Ranking final 4 teams left in each class of Kansas high school football state playoffs

Taylor Eldridge
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Following the sectional round of the state playoffs, Varsity Kansas has released its final version of Kansas high school football team rankings ahead of the semifinal playoff games scheduled for Friday, November 17.

Here’s how the remaining eight teams left in each class are power ranked entering the second-to-last games of the KSHSAA postseason.

Class 6A rankings

1. Washburn Rural (11-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 35-14 win vs. No. 6 Wichita East (8-3). This week: vs. No. 2 Derby (10-1).

2. Derby (10-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 23-21 win at No. 2 Manhattan (9-2). This week: at No. 1 Washburn Rural (11-0).

3. Gardner-Edgerton (10-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 28-6 win vs. No. 7 Blue Valley Northwest (6-5). This week: vs. No. 4 Blue Valley (7-4).

4. Blue Valley (7-4, LW: 8)

Last week: 42-21 win at No. 4 Olathe North (9-2). This week: at No. 3 Gardner-Edgerton (10-1).

Class 5A rankings

1. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (10-1, LW: 1)

Last week: 57-47 win vs. No. 4 Maize South (8-3). This week: vs. No. 4 Goddard Eisenhower (10-1).

2. Mill Valley (9-2, LW: 2)

Last week: 72-42 win vs. No. 7 Topeka Seaman (6-5). This week: at No. 3 Blue Valley Southwest (10-1).

3. Blue Valley Southwest (10-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 38-10 win vs. No. 6 Shawnee Heights (8-3). This week: vs. No. 2 Mill Valley (9-2).

4. Goddard Eisenhower (10-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 35-14 win vs. No. 8 Maize (5-6). This week: at No. 1 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (10-1).

Class 4A rankings

1. St. Thomas Aquinas (8-3, LW: 1)

Last week: 38-7 win vs. No. 7 Basehor-Linwood (7-4). This week: at No. 2 Tonganoxie (9-2).

2. Tonganoxie (9-2, LW: 2)

Last week: 57-50 win at No. 5 Atchison (10-1). This week: vs. No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas (8-3).

3. Wamego (9-2, LW: 3)

Last week: 49-0 win vs. No. 8 Wellington (8-3). This week: vs. No. 4 Andover Central (8-3).

4. Andover Central (8-3, LW: 4)

Last week: 28-21 win vs. No. 6 McPherson (7-4). This week: at No. 3 Wamego (9-2).

Class 3A rankings

1. Cheney (11-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 23-21 win vs. No. 4 Clay Center (9-2). This week: vs. No. 2 Andale (10-1).

2. Andale (10-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 50-25 win vs. No. 5 Wichita Collegiate (9-2). This week: at No. 1 Cheney (11-0).

3. Topeka Hayden (11-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 64-19 win at No. 7 Parsons (9-2). This week: vs. No. 4 Holton (7-4).

4. Holton (7-4, LW: 8)

Last week: 35-22 win vs. No. 6 Frontenac (9-2). This week: at No. 3 Topeka Hayden (11-0).

Class 2A rankings

1. Nemaha Central (11-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 53-27 win vs. No. 7 Osage City (9-2). This week: vs. No. 3 Sabetha (10-1).

2. Hoisington (11-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 49-42 win vs. No. 2 Southeast of Saline (10-1). This week: at No. 4 Norton (11-0).

3. Sabetha (10-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 49-18 win vs. No. 8 Humboldt (9-2). This week: at No. 1 Nemaha Central (11-0).

4. Norton (11-0, LW: 6)

Last week: 20-6 win at No. 5 Ellsworth (9-2). This week: vs. No. 2 Hoisington (11-0).

Class 1A rankings

1. Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (11-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 33-8 win at No. 4 St. Marys (7-4). This week: vs. No. 2 Jefferson County North (10-1).

2. Jefferson County North (10-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 52-0 win vs. No. 6 Olpe (8-3). This week: at No. 1 Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (11-0).

3. Conway Springs (9-2, LW: 7)

Last week: 28-20 win at No. 3 Marion (9-2). This week: vs. No. 4 Medicine Lodge (9-2).

4. Medicine Lodge (9-2, LW: 8)

Last week: 48-30 win at No. 5 Valley Heights (8-3). This week: at No. 3 Conway Springs (9-2).

8-man Division I rankings

1. Wichita County (11-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 66-34 win at No. 7 Rawlins County (9-2). This week: vs. No. 4 Ell-Saline (10-1).

2. Lyndon (11-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 58-12 win vs. No. 8 West Elk (10-2). This week: vs. No. 3 Topeka Cair Paravel (9-2).

3. Topeka Cair Paravel (9-2, LW: 3)

Last week: 48-23 win at No. 4 Chase County (7-4). This week: at No. 2 Lyndon (11-0).

4. Ell-Saline (10-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 44-42 win vs. No. 6 Hoxie (9-2). This week: at No. 1 Wichita County (11-0).

8-man Division II rankings

1. Axtell (11-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 54-6 win vs. No. 6 Osborne (9-2). This week: vs. No. 3 Frankfort (9-2).

2. Victoria (9-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 66-20 win at No. 7 Dighton (6-5). This week: vs. No. 4 South Central (8-4).

3. Frankfort (9-2, LW: 4)

Last week: 38-12 win at No. 5 Hanover (6-5). This week: at No. 1 Axtell (11-0).

4. South Central (8-3, LW: 8)

Last week: 58-12 win vs. No. 3 Minneola (10-1). This week: at No. 2 Victoria (9-1).

6-man rankings

1. Cheylin (11-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 54-8 win at No. 6 Inalls (8-3). This week: vs. No. 2 Ashland (10-1).

2. Ashland (10-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 50-38 win at No. 5 Northern Valley (9-2). This week: at No. 1 Cheylin (11-0).

3. Cunningham (10-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 70-6 win vs. No. 8 Pawnee Heights (6-5). This week: vs. No. 4 Tescott (8-2).

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

Last week: 52-45 win at No. 4 Waverly (8-1). This week: at No. 3 Cunningham (10-1).