (3-4).

Class 1A rankings

1. Pittsburg-St. Marys Colgan (7-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 63-8 win vs. Erie (4-3). This week: at Uniontown (2-5).

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

Last week: 48-0 win vs. Sacred Heart (1-6). This week: at Valley Heights (6-1).

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

Last week: 59-8 win at Bluestem (0-7). This week: vs. No. 6 Sedgwick (6-1).

4. Jefferson County North (6-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 72-6 win vs. Valley Falls (1-6). This week: at Mission Valley (3-4).

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

Last week: 46-8 win vs. Riverside (2-5). This week: at Pleasant Ridge (2-5).

6. Sedgwick (6-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 59-32 win vs. Belle Plaine (2-5). This week: at No. 3 Marion (7-0).

7. St. Marys (4-3, LW: 8)

Last week: 45-6 win vs. Mission Valley (3-4). This week: at McLouth (5-2).

8. Valley Heights (6-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 64-26 win at No. 10 Wabaunsee (4-3). This week: vs. No. 2 Smith Center (6-1).

9. Olpe (5-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 35-6 win vs. No. 6 Jayhawk-Linn (6-1). This week: at Central Heights (4-3).

10. Conway Springs (5-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 37-8 win at Inman (2-5). This week: vs. Hutchinson Trinity (3-4).

Next five out: Jackson Heights (6-1), Jayhawk-Linn (6-1, LW: 6), Wabaunsee (4-3, LW: 10), Medicine Lodge (5-2), Sterling (4-3).

8-man Division I rankings

1. Wichita County (7-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 64-0 win at Sublette (4-3). This week: vs. South Gray (1-6).

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

Last week: 52-0 win vs. Maranatha Academy (2-5). This week: at Burlingame (5-2).

3. Rawlins County (7-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 58-12 win at Decatur County (2-5). This week: vs. Hoxie (6-1).

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

Last week: 48-0 win vs. Goessel (1-6). This week: at Herington (5-2).

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

Last week: 60-14 win vs. Spearville (2-5). This week: at Elkhart (5-2).

6. Burden-Central (7-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 54-0 win at Wichita Independent (2-5). This week: vs. No. 6 South Sumner County (7-0).

7. Ell-Saline (6-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 56-0 win at Washington County (2-5). This week: vs. Lincoln (5-2).

8. West Elk (6-1, LW: 8)

Last week: 52-15 win at Oswego (3-4). This week: vs. Yates Center (0-7).

9. South Sumner County (7-0, LW: 10)

Last week: 50-28 win vs. Argonia-Attica (5-2). This week: at No. 6 Burden-Central (7-0).

10. Cair Paravel (5-2, LW: 10)

Last week: 52-16 win vs. Chase County (4-3). This week: at Maranatha Academy (2-5).

Next five out: Hoxie (6-1), Hill City (4-3), Clifton-Clyde (5-2), Little River (5-2), WaKeeney-Trego (5-2).

8-man Division II rankings

1. Axtell (7-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 46-0 win at No. 8 Frankfort (5-2). This week: vs. Doniphan West (0-7).

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

Last week: 54-12 win at Sylvan-Lucas (5-1). This week: vs. Otis-Bison (0-7).

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

Last week: 74-40 win at No. 9 Hodgeman County (5-2). This week: vs. Dighton (4-3).

4. Kinsley (6-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 62-14 win vs. St. John (3-4). This week: at Stafford (1-6).

5. Canton-Galva (6-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 60-8 win at Beloit-St. Johns Tipton (1-6). This week: at Rural Vista (4-3).

6. Osborne (6-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 68-0 win vs. Pike Valley (0-7). This week: at Fairfield (0-7).

7. Sylvan-Lucas (5-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 54-12 loss vs. No. 2 Victoria (5-1). This week: at Logan-Palco (2-5).

8. Hodgeman County (5-1, LW: 8)

Last week: 74-40 loss vs. No. 3 Minneola (7-0). This week: at No. 9 South Barber (6-1).

9. South Barber (6-1, LW: 10)

Last week: 48-0 win vs. Stafford (1-6). This week: vs. No. 8 Hodgeman County (5-2).

10. Frankfort (5-2, LW: 9)

Last week: 46-0 loss vs. No. 1 Axtell (7-0). This week: at Hanover (4-3).

Next five out: Wallace County (4-3), Central Plains (5-2), Thunder Ridge (5-2), Lebo (4-3), South Central (4-3).

6-man rankings

1. Cheylin (7-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 66-0 win at Triplains-Brewster (2-5). This week: vs. Golden Plains (2-5).

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

Last week: 78-42 win at No. 6 Ingalls (5-2). This week: vs. No. 9 Chetopa (5-1).

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

Last week: 68-0 win at Burrton (2-5). This week: vs. Southern Cloud (1-6).

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

Last week: 52-7 win vs. No. 10 Peabody-Burns (4-3). This week: at Southern Coffey County (2-5).

5. Northern Valley (6-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 49-0 win at Golden Plains (2-5). This week: vs. Western Plains (0-7).

6. Ingalls (5-2, LW: 6)

Last week: 78-42 loss vs. No. 1 Ashland (7-0). This week: at Deerfield (5-1).

7. Tescott (5-2, LW: 7)

Last week: Open. This week: vs. Chase (0-6).

8. Deerfield (5-1, LW: 8)

Last week: Forfeit win at Rolla (1-5). This week: vs. No. 6 Ingalls (5-2).

9. Chetopa (5-1, LW: 9)

Last week: Open. This week: at No. 2 Ashland (6-1).

10. Peabody-Burns (4-3, LW: 10)

Last week: 52-7 loss at No. 4 Waverly (7-0). This week: vs. Centre (3-3).

First five out: Pawnee Heights (4-3), Southern Coffey County (2-5), Centre (3-3), Burrton (2-5), Greeley County (3-4).