Football

Here’s our best guess at the Top 5 in each class after the final week of the regular season, our predictions for the winners of this week’s playoff games, and our prediction for State Champions in each classification.

The Kansas High School football media poll is voted on by a number of statewide sportswriters in Kansas including Kansas Pregame publisher John Baetz.

The Kansas High School football media poll is voted on by a number of statewide sportswriters in Kansas including Kansas Pregame publisher John Baetz.

 Below are the Kansas Football Coaches Association Week 8 rankings voted on by the coaches.  6A 1. Derby2. Manhattan3. Gardner Edgerton4. Wichita Northwest5. Blue Valley West5A1. Mill Valley2. St. Thomas Aquinas3. Blue Valley4. Great Bend5. Goddard Eisenhower4A1. Louisburg2. Andover Central3.

As we enter the seventh week of the high school football season the playoff picture is beginning to take shape and favorites are separating themselves from the rest of the pack.While we rank a Top 5 in each classification it's probably more accurate to provide tiers for each classification.

Below are the Kansas Football Coaches Association Week 7 rankings voted on by the coaches. 6A 1. Derby2. Manhattan3. OP-Blue Valley West4. Gardner Edgerton5. OP- Blue Valley Northwest5A1. Shawnee - Mill Valley2. OP-St. Thomas Aquinas3. Goddard Eisenhower4. OP-Blue Valley5. Basehor Linwood4A1.