Week 9 football rankings
Here's our best guess at the top teams in each class
The Nemaha Central seniors finished their school's final run in the Big 7 League in style with a dominant 30-0 win over previously top-ranked Sabetha securing league and district championships and their seventh shutout of the season in the process. The Thunder look like they're headed for a return trip to the 2A title game in November. (Photo: Dari Hilbert)
Class 6A
1. Washburn Rural
2. Olathe North
3. Manhattan
4. Olathe East
5. Gardner-Edgerton
Class 5A
1. Mill Valley
2. Blue Valley Southwest
3. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
4. De Soto
5. Maize South
Class 4A
1. Bishop Miege
2. St. Thomas Aquinas
3. Louisburg
4. Tonganoxie
5. St. James Academy
Class 3A
1. Cheney
2. Andale
3. Topeka Hayden
4. Wichita Collegiate
5. Clay Center
Class 2A
1. Nemaha Central
2. Southeast of Saline
3. Hoisington
4. Garden Plain
5. Kingman
Class 1A
1. St. Mary's Colgan
2. St. Marys
3. Smith Center
4. Sedgwick
5. Marion
Class 8-Man I
1. Leoti-Wichita County
2. Moundridge
3. Lyndon
4. Cair Paravel
5. Meade
8-Man II
1. Axtell
2. Victoria
3. Osborne
4. Minneola
5. Frankfort
6-Man
1. Cheylin
2. Ashland
3. Cunningham
4. Waverly
5. Northern Valley