Kansas Pregame basketball rankings
Here's our best guess at the rankings after significant team and schedule research as well as consultation with coaches and media from across the state. A reminder, this is just for fun. Fortunately, sub-state and state tournaments will determine who the best team is in each classification in March and not rankings.
*Games Thursday night have likely already impacted these rankings.
GIRLS:
6A Girls
1. Shawnee Mission South
2. Olathe West
3. Olathe South
4. Blue Valley North
5. Wichita Heights
6. Derby
7. Blue Valley Northwest
8. Blue Valley
9. Washburn Rural
10. Shawnee Mission Northwest
5A Girls
1. Andover
2. Topeka-Seaman
3. Emporia
4. Maize South
5. Bishop Carroll
6. St. Thomas Aquinas
7. St. James Academy
8. De Soto
9. Valley Center
10. Shawnee Heights
4A Girls
1. Bishop Miege
2. Wellington
3. Fort Scott
4. McPherson
5. Ottawa
6. Labette County
7. Eudora
8. Wamego
9. Circle
10. Clearwater
3A Girls
1. Silver Lake
2. Topeka-Hayden
3. Halstead
4. Nemaha Central
5. Rossville
6. Hesston
7. Goodland
8. Anderson County
9. Osage City
10. Smoky Valley
2A Girls
1. Hillsboro
2. St. Mary’s Colgan
3. Riverside
4. Wichita-Independent
5. Wichita County
6. Hoxie
7. Maur Hill
8. Moundridge
9. Berean Academy
10. Smith Center
1A-I Girls
1. Little River
2. St. John
3. Centralia
4. South Gray
5. Frankfort
6. Norwich
7. Clifton-Clyde
8. Spearville
9. Osborne
10. Olpe
1A-II Girls
1. Lebo
2. Hanover
3. Sharon Springs-Wallace County
4. Bucklin
5. South Haven
6. Hutch-Central Christian
7. St. John’s Beloit/Tipton
8. Elyria Christian
9. Attica
10. Ingalls
BOYS:
6A Boys
1. Shawnee Mission Northwest
2. Wichita Heights
3. Junction City
4. Blue Valley Northwest
5. Olathe North
6. Olathe West
7. Wichita Northwest
8. Blue Valley West
9. Olathe South
10. Mill Valley
5A Boys
1. Maize South
2. Kapaun-Mt. Carmel
3. Highland Park
4. KC-Piper
5. Shawnee Heights
6. St. Thomas Aquinas
7. De Soto
8. Andover
9. Pittsburg
10. Topeka West
4A Boys
1. McPherson
2. Circle
3. Atchison
4. Hugoton
5. Abilene
6. Chanute
7. Baldwin
8. Pratt
9. Rock Creek
10. Fort Scott
3A Boys
1. Cheney
2. Beloit
3. Goodland
4. Wichita Collegiate
5. Hesston
6. Wellsville
7. Ellsworth
8. Sabetha
9. Humboldt
10. Perry-Lecompton
2A Boys
1. Sterling
2. Lyndon
3. Sacred Heart
4. Bennington
5. Moundridge
6. Ell-Saline
7. Wichita-Classical
8. St. Mary’s Colgan
9. Meade
10. Medicine Lodge
1A-I Boys
1. South Central
2. South Gray
3. Clifton-Clyde
4. Olpe
5. La Crosse
6. Bishop Seabury Academy
7. Centralia
8. Osborne
9. Quinter
10. Central Plains
1A-II Boys
1. Elyria Christian
2. Northern Valley
3. Dighton
4. Axtell
5. Hanover
6. Lebo
7. Cunningham
8. Logan-Palco
9. Cheylin
10. St. John’s-Beloit/Tipton