These are my personal rankings to begin the year. What I have done is put the target on the number one team in each classification. Also my rankings are just what I call a WAG. That is a Wild Ass Guess of who I think might be the top 5 in each class. Every team looks great on paper in preseason. Most of my preseason information comes from the Kansas Pregame magazine, which I helped start 18 years ago.
Preseason and Pregame is an exciting time. Don’t know about you all, but I have been highly anticipating another great season of high school football, let the games begin.
Oh, one other thing, may we pray in pregame that there will be no major life changing injuries in any game, anywhere during the entire season, Amen.
Super Top 10 All-Classes
1. Mill Valley
2. Manhattan
3. Gardner-Edgerton
4. Derby
5. Bishop Miege
6. Hutchinson
7. Andale
8. Wichita Northwest
9. St Thomas Aquinas
10. Bishop Carroll
11. Kapaun
12. Goddard
13. Washburn Rural
14. Cheney
15. Sabetha
6A
1. Manhattan
2. Gardner-Edgerton
3. Derby
4. Wichita NW
5. Washburn Rural
Others: none
5A
1. Mill Valley
2. Hutchinson
3. Bishop Carroll
4. Kapaun
5. Goddard
Others: none
4A
1. Bishop Miege
2. Aquinas
3. St James
4. Eudora
5. Wamego
Others: none
3A
1. Andale
2. Cheney
3. Collegiate
4. Clay Center
5. Hayden
Others: none
2A
1. Sabetha
2. Nemaha Central
3. Hoisington
4. Beloit
5. Ellsworth
Others: none
1A
1. St Marys Colgan
2. Olpe
3. Centralia
4. St Mary’s
5. Smith Center
Others: none
8-man D-I
1. Lyndon
2. Wichita Co-Leoti
3. Hill City
4. Quinter
5. Clifton-Clyde
Others: none
8-man D-II
1. Axtell
2. Osborne
3. Thunder Ridge
4. Victoria
5. Frankfort
Others: none
6-man
1. Ashland
2. Cunningham
3. Cheylin
4. Waverly
5. Greeley Co
Others: none
Long time Ranking team members
Rich Epp OpenSpacesSports Colby
Dusty Deines KDNS Beloit
Conor Nichol Sunflower Sports Solutions Hays
Jim Misunas Great Bend Tribune Great Bend
Adam Kadavy KSKL Scott City/Garden City
Brock Kappelmann KSCB Liberal
Tim McGonagle KSKL Scott City/Garden City
Rocky Downing KFRM 550 AM
Pat Strathman ESPN Wichita