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Kansas high school football team rankings release for each class after Week 1 games

taylor eldridge
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Following the Week 1 slate of games played on Friday, September 6, Varsity Kansas has released its latest version of Kansas high school football state rankings for the 2024 season.

Here’s where teams from each class in the state are ranked entering the Week 2 regular-season games on the schedule.

Northwest junior quarterback Jaylen Mason fakes a handoff in Friday’s 34-13 road win over Bishop Carroll.
Northwest junior quarterback Jaylen Mason fakes a handoff in Friday’s 34-13 road win over Bishop Carroll.

Class 6A rankings

1. Derby (1-0)

Last week: 40-7 win at 5A No. 10 Hays (0-1). This week: vs. Campus (0-1).

2. Gardner-Edgerton (1-0)

Last week: 49-27 win vs. Shawnee Mission North (0-1). This week: vs. Choctaw (Okla.).

3. Lawrence (1-0)

Last week: 43-0 win vs. Shawnee Mission South (0-1). This week: at Junction City (1-0).

4. Manhattan (1-0)

Last week: 57-21 win at Garden City (0-1). This week: vs. No. 5 Lawrence Free State (1-0).

5. Lawrence Free State (1-0)

Last week: 12-3 win vs. Shawnee Mission East (0-1). This week: at No. 4 Manhattan (1-0).

6. Blue Valley Northwest (1-0)

Last week: 34-13 win vs. Blue Valley North (0-1). This week: vs. No. 9 Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-0).

7. Wichita East (1-0)

Last week: 48-0 win at Wichita Heights (0-1). This week: vs. No. 8 Wichita Northwest (1-0).

8. Wichita Northwest (1-0)

Last week: 34-13 win at Bishop Carroll (0-1). This week: at No. 7 Wichita East (1-0).

9. Shawnee Mission Northwest (1-0)

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

10. Olathe South (0-1)

Last week: 42-35 loss vs. 5A No. 1 Mill Valley (1-0). This week: at Great Bend (1-0).

Next five out: Blue Valley West (0-1), Washburn Rural (1-0), Junction City (1-0), Olathe North (0-1), Olathe East (1-0).

The Eisenhower football team opened the season with a 28-17 win over Valley Center on Thursday.
The Eisenhower football team opened the season with a 28-17 win over Valley Center on Thursday.

Class 5A rankings

1. Mill Valley (1-0)

Last week: 42-35 win at 6A No. 10 Olathe South (0-1). This week: vs. Lee’s Summit North (Mo.).

2. Blue Valley (1-0)

Last week: 34-0 win at Blue Valley Southwest (0-1). This week: vs. Washburn Rural (1-0).

3. St. Thomas Aquinas (1-0)

Last week: 25-21 win vs. Blue Valley West (0-1). This week: vs. St. James Academy (1-0).

4. St. James Academy (1-0)

Last week: 44-28 win at 4A No. 1 Bishop Miege (0-1). This week: at St. Thomas Aquinas (1-0).

5. Great Bend (1-0)

Last week: 28-6 win at 4A No. 7 McPherson (0-1). This week: vs. 6A No. 10 Olathe South (0-1).

6. Goddard Eisenhower (1-0)

Last week: 28-17 win vs. Valley Center (0-1). This week: vs. Goddard (1-0).

7. Maize South (1-0)

Last week: 56-20 win vs. Newton (0-1). This week: at Salina South (0-1).

8. De Soto (1-0)

Last week: 56-6 win vs. Topeka West (0-1). This week: at Kansas City Turner (0-1).

9. Topeka Seaman (1-0)

Last week: 35-18 win at Kansas City Piper (0-1). This week: at Shawnee Mission East (0-1).

10. Hays (0-1)

Last week: 40-7 loss vs. 6A No. 1 Derby (1-0). This week: at Wheat Ridge (Colo.).

Next five out: Blue Valley Southwest (0-1), Hutchinson (0-1), Salina Central (1-0), Goddard (1-0), Basehor-Linwood (1-0).

Andover Central senior receiver Jace Adler caught three touchdowns from quarterback Jace Jefferson in Friday’s 37-7 win over Hutchinson.
Andover Central senior receiver Jace Adler caught three touchdowns from quarterback Jace Jefferson in Friday’s 37-7 win over Hutchinson.

Class 4A rankings

1. Bishop Miege (0-1)

Last week: 44-28 loss vs. 5A No. 4 St. James Academy (1-0). This week: at Blue Valley Southwest (0-1).

2. Andover Central (1-0)

Last week: 37-7 win at Hutchinson (0-1). This week: at Newton (0-1).

3. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (1-0)

Last week: 28-21 win vs. Andover (0-1). This week: at Wichita North (0-1).

4. Wamego (1-0)

Last week: 41-8 win at Concordia (0-1). This week: vs. 3A No. 6 Rock Creek (1-0).

5. Wellington (0-1)

Last week: 22-19 loss at Wichita Collegiate (1-0). This week: vs. Andale (1-0).

6. Buhler (1-0)

Last week: 28-7 win vs. Mulvane (0-1). This week: at Augusta (0-1).

7. McPherson (0-1)

Last week: 28-6 loss vs. 5A No. 5 Great Bend (1-0). This week: vs. Circle (1-0).

8. Louisburg (1-0)

Last week: 21-20 OT win vs. Tonganoxie (0-1). This week: at Paola (0-1).

9. Chanute (1-0)

Last week: 35-25 win at Augusta (0-1). This week: at Coffeyville (0-1).

10. Tonganoxie (0-1)

Last week: 21-20 OT loss at No. 8 Louisburg (1-0). This week: vs. Spring Hill (1-0).

Next five out: Ottawa (1-0), Circle (1-0), Eudora (0-1), Lansing (1-0), Fort Scott (1-0).

The Cheney football team celebrates with its first state championship in school history after completing a perfect 13-0 season with a 34-7 win over Topeka Hayden in the Class 3A state finals.
The Cheney football team celebrates with its first state championship in school history after completing a perfect 13-0 season with a 34-7 win over Topeka Hayden in the Class 3A state finals.

Class 3A rankings

1. Cheney (1-0)

Last week: 38-7 win vs. Holcomb (0-1). This week: at Kingman (1-0).

2. Andale (1-0)

Last week: 68-7 win vs. El Dorado (0-1). This week: at 4A No. 5 Wellington (0-1).

3. Topeka Hayden (1-0)

Last week: 35-7 win at Eudora (0-1). This week: vs. St. Michael the Archangel (Mo.).

4. Marysville (1-0)

Last week: 16-8 win at Nemaha Central (0-1). This week: vs. Hiawatha (0-1).

5. Wichita Collegiate (1-0)

Last week: 22-19 win vs. 4A No. 5 Wellington (0-1). This week: at Rose Hill (0-1).

6. Clay Center (1-0)

Last week: 34-7 win vs. Abilene (0-1). This week: vs. 2A No. 2 Southeast of Saline (1-0).

7. Pratt (1-0)

Last week: 24-3 win vs. Hoisington (0-1). This week: at Halstead (0-1).

8. Scott City (1-0)

Last week: 35-0 win vs. Cimarron (0-1). This week: at Wray (Colo.).

9. Rock Creek (1-0)

Last week: 63-7 win vs. Bishop Ward (0-1). This week: at 4A No. 4 Wamego (1-0).

10. Frontenac (1-0)

Last week: 27-0 win at Galena (0-1). This week: vs. Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (1-0).

Next five out: Hesston (1-0), Wellsville (1-0), Holton (0-1), Girard (0-1), Prairie View (1-0), Chapman (1-0).

Class 2A rankings

1. Norton (1-0)

Last week: 55-8 win vs. Oakley (0-1). This week: at Thomas More Prep (1-0).

2. Southeast of Saline (1-0)

Last week: 64-14 win vs. Minneapolis (0-1). This week: at 3A No. 6 Clay Center (1-0).

3. St. Marys (1-0)

Last week: 30-6 win vs. Perry-Lecompton (0-1). This week: at Rossville (0-1).

4. Silver Lake (1-0)

Last week: 33-26 OT win vs. 1A No. 2 Rossville (0-1). This week: vs. No. 4 Nemaha Central (0-1).

5. Nemaha Central (0-1)

Last week: 16-8 loss vs. 3A No. 4 Marysville (0-1). This week: at No. 5 Silver Lake (1-0).

6. Osage City (1-0)

Last week: 41-0 win at Olpe (0-1). This week: vs. Cair Paravel (1-0).

7. Sabetha (1-0)

Last week: 7-6 win at Holton (0-1). This week: vs. Perry-Lecompton (0-1).

8. Hoisington (0-1)

Last week: 24-3 loss at 3A No. 7 Pratt (0-1). This week: vs. Hesston (1-0).

9. Council Grove (1-0)

Last week: 40-7 win at Wabaunsee (0-1). This week: vs. Mission Valley (1-0).

10. Garden Plain (1-0)

Last week: 49-14 win vs. Wichita Trinity Academy (0-1). This week: vs. 1A No. 1 Conway Springs (1-0).

Next five out: Humboldt (1-0), Beloit (1-0), Kingman (1-0), Riley County (1-0), Haven (1-0).

The Conway Springs football team won the Class 1A state championship this season.
The Conway Springs football team won the Class 1A state championship this season.

Class 1A rankings

1. Conway Springs (1-0)

Last week: 42-0 win vs. Nickerson (0-1). This week: at 2A No. 10 Garden Plain (1-0).

2. Rossville (0-1)

Last week: 33-26 OT loss at 2A No. 5 Silver Lake (1-0). This week: vs. 2A No. 3 St. Marys (1-0).

3. Medicine Lodge (1-0)

Last week: 48-0 win at Belle Plaine (0-1). This week: vs. Chaparral (0-1).

4. Jackson Heights (1-0)

Last week: 35-7 win at Riverside (0-1). This week: vs. Maur Hill-Mt. Academy (1-0).

5. Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (1-0)

Last week: 21-14 win at Girard (0-1). This week: at 3A No. 10 Frontenac (1-0).

6. Sedgwick (1-0)

Last week: 42-13 win vs. Sterling (0-1). This week: at Hutchinson Trinity (0-1).

7. Centralia (1-0)

Last week: 20-14 win at No. 10 Valley Heights (0-1). This week: at Mid-Buchanan (Mo.).

8. Moundridge (1-0)

Last week: 43-6 win at Bennington (0-1). This week: at Sterling (0-1).

9. Marion (1-0)

Last week: 46-20 win at Herington (0-1). This week: at Douglass (1-0).

10. Valley Heights (0-1)

Last week: 20-14 loss vs. No. 7 Centralia (1-0). This week: at Onaga (1-0).

Next five out: Olpe (0-1), Smith Center (0-1), Thomas More Prep (1-0), Maur Hill-Mt. Academy (1-0), Inman (1-0).

8-man Division I rankings

1. Wichita County (0-1)

Last week: 22-12 loss at Haxtun (Colo.). This week: at Elkhart (0-1).

2. Hoxie (1-0)

Last week: 20-14 win at Osborne (0-1). This week: vs. WaKeeney-Trego (0-1).

3. Little River (1-0)

Last week: 42-22 win at No. 10 Chase County (0-1). This week: vs. Div. II No. 10 Rural Vista (1-0).

4. West Elk (1-0)

Last week: 46-0 win vs. Argonia-Attica (0-1). This week: at Oxford (1-0).

5. South Central (1-0)

Last week: 54-8 win vs. Meade (0-1). This week: at Ashland (0-1).

6. Central Plains (1-0)

Last week: 48-0 win vs. Macksville (0-1). This week: at Div. II No. 3 Victoria (1-0).

7. Ell-Saline (0-1)

Last week: 34-16 loss vs. Div. II No. 5 Hanover (1-0). This week: vs. Osborne (0-1).

8. Hill City (1-0)

Last week: 50-20 win at WaKeeney-Trego (0-1). This week: vs. Ellis (1-0).

9. Lyndon (1-0)

Last week: 50-0 win vs. Pretty Prairie (0-1). This week: at Div. II No. 2 Frankfort (1-0).

10. Chase County (0-1)

Last week: 42-22 loss vs. No. 3 Little River (1-0). This week: at Wichita Independent (1-0).

Next five out: Sylvan-Lucas (1-0), Rawlins County (0-1), Clifton-Clyde (0-1), Ellis (1-0), Sublette (1-0).

8-man Division II rankings

1. Axtell (1-0)

Last week: 76-6 win at Linn (0-1). This week: vs. Washington County (0-1).

2. Frankfort (1-0)

Last week: 70-34 win at Clifton-Clyde (0-1). This week: vs. Div. I No. 9 Lyndon (1-0).

3. Victoria (1-0)

Last week: 48-0 win vs. Ness City (0-1). This week: vs. Div. I No. 6 Central Plains (1-0).

4. Dighton (1-0)

Last week: 38-24 win vs. Rawlins County (0-1). This week: at Decatur County (1-0).

5. Hanover (1-0)

Last week: 34-16 win at Div. I No. 7 Ell-Saline (0-1). This week: vs. Clifton-Clyde (0-1).

6. Burlingame (1-0)

Last week: 62-0 win at Northern Heights (0-1). This week: vs. Waverly (1-0).

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. Minneola (1-0)

Last week: 46-20 win vs. Kiowa County (0-1). This week: vs. Spearville (0-1).

9. Lebo (1-0)

Last week: 20-18 win vs. Madison (0-1). This week: at Northern Heights (0-1).

10. Rural Vista (1-0)

Last week: 46-0 win vs. Solomon (0-1). This week: at Div. I No. 3 Little River (1-0).

Next five out: Hodgeman County (1-0), Attica-Argonia (0-1), Thunder Ridge (0-1), Hutchinson Central Christian (0-1), Waverly (1-0).

6-man rankings

1. Cunningham (1-0)

Last week: 56-6 win at No. 5 South Barber (0-1). This week: vs. Peabody-Burns (1-0).

2. Ingalls (1-0)

Last week: 58-0 win vs. Triplains-Brewster (0-1). This week: at Golden Plains (1-0).

3. Weskan (1-0)

Last week: 53-8 win vs. Kit Carson (Colo.). This week: at Rolla (0-0).

4. Cheylin (1-0)

Last week: 74-26 win at Wheatland-Grinnell (0-1). This week: at Idalia (Colo.).

5. South Barber (0-1)

Last week: 56-6 loss vs. No. 1 Cunningham (0-1). This week: vs. Otis-Bison (1-0).

First five out: Northern Valley (0-0), Peabody-Burns (1-0), Pawnee Heights (1-0), Golden Plains (1-0), Otis-Bison (1-0).