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State Championship Picks

Here's our best guess at the winners of this weekend’s state championship football playoff games, and we took it one step further by trying to guess the games in order of closest margin to widest as indicated by the number beside each pick.
Eighteen teams will battle for a KSHSAA football state championship Saturday. (File Photo)

Sub-State Playoff Picks

Offered without comment, here's our best guess at the winners of this week's semifinal football playoff games. As always, good luck to all teams this postseason and congratulations on making the final four in your class.
Down to four teams in each class fighting for the right to battle for one of these trophies with 2022 on it. (File Photo)

Sectional Playoff Picks

Here we are, the quarterfinal round of the playoffs, and there are a bunch of great games, as it should be at this point in the postseason. Here's our best guess at who will win this week's contests, and they were tough to pick.
Tescott has capitalized on the move to 6-Man winning the Regional title last week. (Photo: Kirston Phelps)

Regional playoff picks

*Now updated with results from Thursday and Friday night.Teams across Kansas storm into the Regional round of the playoffs this week with numerous games moved to Thursday night in anticipation of inclement weather in a large swath of the state on Friday night.
Mill Valley surges into the 5A playoffs in search of a fourth straight state title. (Photo: Lori Wood Habiger/Center Stage Sports)

Final rankings and playoff predictions

As we kick off Week 9 of the 2022 Kansas High School football season this evening, which launches the postseason for the majority of the teams in the Sunflower State, the staff at Kansas Pregame has turned much of our attention to the basketball and wrestling seasons that lie ahead in an effort to...
A state championship trophy is on the line as the 2022 playoffs start this week. (File Photo)

Rankings after Week 7

Here we are, in the final week of the season. As it always seems, another season has zoomed by and after this week the playoff picture will be framed and hung up for all to see. In the meantime, here's our take on the top teams in each class.Class 6A1. Manhattan (7-0)2. Olathe North (7-0)3.
Olathe North used an incredible defensive effort to hand Mill Valley their first loss of the season and stay unbeaten. (Photo: Josh Price)

Rankings after Week 6

Don't look now, but only two weeks of the regular season remain and the playoff picture is starting to crystalize. Key games will impact seeding in the larger classes while district championships are on the line in the smaller classifications.
Cutline: Manhattan High cemented their position atop the 6A rankings with their dominant win over rival Junction City. (Photo: MHS Football Twitter)

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Rankings after Week 5

Our apologies for the delay in this week's rankings release, work on one of our flagship products, our annual Winter Edition previewing the upcoming basketball and wrestling season, was top priority. Now, here's a look at our take on the weekly football rankings with just a few brief notes.
Southeast of Saline continues atop the 2A poll. (Photo: Danton McDiffet)
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