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.
GIRLS:
6A Girls
1. Shawnee Mission South
2. Olathe South
3. Olathe West
4. Blue Valley Northwest
5. Blue Valley North
6. Wichita Heights
7. Blue Valley
8. Derby
9. Washburn Rural
10. Shawnee Mission Northwest
5A Girls
1. Andover
2. Topeka-Seaman
3. Emporia
4. Maize South
5. St. Thomas Aquinas
6. De Soto
7. Bishop Carroll
8. Shawnee Heights
9. St. James Academy
10. Hays
4A Girls
1. Bishop Miege
2. Wellington
3. Fort Scott
4. McPherson
5. Ottawa
6. Labette County
7. Circle
8. Eudora
9. Clearwater
10. Independence
3A Girls
1. Silver Lake
2. Topeka-Hayden
3. Nemaha Central
4. Halstead
5. Rossville
6. Hesston
7. Goodland
8. Santa Fe Trail
9. Osage City
10. Cheney
2A Girls
1. Hillsboro
2. St. Mary’s Colgan
3. Wichita-Independent
4. Riverside
5. Wichita County
6. Hoxie
7. Maur Hill
8. Moundridge
9. Berean Academy
10. Eureka
1A-I Girls
1. Little River
2. St. John
3. South Gray
4. Centralia
5. Frankfort
6. Norwich
7. Clifton-Clyde
8. Osborne
9. Spearville
10. Olpe
1A-II Girls
1. Lebo
2. Hanover
3. Bucklin
4. Sharon Springs-Wallace County
5. South Haven
6. Hutch-Central Christian
7. St. John’s Beloit/Tipton
8. Attica
9. Elyria Christian
10. Ingalls
BOYS:
6A Boys
1. Shawnee Mission Northwest
2. Wichita Heights
3. Junction City
4. Blue Valley Northwest
5. Blue Valley West
6. Mill Valley
7. Olathe North
8. Olathe South
9. Olathe West
10. Wichita Northwest
5A Boys
1. Maize South
2. Highland Park
3. Kapaun-Mt. Carmel
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. Atchison
3. Circle
4. Hugoton
5. Abilene
6. Chanute
7. Baldwin
8. Pratt
9. Rock Creek
10. Fort Scott
3A Boys
1. Cheney
2. Beloit
3. Wichita Collegiate
4. Wellsville
5. Hesston
6. Sabetha
7. Goodland
8. Ellsworth
9. Humboldt
10. Haven
2A Boys
1.Lyndon
2. Sterling
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. Olpe
4. La Crosse
5. Bishop Seabury Academy
6. Osborne
7. Clifton-Clyde
8. Centralia
9. Quinter
10. Central Plains
1A-II Boys
1. Elyria Christian
2. Northern Valley
3. Dighton
4. Axtell
5. Hanover
6. Cunningham
7. Lebo
8. Logan-Palco
9. St. John’s-Beloit/Tipton
10. Cheylin