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Here are your Southwest Missouri high school football power rankings after Oct. 7

wyatt d. wheeler, springfield news-leader
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Our high school football power rankings are here after the seventh week of the 2022 regular season.

News-Leader reporter Wyatt Wheeler ranked more than 50 teams in southwest Missouri before cutting the list down to 25. This year, the following five teams who barely missed the cut will be listed alphabetically.

Among the considered factors in the rankings:

  • Watching the teams play

  • Previous rankings

  • Previous results

  • Season success

  • Conversations

Note that rankings don't necessarily mean a Class 1 team ranked higher than a Class 6 team would beat them head-to-head, but the rankings show dominance by class.

Here are the rankings after seven weeks of the regular season:

More:Southwest Missouri high school football takeaways and scores from Oct. 7

Images of Sarcoxie's visit to Marionville on October 7, 2022.
Images of Sarcoxie's visit to Marionville on October 7, 2022.

Southwest Missouri Top 25 after Week 7

1. Nixa (7-0) (LW: 1) Defeated Willard 63-18. Week 8 vs. Republic

2. Mountain View (7-0) (LW: 3) Defeated Cabool 61-14. Week 8 @ Salem

3. Seneca (7-0) (LW: 4) Defeated East Newton 56-7. Week 8 @ McDonald County

4. Lebanon (7-0) (LW: 2) Defeated West Plains 45-42. Week 8 @ Camdenton

5. Lamar (6-1) (LW: 5) Defeated Nevada 47-26. Week 8 @ Cassville

6. Carthage (6-1) (LW: 6) Defeated Webb City 28-14. Week 8 vs. Joplin

7. Camdenton (7-0) (LW: 7) Defeated Hillcrest 63-22. Week 8 vs. Lebanon

8. Marionville (7-0) (PW: 8) Defeated Sarcoxie 44-6. Week 8 @ Ash Grove

9. Houston (7-0) (PW: 11) Defeated Willow Springs 20-14. Week 8 @ Mountain Grove

10. Reeds Spring (5-2) (PW: 12) Defeated Aurora 44-7. Week 8 vs. Logan-Rogersville

More:Here were southwest Missouri's top high school football performers of Week 7

11. Joplin (6-1) (PW: 13) Defeated Carl Junction 35-7. Week 8 @ Carthage

12. Kickapoo (5-2) (PW: 14) Defeated Rolla 27-0. Week 8 @ Glendale

13. Nevada (5-2) (PW: 9) Lost to Lamar 47-26. Week 8 vs. Monett

14. Webb City (4-3) (PW: 15) Lost to Carthage 28-14. Week 8 vs. Neosho

More:Here are southwest Missouri's high school football breakout performers at midseason

15. Ava (4-3) (PW: 18) Defeated Thayer 43-8. Week 8 @ Cabool

16. Mountain Grove (5-2) (PW: 19) Defeated Salem 51-12. Week 8 @ Mountain Grove

17. Forsyth (6-1) (PW: 21) Defeated Strafford 35-23. Week 8 @ Butler

18. Central (5-2) (PW: 20) Defeated Skyline 31-6. Week 8 @ Buffalo

19. West Plains (4-3) (PW: 23) Lost to Lebanon 45-42. Week 8 vs. Parkview

20. Glendale (4-2) (PW: 24) Defeated Parkview 37-8. Week 8 vs. Kickapoo

21. Ash Grove (5-1) (PW: 25) Defeated Clever 48-14. Week 8 vs. Marionville

22. McDonald County (4-3) (PW: 10) Lost to Monett 18-0. Week 8 vs. Seneca

More:Here is the 2022 Dominant Dozen high school football midseason watchlist

23. Marshfield (4-3) (PW: NR) Defeated Logan-Rogersville 34-7. Week 8 vs. Mount Vernon

24. Logan-Rogersville (4-3) (PW: 16) Lost to Marshfield 34-7. Week 8 @ Reeds Spring

25. Mount Vernon (5-2) (PW: NR) Defeated Hollister 37-7. Week 8 @ Marshfield

Outside looking in: Buffalo, Cassville, Republic, Sarcoxie, Strafford

Wyatt D. Wheeler is a reporter and columnist with the Springfield News-Leader. You can contact him at 417-371-6987, by email at wwheeler@news-leader.com or Twitter at @WyattWheeler_NL. He's also the co-host of Sports Talk on Jock Radio weekdays from 4-6 p.m.

This article originally appeared on Springfield News-Leader: Springfield area high school football power rankings after Week 7