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Football Classifications for 2026-2027
Football District assignments for 2026-2027
September 26, 2026
Super Top 10 All-Classes
1. Mill Valley
2. Manhattan
3. Kapaun
4. Bishop Miege
5. St James
6. Aquinas
7. Derby
8. Blue Valley
9. Bishop Carroll
10. Hays
11. Andale
6A
1. Mill Valley
2. Manhattan
3. Derby
4. Gardner-Edgerton
5. Blue Valley NW
Others: Olathe NW, Maize,
5A
1. Kapaun
2. St James
3. Hays
4. Blue Valley
5. Bishop Carroll
Others: Spring Hill, DeSoto, Andover
4A
1. Bishop Miege
2. St Thomas Aquinas
3. Great Bend
4. Louisburg
5. Tonganoxie
Others: Buhler, Eudora, McPherson
3A
1. Andale
2. Cheney
3. Santa Fe Trail
4. Holcomb
5. Hesston
Others: Hayden, Wellsville, Frontenac, Chapman
2A
1. Silver Lake
2. Sabetha
3. Garden Plain
4. Beloit
5. Marysville
Others: Council Grove, Osage City, Caney Valley, SE of Saline
1A
1. Sterling
2. TMP
3. Rossville
4. Inman
5. Smith Center
Others: McLouth, Olpe
8-man D-I
1. Central Plains
2. South Central
3. Lincoln
4. Leoti-Wichita Co
5. Ell-Saline
Others: Oswego, Kiowa Co, Hoxie
8-man D-II
1. Hanover
2. Axtell
3. Cunningham
4. Little River
5. Quinter
Others: Hodgeman Co, Wallace Co, Troy
6-man
1. Weskan
2. Tescott
3. Ingalls
Others: Otis-Bison, South Barber
The guys below have helped me rank teams for 20 years or so. I have decided to follow Kansasmediarankings.com and use them and my own personal rankings to determine who should be ranked for the future.
Long time Ranking team members
Rich Epp OpenSpacesSports Colby
Dusty Deines Ad Astra Radio Hutchinson/McPherson
Conor Nichol Sunflower Sports SolutionsHays
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