Ranking final 8 teams in each class of Kansas high school football state playoffs

Following the regional slate of playoff games primarily played on Friday, November 8, Varsity Kansas has released its latest version of Kansas high school football state rankings for the 2024 season.

Here’s where the eight remaining teams from each class in the state are ranked entering the quarterfinal games on the schedule. Eliminated teams are not considered for the power rankings.

Class 6A rankings

1. Derby (10-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 42-14 win vs. Junction City (5-5). This week: vs. No. 8 Wichita East (7-3).

2. Manhattan (10-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 49-0 win vs. Maize (5-5). This week: vs. No. 5 Wichita Northwest (9-1).

3. Blue Valley West (9-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 33-0 win vs. No. 10 Olathe Northwest (6-4). This week: vs. No. 7 Shawnee Mission Northwest (8-2).

4. Gardner-Edgerton (9-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 42-7 win vs. Shawnee Mission East (5-5). This week: vs. No. 6 Blue Valley Northwest (7-3).

5. Wichita Northwest (9-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 62-28 win vs. Wichita South (6-4). This week: at No. 2 Manhattan (10-0).

6. Blue Valley Northwest (7-3, LW: 6)

Last week: 49-14 win vs. No. 8 Lawrence Free State (6-4). This week: at No. 4 Gardner-Edgerton (9-1).

7. Shawnee Mission Northwest (8-2, LW: 7)

Last week: 21-7 win vs. No. 9 Olathe East (6-4). This week: at No. 3 Blue Valley West (9-1).

8. Wichita East (7-3, LW: UR)

Last week: 21-17 win at Dodge City (6-4). This week: at No. 1 Derby (10-0).

Class 5A rankings

1. St. Thomas Aquinas (10-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 28-14 win vs. Pittsburg (7-3). This week: vs. No. 2 Mill Valley (9-1).

2. Mill Valley (9-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 42-6 win vs. No. 8 Spring Hill (8-2). This week: at No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas (10-0).

3. St. James Academy (5-5, LW: 3)

Last week: 37-19 win at No. 9 Basehor-Linwood (8-2). This week: vs. No. 7 Blue Valley North (3-7).

4. Goddard Eisenhower (8-2, LW: 5)

Last week: 37-26 win vs. Maize South (6-4). This week: vs. No. 8 Topeka Seaman (8-2).

5. Hutchinson (8-2, LW: 6)

Last week: 33-13 win vs. No. 10 Liberal (7-3). This week: vs. No. 6 Hays (6-4).

6. Hays (6-4, LW: UR)

Last week: 19-14 win at No. 4 Great Bend (9-1). This week: at No. 5 Hutchinson (8-2).

7. Blue Valley North (3-7, LW: UR)

Last week: 41-14 win vs. Leavenworth (6-4). This week: at No. 3 St. James Academy (5-5).

8. Topeka Seaman (8-2, LW: 7)

Last week: 43-16 win vs. Valley Center (3-7). This week: at No. 4 Goddard Eisenhower (8-2).

Class 4A rankings

1. Andover Central (9-1, LW: 1)

Last week: 35-7 win vs. No. 9 Winfield (6-4). This week: vs. No. 2 Wellington (8-2).

2. Wellington (8-2, LW: 3)

Last week: 20-19 win vs. No. 4 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (7-3). This week: at No. 1 Andover Central (9-1).

3. Wamego (9-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 20-13 win vs. McPherson (5-5). This week: vs. No. 5 Buhler (8-2).

4. Bishop Miege (3-7, LW: 5)

Last week: 34-6 win at Labette County (5-5). This week: at No. 7 Chanute (8-2).

5. Buhler (8-2, LW: 6)

Last week: 62-21 win at No. 10 Mulvane (7-3). This week: at No. 3 Wamego (9-1).

6. Tonganoxie (7-3, LW: 7)

Last week: 34-28 win at Fort Scott (6-4). This week: vs. No. 8 Lansing (6-4).

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

Last week: 30-0 win vs. Ottawa (6-4). This week: vs. No. 4 Bishop Miege (3-7).

8. Lansing (6-4, LW: UR)

Last week: 23-15 win at Atchison (8-2). This week: at No. 6 Tonganoxie (7-3).

Class 3A rankings

1. Andale (10-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 74-0 win vs. No. 9 Clay Center (5-5). This week: vs. No. 2 Cheney (9-1).

2. Cheney (9-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 14-6 win at No. 3 Wichita Collegiate (8-2). This week: at No. 1 Andale (10-0).

3. Topeka Hayden (9-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 49-0 win vs. Girard (6-4). This week: vs. No. 7 Perry-Lecompton (5-5).

4. Wellsville (9-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 49-0 win vs. Holton (5-5). This week: vs. No. 8 Prairie View (8-2).

5. Scott City (9-1, LW: 7)

Last week: 9-7 win vs. Hesston (8-2). This week: at No. 6 Holcomb (8-2).

6. Holcomb (8-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 21-14 win at No. 4 Rock Creek (8-2). This week: vs. No. 5 Scott City (9-1).

7. Perry-Lecompton (5-5, LW: UR)

Last week: 28-22 win at No. 6 Frontenac (9-1). This week: at No. 3 Topeka Hayden (9-1).

8. Prairie View (8-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 34-13 win vs. Columbus (7-2). This week: at No. 4 Wellsville (9-0).

Class 2A rankings

1. Southeast of Saline (10-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 34-7 win vs. No. 6 Norton (8-2). This week: vs. No. 8 Hoisington (6-4).

2. Osage City (10-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 14-0 win vs. No. 9 St. Marys (6-4). This week: vs. No. 3 Nemaha Central (9-1).

3. Nemaha Central (9-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 21-0 win vs. Sabetha (6-4). This week: at No. 2 Osage City (10-0).

4. Garden Plain (8-2, LW: 4)

Last week: 28-0 win vs. No. 10 Phillipsburg (6-4). This week: vs. No. 5 Beloit (8-2).

5. Beloit (8-2, LW: 7)

Last week: 28-0 win vs. Halstead (4-6). This week: at No. 4 Garden Plain (8-2).

6. Humboldt (10-0, LW: 8)

Last week: 64-7 win vs. Riverton (4-6). This week: vs. No. 7 Council Grove (7-3).

7. Council Grove (7-3, LW: UR)

Last week: 30-8 win vs. No. 5 Silver Lake (7-3). This week: at No. 6 Humboldt (10-0).

8. Hoisington (6-4, LW: UR)

Las week: 24-14 win vs. Haven (8-2). This week: at No. 1 Southeast of Saline (10-0).

Class 1A rankings

1. Conway Springs (10-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 21-6 win vs. No. 7 Marion (7-3). This week: vs. No. 7 Plainville (8-2).

2. Jackson Heights (10-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 38-6 win vs. Troy (6-4). This week: vs. No. 3 Rossville (7-3).

3. Rossville (7-3, LW: 4)

Last week: 42-0 win vs. McLouth (7-3). This week: at No. 2 Jackson Heights (10-0).

4. Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (9-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 19-0 win vs. Riverside (7-3). This week: vs. No. 5 Centralia (8-1).

5. Centralia (9-1, LW: 6)

Last week: 40-26 win vs. No. 9 Olpe (7-3). This week: at No. 4 Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (9-1).

6. Medicine Lodge (7-2, LW: 10)

Last week: 22-20 OT win vs. Hutchinson Trinity (4-6). This week: at No. 8 Valley Heights (8-2).

7. Plainville (8-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 12-6 win vs. No. 3 Sedgwick (8-2). This week: at No. 1 Conway Springs (10-0).

8. Valley Heights (8-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 24-19 win vs. Sterling (6-4). This week: vs. No. 6 Medicine Lodge (7-2).

8-man Division I rankings

1. Hoxie (10-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 54-0 win vs. Oxford (7-3). This week: at No. 2 Wichita County (8-1).

2. Wichita County (8-1, LW: 2)

Last week: 58-0 win vs. South Gray (6-4). This week: at No. 1 Hoxie (10-0).

3. South Central (10-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 24-6 win vs. No. 9 Rawlins County (7-3). This week: at No. 8 Hill City (7-3).

4. Central Plains (8-2, LW: 7)

Last week: 58-52 win at No. 6 Chase County (7-3). This week: at No. 5 Little River (8-2).

5. Little River (8-2, LW: 10)

Last week: 34-14 win at No. 5 West Elk (9-1). This week: vs. No. 4 Central Plains (8-2).

6. Clifton-Clyde (8-2, LW: 8)

Last week: 44-20 win vs. Oswego (7-3). This week: at No. 7 Madison (7-3).

7. Madison (7-3, LW: UR)

Last week: 14-12 win at No. 4 Ell-Saline (8-2). This week: vs. No. 6 Clifton-Clyde (8-2).

8. Hill City (7-3, LW: UR)

Last week: 50-22 win at Sublette (7-3). This week: vs. No. 3 South Central (10-0).

8-man Division II rankings

1. Axtell (10-0, LW: 1)

Last week: 54-0 win vs. Rural Vista (7-3). This week: at No. 6 Osborne (6-3).

2. Victoria (10-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 54-0 win vs. Wallace County (5-4). This week: at No. 7 Hutchinson Central Christian (9-1).

3. Burlingame (10-0, LW: 4)

Last week: 36-24 win vs. No. 5 Hanover (8-2). This week: at No. 5 Frankfort (8-2).

4. Dighton (10-0, LW: 3)

Last week: 30-16 win vs. Argonia-Attica (7-3). This week: at No. 7 Hodgeman County (8-2).

5. Frankfort (8-2, LW: 7)

Last week: 40-14 win at No. 10 Marmaton Valley (8-2). This week: vs. No. 3 Burlingame (10-0).

6. Osborne (7-3, LW: 8)

Last week: 44-8 win vs. Lebo (7-3). This week: vs. No. 1 Axtell (10-0).

7. Hutchinson Central Christian (9-1, LW: 9)

Last week: 48-6 win vs. Logan-Palco (8-2). This week: vs. No. 2 Victoria (10-0).

8. Hodgeman County (8-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 34-28 win at No. 6 Bucklin (9-1). This week: vs. No. 4 Dighton (10-0).

6-man rankings

1. Cunningham (9-0, LW: 1)

Last week: Forfeit win vs. Southern Coffey County (1-8). This week: at No. 8 Otis-Bison (7-3).

2. Weskan (10-0, LW: 2)

Last week: 52-6 win vs. Moscow (3-6). This week: vs. No. 4 Ingalls (9-1).

3. South Barber (9-1, LW: 3)

Last week: 69-20 win vs. Northern Valley (4-6). This week: vs. No. 6 Golden Plains (8-2).

4. Ingalls (9-1, LW: 4)

Last week: 48-0 win vs. Cheylin (5-5). This week: at No. 2 Weskan (10-0).

5. Peabody-Burns (8-1, LW: 5)

Last week: 59-20 win vs. Chetopa (4-6). This week: at No. 7 Tescott (7-2).

6. Golden Plains (8-2, LW: UR)

Last week: 46-0 win vs. Pawnee Heights (5-5). This week: at No. 3 South Barber (9-1).

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

Last week: 62-12 win vs. Altoona-Midway (4-4). This week: vs. No. 5 Peabody-Burns (8-1).

8. Otis-Bison (7-3, LW: UR)

Last week: 65-33 win vs. Marais des Cygnes Valley (6-3). This week: vs. No. 1 Cunningham (9-0)