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Here are your Southwest Missouri high school football power rankings after Oct. 14

wyatt d. wheeler, springfield news-leader
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Our high school football power rankings are here after the eighth 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 eight weeks of the regular season:

More:Southwest Missouri high school football takeaways and scores from Oct. 14

The Reeds Spring Wolves took on the Logan-Rogersville Wildcats at Reeds Spring on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.
The Reeds Spring Wolves took on the Logan-Rogersville Wildcats at Reeds Spring on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.

Southwest Missouri Top 25 after Week 8

1. Mountain View (8-0) (LW: 2) Defeated Salem 50-0. Week 9 @ Houston

2. Seneca (8-0) (LW: 3) Defeated McDonald County 28-21. Week 9 vs. Nevada

3. Lamar (7-1) (LW: 5) Defeated Cassville 41-13. Week 9 @ Hollister

4. Camdenton (8-0) (LW: 7) Defeated Lebanon 45-28. Week 9 vs. Glendale

5. Marionville (8-0) (PW: 8) Defeated Ash Grove 28-22. Week 9 @ Miller

6. Nixa (7-1) (LW: 1) Lost to Republic 36-35. Week 9 @ Ozark

7. Carthage (7-1) (LW: 6) Defeated Joplin 34-28. Week 9 @ Willard

8. Kickapoo (6-2) (PW: 12) Defeated Glendale 22-2. Week 9 @ Bolivar

9. Reeds Spring (6-2) (PW: 10) Defeated Logan-Rogersville 28-14. Week 9 @ Mount Vernon

10. Nevada (6-2) (PW: 13) Defeated Monett 48-7. Week 9 @ Seneca

11. Lebanon (7-1) (LW: 4) Lost to Camdenton 45-28. Week 9 vs. Rolla

12. Joplin (6-2) (PW: 11) Lost to Carthage 34-28. Week 9 vs. Neosho

13. Webb City (5-3) (PW: 14) Defeated Neosho 42-21. Week 9 vs. Branson

14. Mountain Grove (6-2) (PW: 16) Defeated Houston 28-8. Week 9 @ Thayer

15. Central (6-2) (PW: 18) Defeated Buffalo 40-14. Week 9 @ Forsyth

16. Ava (5-3) (PW: 15) Defeated Cabool 37-8. Week 9 vs. Willow Springs

17. Republic (5-3) (PW: NR) Defeated Nixa 36-35. Week 9 vs. Carl Junction

18. Mount Vernon (6-2) (PW: 25) Defeated Marshfield 44-13. Week 9 vs. Reeds Spring

19. West Plains (5-3) (PW: 19) Defeated Parkview 41-8. Week 9 vs. Waynesville

20. Houston (7-1) (PW: 9) Lost to Mountain Grove 28-8. Week 9 vs. Mountain View

21. Ash Grove (6-2) (PW: 21) Lost to Marionville 28-22. Week 9 @ Sarcoxie

22. Forsyth (6-2) (PW: 17) Lost to Butler 62-36. Week 9 vs. Central

23. Glendale (5-3) (PW: 20) Lost to Kickapoo 22-2. Week 9 @ Camdenton

24. Marshfield (4-4) (PW: 23) Lost to Mount Vernon 44-13. Week 9 @ Catholic

25. Logan-Rogersville (4-4) (PW: 24) Lost to Reeds Spring 28-14. Week 9 vs. Aurora

Outside looking in (alphabetical): Buffalo, Cassville, Fair Grove, McDonald County, 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 schol football power rankings after Week 8